Good Bye 2016!

Today is next last day of this year. 2016 i close to be end and 2017 arrive. Time goes fast. It felt like yesterday, that we had 1th of January 2016. During this year, it has been happened so much in my life. Both positive and negative things. As life usually is, with it's ups and downs.

Year started for me as unemployed. Since my car accident, it has been for me a big change for my life. I have fought with pains. I have had several operations and nothing has helped. As well as another unsuccessful operation. Ok, there I am very happy, that I am still alive today.  Due of that, I have found several good friends, as well lost some. Not many people can understand how it is, to live with serious pains every day and still smile and just be there. For me, to keep my mask has became so daily achievement, that to be without it, would be strange and different. Still, there is a days, when I have taken mask off, since I can't manage to keep it on every single day. Those days just are worst, when I can't keep it on, since I afraid, that I hurt the person I love the most. Still I am very happy, that he is still by my side and supporting me. He still loves me and so far, would like to spend his life with me. That is something I am still very thankful. He is beside me and supporting me and loving me. But to come back about, to be unemployed, when, on Monday, when week started, I had no job, and Friday evening on the same week, I had 2 jobs. Jobs, what I both love and like and what has it's own challenges in it's own way. Another thing, what I am thankful for 2016.

Beginning of this year, also one of our dream came true, but in the same time it crushed some months later. We succeeded with help, to get pregnant and expect our small miracle. Unfortunately some months later, I got miscarriage. It was hit me very hard, since that miracle was very much expected and loved, even thought we had not seen him/her yet. It took me very hard in so many ways. Thanks for the support from my friends and family in Estonia, I managed to get somehow through it. We tried again couple of times and failed again. One of the sad part of 2016. Same time it seems, that my body did not like all this treatment and now, we have stopped that idea. One more dream crushed, but nothing to do. Still, I have loving husband by my side.Also several small babies and children around me to play with and spend time with their parents. Still, it is not totally the same, but as they say - better something than nothing. I love to spend time with my cousins children's as well with my friends children. Soon there will become one small baby girl more into this world, whom I can spoil as well.

I am also very thankful for Lions. Members of Lions Club in Jönköping believed in me and chose me as their president for 3 years. It has been very thoughtful, teaching, interesting and very much giving time for me. I have met a lot of interesting and good people during this year and more adventures is on it's way. Me and Tommy together with another member from Lions Club Jönköping had very nice and interesting trip to Minden and together from there to Cologne. I had honor to meet a lot of lovely people. I learned a lot during that trip and saw a lot. I also have seen how kind different members in Lions can be. Not only members in my own club have believed in me. Also members in our district have believed in me. In the beginning of September I was chosen as 2nd Vice District Governor in MD101SV. I feel it is a honor, a lot of responsibility,  lot of good times, meeting new people and so much more.

Why Lions. Yes, here I can write a very long list. Lions means for me, so many things. For me, the members in Lions Club Jönköping, has been part of my integration into the society. I have learned to speak that language as much as I do, I have been introduced to how some of the things works in this country. Another reason, why Lions - together with other members in this international organization, we can make a difference. There is a need, there is always a Lions and helping. In local, in national and in international level. The money what comes in to the club, all that goes out to the ones, who has bigger need, than we. We help people to get education, to get better health, to have place to sleep, to get clean water. All this, what we sometimes taking for granted, since it is easy to get it here. In our local club we help women shelter - so that mothers and children can get a positive memory during the hard times, Riding school for disable people in different ages. In national level we helping through to buy tents, so that in disaster Lions through Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency to the countries, there the need is to get people to have place to be and sleep and some kind of the roof over head. A project what is very important to so many. In international our district having a Sewing school in Odari, Nepal. To help women to get some education, so that they can't be sold by their families as whores or that they does not end up in trafficking. So, Lions makes a difference in the society in so many ways and that's why it feels a natural for me, just to be part of it and help with. So, my road in Lions will continue. I am happy and thankful for that. It teaches me more, it opens more my eyes and I will be part to help people by making a small difference. One person can't do much, but if we are together, we can make a great deal. We have just some weeks ago one nice Swedish tradition, what helps to raise funds, so that we could help our local women crisis centre. As I mentioned earlier, it is so important for me, that those children. Who lives in those protected properties together with their mothers, that they will get something nice to remember, when they get oilers. That is something there I feel, that we in Lions can make a difference. Just thought of, how happy the kids are in their summer collo week or their day trip, have made me to work hard on that project. That is something I self missed in my childhood during some of my memories from that time. Some of the memories still hunting me, even though that I am not a child anymore. So that those kids can have something positive to remember, is very important for me and together with nice group of Jönköping Lucia girls, the children can have that opportunity. For my small tiny heart, it feels so good. Just a small smile from those kids, makes my heart to melt.

