Blog about work and babies

Monday and new week is here, and this week it's filled with work, flu and snow. I returned to work last monday after vacationing and spending almost 2 weeks with the family. January definitely is here and strong with upcoming work projects but kids being sick at the same time - it happens everytime! I'm so lucky to have a participating father for my three kids so we can always arrange the time for our kids but also for ourselves depending on our work schedule. This week is super busy for me and I just received a call from my kids daycare that my youngest is sick with flu. And that means workday is over for me and my youngest needs to be taken to the doctor but it also means a covid-test is needed. Ouch!  Work, flu and snow My work is very flexible and I'm very lucky about that. Meaning I work from home (just like everyone else at the moment due to the covid-situation) and can arrange my days if emergency situations like this appear. So first I'll take my kid to see a pr...

Hey everyone and happy new year 2021!! Well, I'm just happy we moved to a new year because, well, last year wasn't the best for just about anyone of us. My way of surviving one of the darkest & most depressive moments? Viaplay  entertainment :) * this post has Viaplay ads .* And what the hell is Ladycave?! Read more to find out!  My top ones on Viaplay Since moving to a new place with my kids (we share custody with my ex-husband), having Viaplay has definitely helped kids cope and settle in their new homes. Yes, we both have Viaplay just to make sure kids will be able to watch it if they want to or if nights get too rough with three kiddos, a fave tv-show will always calm them down - at least for 2 minutes ;)  My favorite was Desperate housewives when it was still on Viaplay and James Bond-movies. Yeah, I'm a big fan and that's always so entertaining for me. I don't go out much even on non-pandemic time so when I do get a night off from taking care of my three b...

 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...