Last day of January

So, we have snow..lots of snow. It is snowing right now. But it is fun for kids, all ages...So, yesterday in spite of my sore throat and headache, I went outside with our girl and enjoyed some vitamin D, that does not come often during winter time in Iceland. She enojyed it as well, she was riding in a snow sledge that we got from Raggi's parents. She was singing and quite happy.

Then we went to some playground and I took some pictures.

Here you can see a little bit of the city of Kopavogur, the Tower, some other buildings.
And here is a short video of her palying in the snow.

Last week of January

So, the New Year has arrived, was a great celebration.

Now, the month of January is almost over. Time goes fast. Financial crisis is still on in Iceland, people are protesting and I hope it brings some change to the politics of Iceland.

We are doing fine, girl is growing, learning some new words. We have got her a new bed that will last her for at least 5 year, I hope and she has been sleeping there for two nights. Well, she does not sleep in her new bed through the whole night yet, but we hope soon she will :)

Yesterday we had a visit form Raggi's aunt and his brother. It happened that Raggi and his brother Ingvar were wearing the sweaters that their Mom got them, so they almost looked like twins :)

Here is the photo of them:

Int he background, there is a painting by my Mom.
And here is a fresh picture of Tamara Lind, Jon Aron, her older brother put her in his sweatshirt, and she enjoyed it a lot:

Christmases are over for some time :)

So....the new year has started, the Russian Christmas is over. We can embrace the New Year with all of our open hearts.

It was a great time, lots of good food, relaxation time and singing in the Russian church as well. I want to say thank you to all of my friends who are so nice and always send us their greetings and nice Christmas cards.

A Serbian bishop who resides in Stockholm, came to present a special service on the 6th of January, at 19.00, so we took Tamara Lind to church with us since kids were supposed to get some presents...I was a little bit worried about her behaviour but it turned out - I was worried for nothing. She behaved so well...quite a nice surprise to her parents. She even was singing a little bit when our choir was performing. I was holding her and I admit, was a little bit difficult to hold her and to sing, but I managed...So, it was great.

Here I have some photos from the Christmas celebration at my Mom's house. Here is Raggi and Tamara Lind, then myself and her again :)

Then, a picture of a sweet couple, who got engaged over Christmas time.

And that was Tamara trying to play the Russian dudochka :)

Christmas is all around us...

So..we had a great Christmas dinner with my coworkers. It was at the nice place with some great traditional Icelandic/Scandinavian Christmas food. Here are some pictures, so , here it goes:

First, is the picture of myself...the beautiful Marina :)



Here is the picture of all our staff...we are very few, only 7 people at the moment, 3 of us were working for the company more than 7 years already...such a long time...



This is just a picture of Helga, myself and Magnús.

And here is a great picture of the food...

It is the second hot/cold appetizers course. Includes nicely baked beef tongue, reindeer pate, chicken salad, swedish meatballs, beef carpaccio, pork and smoked lamb.


And then - here is the picture of the main hot course.
It included - turkey, salted baked cod, baked pork with the glaze, and beef. Plus some gratin potato, red cabbage and salad.
And then was some dessert but I was too full and almost was not able to move any more... :) So, it was a great dinner party, put me in a very nice holiday spirit.

Month of December

So..as I promised..I am making a new post each month! Wow...such an achievement...

Anyways...December is here, snow has arrived to Iceland and the cold weather as well...So..real Christmas weather outside, makes you not want to go outside but sit home in front of the computer and waste the time on Facebook.com...And I was doing it for some time now :) Not too proud of myself.

A year is almost over..time flies so fast...And there are still so many things to do before Christmas - finish buying all those gifts, sending the cards...But it only makes things better - I already baked some cookies - called "the mother's cookies" and a great thing is that I am a mother now, so it really suits me!!!!

So..next to another post..this one is finished. new topic new post :)

The 4 things

4 Random Things About Me:

1. I was born in the country that doesn’t exist any more– Soviet Union.
2. Lived, studied and worked in the United States for 5 years.
3. Took driving tests and exams and - passed in three countries - Russia, the USA and Iceland.
4. Had a 12-hour stay on the nice island of Cyprus.

4 Guilty Pleasures:

1. Chocolate fountain!
2. Swiss chocolate.
3. Hot Icelandic drinking chocolate.
4. Grilled Icelandic lamb.

4 Things I Am Drawn To Buy Even When I Don't Need Them:

1. Nice boots/shoes for myself
2. All types of clothes for my girl :)
3. Clothes for myself
4. Accessories.

4 Challenges I Face On A Daily/ Weekly Basis:

1. Patience with the little child and the big one called my man.
2. Keeping up my friends' busy lives.
3. Keeping up with house cleaning.
4. Not knowing what to cook for the little child and the big one as well :).

4 Books That Have Helped/Inspired Me This Year:

1. Harry Potter 1
2. Harry Potter 2
3. Harry Potter 3
4. and so on…all seven of them.
   Ok, it was not that inspiring maybe, but I was quite impressed and entertained.

A girl is 17 months old...

So, time is flying..people are being born, some are getting older....There is this woman in the west part of Iceland that just turned 100 years old...she had a friend visiting her who is 104 years old..man..some people are living it all....

Anyways, our girl just turned 17 months 2 days ago...I bet the time will go fast and soon she will be 17 years old :) We are very proud of her...

Here are some new pictures, taking just this last weekend. She is wearing a Russian costume that her grandma brought from Russia.:

SO, next month she will be already 1,5 years old..wow..and it will be Christmas too...looking forward to some nice meal sharing and celebrations...