This year, has also thought another way, how important is time, we have with each other. With our families, with people we love. It was not enough, that I have had obstacles and issues to fight with. My husband, who always has said, that he is never sick, never happened something and so on and on. He can't say that anymore. I hope just, that he stops to scare me once in a while with happenings. Still that is another moment, I can say, that I am thankful for my friends and family and for their support. It is not easy to live alone in the country, and all the rest of my family lives another country. Still, they have been here for me. Love my aunt and her family, who has been here for me, when I have needed them. I hope that 2017 will have a solution for my husband and he will be feel much more better again and will be himself, but it is as a wake-up clock. Remains us, that we do not know, what tomorrow will have with it. It might bring a happiness or it might have tears for us. We don't know never how much time we have for each other. Christmas is usually the time, we remember beloved ones who has left this world, but also, if there happens something with our beloved ones, that feeling about time, gets more and more clear and we think how much time we can have together. For us, I hope, that doctors can fix the problems and that medications will help and we can have lots of time together. So that you and me can experience how it will be get old together. We have stil so much to find out and to see. Love you with all my heart, even thought that sometimes, I just want to give up all and move back to home.

2016 have also had with it several interesting trips. Around in Sweden as well as abroad. It has been a while, since we have traveled that much. I have enjoyed my trips together with my husband as well alone. It has been giving to us both the time we need to have together as well our own time. Only one trip, what I made alone, I am bit sad, that my husband could not follow with me, but at least we could fly home together from Stockholm. Loved that feeling, that one comes from one trip and another from another place and we meet in airport to take a last part of the trip together and to come home together. Just to get that hug and kiss, was worth it. I also had visit from my family this year. It was good to show them even around here and celebrate Easter together. They also saved my Christmas and I had Estonian food on our Christmas table. Nomm Nomm Nomm. Only it has been a while, since I have celebrated Christmas with my family. Something to put into my plan again.

So, as the conclusion, 2016 has been a year with full of challenges. It has been a year with lot's of laugh, a year with a lot of tears and sorrow, it has been a year, what I would really love to forget and in the same time I am very thankful for this year, since I have supporting husband, loving family and supporting and great friends, who just has been here for me. 2016 has been a year, what one way I am hate and one way I love. Mixed feelings will take me to the end of 2016 and my only wish for me is, that 2017 will be bit more nicer for me and that couple of my wishes and dreams will come true.

I would wish to all of you: Happy New Year!! May 2017 be more nicer to you, bring a lot of good times not less sorrow. May it bring moments of laugh and less tears. My wish to you is: Just enjoy the year and surround yourself with people, who is caring of you and loving you. My wish to you is, take a best of everyday and remember that. It has been something, what has helped me to survive this year. My wish to myself will be exactly the same, to find a positive moment from every day and help to create some more positive moments for myself, since I feel like that is something, what will help me in the end, to get through the year. I am very, very thankful for each and everyone, who is surrounding me in so many different ways. Some as lessons for life, some as moments to share, some just being there in hard times with good word, company or just a small hug.

Happy New Year to everyone!!
                                                  Love,
                                                           Ingrit

Midsummer,

Summer has arrived also in Sweden. By taken consideration temperature, then we have had quite long time summer degrees. Flowers and trees are in full bloom and nature is just so nice.

