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Yesterday was the 1st full real winter day! We got snow and that beautiful “Winter Wonderland” scenery is all around and it feels nice for a change. We also got some sun which is so refreshing because I don’t remember when was the last time I saw it, seriously! Finland can be really tough with all the darkness going on for long periods, but once the sun is out – you really appreciate it and suck in all the energy that sun rays are shining on you 🙂

How was your weekend people? I hope that you had a good one. We are still in the middle of renovation of the flat, but it should be ready end of this week. This week is very important for me. First of all, my little daughter is turning 5 and also my very first professional website is going online and I’m so excited about it! Can’t wait to show it to you!

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Woah! Time flies so fast once again and I’m not sure if that’s a good or bad thing. I’m definitely not having so much fun while the time is passing by, lots of stress, renovation of the flat, lots of work and some health issues, but hopefully in a month or two from now I’ll get a breather and go for a nice short trip somewhere, but for now, I have booked the trip to Croatia’s capital city Zagreb and am looking fw going there in two weeks since I haven’t been there in years and now I have a great excuse to go there ( making my new passport ).

I had last meeting yesterday morning regarding my official photography website and it will go online in 6 days, exactly on my daughter’s 5th birthday and yes, it’s purposely like that. 😉

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Good evening everyone! It’s Monday and once again a holiday, so I would like to wish a Merry Christmas to everybody who’s celebrating today and tomorrow. I’m having a small “home-escape” time for a few days since it’s impossible to live in my flat right now during the renovation, so I’m taking the advantage of staying in the city centre and being able to walk everywhere I feel like.

This morning I went to the cinema with my daughter and for lunch we had a small family gathering so we went to highly spoked about sushi bar called Fuku. It’s basically a sushi/ Asian buffet and even though I never do the “buffet” unless it’s breakfast at the hotel, this was such a positive surprise. Sushis were so fresh and delicious and there was a whole array of rolls, nigiris, noodles, spicy veggies in curry/ coconut milk sauce, Gyoza dumplings, tempura, etc. I don’t have to even mention that I’m in food comma right now, but it feels so good at the same time 😀

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Before I start my rumblings, I would like to wish you all the best year yet! I hope that you all had fun celebrating while entering 2014. I have a feeling that this year is going to be a blast and can’t wait to see what it has in the store for me.

2013 was very though year for me, I got sick, my mom got sick, so many things and relationships were/ have fallen apart that at some point last year I have wondered what’s the point of waking up day after day just to see my life fall apart piece by piece… Then again, when I look back, I’ve had one of the most significant and path turning years. I’ve learned many lessons the though way, but they made me much stronger person and I could also for the first time get to know myself in and out, see my visions clearer than ever and also learn what are the things that matter the most in life.

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Good Friday morning everyone! How were your holidays? Did you have a nice Christmas day?  I’m still bit tired of all the festivities, but so ready to get out of  the house and go downtown for a little bit.  It’s been 3 full days of staying at home, so I need a little breather plus all the sales start today!

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Merry Christmas everyone! May it be happy and peaceful one 🙂 I hope that you’re all spending it with people you love.

I have celebrated Day before Christmas with my Finnish family in a traditional Finnish way, but today, on Christmas, we’ll celebrate it in Croatian/ Russian way (even though Russians are celebrating Christmas in January).

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Hello lovely people! I hope that you’re having an easy going Monday afternoon, that all of your Christmas shopping is done, presents are wrapped and that you are ready for two days filled with joy, family hangout and positive vibes.

Since I’m living in Finland and I was born in Russia, but lived most of my life in Croatia, we have mixed kind of Christmas traditions in our family, so what we do is that on 24th we celebrate traditional Finnish Christmas and then on 25th we celebrate our own/ modern-day version of Christmas with lots of Russian and Croatian food.

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Good Friday afternoon!! I’m just snacking on persimmon ( I’m obsessed with it ) and trying to relax. Downtown is completely packed with people in every single cafe, restaurant or shop. Everybody is doing last minute shopping for the holidays, so it’s pretty frustrating to get the most necessary things for yourself while everybody is just pushing you wherever you go.

Anyhow, while I’m waiting for sauna to warm up, I wanted to write this post in which I’m wearing new necklace that I think is such a great statement piece and this new chunky sweater by Finnish designer Samuji which makes beautiful, simple and quality clothes.

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