Failed
By eija | February 8, 2010 | No Comments »
I took my car to the inspection today. It’s a routine thing. Only it didn’t pass! The man said that one of the rear strings is broken. So I have a month to get it fixed and show it at the inspection office again. Sigh.
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Pain and pastries – and lost and found!
By eija | February 7, 2010 | No Comments »
Seriously I haven’t posted in a week??? Well I had a headache most of the week, both dogs needed taking care of, one with a sore throat, another with a slightly infected operation scar and Miss 9 hurt her toe at school on Wednesday and stayed home the rest of the week. Also I’ve tried to work on some of my music and struggled to make one website the way I wanted it…
February the 5th is marked as the day of the Finnish national poet, J.L.Runeberg. His wife was a skilled lady in many ways (also a great writer herself) and she created a cupcake that became Runeberg’s named pastry: Runeberg’s torte. They’re available around Runeberg’s day every year – but in my home town, which also was Runeberg’s home town, they’re available around the year in some places. I’ve never liked them, I think there’s too much of the cake stuff and then the super sweet raspberry jam with the annoying seeds in it… so I rather pass them. But this weekend Miss 13 wanted to bake them herself. She had a modified recipe and the result was much better than the “real” ones are. And I only helped her a little bit, she made these pretty much herself!
So tomorrow a new week starts again. There’s work – belch – Miss 13 needs a new bus card and I must take my car to the inspection – the last possible day is Wednesday! But in general life is pretty good.
Oh, and lost and found: Previously I have several times prayed for lost bicycle keys and at least one cell phone to be found and they have appeared again. A friend of mine found her wedding ring on a sand beach where it had been for two-three years. Yes, she prayed that she’d find it :) A couple of months ago Miss 9 lost her camera battery charger. It was nowhere. Of course she was pretty distressed about it so I’ve prayed for it to be found. Last night I did that again. I reminded God that He knows where all the lost items are and asked Him to show us where the said charger was. This morning I got an idea of asking if it was in Mr Right’s drawer – they both have Olympus cameras so I thought maybe there had been a mix-up. And what do you know – there it was! You can guess Miss 9 was happy :)
And Lorna yes, a certain bunch of keys was in my prayers, too.
Blessings to your week everyone!
-e-
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01022010
By eija | February 1, 2010 | 3 Comments »
That’s today’s date. A funny number, isn’t it? It’s also a day after Mr Right’s birthday – which equals my birthday. Still with me? Yeah. Yesterday was Mr Right’s birthday and today is mine. We aren’t ones to celebrate fiercely. Yesterday was church day and at the church coffee we celebrated a friend’s 50th birthday. Mr Right and I exchanged presents already around New Year so I didn’t expect anything at all.
Yesterday Mr Right and I were given a nice thick book, a story that takes place in Rome a.d. 53-65. I loved reading the chronicles by Bodil and Thoene Brock and I’m sure this book will be a good read, too :)
Today when I came home from work, totally ready for a nap before riding, my parents came in. They brought two blue potted flowers, self made strawberry jam, cream and a pile of crepes – made by my dad. Mom brought me the contents of her jewellry box – including her confirmation cross, a golden necklace that kids had to use during the war when travelling by train, and a beautiful cameo brooch. Then suddenly there was someone behind the door – ringing the doorbell which doesn’t work… I did some fierce browsing through my brain and was SO proud of myself to actually connect the face with the right person! It was Lorna’s friend, bringing me a card and a beautiful bunch of tulips from Lorna!
Then my parents left and I started to get ready for my riding class. I was just about to go out of the door when Mr Right came home, with a bunch of roses and anemones etc.
I didn’t feel like going riding – again. But I went anyway, just hoping I wouldn’t get “the ferrari” this time. Well, the teacher must’ve read my mind and for the first time after a long time I got to ride my beloved Princess Sleeping Beauty a.k.a. MLM (my loyal mount), the gallant stallion… ok he’s a gelding but anyway, I love him lots and he’s just great :) The weather was only a couple of degrees below freezing but since afternoon we’ve had a real blizzard. It was kind of fun riding in that awful weather, even though at times I felt the snow creeping inside my collar, blinding my eyes and covering everything. The riding was great but I got a nasty headache – which was driven out with the help of some pickled cucumber and two strong painkillers.
However, now I’m more than ready to hit the sack and call it a day. Just hoping we won’t be snowed in by the morning – the blizzard should continue until tomorrow evening at least!
