HELLO GORGEOUS. IS IT TIME TO REDEFINE WHAT LIVING LIFE TO THE FULLEST MEANS?

Welcome to my party – you throw one too!

QUICK NOTE: I’ll be hosting several giveaways this week! Baby clipper, shoes, purse, baby blanket, children’s clothing… check them out!


Hi there, today starts the Ultimate Blog Party, hosted by the 5 Minutes for Mom and I’m happy to party along.

If you haven’t visited my blog before, let me introduce myself.

I am Katja.
I am a fashion-freak-former model.
I am a cinnamon-bun-baking-housewife.
I am a marketing-loving-business-woman.
I am a “let’s-jump-some-more-on-the couch-kids”-mother.

I am a fun Finn living at the Rocky Mountains, living my Cindrella Story with the love of my life, and with our three children. I’ve been married to Matt for 10 years this July. Matt is from Austin, Texas, I am from Paimio, Finland, and our paths crossed in Frankfurt am Main, Germany over 10 years ago.

We rescued our dog in Enterprise, Alabama, had our first daughter Isabella in Turku, Finland, and second daughter Gaby was born in Schweinfurt, Germany.

We bought our first house in Watertown, New York, where our son Kristian was born. We had three children in less than three years, and they were all born in different countries!

We’ve lived on the beach in Virginia Beach, on the lake in Cleveland, Ohio.

We’ve experienced tornados while we lived in Tennessee, tasted wines on the Main river valley.

We’ve seen the King’s castle in Stockholm and the whales in Cape Cod.

Matt is a crazy helicopter pilot saving people from the mountains, I am even crazier work at home mom of three kids. We go on car shopping trips to Europe, and ski at the mountains of Colorado.

I guess you could say we don’t do normal, and we thrive to live life to the fullest.

My dream has always been having my own store, and I started with an online store one year ago. Skimbaco.com is my answer to parents who want to shy away of mass production and wanted something special for their children.

I am constantly looking for new products that fill the high quality, unique and ethical criteria I have for all products, especially children’s, and I love sharing my finds with other parents on my blog. I host giveaways, write about what’s hot at the moment and sometimes even investigate what’s up with Mattel recalls or what are the best skin care products and what we should know about household chemicals.

I care, I share and I love to meet new people.

I might not fit in your normal box, but I bet once you’ll get to know me, you’ll like me – who ever you are. Think of me this way: in high school I was the popular girl, who skipped school for modeling gigs and dance lessons, but also the one who rallied for animal rights and the geeky nerd who attended math competitions and loved to talk IT and play ball with the boys.

I bet who ever you are, I will like you too – I like to hear views of life from different perspectives, and would love to hears yours too. That’s why I love virtual reality – it is so easy and fun to get to know people who you might never meet in real life.

Thanks for visiting my blog, and hope to see you again! Leave your mark, so I can come and visit your blog too!

Katja


Ps. I blog every day – I’m part of Blog 365.






More about the Ultimate Blog Party:


The Moms at 5 Minutes for Mom are hosting the Ultimate Blog Party once a year. Fabulous giveaways, you will meet new bloggers (1000 last year, and I bet double this year), and the party will go on for an entire week, starting right now!

Come on, join the fun and get to know some new bloggers! And yes, I will be hosting a few giveaways too this week, to celebrate the Ultimate Blog Party. The Baby Light & Clip Giveaway will end tonight!
  1. Hi Katja:
    I grew up in Europe as well and now I live in suburbs of Cleveland. It was very nice to meet you!

  2. Sounds like a very interesting blog (and blogger) — I loves me some people “outside the box”!

  3. Hi there! I’m from TX, too (about 5 hours from Austin, though) and my Husband is from Italy. Come visit us at my place and sign up to win a free weekend at our B&B in southern Italy.

    Hey, if you are coming to Europe already….

  4. Hellooo! So glad you stopped by again! I am going to add you to my blogroll too so I can stop by and say Hi every now and then. I love reading about your experiences! My husband got Kiawa’s by the way, and is loving it so far!
    Enjoy the party!

  5. Tonya, we have downgraded from a semi-truck of stuff to an oversized van + U-Haul ;)

    “Stuff” and my “collectibles” and especially hundreds and hundreds of books used to be my dearest possessions, but “stuff” has less and less meaning every year. Moving company guys don’t understand why we leave behind perfectly fine “new” furniture or a TV, but obsess and carry stuff like my old Singer sewing machine (like the one my grandmother had), antique travel trunks or other old beat up furniture.

    It’s the memories, it’s the special things with meaning, it’s the things you can’t replace that ultimately are the important ones. You can always get a new TV or a live without a couch & TV for a year.

  6. Your life sounds very cool! I take it you don’t own much so that moving is easy? My hubby would love that! Happy Blog Party, oh and it was nice to meet you.

  7. you’re my kind of *normal* ;-)
    talking my language (up on my soapboxes)
    living wild dreams (we too had three kids in three years….and twelve houses in ten years from Poland to New Zealand….)

    nice to meet ya!

  8. I’m so happy to meet you! I’m a wannabe world traveler so it’s nice to find someone who has actually experienced the world : ) You have a neat place here. You lead a really interesting life and I’ll be back for sure!

  9. Oh my goodness! You’ve certainly been around the world! And how cool that all three of your kids were born in different countries! And so close together! Ack! lol

    It was interesting to read about your, Katja. Have fun at the party!

    Write From Karen

  10. Kiva oli lukea tama vaikka tiesinkin jo suuren osan tuosta kaikesta. Ihana perhepotretti!

  11. But, of course, you’re very welcome anyway. Maybe “class up” the joint a little!!

  12. Well, I have to say, you’re by far the most interesting and unique blogger I’ve met so far!!!! Haha, you might be a little too glamourous for my li’l redneck party….

  13. love the family picture. :) nice to read a bit more about you, katja.

    hope you’ll stop by my party too. :)

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