Sweden: Finally in the lake

First swim in the lake

It's heating up in Luleå. Today I couldn't resist to jump into the lake, Kvarnträsket.
Ulrika, my dear friend, took the nice pictures while visiting me.
Since I was 4 years old I have been  spending my summers swimming. I love it. It's a good exercise.
But I prefer outdoor swimming. The paradise like life at the summer house can't take away my thoughts of the people trying to escape from poverty and war over the Mediterranean sea. 2000 is said to be drown this year. Probably a lot more. Many of them can't swim. How afraid they must be. At my new job I meet the children that survived the trip. I get upset when I hear the discussions in EU about immigrants. Especially from countries from where people have been escaping from like Hungary.

My new life without the scale is much better. I get to focus more on the result of the weight loss than a number on my scale. It is inspiring me a lot. I look at my body instead. I try clothes on and am happy. They are fitting fine! I hope for a hot summer with a lot of swimming!

Sweden: Summer is strawberries

Life without a scale is great! I eat less! I eat healthier. Strawberries is my number one tool in this battle against overweight Sweden vs Russia.  I'm a little concerned about what my Russian sister is up to. I haven't heard from her in a long time.
To blog about our fight against the kilos are a true challenge. Natasha's and my personality makes us want to deliver. The stress made me skip the scale for a month. My body and mind tells me a different story. I feel good. I am stronger. I am happy. I'll stay on this track. Working the whole summer will get me moving even though I hope to spend a few lazy days at the sun bed.
It's 7 am. I'm on my way to work. Too far to bike ride 40 km, but 5 of them I spend on my bike.

The Ninja Diet: Santa Claus is early this year...

Happy Mothers Day!

My mother got surprised yesterday when Santa showed up at the Mothers Day celebration.
Anyway she was quick to ask him for a ride to buy flowers for the summer house later this month, so he will stay around  for a while I guess.
I haven't lost more than 0.5 kilo lately. But for sure my butt is slimmer after the three last weeks biking!
I fit in a pair of new jeans. Good feeling!
Soon I will add swimming in the lake to the daily activities. Can't wait. Still no real summer here close to the arctic circle... Today it's raining again. I will get on the bus. Hope my friend  Ulrika takes the same!
I like the change of month. June, welcome!

Surprised mother!

Happy grandmother with Shanti and Joshua . No cake for me...

For many years Niclas was our Christmas man. Happy he is availble year around!

BBC#6. Green is bring

It’s green and sunny day in Petrozavodsk. Time for biking and salading. And a new project. We launched the project “Country blogger”. We want to find new forces of journalism and blogging in Karelia. Very proud and love this project. Put in a lot of soul and heart.

 My life is hurtling at all speeds even have no time for reflection. But it so full and complete life.
I bought a lot of green vegetables - zucchini, cabbage, parsley. And didn't waste time – was biking all day. My photo is a greeting to my friend Eva Marie from Main Street of Petrozavodsk. A building behind me – is a Nordic Hotel (Severnaja) – very soviet house and very rare. When my sister will come to me we both will be young and strong and will take a photo the same.

My three points
Bike. Yes. Long and pleasant cycling

Beauty. laminar mask. Good local product from White Sea.
Cleaning. Kicked upstairs one old-old bra. Kicked upstairs one old-old bro.

                                                           Oldschool mask, but very eco 

Зазеленело

Сегодня в Петрозаводске зелено и солнечно. Время велосипедить и салатить. И делать новые проекты. Мы запустили конкурс «Сельский блогер». Хотим найти новые силы среди журналистов и блогеров на селе. Очень любим и гордимся этим проектом.  Вложили в него много души и сердца.
Моя жизнь мчит на всех скоростях. Даже нет времени на рефлексию. Зато она наполнена смыслом и полна приключений.

Я купила много зелени – кабачки, капусту, петрушку. И не теряла времени зря – каталась весь день. Мое фото сделано специально для моей шведской подруги Эвы Марии на главной улице Петрозаводска. Строение позади меня – это отель «Северная», очень советский, но тем и знаменитый. Когда моя сестра приедет ко мне, мы обе будем молодые и худые, мы сделаем фоточку точно в этом месте.

