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Thursday, July 09, 2009
Sweet Vengence?
Monday, July 06, 2009
Old Fashioned Mail
Email is the new letter. The mobile phone is the new telephone. How did we get by before this new and faster technology came along? Where it's unacceptable not to be available all the time? Where did the romanticism go with all the progress? The waiting for a surprise and nice words to fall into the letterbox?
I hardly write any letters anymore. Only my grandmother receive long letter and postcards from time to time. However the whole family seems to read them on their visits so they are all more or less updated on my life.
The last postcard I received came from Iran where my brother stays from time to time. A country with great cultural history that maybe one day I can visit too.
When was the last time you received a letter or a postcard from someone? And where did it come from?
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Intruders
I just came home to my little rental flat and noticed that the flat was not the way I left it this morning. Nothing was missing but doors were closed shut and the blinds were down. Hmmm... I suddenly felt the anger rising and I soared out of the door heading down to the landlady.
Yesterday she had asked me if I agreed to let someone look at the flat. I agreed under the condition that I was present, if not, no. A big no, as in not at all. She said she respected that and that she would have felt that way herself.
Obviously not.
The potential new locataires came this afternoon and she let them in without even calling to say so. The very least she could do if she didn't respect my wishes!! According to her there was no point since I wouldn't be able to tidy or be there anyway... My chin dropped to the chest! And I was even more angry with this old wrinkly lady. I told her about respect, or the extreme lack thereof and that she had no right to invade my privacy, what if something got stolen - my jewlery was right there on the table etc etc. In the end she apologized after I kept cutting short her bad excuses and why's it had happened.
Arrrg, I was so angry but at the same time so happy I went down to talk to her otherwise I would have stayed fuming in my flat for the rest of the evening. And as well, I have proved to myself that I can now keep a heated discussion in French!!
The baby agreed with me because he kept kicking my insides as if he wanted to come out and kick landlady's tiny bum! Good boy!
Monday, June 22, 2009
My Birthday Present has Arrived!
This painting is my birthday present this year from L! I love it, and it's something that will last and move around with us wherever we go. So diretly from Brazil it was delivered at home, now I just need a frame to hang it next to it's sibling.
We already have a painting from this artist that my parents in law bought personally from Mr. Andrade in Brazil some years back. Then out of curiosity I looked him up on the internet and found another painting I loved and looking at it it's like being at the fishmarket.
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
Summer Planning and Guests
Sneaking in a few excited lines from work...
I just confirmed with our friends, another international couple, from Scottland that they'll come and visit us in August. I can't wait :)
They came here two years ago, then we went to their wedding last year in august and now we're having another winefilled (they will anyway) weekend together this summer. I have no idea how we, Lorenzo and I will have time to get ready for the arrival of the baby because the summer and early autumn is fully booked already with family and friends and work colleagues and redecoration of our bedroom and so on and so on... Nevermind, we prefer seeing all our favourite people than doing boring housy-things!!
And soon it's holiday for me too. Counting down the days to the 10th of July while reading about French regulation in french...Zzzzz.
Tuesday, June 09, 2009
Monday, May 25, 2009
Life, Flowers and Boobs
The summer heat has come and what is better than waking up in your own bed, balcony door open and hearing the seagulls talking loudly?
I'd say nothing. (Well, almost if you don't count the new chocolate addiction. Fine, the re-appearing chocolate addiction that I'm trying to drown with healthy foods like strawberries covered in healthy sugar and a dash of healthy whipped cream.)
This weekend has been marvelous. We've just done many chores like cleaning the boat, putting up the new wooden fence around the house, shopping for boxes in IKEA so I could rearrange the wardrobes... but it's been hot, sunny, jazzy and I've had a handsome husband to look at all the time.
I'm not taking many photos lately as my inspiration goes as far as to study the next meal menu and finding curtains, gadgets and pushchair for the baby. For those of you who know me, please don't panic, I'm still me!! I think... Is this what they call the nesting syndrome?? I'm not sure it's a syndrome but I'm glad the inner brain knows what to do because my conscious self is not so confident in all these changes. And this sounds very superficial but...
...I just had to buy a size 44 trousers. Nothing shocking apart from this being 3 hip sizes bigger than what I'm usually buy. Bye bye body, I hope you will return to your former self one day.
BUT, a major good news is that for the first time in my life I have a cleavage - Cleavage!! Me!! My mama who created and made my national Norwegian dress when I was half this age, reassuring me that she had to leave some extra space around the bosoms seeing how the family heritage was fortunate on this point. You guessed right, I apparently took everything from the other side of the family :) Lol... I should have enough to fill it in now though, and a little more.
Anyway, life is good with this growing belly, new clothes, a job and a flower explosion happening in the garden... and with some cutting of branches we'll be able to see the sea again from our balcony. And soon I'll get some pictures back into this blog. That is a promise.
PS:
I don't even dare think of what google hits I'll see the next few days with this post up...
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