-e-
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Doggy hospital
By eija | January 29, 2010 | No Comments »
Wow, the temperature says “only” -15 below zero! Now where is my bikini…? Now it should be getting gradually warmer until Sunday night when it’ll drop back down again. And it says more snow every day – last night we got almost 10 cm (4 inches), by the noon there was two inches more – and it’s been snowing more or less the entire day!
The pooches survived the visit to the vet yesterday. Actually I went there twice with Moriz because his wound started to bleed shortly after we came home. So now he’s wearing a super-stylish net and an extra thick dressing that looks like a diaper :)
Pepe didn’t have tooth problems after all, which is good. But he was diagnosed with large tonsils that were inflamed – that’s why he’s been drooling. So he was given antibiotics for the tonsils and also his teeth were cleaned and nails clipped extra short. He’ll also be given meds for heartburn, to minimize the irritation it causes for the tonsils.
Since the vet visit I’ve been doing pretty much nothing but looking after the pooches. Trying to make sure Moriz doesn’t do any big jumps or leaps and that way rip up the stitches – and every time they wake up, I’ve hurriedly taken Moriz’ dressing away, put wooly sweaters on them, some clothes for myself and try to make it outside in the freezing cold with them before they pee inside.
The dogs slept through the entire night but I didn’t. I felt as if I was half awake the whole time and looked at the time every two hours. Yawn…
Here’s Pepe after the treatment, still “out” and with the IV… (Click the images and a bigger one opens up in a new browser window)
This is Moriz after coming home. Because of the sedatives he was cold all the time, so he had his wooly sweater on even inside and in addition to that I wrapped him in a fleece blanket. He looked very comfy there :)
Then Moriz in his lovely string vest :)
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Too much winter already
By eija | January 27, 2010 | 2 Comments »
I’m getting sick and tired of this coldness. And I guess I’m not alone there… And usually the winter only starts around these days! The pooches hate it too, their very small paws get frozen in like two minutes out there :(
Yesterday as I left from work a couple of guys were trying to start a frozen car on the parking place. This morning when I went to work there was another scene just like that – only different cars and guys. Also Mr Right’s car had refused to go anywhere this morning… Now the temps should start rising gradually but not really soon/much. We’re also expecting a more or less continuous snowfall over the next four days – at least.
Tomorrow I’m taking the pooches to the vet. Mortti will be castrated (he has a hidden testicle) and Pepe’s mouth will be checked. So I’ll be keeping company to a couple of drowsy mutts tomorrow evening!
I finally managed to buy the notation software upgrade. Now I only need to learn how to use it! Luckily it isn’t that much different from my previous ancient version.
Oh, and fed up with this winter I posted a very summery photo over at chasing the focus.
Now to bed. I’m exhausted for having slept badly for who knows how long. Good thing there’s no work in the next four days unless I decide to work some from home.
-e-
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Roundabout
By eija | January 26, 2010 | 1 Comment »
Facebook = ficklebook! It works when it wants to – usually doesn’t. Or is it just my odour or something…?
Yesterday I was trying to buy an upgrade for my notation software. That was easier said than done… In Finland not many places sell it (maybe one or two and at least one of them hasn’t got the upgrade listed, only the full version) and it’s more expensive than if I buy it directly from the manufacturer. But the manufacturer’s website wouldn’t work right so I couldn’t place the order. Then the support forms wouldn’t work (no matter which browser I used) but went into a loop. And there wasn’t any e-mail addresses on the site, except for the dealers service – so I sent them an e-mail asking them to forward the message to the right place. And they did :) So maybe today, after yet another question to the support, I’ll finally be able to order my new program version! Phew.
Other than chasing the upgrade I was sorting out my songs. Finding prints of them and putting in some corrections – and converting some handwritten ones into printable versions. Actually there’s still a lot of work to do there… I promised to give the songs for a pastor/singer in case he could use them somewhere. I’m not sure at all that they’re his style but he can decide for himself after trying them out.
I had an appointment with my gp again yesterday. She prescribed me a new pill. Actually three new pills (sigh) but the other two are “only when needed” – that is when I’m panicking for the dentist. The third one is a continuing one – and this morning before popping the first one I read the print that always comes with meds. Oh boy! Possible side effects: Itching and dizzyness and nausea and this and that and then some… “And if you forget to take one you might experience certain withdrawal symptoms…” WHAT? Okay, so now I’m an addict, too?! I’m really not sure what to think about this med but I guess I’ll give it a go and see what happens. Maybe it helps, maybe I’ll quit it sooner than later. Sigh.