Мои три пункта.

Велосипед. Да. Долгая и радостная езда

Красота. Ламинарная маска из Белого моря, очень помогает не быть «сморщенной женщиной», русские поймут
Чистота. Выкинула старый лифчик. И старого поклонника.

BBC#3. Value or price?

                                                        Photo by Natasha Arifmetikova

I am not a fashion girl. I am not a shopaholic. I am a simple girl. I prefer simple food and don’t understand what is meaning of luxury restraint. But…I always disappointed when boys invited me in cheap cafe. What’s a double standard’s? My couch says it gets from incertitude. In fact I want to be evaluated very high. That’s why I was so glad to be invited to the high class restaurant yesterday. Maybe is a psychological problem for me. Anyway shame on me if I want to be sold like goods on the market place. Big girl, but so stupid.
Values of person are features, talent, kindness, smell, voice, and look, open minded, eyes light, inner light, sexuality, but not weight, height and age. I appreciate my friends for their thoughts and able to be open and open minded. End now is time to appreciate myself for these features.
My super 3 was not good last day. But I try.

1.       Bike. Sorry. Was in the luxury place with Mister X.

2.       Beauty. Yes. Wash my face with cube of ice. Use a mask of kelp from the White Sea.

3.       Clean. Not thrown garbage but cleaned some secret places of my cave. Didn’t clean my mind. Have no too much. Keep it for future audit.

Ценность или ценник.

Я не модница. И не шопоголик. Я простая девчонка, чо уж там. Я предпочитаю простую еду и не понимаю смысла в дорогих ресторанах. Но я всегда парюсь, если парни ведут меня в дешевую кафешку. Что за двойные стандарты, Натфедрна? Мой коуч Ира говорит, что все это идет от заниженной самооценки. На самом деле я хотела бы быть оцененной повыше и побольше. Вот почему я так обрадовалась и даже прогуляла велосипедную радость из-за приглашения на обед в ресторан. Наверное, тут без психолога не обойтись. В любом случае, мне стыдновато, что я хочу порой продать себя, как вещь на рынке. Большая глупая девочка.
Ценность человеческая в особенностях, таланте, доброте, запахе, голосе, образе в целом, блеске глаз, внутреннем свете, открытости ума, сексуальности. Но уж точно не в росте, весе и возрасте. И пришло время мне саму себя ценить за эти качества, а не продаваться за обед.
Мои супер три были не очень хороши вчера.

1.       Велосипед. Нет, извините. Просто повелась на дорогой ресторан.

2.       Красота. Отлично. Умывалась ледяным кубиком с замороженной ромашкой внутри. Использовала ламинарную маску из Белого моря.

3.       Чистка. Не мыла, но кое-какие углы пещеры почистила слегка. Мысли не выкидывала. Самой пока мало.

Put the fun between your legs

My new level of The Samurai Way almost ready to start. I prepare some ingredients for a beauty attack and some junk for ejection from a bosom of my flat and my head. But my bike point needs for help. Attention! Kind people. I must pump up my wheels, because after winter hibernation they were blown away like a banana skin. Who should do it? I must put it between my legs immediately.

Засунь между ног кое-что прикольное

Мой новый виток жизни почти готов стартануть. Я приготовила некоторые ингредиенты для атаки красоты и кучу вещей для выброса из недр моих головы и квартиры. Но мой велосипедный пункт нуждается в вашей поддержке. Внимание. Добрые люди. Мне надо накачать мои колеса. После зимней спячки они висят, просто валяются, как корочка от банана. Кто мог бы сделать это. Вы ж понимаете, мне надо срочно засунуть это между ног.

The Ninja Diet: Garlic chicken with bean vermicelli

Without asking my son Elisha, the meal planner of the Ninja Diet, I swapped the rice to noodles made of beans. They are easy and fast. Bring water to boil. Remove from the stove. Add the vermicelli. You have to cut the strings in order to get them in to the water and when they are ready. They are very long!

The garlic marinated chicken I sliced thin and fried with caraway, salt, white pepper, smoked paprika and spring onion.
I fried the sliced onion, a lot of garlic, Sambal Badjak and sliced bell pepper. Not too long.
Kind of Chinese inspired dish!