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10 wedding inspirations

Friday, December 23, 2011

Picture via here Today we turn seven. My husband and I turn seven years of marriage today. (BTW the reason we got married 2 days before Christmas is material for another post!) Seven years of pure bliss! (this statement will score some points, maybe he will do all the dishes tonight!) Eight years ago I wrote something similar to the text below, except in Portuguese. It was part of a book I was...
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Survival of the candiest

Thursday, December 22, 2011

Last week when we went to NYC, Luke spotted this amazing candy store and started the "asking marathon" to try to get his wish. We were on our day off, so why not? However, harder than to keep them from entering the store was keeping their hands from grabbing all the colorful candy strategically placed within their reach, once inside the store. An article I read yesterday said...
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Tutorial: toilet paper pincushion

Wednesday, December 21, 2011

I love handmaid treasures. Someone's love, thought and hard work transformed into a finished keeper. The unique things that you won't find in the store bin, multiplied by one thousand. The imperfect item, not made by a machine but diligent hands. Progress and modernization have their place, but the uniqueness of the handmade still holds its value. However, when it comes to my handmade products,...
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10 Sips for the Weekend: beyond Santa, famous people to take pictures with!

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Santa. Soft lap. Warm hugs. Endless patience with kids as their parents try to snap the perfect Santa picture. Yesterday my kids did not sit in soft laps or got warm hugs, however they got to take pictures with some unique people, none from the North Pole, mind you. I had to renew Mark's passport at the Brazilian Embassy so afterwards we stopped by Madame Tussauds Museum (a wax museum)...
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From Brazil, with love

Thursday, December 15, 2011

Seven years ago I bought an one way ticket to the USA to marry the man of my life. Behind I left many memories, people and favorite places. Yet, when it comes to the matters of the heart, there are no easy choices. The country I left behind, Brazil, is still inside me. Like my husband says: you can take the girl out of Brazil, but you can't take Brazil out of the girl! So, when my radar detects...
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Bigger, faster, stronger

Wednesday, December 14, 2011

In a world of bigger, faster and stronger, I feel small. Not big, fast or strong enough. Yet, more, more, more; brings less, less, less. And because the scale can't be up on both sides, there is always the down side. Except that the scale only goes down when it has more things on it, quite interesting... Philosophical thoughts aside, our downsizing journey has been an adventure on itself. You see,...
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The sugar that sticks you in!

Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Print sold here  Gingerbread house. Sweet view. Sticky fingers. Rainbow of colors. A popular winter tradition that I wanted to share with the boys this year. First step was to pretend I was going to make one from scratch. After reading many Martha Stuart tutorials, I gave up. It sounded like lots of work. So I went the easy way, I decided to buy a kit. I did not want to spend too much...
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10 Sips for the Weekend: How to make a writer

Friday, December 9, 2011

Luke and I were sitting down around our coffee table last night when suddenly he started to draw and tell me this story (I wrote the few lines you see in the paper, as he asked me): Luke has the cookies. Mark watches. Luke is thinking, Mark is eating the cookies         Luke finds out that the cookies are gone! Luke follows the crumbles to Mark's door Luke wakes up...
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Adventure in pajamas

Wednesday, December 7, 2011

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10 Sips for the Weekend: Reuse

Friday, December 2, 2011

I have made the Internet my personal shopper. I tell it what I want, handle my credit card and receive the goods at home. I hardly drive anywhere to shop after moving to Hoboken, as it is a work on itself just to get the kids in and out of the car: kids in the stroller, get the elevator, walk out of two doors, walk 2 blocks, open another 2 doors, get another elevator, out of the stroller, in the...
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To the audience, the spoils

Thursday, December 1, 2011

This past Thanksgiving weekend we skipped the Pioneers' Ages and went straight back in time to the Medieval Ages. I guess it does not have anything to do with turkeys but the kids had fun anyway. We attended the famous Medieval Times Show. If you have never been to one, according to my beloved Wikipedia (as I am sure their words would explain better than mine) "it is a family dinner...
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