A Happy Girl,

Today I finally got my long waited package. Just after the New Year I ordered a training clothes to me and today they finally arrived. After my weight-loss so far, I can have small size clothes and therefore I decided that if I need to buy some clothes, what I will use often, when I buy quality clothes. And again I bought my clothes from Peak Performance.
This time it was a long tights for running. I decided that since it is something I can do together with my dog or by myself, when I will start to run. When I run last year, it felt so good, so I will start to do often this year. Last year I also promised to myself that I will try to take part at least of 2 races. Of course I will not run for win, I just want to feel good and do something for me. I promised this years promise to myself, that this year will be my year and to take part of those 2 races is something what I will do to myself just for at feel good. Also because, I never have had opportunity to run longer distances since I have been very big and weight a lot.
Together with tights I also bought a sweater. On the other words, whole kit a person needs to take time to herself. That should help me to take off the last kilos I want to get rid off. Just around 20 kilos and I am happy. Ok, might be, that I am happy also if it is just 15 I will loose, but my own personal goal is 20 :)
On the same time, I do not care how much it goes down, since I already have won by getting so far. I miss just my training companion and she is in Malta :D She was a good motivator and that is needed once in a while, but she is just a chat away and that is also enough. For now :) Now, it is time to go and take a long walk with Sally.

Have a nice evening!
                       Love,
                                Ingrit

Blueberry pie,

Yesterday was a slow Sunday at our home. In some reason I got an idea to bake something for the afternoon coffee and the result was a blueberry pie. Since it was good one, I decided that I can share the recipe with all of you :)

Ingredients:

2 egg
2 dl sugar ( I used only 1 dl)
50 gr butter or margarine
1 dl milk
3 dl flour
1 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1 teaspoon vanilla sugar
1 tablespoon potato flour
250 gr frozen or fresh blueberries
Powder sugar 

Whip first eggs with sugar. Smelt butter and add milk. Let it boil up and mix is fast with whipped eggs. Add flour together with baking powder and vanilla sugar. Mix it up.
Take a form with diameter about 21 cm and 4 cm high. Butter it in if it not an silicon form. 
Cover the bottom with blueberries. Pour a tablespoon potato flour over them and mix berries with flour, so that berries are covered. It is good to do it with frozen berries, so that cake would not be runny.
Bake in 175 degrees in lower part of oven for  ca 40 minutes.
Take it out, let it cool down bit and cover with a little powder sugar and it is ready to eat. It also can be eaten together with vanilla sauce or ice-cream, sourcream or so many other ways. 

Bon Appetit!
                       Love,
                                Ingrit

Easy breakfast,

I do not make often breakfast. Usually I am quite happy to take a bite of crispbread, but once in a while miracles happens and I take bit longer time to make something else. Usually, it is something easy and good and something I will get some proteins out. 
Most often times it is egg muffins I have made. Very easy to make after my opinion. 

Ingredients:

6 egg
1 dl milk
salt
black pepper
half fine chopped red, yellow, green or orange pepper
ca. 15 cm fine chopped leek
5 slices fine chopped turkey sausage

This amount ingredients gave me 9 eggmuffins.
I used a silicon cupcake form. I filled bottom with chopped red pepper. After that added chopped leek and sausage. I whipped up eggs with salt and black pepper and milk. Pour egg and milk mix over the vegetables and sausage. I did not fill forms totally, since they are growing bit while they are in oven. I have them usually in oven about 20 minutes in 200 degrees.
They taste good and in my opinion they are very easy to make.

Bon Appetit!
                       Love,
                                Ingrit

Beginning of 2015,

Beginning of January has been started somehow well. I had previously decided that 2015 will be better year than 2014 was for me. It has been just 8 days the new year has been, but some of the things what has been happened already, have at least been positive.
After I handed in two last written works to school in that subject and managed to get a very good mark, now it is just to wait the oral examination in next week and when this is over and new subject can start.
I have finally also got back my desire and interest to handwork. Last year I could not do much at all. Most of it, because I had several issues with my health, but also all this made me lost interest to it. Now, after the last succeeded operations, I feel well and it makes also that interest to my handwork has come back. And yes, we do not talk about my shoulder :) That will be something I have to live with and deal with. During next week I will install my handwork programs to my new computer, what I got last year for it and after that, I can start to make my own patterns again. Also my sewing machine will start to work again.
I also have decided to challenge myself. Beginning of the week I ordered training clothes from Peak Performance. I will not start to go to gym yet, first I will take a challenge at home ground. I have started to make every day planking. A 30 day challenge and the next challenge after I have received my training clothes, I will start to run. I can have different terrain and that should be good as well for the beginning. After that I will see, what will happen. My last 20 kilos has to go. That I have decided. I want to feel well again. It has been long time, since I have done some things and 2015 is the year, I will build up myself again.
That would be mean that 2015 will be my year! I will finish the school and my last 4 courses what is left after that one. I will try to visit my family in Estonia again during 2015 and spend time with my friends and family here. I am really happy over my friends. It is also their support, what has helped me to get through 2014 and to see lighter 2015 ahead. They also have learned me that sometimes we must to challenge ourselves, so that we would feel well. Therefore my challenges to me. I believe that those are quite needed.
In some reason the winter is missing and snow. Else I would have tried my first challenge, what I had planned. Hopefully father weather is listening and we will get soon a good winter, so that I could fix 2 of my own challenges.
So 2015. You will be my year and better year. I will concentrate this year for me in first hand and after that to everything else.  Beginning for it has been made, now it is just 357 days left to make it my year. That should not be any problem. At least that is my plan.

Have a nice evening,

                                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