happy busy

oh man, this week turned out to be a very busy one! i got to work as an interpret for a japanese band - i'm expanding my field from sitting at home. i got to hear the teenagers scream their hearts out! i'm surprised how impressive the whole thing was for me. this morning on the way to the airport, it was sleeting, and the japanese were amused when i said that it isn't the first snow. i think that only real snow that stays on the ground a bit can be counted as the first snow. the driver agreed with me. now i'm looking forward to next week to have normal quiet translating days - the hours when V is away in morning daycare (twice a week) and sleeping.


these are some wallpaper samples in the corner of our kitchen, even little scraps look different when you put them on the wall. surprisingly, we are reaching some kind of understanding in this matter. Y is now willing to have the bird paper in kamari (it will be a living room, kind of). now i'm hesitating because we have this huge closet that is going to be placed in that room; it will cover a major part of the wallpaper! that closet is a story in itself. it had to be cut in two to get it upstairs here. we are sharing it: Y's side is full of cameras and related stuff, mine is fabric, buttons, yarn, photos, paper stuff, paints, magazines, envelopes... and all kind of uncategorisable junk i might use someday. it should definitely be in the "working room" instead. hmm... birds or green?



this is the doll that V "ordered". it was the first time i tried to make a toy. well, since elementary school when everyone made a blond doll with light blue eyes. (mine had yellow yarn hair too, but brown eyes.) it's actually quite tricky, and so many choices to be made! like, how to make the hair. i'm not so happy with the doll (the head is missing on purpose), but with her clothes yes. V likes it somehow, this Nukke (=doll) is now the mother of my old doll, Pipsa (she is a redhead). tomorrow is my 33rd birthday and i'm going to plant tulip onions. we have invited some people to Manteli and the newspaper is promising sun.