Well, 3 years have gone by and I ask myself, are we any safer from terrorist attacking the USA?

Answer: probably not, but I think more people are a bit aware of their surroundings, their more nosey to their neighbors, and are more curious to ask questions to total strangers than perhaps 3 years previously.

at least this is my opinion, but I really feel that at least making it aware to others of what is going on around them now, it makes things a bit more complicated for those that wish to do harm onto others by cowardly acts of viloence and terror.

Lets not forget – 09.11.2001

Well, had my bachelor party yesterday, Sept 4th, 2004… WOW is all I gotta say. Very long, hard and challenging to say the least. Timo and the boys put me through the paces of manhood and to make sure I am worth of getting married. I passed all the tests.

*Flew a helicopter over Lauttasaari, Nokia HQ & the American Embassy. (and I managed to fly the helicopter for a bit too – that was fun.)

*Wrestled and learned how to get thrown properly by my wife. Women wrestler Heidi was her name and nice person. Taughts us all a thing or two about how tough women can be.. and she was a bit “saucy” too…(that was from Neville)

*Had a few rounds of HUNTING ROB with PaintBall battles. I enjoyed this task as I managed with the last round (American / English team vs. Finnish Team) to take out Pekka and Timo before I round out of paint pellets. American Colloation was triumphant.

*Then we went to a place for me to cook for the boys and then have Sauna and watch the Suomi vs. Sweden World Cup Hockey Match. (ended up 4 – 4 tie but Finland takes the division as they had more goals.. ;) )

*After the hockey match, we cleaned up, and headed to downtown to the bars to drink up some more. Got home roughly around 4:30 / 5:00 and just now getting up to write this entry. Been a long day, and so looking forward to more sleep.. My Body feels like a mat truck slammed into me…

Hats off to the boys that attended: Timo, Teemu, Pekka, Big Janne, Brad, Chris and Nev. Thanks Guys! It will be moment in my life I wont forget for a long time! (and I think I now know what you meant by Gunther will be meeting me later…It feels like it! ) =)

yes, its the last day to register if you were invited to our Wedding. So if you got an invite and you haven’t let us know if you are coming or not, better do so by the end of today, 30-August-2004 as the door closes shut at midnight.. ;)

Hanna and Rob’s Wedding site

More to come… ;)

Well, what can I say. The days are beginning to get shorter and shorter, and found out this morning by weeks end, there will be only 14 hours of sunlight and even less in the coming weeks. Winter is coming, thats for sure. (but will be looking forward to it I am sure..until March shows up.. then want the sun..)

Hanna is finally back from her work trip to the US last week. She had a great time and enjoyed her shopping experience in Time Square in NYC. Though it was a long tiresome trip, she is happy to be home.

The wedding is just around the corner, and am getting excited about it, even though I dont show it in person, I am gettting “butterflys” in my stomach. Cant wait and will be busy preparing for it as I will be working out with Hanna at her work after work hours each day until the wedding week, and trying to get as much sun as possible before the big day to get some color in my face at least.

more to come soon…