Beautiful!

It feels good to be 40!

Have to share these wonderful drawings my girls made me for my birthday:)

Love Jannika

December on the doorstep

Hello everyone,

Sorry I havent written for ages, it just has not happened so much this month, maybe because November is such a quite and dark month...? But it is time for an update today:)

Last few weeks has been final planning for the tours, Im going on tour on thursday with a finnish group, we are first flying to Cape Town and spending 5 days there and then we are flying up to Johannesburg, driving further to Mpumlanga province, visiting the Blyde River Canyon, and of course spending some days on safari,and visiting the Moholoholo Animal Rehab Center,always a touching experince, I will have my camera close by all the time so I can update later with some nice pictures:)

Im also crossing the 40year line tomorrow, can´t understand where all these years have gone, especially the last 10 years, when I turned 30, same day I was sitting on a plane to Miami for some adventures out in the Caribbean, I worked on a ship for 6 months, a great time, met people from over 65 countries and, as I love traveling, I took every opportunity I had to explore places we visited..Cayman Island, different Ports in Mexico, at one place I swam with the Sting Rays,at one time the ship was on dry dock on one of the Caribbean Islands for a week and we went hiking around the Island for a few days, sleeping in tents on the beach..:) and I visited New York and Bermuda, hired a scooter and drove around in Bermuda....it was a great time of my life,and Im happy I got to experience it, as it is a great memory to have. Im actually looking forward going on a cruise one day when the girls are a bit bigger, and where else if not to the Caribean. And after the time on the ship I headed for South Africa and to make a long story short, there I stayed for over 4 years and started my company that I still have today.

And at 30 I had no children and not yet any plans to have any, and not a husband or plans to gte married,not even a place where I wanted to settle down( I had a suitcase I travelled around with:)... and now when turning 40 I have two most beautiful,wonderful girls and a loving husband, and a house that is my home.

Im also in the process of getting a new job, will update later when I know...tomorrow:)

Otherwise we have decorated a bit for christmas, last saturday I went for a christmas party with work collegues, it was a nice evening, good food, everyone dressed up and live music:)

The girls are very excited about christmas, and one just realizes how much the girls bring to the christmas atmosphere, to see them sing christmas songs,see the shine in their eyes when they plan what gifts Santa Claus shall bring them, makes me enjoy this time even more:)

To all and everyone, have a wonderful day and I will keep you better updated over the weeks to come!

Love Jannika

Dark November

At 4pm it was already dark outside, where is the snow to light up the darkness?Luckily November is almost half way trough, and it is soon time to start planning for X-mas:)

Today we have cleaned the house and trying to simplify our life by getting rid of a lot of extra things around us, and it feels so good to look around and one can see a result:)

On friday Nico and his friends went to town to watch Erik Amarillo, and we women and children had a chill evening with yoga, sauna and dinner, of course the children had their own program with dvds and snacks:) A very nice evening, thanks girls!:)

In about 3 weeks Im going to South Africa to do a tour, looking forward to that, and it is a bit exciting too, starting in Cape Town a few days and then we move up north for the safari part, it will be nice to be in the bush again and see the wild animals close up, to only be a few meters from an elephant or lion, that is for me Africa.

Also time to start buying x-mas gifts for the girls, I can see that they are getting excited, today when we cleaned the house Liina said `the house looks so nice, now I wont make a mess anymore so that Santa Claus can come to a clean house´:)

Another fun thing Liina said when we thought about what to by my dad `moffa´...she had seen an add on tv about smoking, where you just spray something in your mouth instead of smoking, she thought that was a brilliant idea , a way for moffa to start stopping smoking( her own words) and be healthy:)

Have a wonderful sunday!

Love, Jannika

Back again!

It is quite some time since I have updated my blogg, I have been busy working and organizing and have had some time to relax and enjoy also, like last friday we went to Strampen for the dinner&show with the rest of the group from our hill, 23 people, and we had a great time!

This week monday&tuesday I went to Helsinki for a course, and today Im again sitting here at home by the computer working.

In only 3 weeks time Im going to South Africa for 10 days with a group, will be nice to get a break from this grey and foggy weather and see some sun:) But this time I go without my family so it is a good thing Im busy everyday, then I dont get time to think how much I miss them. And then I will be home just before christmas again...havent been in Finland over christmas the last 3 years, so it is something we all look forward to..just waiting for the snow to fall soon too, Liina& Viivi cant wait to build a snowman,he is all designed in their mind already with hat and carrot and a scarf:).

To anyone who travels to South Africa this season and who has some extra time and would like to have a relaxing day, I can recommend a visit to Mangwanani African Spa, a treat for your body, soul and mind:)

Have a lovely week further on!

Jannika