• Home
  • CONTACT
  • TRAVEL
  • ABOUT
© 2026 Freya Theme by Sparrow and Snow
  • Home
  • CONTACT

The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist

  • ABOUT
  • TRAVEL
  • Home
  • CONTACT

The Optimistic Musings of a Pessimist

  • ABOUT
  • TRAVEL

My Review of Big Time by Laura Vanderkam + A Giveaway

  • Reading, Blogging, Friendship, Giveaway!, MayBloPoMo
  • May 12, 2026
  • 0 Comments

For Mother’s Day, I knew exactly what I wanted: a relaxing day spent alone (the key ingredient in my plans for relaxation) on the couch in our apartment. There were two loads of laundry thrown into the mix because… needs must. But the rest of the time was deliciously mine. My husband took the kids…

  • facebook
  • twitter
  • pinterest
Continue Reading

Never Have I Ever…Part 17

Tried fresh sugar cane. (Jenny mentioned this recently and I immediately knew it would go on my next Never Have I Ever list.)

Gone skinny dipping.

Followed a vegetarian or vegan diet for an extended period…

Continue Reading
  • Never Have I Ever, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 11, 2026
  • 26 Comments

A Special Guest Post by Belle: Experiencing Europe as a Teen (+ My Favourite Travel Destinations)

Happy Mother’s Day to everyone celebrating—or being celebrated—as a special woman. Here’s to mothers who birthed us and, equally, to the women who have stood in place of biological mothers to love and nurture…

Continue Reading
  • Guest Post, Euro Adventure, MayBloPoMo, Travel
  • May, 10, 2026
  • 14 Comments

Helsinki’s Open-Air Museum: Seurasaari

Finns love to be surrounded by nature. Most families own a remote cabin on a lake (there are close to 200,000 lakes in the country, so there’s plenty of room for everyone). So it…

Continue Reading
  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 09, 2026
  • 16 Comments

Happy Things Friday: 8 May

I’m finally settling into life in Helsinki. It took a while.

Between the kids being sick and the cold weather, I wasn’t really jiving with Finland at first. But now, I love it here!

Let’s jump…

Continue Reading
  • Happy Things Friday, Euro Adventure, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 08, 2026
  • 18 Comments

Helsinki Catchall: Random Pictures + Things We’ve Done

Sometimes I have an overflow of pictures that don’t seem to “belong” anywhere. Hence this catchall post of our time spent so far in Helsinki. (I did something similar while in Vienna and, following…

Continue Reading
  • Travel, Euro Adventure, Helsinki, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 07, 2026
  • 16 Comments

Cool Bloggers Walking Club April 2026: Final Recap

And just like that, another walking club is in the rearview mirror. Now might be the best time to admit that I prefer the October edition—for purely selfish reasons; October is my favourite month—so…

Continue Reading
  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club, Exercise, MayBloPoMo
  • May, 06, 2026
  • 20 Comments
1 2 3 … 98 »
Hi! I'm Elisabeth...

    Become a Patron!
    Search
    Travel
    GUESTS
    BOOKS
    Recent posts
    • My Review of Big Time by Laura Vanderkam + A Giveaway

      May 12, 2026

    • Never Have I Ever…Part 17

      May 11, 2026

    • A Special Guest Post by Belle: Experiencing Europe as a Teen (+ My Favourite Travel Destinations)

      May 10, 2026

    © 2026 Freya Theme by Sparrow and Snow| Privacy Policy