WELLABE HAS A NEW HOME!

GO TO THE NEW BLOG-SITE FROM HERE.

♥ Viola

"Of course not everyone understands you. 

It takes crazy to know crazy. 

Sexy to know sexy. 

And cool to know cool."

-Mike Dooley

from me to you

Because I have noticed that the Wellabe-blog has been going towards a more personal posting-style - instead of being just a general source for fun stuff and wellness tips - I thought it would be fun to just tell you some (very) random facts about myself... Here we go! 

1. When I was a kid my dream was to become an opera singer, and I practised my future performances by calling to relatives and singing when they answered. (Yes, I was a bit... special)

2. I love avocados. Loooove love love.

3. I can make big decisions in an instant but sometimes it takes me ages to make up my mind with little ones - like what to buy from the supermarket.

4. I would like to be the girl who always has super pretty high heels. In reality, I hate the discomfort and always wear flats or my beloved Converse sneakers.

5. I would love to live in a big, buzzling city like New York but the other side of me wants to own a ranch on the countryside with loads of horses and dogs. 

6. When I was a teenager I thought I should try to be cooler and act like this mysterious girl that's kinda bad-ass - but nowadays I am more than okay with the fact that I am the smiley-girl who has no clue how to act mysterious. Or cool.

7. Here on this blog I am mostly presented as a wellness-geek, but I also have an eternal love affair with music, fashion and arts.

8. Eight is one of my favorite numbers. Why? No clue.

9. I love breakfast foods.

10. I persistantly want to believe in the good - in this world and in people. Even when all goes wrong.... I still know that the good stuff is there. Always. (Have you ever realized that the sky is NEVER actually grey? It's always blue - there just are times when the clouds hide the skies. But when you fly on an airplane, you'll see that even on the most darkest days, the sky is bright blue when you fly above the clouds...)

That's it for now - more shocking (hahaa) revelations coming up later, when I am in the random facts-mood again...

And remember...

♥ Viola

pictures: refinery29.com, ohdier.bigcarter.com, vermillion-design.blogspot.com

My American love-affairs

I am in love. And this is love with a capital L... The one who grabbed my heart in an instant the moment I came to the US.... goes by the name.... Whole Foods!

I know that all the US-people don't probably get this and are going "blaah" - but for us fresh food-geeks who don't have Whole Foods in our countries - WOW. And cause I am a health nut, this store is my heaven. There is a very very wide selection of health goodies and everything is so pretty, fresh and nicely placed plus the staff is super-nice... When are you coming to Finland, Whole Foods?

Okay then another new love of mine (and this love could get dangerous if I don't control myself)... 100% Peanut Butter! I kinda try to stay far away from this one, but I am gonna buy some back home when that time comes... But hey, I am in the US and peanut butter is like a national food so it's okay right?

Peanutbuttery weekend smiles to all of you Wellabe-peeps! 

Wellabe goes to USA , part 1

This beautiful sky was just what I needed after a bit of a rough evening... 

Oh my.

I am gonna save you all of the various not-so-fun details of my yesterday - of all the stuff that just went very wrong. 

But will just say that when you miss your flight to your final destination (after already travelling for hours and hours...and more hours) and all hotels are booked and you really don't wanna hang out over 24 hours at the airport cause you already feel like falling asleep standing... Then snap! Out of the blue, the nicest man EVER (who worked at the airport's information desk), comes and helps you find a hotel. 

And he really did more than he would have needed to do, plus he was super-friendly. And after the day I just had had, I could have hugged him forever! (which could have been weird)

So now I am here, in my hotel room, hanging out till I can catch my evening-flight. Sun is shining, so I am gonna go out for a little walk soon... I need some solar-energy! So off I go... 

Have a great day everyone! 

I didn't know that the Dulles Airport (where I did a lot of hanging out yesterday) is designed by Eero Saarinen. Whoop whoop, go Eero! (The building is beautiful - so much light!)

pics: my own, archdaily.com

bye summer & well hello hello fall!

I published the last post to my summer-blog yesterday, 

if you want to take a peak - click here.

This is my last day in Finland for a while so gotta go and do those last to-do's on the list....

Have a fun Monday people!

LIFE GOODIES - starting soon

LIFE GOODIES - starting a hunt for my own good news in the form of great places and things plus even greater people = Everything and anything that inspires... 

Stay tuned!

Wednesday chit-chat

PS. This is where I'll soon be at. After years of dreaming, I will now REALLY get to travel to the US and stay there for a longer time... A big, fat wooow!

 

Pps. Images of the tv-show "Everwood" always pop to my mind when I look at pics of the city I am gonna live at... No wonder - cause the imaginary town of Everwood was "situated" in Colorado - same state as where I'll be at. But oh I used to love that show when I was young...

pics: Pinterest / unknown, mocking-bird.org, fan-pop.com

if you're too big to follow rivers, how you ever gonna find the sea?

Some things are so beautiful they don't need any explanations. 

