Blog about work and babies

 What a week it's been with moving in to a new home, packing and un-packing and finally making this my new home. New life as a single mom of three, bring it on!! *This blog post has ads.* Moving discount at Offerilla I started packing a week before my actual move which was the right choice with three kids and also I'm a working mom so time was limited. I wanted a moving firm to come and help me with mostly my furniture but also boxes and therefore I checked through major moving firms. The cost of moving kids beds, a kitchen table with four chairs, patio furniture and all the boxes varied from 400-1200€ euros. That was way more than my stuff cost since I didn't have a couch or a bed with me in my old home (those were delivered brand new from other places). So I googled some more and checked Offerilla  and they actually had a quite a few different deals under "Palvelut/Services" section. I chose 2 hour moving with two movers and a big truck from a firm called KokoRe...

 So much going on in my life right now and for starters, our old house is sold and I placed an offer on a house (apartment) yesterday. Wish me luck it'll go through!! So exciting for sure and what makes it even more exciting is that this new two-bedroom apartment is located in another town so it really is a new start. I'm not very good at waiting for things to happen as I keep wondering, when the sellers will say yes or no. I just cant wait!! Divorce proceedings So as we filed for divorce back in august right after summer vacation and I returned to my old job, things have changed a lot since then. It's been really tough living in the same house (that we just sold but are still allowed to live there until the end of this year) and listening to my soon-to-be-ex's complaints about ending our marriage. And after listening to that for weeks and moving to another small apartment (week-to-week kinda thing), he finally agreed on the divorce and how it was inevitable it was the ...

Fall is here and new beginnings hit our family big time: year-long battle with continuing our marriage or not has come to an end, and divorce is on the way. It's sad, obviously with three kids in the family, but we as parents are doing the best we can to be the best parents we can be. That's life.  So what we're going through right now, is putting our house on the market and seeing multiple realtors - it's hard work!! Good thing is that I think we agreed on the one we're selecting and that's obviously a relief. Not only is our divorce in process,  there's so much paperwork that needs to be done that I have to admit there have been a few nightless nights..Right now I'm glad we're agreeing and finally seeing things eye-to-eye which makes things a bit easier. We're getting along pretty well since there are no fights anymore (for now) and the atmosphere at home is better. We've also decided we're gonna move close to one another because of ...

 Hey everyone! Back to normal It's already mid-august and I've been back to work for a week now, wow! So I guess this blog's emphasis is now more on work instead of babies :) It does feel good to be back at work and have something for just myself - even though I loved being a stay-at-home mom but still - everyone needs a break every now and then, right? What's coming up this fall too (I hope) is a new home for our family: we desperately need more rooms since our family's grown and we now have pre-schooler in our household who already needs his own space.  But with this corona-time and the lack of decent houses we have time to look for that special one and while doing that, we have time to find the best homeloan we can possibly find :)  * This blog post contains an ad*. Finding the best homeloan Finding the best homeloan for your family is tricky and time-consuming. First to apply to several different banks and fill out long applications to even get noticed and be ab...

Hey there! What a hot week it's been so far as temperatures rise up to 30 degrees - in Finland! Not bad at all we'll be vacationing mainly in Finland this except for the short trip to Estonia next month. (Read more about that trip here . We just booked a cabin for a week through  Lomarengas  and I could not be happier! Mid-summer at grandparents cabin  The cabin is just 2 hours away from my in-laws cabin, where we happened to spent the mid-summer festival last weekend. Or let me just call it a normal weekend with the family, not so much a festival ;) it was the first time since corona-limitations we've actually spent time with the grandparents again. And they're huuuuge help for us, no doubt about it!! So next month we're going back to their cabin, which is about 3 hours away from our home, to spend a few days there. It's awesome there with kids: they can swim all day, go fishing and just run around naked all day long :) Grandparents also make all the meals whic...

June is here and it's time to think about summer vacation ideas in Finland and in baltics.  Ikaalisten matkatoimisto  has once again the best valued summer vacation and in general travel ideas for my family, mainly in Estonia since we're not  travelling far away from Finland this summer. We've usually stayed in Tallinn in a spa-hotel which is perfect with kids. There aren't too many outdoor playgrounds in Tallinn but our kids need activities and therefore a spa with kiddy pools are a must :) and mommy & daddy like Estonia so it's a match ;) Ikaalisten matkatoimisto  Ikaalisten matkatoimisto has many spa-hotels in their selection varying from family-friendly to more luxurious ones, and our top-choice over the years has been Meriton conference & spa hotel. We always travel to Estonia via a ferry so it's either a Viking Line or Silja Line and it takes usually from 2-3 hours from Helsinki to Tallinn. Meriton conference & spa hotel is about 30 min walk fr...

It's that time of year graduation and other parties take place, and many people like to buy jewellery as a gift.  Kulta-center  has a wide selection on jewellery and now you can easily order gifts from their online store.  My favorite jewellery  I haven't ordered anything jewellery-wise in a long time except for my Tommy Hilfiger hand-watch I ordered 4 years ago. That was my gift to myself for having a second child :) before that I got married 7 years ago and obviously my most expensive and important jewellery are my engament & wedding rings. I've been promised for a third ring hence 3 kiddos but I just don't know what I want :) yes, tough decisions ;) Even before those, graduation gifts and "meaninful" jewellery are still very important to me. Such as my golden necklace my older brother gave to me when I graduated from high school way back when.  Kulta-center selection for different occations What I need right now is that third ring, white gold or platinu...