My head just is so empty. It seems that I only can concentrate on one thing at the time. Last night I had plenty of time to write something here, but I just had no idea what to write. I know that it is not a good idea to rant about not knowing what to write... Not really interesting to read about stuff like that.
But there really isn't much else that I could write about. This week I have done work, gone to gym and store... I came home on Monday (from granny's) but since then I have not seen any of my friends. I have talked to my sister few times on the phone, but not anyone else. Also I have texted to my friend and my sister in law. I have msn'd to two of my friends. So yeah... Pretty boring week.
Well I am going to go help organize my niece's birthday party today and tomorrow. Then take part on Saturday and Sunday. Maybe I will need to go to movies next week. Just so that I will have gone out. I don't count going to the gym as going out as most of the time I am inside :) And also it feels like being at home, as I don't socialize there.
Thursday, March 24, 2011
Monday, March 21, 2011
I am visiting my granny
This time (like the last time) we are not going to bake anything. One reason being that she is not well enough, and she had visitors (other than me) over here over the weekend. It was good to see that others come visit her as well. She just got really tired because she didn't rest enough when the guests were here.
One reason being that two of the quests happened to be her great-grandchildren. When there are children around she will try to stay up as much as possible. Compared when I am around she might sleep few hours after a good meal and take small naps during the day. So if she stays up the whole day, she is going to feel a bit tired the next day. She knows she should relax every once in a while, but she won't. What can I say, that's granny for you.
One thing is good. I was able to wake up today really early. I also started working at eight. One plus for this work. I can work from where ever I want, as long as I have access to internet. So I am taking an advantage of this. I have worked at my friends home, at granny's, at brother's, at sister's and also abroad. Fantastic isn't it...
Oh, damn this was supposed to be just about my granny, but I was able to turn it into about my work. It is a sign that I need to stop writing :)
One reason being that two of the quests happened to be her great-grandchildren. When there are children around she will try to stay up as much as possible. Compared when I am around she might sleep few hours after a good meal and take small naps during the day. So if she stays up the whole day, she is going to feel a bit tired the next day. She knows she should relax every once in a while, but she won't. What can I say, that's granny for you.
One thing is good. I was able to wake up today really early. I also started working at eight. One plus for this work. I can work from where ever I want, as long as I have access to internet. So I am taking an advantage of this. I have worked at my friends home, at granny's, at brother's, at sister's and also abroad. Fantastic isn't it...
Oh, damn this was supposed to be just about my granny, but I was able to turn it into about my work. It is a sign that I need to stop writing :)
Friday, March 18, 2011
What things have I done in the past year
My friend introduced me to this one blog about a guy doing 1000 things in a year. He is doing small things, big things, new things, old things (that there didn't seem to be time for). He has shared all his experiences in facebook, twitter and in his blog (http://jessebrisendine.blogspot.com/). Well since my friend got into following him, I have also started to follow him.
So I was thinking, that we all have done some small things in the past year. We probably don't even remember the things we have done and how exciting they were. So I am going to make a list of things that I have done last year. They might be small things but important to me :)
1. Baked Karelian Pastries (for first time for many, many years)
2. Went to the gym
3. Helped organize Christmas for my brother
4. Babysitting for brother (they were renovating their new home)
5. Took wallpaper off
6. Painted my guestroom
7. Bought a new phone (Last time I bought a phone was when I went to Florida in 2004)
8. I went to the movies with my sister in law
9. Went to the cruise with my sister and her family (never done this before)
10. Went to a vacation with my friend
11. Drove a tractor for the first time
12. I had two house warming parties :P
13. Went to a fair (haven't been to one since almost 10 years)
14. Tasted some weird food (can't remember what, probably lamb and something fishy. I don't like fish FYI)
15. Spent the midsummer with my brothers family
16. Bought winter clothes (moved back from warm country, so didn't have any)
17. I baked a gluten free cake
18. I baked gluten free pastries and sweet buns
19. I saw E-type
20. I drove in Helsinki (City Center, our capital city)
21. Played skip-bo
22. Saved my mom's phone number to my phone (not really talking to her)
23. Bought new glasses (few years too late...)
24. I ate Baklava (really yummy)
(Will continue when I remember more)
25. Used the USB port in my car radio :)
26. Went to picnic with my sister and her children (nope, have not done this before outside)
27. Cut myself bangs (not a good idea)
28. I played BrainBash :)
29. I painted by numbers
30. Met TV permit inspector for the first time
31. I cooked food for my brothers family
32. Had my nephew over for a night for the first time
So I was thinking, that we all have done some small things in the past year. We probably don't even remember the things we have done and how exciting they were. So I am going to make a list of things that I have done last year. They might be small things but important to me :)
