Sunday, February 13, 2011

The Latest Edition


The past few days have been really cold, like now it's -28°C so everyone has had to become creative in thinking how to spend time inside usefully. The good thing about the Siberian weather conditions is how beautiful the nature becomes. It's like it was meant to be seen through a glass, meant to be watched from inside a house or car.







Luckily I have had some work to do so surfing on the computer has suited me just fine. The other times off work I have spend mostly with our latest edition, the newest family member Justus. He's soon 5 months old, bold and daring, just a little rascal like a bear cub but for that even more lovable! For these few moments we captured he managed to stay still.









Justus in a pink Valentine's Day wrap.

The actor and hunk Ashton Kutcher has once said about Valentine's Day [as quoted in People]:
"I hate Valentine's Day," Kutcher tells Parade magazine. But he doesn't hate the lovey-dovey sentiment that is celebrated every Feb. 14: In fact, he feels quite the opposite.

"I think every day should be a day of romance," he says. "Then, on Valentine's Day, you should get to tell whoever you hate that you cannot stand them. There would be one day of hating, and 364 days of love."


Although I agree completely with what he says, I dare that and sounding corny by wishing you all a Happy Valentine's Day!

Sunday, February 6, 2011

Ice Queens

After a long while - maybe the last time I did ice skating a few years back with Claudia in Austria - I thought it's time to go and try again. Luckily I got my friend Outi to join me! The wind was quite cold and it was snowing but the worst part was to tie the laces.

I was a bit rusty, but after a while of hee-ya moves and finding the core balance it started to come back to my mind again.

Ice skating is a great sport like jogging in the summer - it's economic and you get fresh air!

Although I look like a queen on the skates, it's possible that I need still some practice before I'm as good as Kiira Korpi. Ok, that goes also to my list of still-to-do's...

To the end some wise words from Dr. Wayne W. Dyer:

The state of your life
is nothing more than
a reflection of your
state of mind.