Banana pancakes,

Today I tried something new for my snack meal. A banana pancakes. I had got tips some time before but I have not had chance to try it before. So today a nice sunny Sunday I tried it. I can say that they taste actually very good. Easy to make and good to eat in the same time I got all the proteins I needed.

Ingredients:

1,5 bananas
3 egg
little bit salt

I sliced bananas. Crack the eggs over sliced bananas. Crush and mix it smooth mix and fry on both sides. I had them with blueberries and glass of cold milk and I felt like i was in heaven.
That amount of mix gave me 12 pancakes. 

Bon Appetit!
                       Love,
                                Ingrit

Rock the socks!

In Sweden it has been last two days rock the socks day's. It is to show the world that different is good and different is fun. It is to show the world that we support people who has Down syndrome in worlds Down syndrome day. Meaning was that people had different socks on. 

So, even me had different socks on together with my friends. I think that it was a very good idea what a 10 year old girl started to show support for her older sister who has Down syndrome. Wonderful when family holds together and support each other. 

Yesterday also was another day. Spring started. Same time in the morning it felt like spring had run away from us. It was bit minus degrees outside and snow had came back to us. But not for a very long time. Already in the afternoon it had almost smelted away and sun was out again and warmed up us. 

I tried to make best out of the day and made some spring shopping for our garden. I bought some new flower pots for the garden so that it looks bit more like out. I also bought some pansies and some daffodils so that it would be ready for the Easter holidays. It felt actually really good since after that it was really nice spring afternoon outside. Even thought it was bit cold and windy. Under the sun it was on the same time nice and warm and nothing else matters. 

I know that I love winter but even spring is very nice because all is starting to wake up and it gets nice and green. That is one reason why I love spring. 

In the evening me and my dear husband visited Kristine church and listened a chamber choir Voces had a concert. Nice way to spend hour and half in the evening with good classic music. We decided that we will definitely go even next time they have a concert in May. 

Now it is time for me to rest and to enjoy my evening at home in front of the tv and to look Harry Potter film. 

Have a nice evening and enjoy your day! 

                                                                 Love,

                                                                            Ingrit 

Spring is here,

Hello spring! Today it is not perhaps a perfect first day of spring, but it has been many wonderful days before and soon nice spring day's are back again. Bit rain and cold belongs to spring. In that way, we can enjoy spring weather much more. Outside all is growing. Soon will trees have green blades, gardens will be blooming. Amazing time. I love usually winter, but even spring has it's wonderful moments. Snowdrops are blooming already together with hepatics. Soon we can see blooming cherry trees and other flowers and trees in bloom. That is the most wonderful with spring. After that I can wait autumn with it's colors and when winter again. This winter had not that much snow, hopefully next winter will be more colder and more snow. I have some thoughts and plans for next winter. Same way as I have some plans already for this spring.

It has been very busy days and much to do. Both positive and negative, but if we do not have negative days, when we can't enjoy the good times, because, we do just feel that everything is okay in my opinion. If we have mixed days, we understand and enjoy good days much more and appreciate the life in totally different way. Yes, it is my opinion, since I have found finally sun behind the clouds, what has been darken my days way too long. Time after my last operation has been a very big change for me and I have been start to be more like I was before my car accident and big life changes after that. Now I am happy and glad person again and it feels good. That does not mean, that I do not have days, where I am not down or something negative has not happen, but I appreciate life in whole different way.

This week I have spend some nights in hospital. Free food as I love to say, but also good to be there, so that doctors can find out what is this, what makes that I get the issues as it is. At least I have confidence to the doctors in my own local medical center and in our regional hospital in Jönköping. Now it is just to wait and see the final result how it will be. 
Have had a problems again with my shoulder, but a bit of it is perhaps my own fault. I can't sit quiet in one place and not to do something. So those last pains are my own caused and result of that is that I have to take it easy last 2-3 weeks and when I will meet my orthopedic again. Only thing I miss is my training. I really have fell in love to crossfit, but soon I am there again in trainings local. Crossfit is perfect trainings form for me and soon is my first spring run also. Can't wait for it. 1,5 month and I can say that I have challenged myself for a first time after a very long time to run. It feels good and i feel like I have butterflies in my stomach.