On Friday we celebrated traditional midsummer celebration in Sweden. This year, it was one day after Estonian midsummer, but as usually we tried to combine traditions from both countries. Some traditions from Sweden and bonfire tradition and barbecue from Estonian traditions.
It was good day with friends and family. Good weather by the afternoon, since as tradition for midsummer, it has to be rain. Lucky for us, that this year we got rain in the morning and not in the evening, since I wanted to light on a fire. Really love to have a fire on.  Of course, the fire was not that big as it is usually in Estonia by midsummer time, but even a small one is better than nothing.

I want also to say thank you for my husband and to our friends, who spent midsummer with us.

Have a nice afternoon,
                                      Love,
                                                 Ingrit

GoodBye 2015,

Finally it is a last day of 2015. Just couple of hours and 2016 will arrive. I just can say finally!
It hasn't been my year in so many ways and on the other hand i am very thankful for the year and for the people in my life.
It has been year full of tears, laugh, it has been full of sorrow and good times, it has been showed, who has been walked out of my life and who has stayed or came into my life. Something still has left for me and that is, that I am thankful for this year, that I have managed to handle it. I feeling happy over that.
Year started quite quietly after the last years challenges. I thought that finally, it will be my year, what I had waited for so long, but how wrong I could be. Instead of taking easy, happened so many thing in my life. Some could stayed away, but as usually it does not go as we wish. I hoped to not have any operations this year, but had several and still the issue is there, because it seems so hard to make an operation as it should be. Yes, I sound bit bitter and cranky, but I think, that if I will end up in operation table, I have trusted my life and my body in hands of surgeons, but they still managed to fuck up those. So, will see how many operations will waiting me next year. I am happy, that I can close the door almost with the company we had. Just last things to tie up and that lesson of life can be finished. It has been very expensive lesson both in economically as well emotionally. But I am happy that those people are not in my life anymore after that. Not totally my choice, but I do not let my life to stop over that. Have so many other things what struggles it, so I do not need more. That is other person choice as well, since last times I have not even deserved to meet or even say hello, but not my lost. I also have started in university again. Not totally my own choice, but on the other hand, if I want to work with that, what I love, I need to take Swedish exam as well. Will see how it goes, since the high morphine doses for a quite long time, have left it's problems. Hopefully one day they will disappear, but that would need to mean that no more morphine. Actually I was 4 months without morphine, but pains have vent worse again and 1,5 weeks ago I got it back. That did not make me happy, but other painkillers was just as candy in the end and did not help at all. Ok, even not totally yet together with morphine as well, but dreams and hopes dies last. Else the ER is close to go, if something happens.

I have had also good times. I have my husband next to me, who is supporting me. I think without him by side, I had given up for a very long time ago. He showed me why it is worth to fight and not to give up. I have my friends by my side. We have had good times together and sad times. We do not meet always, but we knowing that we is here to each other. I have met new people, who have became into my life and specially one person I am very thankful. Thank you for her, I have not yet given up my studies in university. I have missed to see my family and friends, but soon I will see them. I am very happy over that I have seen many nice places during a year,  here in Sweden. I have been visited twice Denmark. The country I have missed.
Yes, it has been a year, that I preferably would love to forget, but those small good times, have helped me through it. I am thankful for all small good moments and thankful for lessons life has learned. Usually we saying that one time we make a mistake, we take it as lesson, second and third time same lesson, it will became to our choice. Thank you for the good moments in my life, what helped me through 2015.

I would like to wish you all a Happy New Year! May 2016 come as wonderful as you wish it. What is about me, when I hope that my new year will became bit more better, than 2015 was for me, but that I can see first on 31 December 2016 how my year has been. Until then, have a good evening with friends and family, create a wonderful memories, drink some bubble and just enjoy your time.

