What has been accomplished this year (by me) :P

Hello there!

I just came up with a brilliant idea, if I may say so myself... LOL Now that the New Year is Approaching, I'm going to of course make some promises but also look back on 2016 and look at all the GREAT and WONDERFUL things I've accomplished :) Here they are in a "nutshell" :)

1. I have lost weight: 7-8 kilos to be vaguely accurate :P

2. I've continued to go to the Gym (mainly my favorite class: BodyBalance) <3 p="">
3. I've read 23 books (so far, on the 25th of December)

4. I've gotten my first JOB! As a blogger for Book Riot (I blog about books, duh!)

http://cindersboo.blogspot.fi/

5. I went to my first young single/singles adult convention of the Church, age group 18+... It was FANTABULOUS!!! <3 p="">
6. I started collecting Barbies again and continued collecting MLPs

7. I have started a Bullet Journal

8. I have started to play the piano again (self-taught)

9. I have held a speech twice in Church (once in the second ward, once in the first ward)

10. I have not been at the mental hospital, not even once this year!!! :D

Now, for the "negatives"

1. I have not been on a date

2. I have only been in Scandinavia (Finland and Sweden)

3. I had my first stomach illness in many many many years (on Christmas Eve Eve...)

Well, that's about it :) Not too bad, if you ask me :)

Merry Christmas!!! :)

Hi! Merry Christmas!

This year Christmas has been a little different. On Christmas Eve Eve, I got very ill and ended up at the ER. Good thing my Mom is visiting me so she has been taking care of me. Today my Dad and my Aunt AB arrived from Österbotten, the Swedish-speaking area of Finland. My parents live in Jakobstad and my aunt lives there too. We watched the declaration of Christmas Peace, a Finnish tradition, and ate some riisipuuro with kiisseli. It's a Finnish food for Christmas. Now my Mom is at the drug store getting me some medicine and my Dad is watching TV. My auntie is reading. My cats are... I don't know where they are :P LOL

Oh, I forgot to mention, there's no snow! :( All the lovely snow we had here is gone! All melted away... :'( It sucks. And it's raining. But I'm going to stay inside all day today. There's no way I'm going anywhere today... We're going to watch Disney's Christmas program and open the gifts. First we got to wrap them, of course :P LOL, Christmas is very last minute this year... And the FOOD!!! :) We're going to have so much good food! <3 div="">

Have a great Christmas!

Hello there... I'm back!!! :P

Hiii...

How are you, dear Readers? :)

I'm just fine and dandy, thank you very much ;) I've been busy as a bee. Reading, going to BodyBalance, to Church, taking care of my cats, writing, sleeping, eating :) Life is busy, even when you don't realize that it's busy... People say they "have a life". What the fudge does it mean? To have "a life"? That you're busy? Popular? Pretty? Thin? What IS it? Well, the person who thought of the phrase "Get a life" obviously didn't know him/herself what he/she was saying :) It's not very nice going around, saying they're better than others, that their life matters MORE than someone else's... Even if a person would have the most "boring" life one could imagine, it does not mean they don't have one. I'm a bit fed up with these people who are sooo fashionable, busy busy, while flashing a "beautiful" smile, who think that the only way to be someone is to look down on others, complain and be bitter. I really feel sorry for these people. People who think they are better than others. They don't have time to love. To take care of each other, To be kind... I watched a movie yesterday with my Mom, it was "Cinderella" from 2015. Cinderella's Mom had two words of advice for her daughter: Be brave and kind. We should be brave, dare to be ourselves, dare to say "I have a life", even if we are sitting at home with our cats, listening to Diana Ross and doing "nerdy stuff". (lol, I'm just doing that as I write this... ) Well, this is some kind of personal rant-thingy, I'm sorry :P Anyways... Also, it's important to be kind. Some people think that one is stupid and simple if one is kind. What a joke! :) It's much more complicated to be nice. It takes no effort at all to be mean to the people who are mean to us. It's so easy to judge and be bitter and resentful. It takes true character to be kind. That's why I'm not a good character ;) I get easily offended. But I've become a little better at not being offended. I have tried to think, that what everyone is saying about me, is none of my business. They might think I'm for example: Fat, Old, Childish and Weird... What they think about me says a lot more about them than about me... Beauty and also Fault, is in the eye of the beholder.

Well, this was a bit of a different text this time! Sorry, there was a lot of steam I had to "let loose" LoL

Have a great Weekend with a capital W... :)

Hey there! I'm back!

Sorry I haven't been so active on here. I've been very busy. My friend moved to my city, some friends have been visiting me and I have startedgoing to the gym again. YaY!

Today I've been so lazy, it's making me feel sad. I must say that I am much more happy when I am actively doing things. Hmm, who would have thought that? 😁 I've watched some Mlp and RuPaul's Drag Race. Soon I'll watch a little OITNB. Guess I will be watching that all night. It's my favourite series and very addictive. I've read the book twice. So far... 😉

Yeah, now I am going to watch some Netflix.
Bye!

Oops, I did it again... 😁

Hi, hello!

