It dawned on me this morning that a decade ends today, and another starts tomorrow. Bizarre. What has happened over the past 10 years? A lot, not so much, or something in between. The world has seen many changes – good, bad, ugly and beautiful. Each moment, each event, each blessing and each disaster teaches… Read More
2010 was an unexpected year – filled with loss, joy, sorrow, travels, and so much more that it’s difficult to find words for. Plans were made and broken, people changed, grew together and grew apart. 2010 has been a year that none of us could have predicted. So here’s a quick rundown: -Jarek proposed at… Read More
As mentioned before Christmas in my household revolves around lots of eating. Christmas Eve (Wigilia), Christmas Day (Pierwszy Dzien Swiat), and Boxing Day (Drugi Dzien Swiat). Since we have to spend Christmas with my family and my partners family we usually end up overeating – and that’s fine. Long ago, I would have scrutinized everything… Read More
1 – Seeing my family happy and healthy at Christmas time and every time of the year. 2 – The love my partner gives me every day (and when he buys me flowers, wine & chocolates). 3 – Being able to sleep in at weekends. 4 – The part of my personality that doesn’t allow… Read More
Christmas time has arrived once again. The past two days have been revolved around food. Amazing food, heavy food, delicious food, too much food. But hey it’s Christmas. In Poland, we start with Christmas Eve which is probably the most important part of Christmas where families sit down to supper once they see the first… Read More
Today was dedicated to Christmas shopping… with the children. Not mine, I’m too young to have children, especially children aged 14 and 12. However I like to take my younger cousins for a day out from time to time and since it’s Christmas time I thought it would be nice to buy them something of… Read More
Running in the snow is hard. It doesn’t seem like it would be till you actually get out and do it. I can compare it to soft sand running – tough but a great workout. Thirty minutes and I was exhausted, my legs felt sore and I was satisfied. I was going to run on… Read More
‘Brain Training for Runners’ by Matt Fitzgerald arrived in my mail box yesterday! I’ve been waiting for it for weeks (gotta love the efficiency of the Polish postal service). Anyway, I started reading it today and I’m hooked. Will post more info once I’ve read the entire book. * The first half of December has… Read More
When I walked out of the house this morning it was -12 degrees Celsius. Wearing two pairs of gloves, two pairs of socks, boots, jeans, singlet, turtleneck, long sweater, long woolen coat and hat, I was still freezing. After five minutes at the bus stop I couldn’t feel my fingers or my toes. I’m not… Read More
I have a dream. Okay so it’s more like a goal – one that I’ve had for like a decade now, if not longer. It’s one of those frustrating goals because I know that the end result is only dependent on me. And while I could blame my genes or somebody else for not achieving… Read More