Love,
          Ingrit

Happy New Year,

Finally 2015 has arrived and have been here for 2 and half days. My New Year came among friends and family. I had a good time and good food. What else should we want. It is not big things what matters anyway. It is small things, at least it has been like that for me.
My 2014 was a year, I had not planned for me, but it was as it was. We can't change the past. It has been a year with lot's of feelings, happenings and so many other things. Year, what I would in somehow prefer to forget.
Year started with rehab after car accident in August 2013. In April I had another surgery what made, that I almost lost my life.  Had my husband came earlier to take me home, when I would not have been here today. Somehow someone was looking over me and I am alive today. From the medical papers I asked to get, I saw, that they had cleaned up 4,8 liters blood and it is a lot. A humans has around 6 liters blood in their body. So, the emergency operation was needed and I had to spend so many more days in hospital. Today I am happy that I am alive, since it would have been sad not to me, but to my family and the ones who really care about me. After I came home, the rehabilitation took several months.
In summer I spend some time in Estonia with my family. Got some more medical help, since the surgeon in Sweden was totally incompetent human been.  He did not care how I felt and how the recovery went. Strange human in my opinion. Time with family on the other hand in Estonia was good. Spent time with my small cousin. He has won my heart in so many ways. I am so happy that I have my family in my life and that I have their support. They do not criticize my decisions or thoughts, they support me instead and helping me. In the same time I could help my cousin in her shop and bar. Loved the time I could spend there but it also made that I missed home here and my dog together with my husband.
Back at home, we had vacation together with my husband and Sally in Sweden. Visited Örebro, Karlstad, Trollhättan and some other places. We had our little black dog with us and just enjoyed beautiful Swedish summer. Also took a boat trip on Vättern with Sigrid Storråda with friends and finished evening with good barbeque, lots of fun and just a wonderful time.
In Autumn  had finally my shoulder operation, even thought I had best orthopedist surgeon in Jönköping and he could do so much for my shoulder, it did not have helped me as I was expect. I still have pain in the shoulder, specially when I give some strain on it and I can't lift it as I would like, but at least I am finally morphine free. I am happy that I did not got any side effects, when I was stop to take it. It feels good that now I need to take only strong paracetamol and it takes a bit pain away. More I can't want. It is good enough. Small price to pay to be alive today. I also was very active with Jönköpings Lucia. I think that Lucia tradition in Sweden is one of the most interesting and good tradition. Plus all the nice Christmas songs, what makes people in Jönköping county bit more happier and elderly will get some Christmas spirit. This year it was 16 girls who spread light and happiness to elderly, companies, and public. The best thing is, when we usually have a concert in church for public and in the same time Lucia will be crowned.
During that I had spent some more time in hospital and some weeks before Christmas had another surgery. I think, I had too many surgeries last year, so my plan is, that no surgeries this year. Ok. Last year I also planned only one and had totally 5.
2014 have gave me so many wonderful people in to my life. I am really happy to have had opportunity to get to know them. Kind, supporting and fantastic personalities. We have had lots of laughter moments, but also sad moments, when we had to say goodbye to one of our friend.   It also has been a year, when I have lost some of the persons. That has been their choice and that has been mean that those persons has not been true friends. Especially one. After things did not went like she liked and I just did not follow as I am used to, when we was not more worth to be known anymore as her friends. She is quite similar to another person, who we have been known. That also means, that we have closed company down and are finishing the last things. Will see how this will end, since I do not afraid anymore to say my own opinion. Since the car accident and the unsuccessful operation I have changed a lot. I do not afraid to say my opinion and stand for myself. That feels strange for me, but I really like it. That also has been beginning to new me. I have lost under 2014 almost 52 kg. I have cut my long hair and I am happy. Even thought it is on my half road and I plan to continue it on 2015. I have still 18-20 kg to my goal weight, so my hard work to my goal is still on and after that will start another hard work, to keep it, since I gave just one promise to my self. I will never be again so big as I have been or have been before all this road started. My health has became better after this minus 52 kilos. I do not need anymore my blood pressure medicine, my asthma medicine has not be used as often as it was used before. All this has been worth my long rocky road. Of course, it is expensive to my moneybag, since all clothes I had in closet has became too big and I have needed to buy some more new ones. I have just never could bought so small size. Hopefully on the end of my road, I can have even more smaller size than 40 and 42. Depends on material and cut.
It also was a year, when I have taken long time to make some handcraft. Mostly for the recovery I needed after my surgeries, but also my shoulder. So, this year I plan to make some more handcraft as I did last year. As I told. I have no plan to have any more surgeries. Plan to have quiet year in that front.
In summer I will be finished my education. Hopefully after that I can find a work I like. Perhaps take some other courses. Will see what year will have for me. I just hope, that it will be little bit more my friendly year than 2014. On the other hand, I was need that year as well. Now I understand, what is important in this life and who is important in my life and to whom I am important.
I am really thankful for all my family but also to all the friends, who still have me in their life. Thank you for supporting me on 2014. I am really happy over to have you in my life and I hope that we can have in 2015 much more laughing times and good times together.

