My honorary Finn

Last week we were watching the s6 3rd episode of the L word when T says: Did you see that? That's Marimekko, right? And she was right! There they were on Jenny's table, 4 black Unikko table cloths. Finland is slowly infiltrating America...First Gwyneth Paltrow tells people to buy Iittala glass wear and now the L word is advertising Marimekko. I have a feeling that wasn't paid advertisement though since unless you know it's Marimekko, you can't really see labels or anything and all the other product placements from this season have been way too obvious. But anyway, if you ever watch this episode...Jenny and Alice are having a meeting at Jenny's, they are sitting by the kitchen table. The table cloths are Finnish and I'm so proud of T for catching that!

we are kind of big time excited about possibly moving somewhere far away and starting anew. T said that my blog yesterday made it sound like she was more so than I was and I wanted to stay. That's not the case. I had thought about looking for jobs around this area because I thought this was where T wanted to be, close to her family and friends etc. but since she is open to a move and a change it kind of opens things up for me and my job hunt. Since so many things are uncertain in our lives right now, with me being able to stay here an all, we feel like this is a perfect opportunity to make something happen...and hopefully settle down somewhere where we can make a place for us. A home. It's not so much about the place as it is about the person you're with, at least for me. In a way it has been huge adjustment for me to settle in this car culture around here and it's something that both of us want to change. We want a small town feeling with the benefits of a city somewhere close by. We wanna be able to enjoy the outdoors, go bike around, walk to places and have time to enjoy things after work. Now the weeks are spent on every kind of work related activity, at least for T. I'm home at 5 every day when I don't have school but T gets home around 7 and then it's time to eat...not really a lot of time to go places. So that's something we want to change. More quality time together and improve the quality of life.