Yesterday I invited some friends for a nice and quiet Raclette-evening. Schneemaennchen came with her Fin. She also brought along our Swedish friend and, luckily, 2 chairs. ;-) Keijo and Virve came without Niila, but brought a dutch and an australian guy instead. Those two are in a bycicle tour and stayed at Keijo and Virve's for a couple of days. Quite international, I enjoyed it very much.







Today my neighbours, mother and daughter, came for coffee. We talked for quite a while (in finnish!!! ;p) and even went for a long walk with the dog together. It was very nice. The girl was playing with Seita a lot, they get along very well.



Seita has conquered the sofa. She sits there for hours looking out of the window (judging by the noseprints on the windows, also when I'm gone) or just relaxing. The first day I told her to get lost, but then started thinking, why not? Since then she's allowed there- and doesn't jump on the bed any longer. Interesting- I suppose that's what they call compromise. ;-)





We spent most of the last week discovering the new surrounding, so now I know the places where Seita can run free without trouble. We also have some new dog friends for her to play with already. It's quite hilarious to watch, especially now that it's slippery outside. ;-) And snowing again... Seita always has the nose right in the snow.

It's been snowing some in the beginning of the week, and I very much enjoyed riding the bike to school and back. No big problem with my winter tire... ;-) Until it started to sort of melt a bit on Thursday and there was plenty of snow slush everywhere. Of course I had chosen that day to go shopping to LIDL. They had some very good offers there, so I ended up with 2 very full bicycle bags and a full packsack- at least 30kg, I suppose (including my schoolbooks- heavy knowledge ;p). Well, the trip home, about 6km, took me close to an hour and I was starting to be seasick. But I was on the bike the whole time and didn't fall! ;-)
Can't say I'm sorry that it's getting colder again.