Have a nice evening,
                                    Ingrit

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas,

Finally the Christmas time has arrived. Not so many days left in this year.
Christmas time is time for close friends and family. At least for us. Today we will go in afternoon to spend Christmas together with my father-in-law and to be countryside. Only 2 things I miss this Christmas - my own family and snow. Seems that we will have green/black/grey Christmas without the snow. Only bit frost and dark ice on the roads.
Take care of your closest ones! Enjoy your time with your families and friends! It is not the presents, what is most important, it is quality time you spend with your closest one, what is most important. So many people feeling about stress for presents and amount of presents as well the cost, but so many forgets, what is important with Christmas. Hopefully you have been nice during a year and you will get a visit from Santa Claus :)
I would like to wish you all Merry Christmas! Enjoy your time and if you have, even snow :)
Love,
           Ingrit

New Embdoidery Card,

I think that there can't be never enough for me from nice and beautiful embroidery patterns :) I supposed to get it on Saturday, but again I missed the time and came to the shop half an hour after it was closed. In some way I always manage it with this shop and just on Saturdays. Perhaps, that other shops are opened until 15:00 and this particular shop is closing 13:00 :) Hopefully there comes a day I learn those times, but seems, that this day i long from me.

I am so happy, that I got that card home.  I loved this fine Christmas patterns what this card had. Last year I bought Christmas patterns from Husqvarna Viking and this year came even Pfaff out with ones. I felt like I am in heaven. On Wednesday I will plan to sit all day in my small hobby room. I have one day this week for me and it will go to handwork. Something else and interesting to do and also my way to have a peaceful moment and calm my stress down. 

Here comes an updated list with patterns:

Husqvarna Viking patterns:

Card 280 Organic Creations
Card 279 Felted Nature
Card 270 Vintage Postcard
Card 269 With all my Heart
Card 267 Appliqué Cutwork
Card 264 Layered Quilting with Appliqué
Card 263 Line Art Flowers 
Card 257 3D Flowers
Card 255 Small Square Hoop Embroideries
Card 253 Elegant Cases
Card 252 Yarn Art
Card 247 Most Popular Lace
Card 245 Decorative Edge Work
Card 241 Mega Endless Embroideries 
Card 239 Cutwork Technique II
Card 237 Quilting for the Holiday
Card 236 Hand look Vintage Letters
Card 231 Textured Quilting II
Card 229 Majestic Seasons
Card 227 Christmas Creations
Card 222 Cross Stitch Harmony
Card 219 Romantic Cutwork
Card 217 Precious Crochet
Card 215 Hoop! Sew! Go! 
Card 214 Towel Magic 
Card 211 Thread Velvet & Yarn
Card 208 Endless Romantic Cotton Lace
Card 203 Special Techniques Butterflies  
Card 202 Cutwork Finesse
Card 200 In Full Bloom
Card 197 Embellish with Yarn
Card 193 Wing Needle Embroidery
Card 186 Mega Madeira Borders
Card 182 Felting Art Embroidery
Card 180 Mega Blossom
Card 178 Mega Decór
Card 163 Dimensional Decorations
Card 162 Blooming Flower 
Card 153 Colors of Autumn 
Card 144 Mega Swirls
Card 143 Mega Floral Elegance
Card 139 Mega Flowers
Card 138 Sparklers
Card 137 Swedish Santas 
Card 131 Mega Elegance
Card 128 Flowers and Fashions
Card 119 Flowers and Frames 2
Card 117 Mega Borders
Card 108 Designer Celebrity Collection
Card 91 Endless Insertions and Thread Work
Card 78 Kitchen & Garden II
Card 75 Cross Stitch Border
Card 74 Fuzzy Wuzzy Bears
Card 68 Beautiful Baltimore
Card 65 Delicate and Dainity
Card 64 Italian Romance
Card 63 French Café
Card 58 Trendy Textures
Card 53 Christmas Lace I
Card 50 Kitchen Harvest
Card 47 Butterflies
Card 46 Candlewicking
Card 45 Fantasy Flowers
Card 34 Countryside
Card 17 Roses