Happy Sunday my lovely Wellabe-peeps

♥ Viola 

If you're looking for the big adventureand gold is all that's on your mindIf all you want's someone to take your picturethen I won't waste your timeSee, maybe I'm too quiet for youyou probably never noticed mebut if you're too big to follow rivershow you ever gonna find the sea?
Chorus:so follow me i'll be your river, riverI'll do the running for youfollow me i'll be your river, riveri'll move the mountains for youfollow me, i'll be your river, riveri'm here to keep you floatingfollow mei'll be your river river. River, river, yeahIf all you want are answers to your questionsAnd you can't seem to find no love for freeIf you're looking for the right directionThen darling, look for meSee, I can make the load much lighterI just need you to confide in mebut if you're too proud to follow rivershow you ever gonna find the sea?
Chorus:so follow me, i'll be your river, riverI'll do the running for youfollow me, i'll be your river, riveri'll move the mountains for youfollow me. i'll be your river, riverI'm here to keep you floatingfollow me i'll be your river, river. River, river, yeah
Wherever you're standing, I will be by your sidethrough the good, through the bad, i'll never be hard to findso wherever you're standing I will be by your sidethrough the good, through the bad, i'll never be hard to find
Chorus:so follow me, i'll be your river, riverI'll do the running for youfollow me, i'll be your river, riveri'll move the mountains for youfollow me. I'll be your river, riverI'm here to keep you floatingfollow me, I'll be your river, river. River, river, yeah
Wherever you're standing, I will be by your sideThrough the good, through the bad, I'll never be hard to find

gimme somme lovin'

Oh yum yum yum what a great smoothie I invented one day when I didn't have any bananas - only berries in the fridge... So it was born;

Berry Love-smoothie

blueberries (frozen..or add ice if berries are fresh)

redcurrants (straight from the garden :)

a good splash of oat milk

some stevia/honey

some lucuma (makes it thicker - as I had no bananas)

- Just blend everything in your blender.

- Gulp down some berry looove!

pic source: dine-dash.com (cause my own smoothie pic got deleted somehow)

hear the crowds cheering....

Soon it's Wellabe's 1st Birthday! Oh, I feel my baby is all grown up now...

Now I want to ask YOU guys a question: 

What would you like to see here on the blog when the BIG day arrives?

1) a video about me & the story behind Wellabe 

2) a video with some wellness-tips (or something similar?)

3) lot of yummy b-day recipes

4) something quite else  (...what?)

I would loooove to hear your comments about this! Please post a comment below on the comment box, even just the number of your answer is enough. You can also comment on the wall of Wellabe's FB-site, which you find here. Every comment makes me smile - big time! 

Have a fun day peeps! 

♥  Viola

pic sources: my own, greylikesbaby.com, cosmo.ph

sending good vibes to your weekend!

a little teaser for you lovely Wellabes

oh sweetie!

I found an amazing blog, full of beautiful and oh-so-yummy pics of various raw desserts. 

I am so gonna learn to make these some day soon... Visit Sweetly Raw blog is you feel like drooling.

All pictures from Sweetly Raw's blog site

so true

Happy Ass Smoothie

1 banana

raspberries

blueberries

almond milk

crushed ice

honey

real vanilla powder (black)

mint (in the blender & on top)

- Blend everything into one very nice smoothie in your blender.

-Sprinkle some mint on top of your drink.

- Dance around & enjoy your delicious smoothie!

that vibe only Sunday has...

Sunday. Fun day at the flea market, then some pizza and a movie, my sister, some ice cream. And on Saturday I got to soak up some love at a friend's wedding.

So after all this nice-action all I need is some music... So here, one of those sundayvibe-tunes that kind of gives me the chills every time I hear it. Oh my.

PS. If you need some more nice weekend-songs to do your jamming with, here's couple great ones:

for all us crazy creators

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Sparkle sparkle...

♥ Viola

pic source: Pinterest (unknown)

big jumps, big smiles

Hey guys!

Time to reveal a fun thing that's about to happen in my life - and that will also bring something new to Wellabe!

I am moving to the States next month, and gonna stay there almost the whole rest of the year. *insert a freakishly wide smile here* So then I will be posting to Wellabe from the other side of the ocean... Wohoo and a big yay yay yay!

Every time I remember that I will get to do this soon - to make a BIG dream of mine happen, I feel like happy dancing like this awesome gentleman:

This little dude kinda shares my positive feelings too, though his are bike-related (I love how he takes this loud, ceremonial voice when he delivers his "speech"):

Thumbs up & rock'n'roll! Have a great Sunday!

Friday = Fun & Fruities!

Have a fun weekend guys! 

Here's a fruitie recipe to give you some little extra-weekend glow:

Berry Kiss-fruitie

berries, fresh (strawberries, raspberries etc.)

1 banana

some fresh pineapple

(water, if needed)

ice

- Blend everything in your blender until smooth (add water if the fruitie seems too thick). 

- ENJOY every gulp.