Tonight is riding – and guess what? I don’t feel like going. Seriously! I just find myself hoping the class would be cancelled. That’s not normal for me. Well, the freezing cold doesn’t help either: This morning we had -21°C (about -6 F) and even for the evening the forecast says -18°C (-4 F). Poor cheeks, toes and fingers!
At some point last night I was travelling across the Finland with my friend. Well that’s nothing – but the transportation we used was rather unconventional: A small plastic sledge that was pulled by a 5 kg griffon bruxellois and equipped with a hot-air balloon. It moved a bit like Santa with the reindeers :D And that wasn’t all. After the journey I suddenly found myself from the starting point again, surrounded by a bunch of people marvelling what I had just done - and about to do the same journey again! I guess that tells me something about where my life seems to be going these days…
Round… and round… and round… androundandroundandround…
Ok, now I’m starting to feel dizzy! I guess it’s high time to end this post ;)
-e-
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Is it raining feathers?
By eija | January 24, 2010 | Comments Off
Church was good today. I think I was showered with feathers…
I posted this same picture over at my photoblog. I took it almost a year and a half ago (like yesterday’s feather photo, too). It’s not brilliant, it’s not great – it’s not even good. But I somehow like it anyway – the way each feather has found a stone to cling to. There it is – Hope clinging to The Rock who will never fail :)
I need to process it all a bit. The history shows that I’m not good at coming back here with the “processed” stuff – but should a miracle happen I’ll tell you about it later :)
-e-
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Weekend – with feathers?
By eija | January 23, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Thursday evening I was convinced it was Friday already. Well it wasn’t so I still had to go to work the next day! Well, work was ok because I actually had stuff to do there and I got a lot done during the day. It’s also that time of the year again:
I’ve made the info sheet about the archives department. With photos etc. and now it was time to update that again. So I got to play the photographer role, too. Yeah, just a simple monkey-chart-type portrait but it’s still fun. Plus I managed to make their boss sit on the chair again and we got a good laugh from it :D
The Visa bill finally arrived and I paid it – so there’s one worry less. Next week I must call the vet – Moriz needs to be castrated (I’ve been putting it off for a year now) and Pepe obviously has some tooth problems.
I wrote a lengthy text about personal struggles here – and removed it. Not sure I wan’t to write it here, in the middle of everything trivial. And in any case, I need to think about it first.
My friend Susan left a comment here the other day, with a quote from Emily Dickinson:
“Hope is the thing with feathers, that perches in the soul, and sings the tune without words, and never stops at all.”
I think I’m in need of some feathers…
-e-
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Ouch some more
By eija | January 20, 2010 | 1 Comment »
In the morning Miss 13’s backside was so sore she couldn’t manage going to school. Mr Right had a free day so he took her to a doctor (so I didn’t have to skip work). An x-ray showed no fractures so no worries, she’ll be allright again soon enough.
The remainder of my Visa bill still hasn’t arrived either. Maybe the mailman lost that too? Sigh.
I really don’t have anything to post about. So why am I writing this post? No idea… I had a nap today but now it’s almost midnight again and I’m once again tired – so I’ll go and fix something to eat at work tomorrow and then hit the bed. You’re officially off the hook over this stupid meaningless post :D
-e-
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Ouch
By eija | January 19, 2010 | 2 Comments »
My Sunday headache developed into a nasty migraine that kept me in bed until late Monday afternoon. So I didn’t go to work. I also didn’t risk the headache coming back so I cancelled my riding, too. Nevertheless, I had another painkiller for breakfast today.
I learned that the lovely and reliable (not!) postal service has lost my Visa bill and therefore I have to pay some overdue payments for my last bill – because I didn’t call them in time and tell them that no, I didn’t know you sent me the bill because I never got it!
Mr Right’s cousin came to the choir practise today. She had tripped badly at work because someone had left things where they didn’t belong.
Someone left the choir practise before it ended. And slammed the door…
Miss 13 fell down from a horse when she was trying to climb on him (the horse didn’t have a saddle). She hurt her tail bone. That’s nasty, I know from my own experience…
Miss 9 got some shampoo in her eye when washing her hair.
Is that all? I hope so. Sometimes life sure is a handful :D
-e-
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