Pfaff patterns:

Card 478 Sheer Christmas
Card 477 Holiday Line Art
Card 452 Handbags and More
Card 446 Lettering . Including Thread Velvet
Card 439 Towel Techniques
Card 436 Grand Dream Yarn Quilting Special Techniques
Card 429 Elegant Pop-Up Flowers
Card 424 Endless vintage cotton lace

Inspira patterns:

Towel Time!
Kitchen Art
Endless Elements
Flower Fun
Elegant Bottles
Easter Friends
Fantasy Flowers
Playtime
Mega Florals
Christmas Eve
Cross stitch borders
Baltimore in Bloom
My Sewing Room 

As usually. All patterns can be ordered in different colors and products. Just feel free to contact me on my mail or in facebook. Some part of handwork can be seen on Facebook on my handcraft page. 

Have a nice evening,
                                Love,
                                         Ingrit

Happy New Year,

I would like to wish for you all Happy New Year 2014! Now it has arrived. New year, New month and that feels actually quite good. For me, I just had to admit, was 2014 a waited year. For a while ago I had told, that this year, is my year.
Last year happened so many things, what was so negative for me and that had made me feel more down and less happy. It also have affected just not me, but also my husband and that has made me just more sad.
Good things from my last year has been, that I have visited my family in Estonia 2 times and got spend both Christmas and New Year together with my younger brother. I have spend time with friends and visited little bit around in Sweden and saw new places, where I have not been before.
Negative things from my previous year has been, that I could not spend my usual days after Christmas in Estonia, but then I also know, that they will be there also next year and I can visit them again. The negative happening in my life last year was also my car accident and that affected me in so many ways. Good thing for me from that was, that I realized how happy I am, that I am living and all this gave me good perspectives over my life and what I really want to do, how I really want to be.
To come in my age in bottom of the life has not been good feeling, specially when I have felt before economically safe. So, the accident was good to bring out all the small but important things, what I needed to know and to feel. Now, I know precisely what I want to do, what I need to do, so that I would never ever feel that way anymore. I do not want to feel more, that I am nothing worth and that I am useless. This year, all this will be change.  I will not want to feel anymore as I have felt since my car accident. After I was but words to it and made my first decisions, I felt good and relieved. I felt, that I am on right directions. Probably there will be persons, who are saying, that all I do is wrong or that I should think others as well, but my question is why?? When I already have felt how others take active choices, what I have to loose....??? Nothing anymore. I have found the bottom in the hole, now it is time to start to climb up again. This year I will think mainly to myself, but also to my husband, my family, my close friends and to Lions. Rest I will think, if I have time over for it. It is not anymore my priority. My priority this year is ME and my present and future and those people who has supported me last couple of months. A lot of clearness came to me after the accident and that is good. It opened my eyes and I needed it.
When last year I gave myself a new year resolutions, when this year I decided, I will not do it anymore. On the other hand, my year will come My year and that is most important. It means, no broken promises.
I would like to thank all the persons, who has supported me during my difficult times and made me feel better and less sad. The people, who has stayed with me during all this time. Thank you all so much for it. You are sun in my life.
About more, what will start to happen, you might read soon again. I will keep you informed about MY year. So far I just will enjoy the first day of the New Year and the following days.
HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Merry Christmas, Everyone!