I also love that there is fairness in life.  Love to say that Karma is never forget someone even thought it sometimes it takes bit longer time, but it never forget someone. So better is to be towards others as you want life to be against you. Sooner or later the fairness for things in life comes. Muaahhahahahahaaa.

Now I will need to make some preparations and when pack the car and Sally and go to city. First will be time to meet my friends behind a cup of coffee and have a very good chat. Have missed to see my friends. After that in the afternoon it will be short visit to my father-in-law. Finally I can give him a small present from Gotland I bought for him among with some other things. It will be good to see him again. Also because I am very good to frighten my family and my close friends with my hospital visits once in a while. So, it will be good to show, that I am almost ok again. Just bit recovery is needed, but that can be managed. Just have to write my last work in private law in school and after that I have 1 week school free and almost 2 weeks to my oral examination in law. Not much left in school and then I have finished my 2 educations and validate more my university education from Estonia. Feels actually very good. Now it is time for me! Well needed time!

Have a nice day and enjoy your day!
                                                          Love,
                                                                   Ingrit!

Happy International Women's Day!

Today we celebrate all over the world International Women's Day. The day, what so many perhaps take for granted and does not understand how lucky we are or just forget which possibilities we have in this world. How safe we can feel and what we can do.

On Thursday this week I visited Womens shelter home/safe house in Jönköping and handed over the check for 62000 crowns, what Lions Club Jönköping had gathered together in December 2014 with Jönköpings Lucia. That money will be used to summer trip for women and children who lives in safe house with protected identity. That money will be well used, we know that, since we meet the leader from the house in November in our club meeting. She told us, how they had used the money from Lucia 2013 what went as well to them.
That shows how unfair world we live. Of course there is also the men, who lives under same conditions as women, but still often is women in the weakest situation and needing protections and help. Especially when children are in picture. So sad that those kind of living arrangement is needed at all.

In the same time in other countries in the world is till places, where women have to hide themselves, they have no rights to do anything - to go to the streets, to show their faces, to vote and so much more. Those times we, who have it better, we forget it what we have and what kind of opportunities we let life to miss. Women usually feel that they are less worth than men, but it is not true, but we feel that we are weaker and that we don't have much power or strength, but in true, we have it. We just need a will to do it and to use it. Yeessss, many thinks, that it is easy to say, but the truth is, that it is not. I have been self one of those, who have followed the majority for a way too long time and not believed in me. Now, this times are over. Has been over more than a year and I can say, that I feel free and I feel alive. Often it is just hard to take that first step. After that is done, it is much more easier to take second and third step.  When first steps are taken, first road in your own choice is followed, when you can feel the real freedom. The same is with decisions. After we take one decision of our own, we feel much better. Hopefully the man dominated world will come as well to 21th century and will and world of the women will be more respected. Unfortunately I do not believe much on that, since it feels that in many countries men are not willing to change it. Sad, but true, but still we can hope and dream. Like one of the last years Nobel Peace price winner Malala Yousafzai said: "All what is need to scare a Taliban is a young schoolgirl and a books". A little bit more about her shortly can be read in Wikipedia or her blog or her found. I must admit, that I am impressed of that young woman and her strength and willpower. If you truly want something and you have will, when you also will get it!

So, we should be more noticed the possibilities we have, choices we can take and freedom, what we can enjoy. Something what we should not take for granted in our life. So let us enjoy today and celebrate a day for us. Perhaps be bit more pampered at home as well from our men and partners.

Have a wonderful sunny day,
                                               Love,
                                                         Ingrit 

New week, New month,

I can see that time just flies. When you are doing something and you love and like it, then time just goes faster and faster even thought that it still goes on same tact as usually.
It has been time with Lions meetings, I have have traveled in Gotland, met my friends and studied as well.

