What’s happening eh?
Hello!
Well July was a write-off as far as blog posts go.
Why?
I was in Canada and got to see some new places. I’ll talk about that in an upcoming entry, because again, I have noticed life differences compared to here in Finland. And after nearly 20 years here, they are still worth noting. Here’s a teaser of some of the places we visited.
What’s going on now?
I was brainstorming back in June wondering how could I do something that would catch people’s attention? On August 1, I started my challenge for the month of August —> pick up 10 000 cigarette butts (and plenty of other garbage) in my neighbourhood. That’s right 10 000. The City of Espoo kindly gave me some bags and I got some used buckets from a friend to collect them in. I am currently documenting my challenge on the Facebook page called 10,000 Butts Finland. You’re welcome to follow it.
Many of you know I have a Twitter account for my blog (@ LiveInFinland). The other day I pinged the local newspaper in Espoo about my challenge – and they put up a story about it. I am feeling pretty energized now – and Länsiväylä has thrown down the gauntlet. 10 000 – can I do it? 🙂
There are about 1500 butts here (from last week)
Watch this space!
What happened to…?
My New Year’s resolution: I promised to go and watch Finland’s elite sports women in action once a month, but this has fizzled out a bit. I consider my last stint on the elite sport’s front my participation in the first-ever Women’s World Para Ice Hockey Championships in Ostrava (CZE) back in May, Since then I haven’t had the chance to fulfill my resolution. I will get back on that – and soon. I will also write about my experience in Ostrava, because that is also worth sharing.
Until then (and it won’t be long), I hope you all have had a good summer and been able to keep cool in all this heat. As we all know, the weather has been making headlines this summer, but that is another story.
Life in Finland (and beyond) 