It is again this time of a year.It is Christmas time. For me it is a little bit special Christmas this time. I will spend my Christmas together with my family and also with my brother. I am very happy over that, since it is over 15 years since I spent Christmas together with him.
It is also different Christmas, because outside it is no feeling of it. No snow, no cold. Just rain and very windy. This year instead of winter and snow it has been very stormy. Hopefully winter still arrives and does not forget us, but as it looks out, we must wait at least after the new year. So, no snowangels. I just have decided, that I do not let weather spoil my Christmas as well the cold I have got. There must be more things, what does destroys my Christmas this year.
I am bit sad, that my car accident destroyed my wish to spend part of the Christmas with my family in Estonia, but I am happy that my brother is here. That helps a lot to deal with the other things. Now, I will take time for me. Others are out and I can look some Christmas movies.
Merry Christmas and enjoy the holiday with your beloved ones. Have a wonderful time! I am happy over to have my family and my friends in my life.

Advent decoration,

November is almost became to it's end and already next Sunday it is 1 of December and also First advent. Time just flies and it just was 1th of January and now we have arrived almost into the end of the year.
Today I have also made some Christmas decorations as yesterday. Yesterday I made a door wreath for my father-in-law and today I decided to make a advent decoration for my own home, since next week, will be busy week. It will be week filled with meetings, with preparations for Christmas market in Jönköping and also with Jönköpings Lucia. So, I started with preparations already, then all will be done by the first advent.

All Saints' weekend,

Today Sweden i celebrating all saints' weekend. A lot of people are visiting churchyards and lightning a candles.
Even I was in churchyard today and we lighted candle to our beloved ones, who have left us and went to the other side of the world. I think that it is nice that people can visit churchyards even if they don't have their relatives in particular churchyard, since they have memorial place in most churchyards and everyone can go and visit them. Light a candle, leave a flowers all what can't be made in own relatives place. I am happy that I could go and light a candle for my mother and my grandparents but also others I know, who has passed away. I miss them quite a much. Would love to have them a live but not always we get, what we want.
Today my father would have also turned a year, but last year he passed away. Happy Birthday day dad!

Happy Midsummer's Day!!

Today we celebrate Midsummer's Day in Sweden and tomorrow it will be celebrated in Estonia. Since this year I can't be in Estonia, we will make nice gathering here with friends and family.
Today we will have typical lunch after Swedish traditions and in the evening make a small fire and grilling Estonian traditional way made meat and our traditional potato salad. Having just good time and tomorrow, we celebrate it bit Estonian way.
It is nice to have a small vacation and just hopefully have also nice weather.

Have a happy Midsummer's day my dear readers.

Happy Easter!!

 
It is already in the beginning of April and Easter weekend has arrived. I would like to wish everyone Happy Easter!! Enjoy time with friends and family and people you care!!

Christmas in Estonia,

Today got it final - we spend some days between Christmas and New Year in Estonia with my family. It feels actually very good and have made me very happy today as well.
As we decided with Kristi end of last week, that we should have this year Christmas vacation together as most other companies has, when that gave me also possibility to travel to Estonia and that felt good.
Today we booked plain tickets for me and my love and even booked rental car, since that becomes cheaper than if we would take our own car over with boat and also it saves quite a lot on time and time is something what is bit valuable that trip.
So, now it is just Christmas what is needed and when it is not far to spend time with family. When I have opportunity to see small family member as well.

Midsummer,

It has been a very nice midsummer. We have been spent it at home and had friends over.
Our midsummer started with typical Swedish midsummer lunch - herring, fresh new potatoes, cold sauce based on sour cream.

For the evening we had a nice evening with new potatoes and barbeque and also cold sour cream and green onion sauce. After that we had our small midsummer bonfire at home. It was not very big, but since our garden is not very big, I was very happy over our small fire. Better something than nothing :) But that made me feel like a very nice midsummer. Seems that in Sweden there is other traditions than we have them in Estonia, but that is also nice. It is nice to see different traditions.

After in the evening we had a nice time over table came "Apples to Apples" and cup of coffee and of course Strawberry cake. Strawberry cake and strawberries at all are big tradition in Sweden for midsummer.

It was a nice midsummer evening!