In Lions I have had our board meeting. Day after we had regional meeting and latest in the weekend I spent a  day with partners in Lions while their husbands was on meeting in Jönköping. It has been good hours I have had possible to spend and most of all, that has been giving me a lot. It is always good to meet a persons I do not know, but also people I know already. I love to be a part of Lions, since it is very giving and in the same time I can be part to help others. It also has helped me with my integration here in Sweden.

I also followed with my husband to Gotland when he had is business trip to there. For me it was first time to visit Gotland. When we was on our honeymoon in Öland and visited castle in Borgholm, then person who worked there told me that nature in Öland and Gotland is same as it is in islands in Estonia. I can say that it was almost same. At least enough that my homesickness got a bit relieved. Difference was all those stones, what was in Gotland. Those kind of stones we don't have in Estonia but it is bit sad, since those was magnificent. I saw so many wonderful places, spent a lots of hours out in nature, climbed and took a long walks. My pour dog was so tired in every evening while we was there. On Wednesday after I had checked out from hotel, I spent several hours to look around in Visby. It is the  only Hansa city in Sweden and that is bit surprising since Sweden is old country and has history way long back, plus Sweden is much bigger country when Estonia is. Estonia in the same time has 3 Hansa cities. Overall. I loved to be in Visby. If to visit places outside Visby killed my homesickness in one way and to visit Visby it self killed homesickness on the other way. I felt like Visby was Tallinn, just much more pressured together.

I had opportunity to visit a good tea and coffee shop. I have got tea from there before from my husband, so now when I had a possibility by my self to visit that heaven and heaven it is. All what you need for a coffee break, you get from there - tea, coffee, cups, treats, marmalade and so much more. Heavens name is Kränku. If you want to get part of good tea and coffee, when just visit their homepage.

The other thing I tried while I was there was a saffron-pancake. I got to know that it was typical for that region and something that everyone should try. It is traditionally served with whipped cream and blackberry marmalade. Last one is also very traditional for Gotland since it seems that only Gotland has those berries. All in all I liked it and with tea from Kränku, my coffee-break was perfect. Just what I needed before our trip back towards our home in Norrahammar. I must say, me and saffron, I just love it :) So that saffron-pancake was really something I loved it and I got even recipe back to home, so I will try to make it home as well. Just love it.

I also have had quite busy time in school during those weeks, I have been not wrote into my blog. Had oral examination in Business Economy - Specialization. I am very satisfied with my grade. Got the next best grade, only small disappointment was that if I think of word specialization, I think that we get deeper knowledge of the subject, but it was just 2 subjects put together and still in the shallow touching of the subject. Well now that subject is over and law has been started. First test and assignment have been handed in. Test went quite well. Result fro the assignment has not graded yet. Hopefully soon I will that grade as well.

The best call came still yesterday. For a while ago I wrote that I was on trying pass for crossfit training. Yesterday I got a phone call from one of the boys who is owner of the place. They were interested to know that I have decided after the last time I visited them. I told that I want to join with them. Usually they have a course on-tramp to all new beginners. The new group started on Saturday but when I could not start with them, since I had Lions errand to do. We discussed also bit about it and we came to the conclusion that if I am interested to join them, when they will sit down and talk bit with each other about to make a special program for me. I got very happy. That does not happen very often that gym takes consideration the persons condition. They do and that  made me feel very sure that I have chose right. I will get to learn bit different program instead what is suitable with my shoulder. That felt actually most positive that they took my damaged shoulder to the consideration and still I am welcome in their locals. That made me feel warm in heart. Just liked the feeling. So, now I have mailed some dates and times for us to meet and I can start to train again. It will be perfect since first run is already on 2 months. Perfect for little me.
Now it is time for lunch and after that preparations for Lions members meeting in the evening. It has been a wonderful other half of February and hopefully my march will be perfect as well. I plan to have it at least as good as possible.

Have a lovely day!
                              Love,
                                       Ingrit