Drumroll please!

How do you do world?

I have a soar throat but  I also have good news. Next few years I will be on the Multiculturalism Advisory Board  in Espoo! Yay!

I'm gonna make a vlog about that. Also I joined a gym, and I've been doing Indoor Cycling.
also, I'm on twitter @EdnaFinland follow me!

More on that!

Thanks for Reading!
- Edna

What's coming next?

Standing on the edge of a precipice.

It's just one of those moments where it feels like everything is about to change and I just can't put my finger on it. Things are changing and I am planning to ACTUALLY join a gym, rather than just talking about joining a gym.. Really, I'm gonna do it.

Otherwise, can't tell you what else is going on. But you'll see.

Thanks for reading,
Edna

Twitter, and a new phone!

Hey Ya'll

I've joined Twitter my name there is EdnaFinland so I should be pretty easy to find. If you want to follow me you are welcome. Do you want me to follow you?

I got a new phone. It's so exciting!

Thanks for reading!
- Edna

32 Votes!

Hey Ya'll,

Campaign is over! I got 32 votes and I am really happy about it. People came out with a surprising amount of support and I got a lot of support from my party. I met Tarja Halonen at the end of elections SDP celebration. I also met a lot of local people during the campaign and  that was awesome. Starting to put down some serious roots here, and it's awesome.

Thanks everyone for your support! I'll keep you posted on the progress with my political life!

Question: Do you think I should continue my political life in English or Finnish? 

My Finnish is okay, but I can't figure out how to say some things and it takes forever to post!

Thanks for reading!
- Edna

Remembering Tom Beidler

I've been pretty caught up in my daily life but today I decided to take some time out to remember a person who was important to me. I didn't know him very well, but because I know he had a wide ranging positive impact on myself and people with whom I share community I decided to organize a memorial night for him, and in the process googled him and I wanted to share here what I found.

His name is Tom Beidler and he died on the 27th of September 2012, he was known as the outgoing, friendly and energetic owner of Yobot in Helsinki, and he will be missed. Tom's obituary can be found here: http://muistot.hs.fi/muistokirjoitus/5153/tom-beidler (it's in Finnish)

and article I wrote about him can be found here: http://www.ovimagazine.com/art/9240

His blog: http://tbeidler.wordpress.com/

and here are some articles about him and Yobot:

Yogurt Fuels American Dream in Finland
For Sale Elements of Frozen Yoghurt
Take your pick

And in Finnish

Jogurttijaateloa Kaikenkielisille
Perhana Sentaan
Yobot Frozen Yoghurt tarjoaa hauskan ja terveellisen vaihtoehdon suomalaisten suosimalle jäätelölle

We will have a memorial for Tom outside of Yobot on the 31st of October 2012.
Everyone is welcome to join and you can find out more on Facebook

If you have any links or anything you would like to share, please contact me of post them in the comments section.

Thanks for reading,
Edna

Kunnalisvaalit 2012: I'm running!

Hi everyone,

I know I have been away for a while and I know I always have excuses, so here's another one: I'm running in the local elections in Espoo, Finland.

Okay, well no, that is not the only excuse. But it should suffice because the other excuses are much to long winded and boring or personal. And that is the most exciting information I have to offer at the moment. Well I can say that I am still pretty dog tired, but I am managing and the excitement of local elections just can't be beat. You can see my election blog here ; http://ednanelson.wordpress.com/ if you are interested it would be good to just go there from now until the end of October. There will be videos. Maybe I'll cross post them.

Thanks for reading, I am so happy to be back!
- Edna

Sorry Ya'll!

It's been a long time!
I've been pretty much working seven day weeks the past two months so I've been pretty darn busy! I will be back though and soon!

Thanks for reading!
- E