1. Baked Karelian Pastries (for first time for many, many years)
2. Went to the gym
3. Helped organize Christmas for my brother
4. Babysitting for brother (they were renovating their new home)
5. Took wallpaper off
6. Painted my guestroom
7. Bought a new phone (Last time I bought a phone was when I went to Florida in 2004)
8. I went to the movies with my sister in law
9. Went to the cruise with my sister and her family (never done this before)
10. Went to a vacation with my friend
11. Drove a tractor for the first time
12. I had two house warming parties :P
13. Went to a fair (haven't been to one since almost 10 years)
14. Tasted some weird food (can't remember what, probably lamb and something fishy. I don't like fish FYI)
15. Spent the midsummer with my brothers family
16. Bought winter clothes (moved back from warm country, so didn't have any)
17. I baked a gluten free cake
18. I baked gluten free pastries and sweet buns
19. I saw E-type
20. I drove in Helsinki (City Center, our capital city)
21. Played skip-bo
22. Saved my mom's phone number to my phone (not really talking to her)
23. Bought new glasses (few years too late...)
24. I ate Baklava (really yummy)
(Will continue when I remember more)
25. Used the USB port in my car radio :)
26. Went to picnic with my sister and her children (nope, have not done this before outside)
27. Cut myself bangs (not a good idea)
28. I played BrainBash :)
29. I painted by numbers
30. Met TV permit inspector for the first time
31. I cooked food for my brothers family
32. Had my nephew over for a night for the first time
Wednesday, March 16, 2011
@ my friends
My friend is on a vacation and she asked if I could come over. As I can, I did :)) She makes me wake up a bit more earlier than I would at home. She also makes me work through the day, versus not doing things so slow like it seems I sometimes do. It kind of feels like I would be in an office working and not from home. So basically I did this more for me than for her, but just don't tell her that ;)
At the moment I am making carrot pastries for her (they contain no wheat). Tomorrow I think I will make the Karelian ones. They are really easy to make so I like doing them. The only bad thing is that my lower back starts to hurt after awhile. This is due to the way they are done. Luckily I don't have to do too many of them at once.
So far we have been watching some of her dvd's and digibox savings. (Digibox=TiVo?) She has cooked and gone to floor ball training. I am writing this blog and done some baking. Tomorrow I will do some Finnish pancakes and baking :) It is good to have a plan.
Now if it seems that I am not shocked about the situation in Japan, but it is not true. I do follow newspaper and online chatter on what's going on. So far they all are in my prays and if an opportunity to help arrives, I will. Still there is not much I can do. This is also one reason why I decided not to mention too much about the situation as I believe that everybody at the moment are writing about them. (As now have I.)
Anyhows I am going to be here for couple of days, so we shall see if I will be writing more or less compared to my usual writing. :P
At the moment I am making carrot pastries for her (they contain no wheat). Tomorrow I think I will make the Karelian ones. They are really easy to make so I like doing them. The only bad thing is that my lower back starts to hurt after awhile. This is due to the way they are done. Luckily I don't have to do too many of them at once.
So far we have been watching some of her dvd's and digibox savings. (Digibox=TiVo?) She has cooked and gone to floor ball training. I am writing this blog and done some baking. Tomorrow I will do some Finnish pancakes and baking :) It is good to have a plan.
Now if it seems that I am not shocked about the situation in Japan, but it is not true. I do follow newspaper and online chatter on what's going on. So far they all are in my prays and if an opportunity to help arrives, I will. Still there is not much I can do. This is also one reason why I decided not to mention too much about the situation as I believe that everybody at the moment are writing about them. (As now have I.)
Anyhows I am going to be here for couple of days, so we shall see if I will be writing more or less compared to my usual writing. :P
Monday, March 14, 2011
Last weekend
Last weekend I went to spent some time with my friend in Lappeenranta. They had just moved to their new home. It is a bigger, two bed room apartment near the lake Saimaa and the Canal. So the place where they live is pretty good. :) I actually am a bit jealous about it. We ate out and watched a bit telly. That actually is all we did, but that was okey. The main part was that we spent some time together. :)
I was also able to see my dad for few hours before I left home.
That's all I did... So that was/is/will be a disappointingly short entry.
I was also able to see my dad for few hours before I left home.
That's all I did... So that was/is/will be a disappointingly short entry.
Thursday, March 10, 2011
I know, I know
I promised not to rant about my work so much here.... But here we go again!
How am I supposed to give answer to our customers, when there is no-one whom I can ask them about. I try to find out as much as I can by Google/ing stuff. But there is information that not even Google will know. Some of the information that I seek is hidden inside my bosses mind. I have no access to there! He has no interest :(
So how am I supposed to be a good support person to our clients, when I have none. Tomorrow I will update my CV that is a promise! Tomorrow I will do something about this... I promise! If I don't you can come and kick my ass. That is a promise also!
Really, Why do I even bother!
How am I supposed to give answer to our customers, when there is no-one whom I can ask them about. I try to find out as much as I can by Google/ing stuff. But there is information that not even Google will know. Some of the information that I seek is hidden inside my bosses mind. I have no access to there! He has no interest :(
So how am I supposed to be a good support person to our clients, when I have none. Tomorrow I will update my CV that is a promise! Tomorrow I will do something about this... I promise! If I don't you can come and kick my ass. That is a promise also!
