I don't know if the mojitos I made looked good or bad, but they tasted okay. Admittedly, the first I made was quite strong as I used a random shot glass from the cupboard, only to find out later it was

Half way through the summer and this might be the last warm day - With warm being 24°C only. To make the most of it, we have come by the nearby lake beach to swim and relax a little. Smallsteps is reading

Is bigger, better? In a comment from @seattlea, he mentioned how the cottage we were at was small compared to the US, and it got me thinking about whether bigger is better. He mentioned that his friend

After a couple nights away and a really relaxed trip, we are back home from the archipelago. We spent most of yesterday walking around a different island with a small harbour and café on it, and the kids

I normally don't write so little, but since we are about to head out on the boat to another island (one of the over 50,000 of them here), I don't have a lot of time. But, I wanted to show some of the sights

Is a change as good as a holiday? I am not sure about that, but for a couple days we will have a slight change of view, from home to the sights of the Finnish archipelago. This was meant to be a longer

Yesterday, between painting jobs and waiting for the last load of laundry to finish, I decided to cut the lawn. It doesn't take too long, just 45 minutes, or an hour if I do the edging as well. Nothing

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens

cellar dweller noun : a last-place team : a team with the worst record in a league, conference, etc. This time, I wasn't last, but I did spend the day dwelling in the cellar. In fact, I did 16,000 steps

Smallsteps and I went to the Italian Market last year, but it was far better this year since they changed the location back to the actual market square in the centre of the city. The market itself wasn't

There was an outdoor salsa evening in the middle of the city and we decided to go. We normally go once a year to these kinds of things and it is a reminder of two things; I enjoy dancing and I am not very

I had an interesting discussion with a therapist today about how bleakly I see the world currently and that the trajectory is on a steep decline. She was pretty appalled by my view, but I suspect that

After a little cleaning and painting work in the morning, we made the short trip to a local pool centre for a swim. I'd like to say it was relaxing, but with it being school holidays, it was less so. It

Who would have thought that the most pathetic outcome of the World Cup would be Donald Trump? well, maybe it was predictable, since he is generally the most pathetic thing no matter what he gets involved

I'm building a sex dungeon. Downstairs in the basement, we have a couple very small rooms that we haven't really used for anything, and since I am getting ready to paint the floors, I am also cleaning

Summer fun activity #19 (The number is random) However, today we (not me) went climbing at a local sports centre. Smallsteps has been here before, but it was the first time for us and while I wasn't climbing

I had coffee with a friend and ex-colleague yesterday, and they were talking about the new management and how "intimidating" many people find them. By all reports (since I haven't met them) they

The rain is still pouring and will for the next few days at least. Hopefully after that though, it starts to warm up so that my wife feels that her summer break was a vacation. Without the warmth, it is

This will be a weekly Sunday hangout between friends, where everyone else is also invited to join in on the conversations. A Sunday party for Hive users to interact and just talk crap about whatever happens

Our pregnant friend dropped by with her partner for a coffee today, and for the occasion I made a good old Australian Pavlova. And if I do say so myself, it turned out pretty good. However, the vanilla