Well... Not anymore it hasn't. The past week I've been Captain Bed Potato (we don't have a couch to be potato-ing on you see). I'll explain that soon.
So firstly, we have our new adorable Siberian kitten, Ponyo!
These beautiful photo's are courtesy of my wonderful friend Sonja Ruokonen!
Ponyo is such a sweet little thing, it's amazing! I've never met such a sociable cat! She's incredibly fearless and a sweetheart to anyone she meets. She's so gentle and never bites us purposefully, even if you try giving her a little wrestle with your hand, she only licks you and always holds her claws back, it's unbelievably cute <3
I'm looking forward to this winter to see if she will grow a thicker coat, and especially to see how full Totoro's coat will grow! Totoro is my gorgeous 1 and a half year old Siberian boy
Introducing Ponyo to him was a bit tough for the first day or two, but since then they've become such great buddies and it makes me so happy! Just look at them...
Absolutely heart-melting! My two beautiful fluff balls! <3
A few days after we got Ponyo, we moved into our new apartment. Hence the lack of a couch mentioned in the beginning (we threw out our old one, it was tiny, ugly, and we picked it up off the street.... That's a Finnish street mind you, so it was in good condition for a tiny ugly granny couch) The move was a pretty stressful ordeal in terms of kitty moving and temporary living with family-in-law and also ridiculous ex-landlord issues, but the new place is worth it in the end. It's much bigger than our last one, which is great especially for the kitties, and getting some peace and quiet while they go on a play rampage, but also not so great since we don't have enough furniture to fill the place, and so we still have boxes lying around after almost 2 weeks of living here... There's good cupboard space, but nothing to put stuff on, like shelves for dvd's and books and ornaments and all those sorts of things. We'll have to scout some of the good second hand shops (Finland is FULL of really good second hand shops by the way!) around here for some furniture when we have some spare cash. The decor is also pretty ew so I'd really love to renovate the place, which we will in time, slowly, when the money comes trickling in, whenever that may be. But other than that it really is nice here, especially since we have our own private sauna! How Finnish :D
Just this past Wednesday I started a new Finnish course at the local Iltalukio (=Evening school) and I'm hoping the employment office will be satisfied enough with that and not try to send me to that far away Middle-School-like Finnish school again...
Also, a new big change coming up; I've "almost" decided that I'll go to study at a music academy here! ("Almost" because plans would probably change if an amazing job decides to fling itself my way) I'm really excited about it, but I can only start next year. In the mean time I'll continue study Finnish, and once my income support has finally sorted out, I'll hire a flute and possibly also a harp from the school to practice with, as well as attend some theory classes to get myself back up to scratch. Exciting stuff! Learning music in Finland.... I have a few friends who might kill for such an opportunity! I really hope it comes together soon.
That seems to be all for now. Not much Finnishy stuff shared here, just my general life in Finland at the moment. I was hoping to go on a mushroom hunting trip with my friend but unfortunately missed it, though it turned out she ended up not doing the trip after all, so now I'm hoping another chance will come up soon before the winter comes. The range of mushroom species in Finland is huge by the way, and it would be something fun and Finnish to share on this blog :D So if that comes to pass, I shall make a post on that.
That seems to be all for now. Not much Finnishy stuff shared here, just my general life in Finland at the moment. I was hoping to go on a mushroom hunting trip with my friend but unfortunately missed it, though it turned out she ended up not doing the trip after all, so now I'm hoping another chance will come up soon before the winter comes. The range of mushroom species in Finland is huge by the way, and it would be something fun and Finnish to share on this blog :D So if that comes to pass, I shall make a post on that.
Tata for now ~
