Childhood. I was born in Belarus, during USSR. I was around six when Belarus gained its independence. I do not remember much up to that point, just snippets of kindergarten, etc. However, I do remember from around age of 6 up until we left Belarus, when I was […]
If I had a chance to be someone else then I would choose to be a child again, would be cool if I could try out being my kid for a day. Just to see what it is like for them and also to experience that life again […]
Couple of years ago we bought our house. The house is from 1970s. The only things that were updated in the house since then was heating (including gas boiler), roof insulation on the main roof (not on lean to) and bathroom. So since buying it, it had been […]
Ok, we had a good laugh about that one with my hubby. ‘Emmmm..’ and other repetitive words during presentation of any kind. Would be nice to remove ‘no’ from kids vocabulary towards parents, just until they grow up😅.
“The most important thing is to enjoy your life—to be happy—it’s all that matters.” —Steve Jobs I would say to myself stop putting so much pressure on yourself, everything will work out. Also, don’t listen to jealous and unreasonable teachers. In particular: 1. Your piano teacher who told […]
“If we allow our ‘high creativity’ to remain alive, we will never be bored. We can pray, standing in line at the super market. Or we can be lost in awe at all the people around us, their lives full of glory and tragedy, and suddenly we will […]
‘But first, coffee..’ Coffee, is there anything better? I don’t mean tastier, there are plenty of drinks that would be much more tastier. Coffee though… I personally need.. I think I am quite dependent on it at this stage. I beed it to wake up, to make my […]
‘Family is not an important thing, it’s everything’ -Michael J. Fox My family are my favorite people to be around. Especially my kids 🙂 Since they were born, I felt like I remembered to look around and notice the world around me. Their inquisitiveness, constant questions and ‘Look […]
My Bernette sewing machine. I started sewing around 10 years ago and was using the most basic singer model at that time. It was very frustrating as it kept breaking. Around two years ago my hubby surprised me with a new sewing machine. This present completely took me […]
In order to make sure that we have enough money for holidays and other activities, we came up with a way to budget. This works for us but might not work for others. We created pockets on Revolut for different things, such as kids, birthday presents, Christmas, holiday, […]