We’re now down to hours. Hours, minutes, and seconds. I’ve been stressed all day! Yep, even with all of the lists, thoughts, and time, it was nothing but stress. Yuck. After my mini-meltdown about four hours ago, I feel much more relaxed.
I don’t know if I’ve packed everything. At this point, I’ve just thrown up [...]
Archive for the ‘Getting Ready’ Category
The Creation of Wooden Flat Heather
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged creation, Flat Heather, wood, wooden on June 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
These pictures document the creation of my wooden Flat Heather! It’s just amazing to see how it was created! My favorite picture is the one in the lower left. Andy was kind enough to make sure my wooden Heather had the proper hearing protection.
Three Days and The Bathroom
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged Bathroom, Finland, Laundry, Luggage, packing, Stomach, travel on June 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Yes, that’s the title. I’ve tried to be a good girl and not let much of my personal life to creep in to the blog, but at this point something’s got to give. My stomach, let alone my psyche, is very excited. That, mixed with my already-understood bad genes, and you get my title. Ugh.
Yep, [...]
The Flat Heather Posse
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged Airlines, Airports, Copenhagen, Finland, Flat Heather, paper, Pictures, wooden on June 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Andy, Michael’s co-worker, was kind enough to cut out a wooden Flat Heather. Yea! I now have three Flat Heathers: Two paper and one wooden. Now my Flat Heather can have her picture taken in warm or cold weather, warm or damp. I’ve got all weather conditions under control!
I cannot wait until I can start [...]
It’s All About the Benjamins…
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged Dollar, Euro, Europe, exchange rate, excited, Finland, travel on June 9, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
…Er, rather, the Baroque and Rococo architectural periods. Just found out tonight that each Euro banknote has a different period from Classical on through Modern. A description of the notes, straight from the European Central Bank’s website:
On the front, the banknotes show windows and gateways. They symbolise the European spirit of openness and cooperation. [...]
Excited/Scared of Finland?!?!
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged bastu, culture, customs, excited, Finland, manners, quotes, sauna, scared, speak, Swedish on June 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Michael; being the amazing, wonderful man he is; sent me a site regarding Finnish culture. He is such a beautiful person for sending me this, but I am, in turn, also very scared. If you care to check my upcoming verbal vomit, here’s the original site. All quotes from the linked site are stated within [...]
Warm Weather Heather
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged Flat Heather, picture, travel, Warm weather on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here’s my warm weather Heather! See, the cactus tells you that she’s traveled to a hot area.
Looking at my stack of cardstock, I’m sure that I could make plenty of Flat Heathers…perhaps an evening wear Heather? We’ll see!
Flat Heather!
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged Flat Heather, Flat Stanley, photo, travel on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a few sketches and one failed attempt, here’s my first Flat Heather! I say first, because I’d like to make another one as a “backup.” I’d hate to be halfway across the world and have my one and only Flat Heather out of commission.
It would also be nice to have another Heather [...]
Flat Stanley
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged create, Finland, Flat Stanley, photo, visit on May 21, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Flat Stanley is the loveable character featured in books by Jeff Smith. Although Stanley was flattened when a bulletin board fell on him, he made the best of his circumstances. Now flat, Stanley can easily travel the world in envelopes!
I’ve been thinking about Stanley quite a bit, now that I’m preparing for my first big [...]
32 Days!
Posted in Getting Ready, tagged Arctic, Finland, Santa, travel on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The countdown is getting closer! We’re now down to thirty-two days!
I’m even more excited now that I know that Santa lives in Finland. I had no idea! He lives in Romaniemi, which is just north of the Arctic Circle. He’s even got a wonderful website, complete with indoor and outdoor webcams, and his email and [...]
