I know it's not nice to talk about money, but... I got a totally unexpected bonus at work, a whole extra paycheck, and, you know, money! Cashmoney!

This is the best part about that extra money, thinking of things I could spend it on. I know the actual spending will not bring me anywhere as much as much joy as the picking and choosing.

A lamp for the ( Read more... )

The way I remember public swimming baths is a nose-crinkling smell of chlorine, screaming kids splashing water, the feel of cold wet spandex against my skin and a pain in my neck from a bad breaststroke technique.

For Christmas, R gave me a pass to the public bath at Yrjönkatu because he goes regularly and, well, oh dear. I knew I should have ( Read more... )

I want to wrap the people I love ( Read more... )

Total utter absolute craziness is what this week has been. In the best possible way ( Read more... )

I told O today about what I'm doing and realized that I have about a zillion-billion personal projects in the works, which is incredibly exciting and refreshing. Often enough I'm working so much that when I get at night I'm ready to pack it in and go to bed - no chance to think about anything new. Now I'm jumping up and down sort of excited about ( Read more... )

Tänään olen viettänyt tyttöpäivää. Olen kävellyt ympäri kaupunkia kirkkaana pakkaspäivänä kera uudenvanhan kameran. Olen ostanut leipää ja macaroneja ranskalaisesta leipomosta, vintage-hiusjuttuja vanhojen tavaroiden liikkeestä ja lankakaupasta peltirasiallisen lankarullia. Olen jutellut tytöistä ja levyjen soittamisesta O:n kanssa Gran Delicaton ( Read more... )

Every now and then I get a clear idea of how my Life Should Be, aesthetically speaking ( Read more... )

Lasse Kurki soittaa radiossa lempeää brassimusiikkia. Keittiönpöydälle levitetty sunnuntaihesari, jota saa lukea omaan tahtiin. Aamiaisen jälkeen vielä kuppi hyvää teetä ja sitruunakeksi kulttuurisivujen kanssa. Eilen ensin tanssimassa surffia ja sitten vielä O:n ja punaviinilasin kanssa juttelemassa pikkutunneille, tänään unet puolille päivin. ( Read more... )

Meillä on pojan kanssa uusi elämä, ainakin loman loppuun asti ( Read more... )

For the longest time I've felt that if I'd have more time for making things, knitting things, baking things and tinkering around the house, my life would be perfect-er ( Read more... )