keskiviikko 31. joulukuuta 2025

Hyvää Uutta Vuotta 2026!

 Aika muistella hieman kulunutta vuotta. Tänä vuonnakin teen sen standardimalliin kyselyn kautta englanniksi.

Aikaisemmat vuodet blogissa:

So that's how far back it goes!


 

Muistelutapani on vuonna 2007 kehittelemäni standardimeemi 40 kysymystä viime vuodesta. Tänäkin vuonna vastaan niihin englanniksi. Mutta sitten asiaan: Uuden vuoden viettomme on vakiintunut, ollaan jälleen ystäviemme luokse menossa rakettien ammuntaan ja lautapelailemaan...<3 Toivon kaikille mahtavaa uutta vuotta 2025!
 
 Summing up my year of 2025, once again in English. I do this every year.

1. What did you do in 2025 that you’d never done before?
 
Well, I bought a house "Omakotitalo" and moved in with my family. Biggest investment and probably once in a lifetime event of the year.

2. Did you keep you New Year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?

I kept some of them but not most and for 2026 I will be making more. I succeeded in getting my son to poo to the toilet and letting go of his baby bottles! Small victories!

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?

Not this year. 

  4. Did anyone close to you die?
 
Yes my aunt died in November.

5. What countries did you visit?
Greece (3 times), Portugal, Cyprus, The Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Italy

6. What would you like to have in 2026 that you lacked in 2025?

Health & work balance



7. What date from 2025 will remain attached upon your memory, and why?
 
26.11.2025 RIP RP.

 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?

It was buying our house and selling our old home. For this I needed so much help from family & friends, thank you for helping me so much also this year.

9. What was your biggest failure?

I was unable to take good care of my own health

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Not personally but Juha was more or less ill all year long including three times of his hip dislocating 

 11. What was the best thing you bought?

Our home



12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

My brother has been such support to me all year long and also his partner Orsi have helped me so much this year. We also have an incredible working group at the moment in the university and in total we submitted 30 consortium applications!


13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?

Well this time this person knows exactly, but I dont need to advertise it

14. Where did most of your money go?

To walls! House and of course apartment maintenance, loans and whatnot

 
15. What did you get really, really, really excited about

Family trip abroad during the summer, but also fixing our summer cottage's floor/porch.

16. What song will always remind you of 2025?

There is a couple of contenders, Pink Pony Club & Mun sydän otti vaatteet pois

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
I. happier or sadder? Well - overall I'm happy even when It's been incredibly sad end of the year
II. thinner or fatter? About the same
III. richer or poorer? Richer 

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Sports (same answer every year)

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Staying up too late

 20. How did you spend Christmas?



We spent it in our new house and it was the best of times, my brother stayed over and we had a long Christmas sauna & Jacuzzi with the kids.

22. Did you fall in love in 2025?
You might say that

24. What was your favorite tv programme?
Well it was once again Survivor, my favourite escape from the world for the last 25 years already. Recently I watched Sirens which was also quite ok. But what I was very excited of was "Survivors play Blood on the Clocktower" in youtube... Call me sad.
    
25. Do you hate anyone now that you did not hate this time last year?
No

26. What was the best book you read?
My books this year were: Never Split the Difference, Woman in the Polar Night (which was by far the best book of the year - it's a true story of a woman in the 20s moving to Svalbard for a year), Life in Svalbard ad E-Myth Re-visited.
 
27. What was your greatest musical discovery?
Rodeo & Chappelle Roan (Thanks Juuli!)

28. What did you want and get?
My own house

30. What was your favorite film of this year?
I watched a couple of Christmas films on Netflix but I would not mention them so I cannot say there is any film of the year. It's sad even on how little films I've watched. Oh we did watch some Marvel in the spring to complete some lists, but that isnt too motivating for me right now... I just dont have time to sit down for 2h without iterruptions so I prefer TV shows.

31. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?
I was 44. I went to birthday breakfast with the girls and then invited my family around. S baked me a lovely cake! 

32. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?
Not having to deal with mr. Hyde

33. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2025?
Jeans and whatever t-shirt fits 
 
34. What kept you sane?
This is very good question but I guess my goals and occasionally taking 'me time'.

35. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?
This year I would say Rob Cesternino & Taylor Swift

36. What political issue stirred you the most?
I really dont follow politics much but I guess 

37. Who did you miss?
I missed my aunt

38. Who was the best new person you met?
Jason Tacher was actually quite fun! I also finally met Pambos, but I dont know if he qualifies as 'new'.

39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2025:
If someone looks like they are dieing, there is no time to waste and you should be there.



40. Quote a song lyric that sums up your year:
 
Emme me koskaan saata tietää
Emme koskaan aavistaa
Kuka meidät kerran jättää
Kuka toivoo ja rakastaa vaan
Siis nosta minut maasta
Ja auta jaloillein
Sillä kohta 
Sinä itse saatat pelätä kaivata taas 
 
 

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