happiness is...

Hello there!

I am back. With another bit and piece of text, which I really hope will not only be a little piece lol

I have been busy... I have been in a reading slump... I have been active (from home lol)

First of all. Where do I start? Hmm.. Difficult. Tricky lol

The single adults in my church have a group on Facebook (Finland). There I have been inactive and on the sidelines for... Ten years (ish). I have been very reluctant, very reluctant indeed, to participate and be active in the 30+ single group in our church. I have maybe been scared of feeling old, feeling like everyone there is SUPER desperate and/or just very old and/or boring... I was very prejudiced. I was a dork. Of the bad kind. A very influenced person. Influenced by my notions and opinions and expectations. Needless to say, I have now seen the error of my ways. I have "seen the light" if you will. I have had an epiphany... and so on and so fort etc, lol Sooo... I started by attending a few online virtual meetings with these people. They are so awesome! I am SO happy I found them! Soon I found myself attending every virtual meeting online and now I have become a "regular" at the evening discussions, every evening at 9 pm. It is THE BEST! I am so happy. Yeah. That is all.

My reading has suffered from my busy social online life... I have hardly picked up a book in weeks! It is awful. Tonight it will change and once I am ready for bed, I am going to read until I fall asleep. This is a promise.

My life has become something sooo awesome! Thank you COVID-19, thank you Skype and Facebook, Instagram and whatsapp. I love you, dear apps, you are awesome. I am happy. Even my spirituality has soared. Everything has come into sharper focus. I am so happy.

More later!

Hello.

Hi.

I don't remember if I have told you about my two new hobbies...

Last Fall I started taking piano lessons! Indeed!
This year I started Finnish sign-language studies! YaY!!

Now that Corona has struck, I'm doing my studies at home. It's almost more fun! Almost... LOL

I have taken a lot of naps, written in my journals and bullet journals, read and listened to audiobooks, watched shows and movies... Today I slept most of the day until 1 p.m. lol That's kinda boring... But it beats having anxiety, which I do tend to have often. When I sleep, I don't feel anxiety. And when I am not sleepy, I don't get depressed. The benefits of napping are great! Honestly.

Today I have been planning in my mind, to blog and write in my journals, maybe organize and clean my library etc. I have about 100+ dolls and 100+ My Little Ponies to put on display. Also I own over 500 books. Sooo... There's enough of thing to do. A lot.
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More later!

Hello

Hi

I am amazed at the people outside... The park is very busy. It is supposed to be dangerous out there!

Oh, in case you are wondering what I am talking about, it is CORONA, or COVID 19... The Virus.

I have been at home all day every day. On Monday I had to go to the store and yesterday I went to the doctor. Other than that I have been at home. People have awfully short memories! There they are! In the park, doing stuff! :P Well, They may not know it yet but they will have a rude awakening...

The government tells us to self-isolate and avoid social contacts? Finns usually: Stays home. Finns now: "WE GOTTA PACK THE PARK WITH PEOPLE" so... yeah... That is how it goes... Feeling sorry for those children and parents who have no intention of staying one meter from each other...

'Nuff ranting...

I just find it disturbing.

Hmm... Today I have

1. eaten too much chocolate

2. taken a nap

3. read a little

I am ok. Not on top of  the world but not in the depths of despair either...

More later! :)

Happy Leap-Day! 29th of February 2020...

Hello there!

Happy Leap-Day!

Since this day appears only once every four years, I thought I have to write something, so that it will be remembered. lol. At least I can look back on this and other blogs and go: Look! I wrote some weird/good stuff on leap-day 2020! lol HAHA! I do not know if this will be weird nor good... You can be the judge of that. You are welcome. HIHI!

I just woke up from a nap. Maybe that is why I write in such a weird way... It is a mystery... Today I have been at home all day, just reading, listening to an audiobook and eating, listening to music and writing in my Bullet Journals etc. BOOORING! No, just kidding! I am not so easily bored! I am almost never bored! That is a good quality lol...

Tomorrow is Sunday, my favorite day of the week.

Did I tell you, I am starting to study the Finnish sign-language? Yes, I started in January. My friend Taru asked me to join her on the course and it is seriously sooo fun and interesting etc. It is just wonderful! I am happy. We have a nice teacher and fun classmates. I also like spending time with Taru, she is such a nice person. Did you know, she is an author? :) That is impressive... We became friends on Discord. We have a writer/reader group there and also twice a month a reading party. We meet and read together for several hours. Quietly, everyone their own book. Then when we are done, we each tell each other a little about the book(s) we are reading. I have gotten out of my eternal slump thanks to those parties.

Yesterday I organized and re-dressed etc some of my dolls. I might continue that today... :)

More later! :)

Happy Friendship Week!

Hello there!

