Life as an inspiration

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My year 2013 in numbers

love in lifeShortly my year in numbers:

*travels: 4. In January I spent few snowy days in Belfast, then 10 days in April in France (Paris and Taizé), in May 5 days in Estonia and 3 days in Berlin in November to celebrate my (and my fiance´s) B-day

*new visited countries: 0 (not good, not at all)

*new year resolutions what came true: 1. trip to Taizé. I have dreamed about it for years and luckily I got one big translation job and got money to finally go

*books I read: quite few. Lot of them were in Estonian, but also some in English, like Fifty shades of Grey 1-3 (finally I also know what everyone are talking about :P), Hunger Games 1-3 and “Dreamers & Doers”

*created websites: 1. This one you are visiting at the moment and I am pretty proud of it. I have a great mentor who helps me and so far there are 63 people who liked my FB page, Thank you all so much!

*mentors: 1. Veronika. Big thanks!

*created blogs: 3.  I have been lazy lately but will be better on new year 2014

*created FB pages: 4. Same story as with blogs, will improve in 2014, I promise 🙂

*blogs I write for others: 2. One new project I am involved is Ladies Trekking Virtual Club and there is also one company who uses my blogging service. Both opportunities are just wonderful and I am really grateful I have those jobs. Our cooperation will continue in 2014

*places, where you can find my articles: 3. Delfi Naistekas is still my main “job”, also after years I contacted with Estonian women magazine called “Eesti Naine” and started freelancing for them too. The third option is “Õpetajate Leht”, where I write about school stuff in Holland as the newspaper is for Estonian teachers

*old hobby returns: 1. Started again with craft work

*dog walking: 1. I have one new friend, black labrador Diesel who is one of my good friends dog. Occasionally he needs walking and then we spend some quality time together 🙂

*visits to Estonian School in Holland, in Gouda: 1

*learnt new languages: 0. My Dutch is rarely improving, same with BSL

*new technical devices: 1. Samsung Galaxy tab 2 7.0 Love it!!!!! 🙂

*new skills: I made on 2013 fist time in my life soup…. also lasagne, muffins and creamy pasta with chicken, also stampot (which is typical Dutch food). Also I changed diapers first time as I had to babysit my friends kid. Me and kid are both fine after that dramatic experience 🙂

*X-mas charity: 1. SEB bank had a “X-mas tree” project and now there is one girl, 14 years old Leena, who got hair curler. Hope she enjoys her present

*sent manuscripts for competition: 2

*”no” answers from competition: 1

*cinema visits: 3: Les Miserables, Iron man 3 and Hunger games 2

*best friends visits: 2

*parcels for X-mas: 2

*X-mas cards: 7 (8 actually, got the last one on New Years Eve)

*shoking news: 1. Wentworth Miller (“Prison Break”) is gay!!!!!! 🙁

*engagement rings: 1 🙂