Really, Why do I even bother!
Wednesday, March 09, 2011
Not about work!
When this year started I thought I wouldn't have anything to do. Now it seems that I have more to do than I have time. I haven't had to turn down that much things. Just one actually, so you might think that what am I complaining... But I do actually have a lot to complain. One thing is that now that I am back (in Finland), I yet again am the one who goes take care of my granny. My mother has started to take care of her as well, but she still puts everything else before her.
I would love to spend more time with her, but I think that the rest of the family could do so too. I know people have their own lives and work etc. But so do I. Why does it always have to be me? Now, at the moment, I know that my granny is feeling a bit down. Her neighbor died (she was few years younger than my granny) and that realization hit quite hard on her. She also was in the hospital earlier this year.
She would need people to visit her, just stop by and say hi! But I am not sure if anyone has. I know my uncle will try to visit her (points for him). I visit her next weeks weekend. This weekend I am going to see my friend whom I haven't seen since last summer/fall. It's been really long time. I need to be more in touch with my friends.
I still also help my brother by babysitting. Also in my plans there is trip to Brighton to celebrate my friends bday, and visit to Stockholm to see that same friend with my sis. :P This is in next few months before the summer. I am not yet planning my summer, even though I have reserved few weeks from there. I try to go day by day, few months at the time. Just so that I can try to be a bit more relaxed (not so control freak).
That's enough for today I think :)
I would love to spend more time with her, but I think that the rest of the family could do so too. I know people have their own lives and work etc. But so do I. Why does it always have to be me? Now, at the moment, I know that my granny is feeling a bit down. Her neighbor died (she was few years younger than my granny) and that realization hit quite hard on her. She also was in the hospital earlier this year.
She would need people to visit her, just stop by and say hi! But I am not sure if anyone has. I know my uncle will try to visit her (points for him). I visit her next weeks weekend. This weekend I am going to see my friend whom I haven't seen since last summer/fall. It's been really long time. I need to be more in touch with my friends.
I still also help my brother by babysitting. Also in my plans there is trip to Brighton to celebrate my friends bday, and visit to Stockholm to see that same friend with my sis. :P This is in next few months before the summer. I am not yet planning my summer, even though I have reserved few weeks from there. I try to go day by day, few months at the time. Just so that I can try to be a bit more relaxed (not so control freak).
That's enough for today I think :)
Friday, March 04, 2011
Yada yada yaa
Yesterday I did again 12 hour sift at work. Today I did normal hours + little extra by checking the orders/payments. There still would have been a lot of work to be done, but I am not going to do any extra as I am not going to be paid any extra.
If the working environment would be nicer I probably would do some extra more willingly. But it is not, so I won't. Anyways, just thinking something to write about. Not planning on complaining about my work all the time :P
I just saw a commercial of NCIS on tv! :)) It was so funny. I think I will need to start watching my NCIS collection again. At the moment I am watching Charmed. My friend owns the all seasons box,
Sorry, brain is blank. Will tweet something and put computer away.
If the working environment would be nicer I probably would do some extra more willingly. But it is not, so I won't. Anyways, just thinking something to write about. Not planning on complaining about my work all the time :P
I just saw a commercial of NCIS on tv! :)) It was so funny. I think I will need to start watching my NCIS collection again. At the moment I am watching Charmed. My friend owns the all seasons box,
Sorry, brain is blank. Will tweet something and put computer away.
Tuesday, March 01, 2011
Went to the gym yesterday
Yes, after few (or more) years I have finally gone to the gym again. It is a new gym, so it is not quite up and running yet, but it is getting there. So far I have two good and one bad impression. Last week I tried to go there, but somehow the whole thing was so weird that I decided not to go.
Yesterday I decided to try again. So I went. I was lucky and they had a group exercise starting just when I got there. So I took part in it. Before I did 7 minutes of warm up (not long enough time I know, but that was all I had time for) and noticed that my hart rate was quite high quite fast. The machine actually warned me once that my hart rate is too high. I wasn't even going very fast...
So that is one thing that I need to pay attention to when I go there. Hopefully I will get in better shape, so I don't have to worry about that. Yes I do no why it is so high. I also know what I need to do to fix it. Monday I will have someone there to tell me how I should start it and what kind of a plan I should use in the gym.
Yesterday I decided to try again. So I went. I was lucky and they had a group exercise starting just when I got there. So I took part in it. Before I did 7 minutes of warm up (not long enough time I know, but that was all I had time for) and noticed that my hart rate was quite high quite fast. The machine actually warned me once that my hart rate is too high. I wasn't even going very fast...
So that is one thing that I need to pay attention to when I go there. Hopefully I will get in better shape, so I don't have to worry about that. Yes I do no why it is so high. I also know what I need to do to fix it. Monday I will have someone there to tell me how I should start it and what kind of a plan I should use in the gym.
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