Oops, I have become addicted to blogging... Again. Well, it's good. At least I'm doing something creative. I just love blogging. English is my third language, it's the third language I learned as a child, started officially when I was 9 but I understood and could speak a bit English before that. I remember how easy English was for me, from the very beginning. You see, I was bilingual from the start. My Mom spoke Swedish to me and my Dad spoke Finnish to me. I was raised in two languages. It made it much easier to learn more languages. I must admit, I have just noticed that I have become better at English than some people who I always thought were good at it. No need to toot my own horn, I'mjust very thankful for the gift I have been given. For the record, when I lived in Stockholm as an young adult, I studied at the University of Stockholm and English was my major. I love the English language. The best teachers I've had have been my English teachers. Well, at the University, my favourite teacher was the Syntax teacher. I never did get through that course... The teacher was too wonderful. He was cute. I had a crush on him for several years. Oops, guess I let out a little secret.

Sooo, where was I? Blogging. Very well.

I have been blogging on a Finnish site, it's been nice. It's sometimes hard to live in Finland and blog in English. But of course, there are English speaking people here too 😊

More later!

Been thinking a lot lately about what is the difference between an ill person and a healthy person? Is it that you know that you are ill? That you know that you are healthy? What is the difference really? I think it is simply the fact that a healthy person thinks that they are above the illness, above the ill person -simply "normal". The thing is, the healthy person does not really appreciate being well. But if a sick person becomes well, they are thankful for every day that they feel good. I know everyone gets ill sometimes. I hope everyone knows that they are not "safe" from all types of illnesses. It must be really easy being healthy most of the time. I'm also mostly healthy all the time, nowadays. I take one day at a time. I feel sorry for the people who think they are better than the rest. That is what proves they really are not. I'm also trying to be more humble. It is not easy. It is so easy to compare yourself with everyone else. I just try not to do that. That's all for now. 😊

June and rainy days, books and Pepsi Max

Hello!

I've got an itch to write a lot about books... I can't stop thinking about books, reading reviews, watch series based on books... I have become addicted to some movies and series. The number one series I watch and movies I love to re-watch are based on real life. I just love books about hospitals and prisons. If you know me personally, you know why. No, I have not been in prison. The experiences of my youth have affected my interests very much. So, basically it's mental illness issues, sexual minorities  (I have a few very good friends from my childhood who belong to those minorities- just for the record I'm not Gay) and religious themes. Well, a lot of other things too. The list is endless. Those are just a few things.

Oops, this became a bookish post. Better link this to my book blog as well. BTW, prison is a lot like a hospital. I've been reading and re-reading OITNB. 😊

My books are my life!

I have maybe 500+ books. I just keep buying more. lol

Currently I'm reading many books at the same time. Well, not literally. Even though it's literal. Hahahahaaaaaaaaaaa...

Now I need to read.
Ta!

Love

Hey there!

I'm back!
Today I've been thinking about love and my dear friends' expectations for me.
I have not posted on Facebook about any crushes or cute guys etc. in a long time. I try to get my friends to understand that I'm not desperate or "thirsty ", I don't think I've ever even been. The number one reason why people think that I am thirsty is simply my colorful and outgoing personality. I talk. A lot. Smile, laugh and flirt. That's not typical of Finns. Not at all. I'm a freak in a grey mass of frowns. I lived in Stockholm for 11 years and now that I think about it, I was considered more normal there. Sigh, I miss Sweden...

So, people may think what they want, people can say what they want, they can judge me and think they are better than me. Actually there is no need to compare or look down on others. Christian people are the most judging in the world. I'm a Christian but I really try not to judge. I've been judged by my acquaintanceside and friends. The reasons may be many. To be honest, it really is no concern of mine what people say or think about me. Because it's not my problem if somebody doesn't like me. I'm not the one suffering, it's themselves who poison their own minds. Usually I feel very sorry for people who don't like me, they really don't know me or what they're missing.

That's why I can feel free. I'm probably expected to be married by now, have 1-8 children and a fabulous education and career... I just don't care about what I am supposed to be or do. All I really need to be is myself. People are unsure about themselves, that is why they judge others. That's why they hate. That's why they are scared.

That's all.

Feelings, nothing more than feelings...

Hi!

Today was a good but though day... I went to Church and after the first meeting I went with my Dad to my friends' home in Kangasala. We ate tacos, drank Coca-Cola and had ice-cream for dessert. Yum! There were other guests than us there too. It was very nice. I just was very tired. But they have two cats, they are lovely. I've been friends with this family for many years and they are my dear friends.

I've been stressed lately and today I got almost a panic attack after our visit. Thank goodness my friend A was there to help me. She is a good friend and has always been very supportive of me and my health issues. I hope I can help her too.

My dad has been visiting me for three weeks and I have been taking care of him. Made food, helped him to put his shoes on etc. I've practically been his nurse, cook and cleaning lady. ☺ It's been very fun. But it has also been a bit tough.

To top it all, I have had worries for one of my good friends. 💖 Thank goodness I've got my cats to bring me comfort. I've been praying and thinking about things that I can do for my friends, helping others is the best way to feel better.

I've also been cleaning and organisingmy home, putting all my books in better order etc. I feel much better now. Every evening I get a bit distressed but I have a good medicine that I can take if I feel really bad. These last nights I've had to take that medicine every night.

Well, other than that, it's going swimmingly. ☺

That's all.

Hello, hello, hello!

Dear readers...

Here is a short list of some of the things that I have started this new year with.

1. My Little Pony : Friendship is Magic

2. Diaries

3. RuPaul's Drag Race

4. Coloring in my adult coloring books

5. Frasier

6. Listening to music

7. Family Guy

8. Sudoku

9. Facebook 😢

10. Old and New Friends 😊

That's all.