On Friday it's Friendship day here in Finland. No, we do not really celebrate Valentine's Day in all its romantic, pink and bubbly glory, as they do in some other countries. Sorry! Some of us like to celebrate romantic love too, but me, I celebrate Friendship. And my friend's Birthday lol. So yeah. I do not care so much about the other kind of love -friendship love is enough. I am happy no guy has asked me on a date or something. It would be sad... for them, when I say no, and I don't want to be mean. I just need to be firm sometimes. Yeah.

I know, the new me is the complete opposite to the old me hihi. I used to run after a lot of guys... I was constantly crushing on some dude or another. No. I figured out that my life is about me, not them. They may come and go as they please. I do not care. I'm the one who is staying.

Sorry, not the things I was going to write about today... Actually, I never do have a plan of what I should write, I just "go with the flow" Today I am at home, because I still have the flu. Despite of feeling like a trash bag, I feel a little creative. Hence, this post.

Now my buzz died. Sorry guys! I'll be back! :)

mooorning...

Hello there!

What's up? I'm up! lol. I have slept way too little. My cats woke me up way too early. I usually go early-ish to bed, but last night I couldn't sleep before 1.00 am. Then at 6-7 am my cats started scratching my closet doors etc. I don't know why they do it. Probably because they are hungry and they know I will wake up if they scratch the doors lol... Brianna is the one who does the scratching, Bisse just enjoys the perks lol. They are funny. I will take a few naps later, so I will get through this day... Otherwise I cannot make it.

Today we are having a reading-party here at my place. We are reading each our own book, and sit together, quietly and enjoying the calm. It is a group I found on Discord. They are so awesome! I have been part of that group for about a year.

I got a package alert, I have bought a doll together with my friend from a doll collector site on facebook. It was a package with two dolls from Disney. Elsa and Anna. My friend wants Anna, and I love Elsa, so we split the cost. I need to go get Elsa today. Possibly quite soon, because I just cannot wait to see her!!! She is part of the Frozen 2 sets, that is, they always release new dolls when a new movie comes out. This set has a name that is a spoiler, so I cannot utter it here, in case some of you haven't seen the movie. I have not seen it yet either, but I have spoiled myself... Too bad, but I don't mind. I am going to see the movie and it is okay that I know the ending.

I love dolls. But that is a thing to write about in my Barbie-blog:

https://cindarellas-barbies.blogspot.com/

There. Now you can go read for yourself. You are welcome.

I have so many new/old/re-kindled hobbies.

I started taking piano lessons last fall, then I am starting tomorrow, to study the Finnish sign-language! That will be fun! Also, I have continued my doll and pony etc. hobby. I am trying to study more, and learn about the different types of dolls, names of sets etc. Youtube is a great tool for that. Also sites like:

https://www.strawberryreef.com/Index/G1/G1index.html

are good to find information on my little ponies. I have yet to discover such a site for Barbies...

Well, talk to you later! :)

Dancing by myself

Hello there dear Reader!

How are you doing? I am doing fabulous, thank you very much! Christmas is "over" at least for me, it already feels like back to business in all ways and purposes. Except tomorrow I am having a New Year's Party with my friends. It will be fun. I hope at least three people come! LOL.

Yesterday was wonderful, perfect and every superlative in the book! Which book?!? Well, the Dictionary, of course, ha ha ha... I just made up that joke myself. I seem so funny to me when I am really happy. Nothing can stop me. Yeah, except the flu etc. LOL

Thank goodness I have not had a flu in years. Last year I had fever one day: 38 degrees celsius, 24 hours of pain and agony... I slept all day... It was horrid. I did not appreciate that. But I do appreciate that I am so healthy otherwise. Almost always. It is a true blessing.

Today I woke up at 4 am when my cat Bisse boy decided to wake me up by making me some biscuits. LOL. He stood on my stomach and purred. He was hungry. I could not fall back asleep so I stayed up for a few hours and then took a nap with Bisse on the couch. He is warm and fuzzy. I love him.

My goal next year (2020) is to write more in my blogs. I have so many. I have been lazy. There is no reason to let it continue that way. I need to change! LOL. My spiritual journal will be updated every Sunday, book blog maybe 1-2 times a week, this blog, maybe once a month or once a week... My goals are still not very precise but I am soon going to plan everything out. It will be fun. This is just a few ideas, of what I would like to do. The most important blog in my mind is my spiritual blog and my book blog. My book blog is my "WORK". So, that must be taken care of with diligence and inspiration.

I just looove blogging! It is the BEST. I believe I started blogging sometime in 2007? I am not sure...

Next year's goals will be scattered a little on each blog lol. Like book goals: book corner; spiritual goals: Mormon girl; "regular" goals: this blog etc. I am even starting to think I need another blog! I know, horrible! LOL: It would be about music... Let's see if I have the energy to do that. It would be fun to do, though...

More later! :)