Great Weekend

I've had a really painful week with my "bad" neck. I was so glad when the weekend came the pain was really mild and I could enjoy a beautiful sunny weekend. There was a cool breeze with a wonderful sun.

On Saturday, I had so many errands to do that I didn't see the day escaping from my hands, but on Sunday…. What a day.

We woke up relatively early, by 8:30 am and it looked like a cool spring day in the Northern Hemisphere. We had breakfast by the porch and soon after that we went for a long walk at the beach. We walked for about one hour and the weather was the perfect combination between breeze and sun. Before we had back home, we stopped for some coconut water. (I just love it). We came back home, I cooked a good lunch and we watched a few movies and the day finished perfectly.

I am so sorry I forgot the camera at home so I didn't have any pictures for you to see.

I hope you had a wonderful weekend as well.

~Kisses and Hugs~

Fabiola

New way of seeing things.

I've been really disappointed with the human race. Because of this mess in the Middle East, the mess that in going on in São Paulo with all the violent situations. How can people be so evil and get out there and start to kill a lot of innocent people.

But today I stopped by on a friend's blog and I read the fairy tale that is going on her life. It felt like I've been reading a novel and all of a sudden the path of the history changed. I am really waiting for a happy end for this book. It renewed my hope on the human race again.

I am really cheering this and I hope everything will turn out better than ok.

~Kisses and Hugs~

Fabiola

An urge to change

Hello,

As you can see, this is my second blog today. I wrote the first one and when I came back to see if the text was good, I thought the blog was to boring, so I changed the lay-out, the colors..... Well, I hope you like it.

Fabiola

A failed Flamenco Class

Hey Everyone,

I am so disappointed that my neck can't hold a Flamenco Class. My osteoartrose is not helping. I did an Experimental Class last week. It was funny and a little bit embarrassing because I looked like crazy because my coordination is something close to ridiculous. But …. I will probably back to Pilates. I will make my mind this week.

As a result of my lack of Pilates classes, my neck is really starting to bother me and this is driving me crazy. I can barely stay sit for an hour or so without have to go for a little walk and then my neck gets on place again. I feel like a 100 years old person, which is complaining about pain. Ai, ai….

On another subject, in southern Brazil and in Argentina there is this tradition about drinking "chimarrão". All my dad's family has this tradition / habit to drink chimarrão every day, before breakfast, before lunch and before dinner.

Last September, one guy from Rio Grande do Sul, started to work here and for the past few weeks he has brought to work all the equipments to drink Chimarrão. I've been feeling so happy about this, because this drink reminds me a lot of my roots, my family and all the things that I am really far away. I always enjoyed, ever since I was a little girl. It is not hard to prepare the drink, but it requires a little abilities' that I am not familiar with. I bought everything and I am learning how to prepare it, even though my husband doesn't like and I will probably be drinking by myself at home. But it just tastes like home!!!

I hope you are having a great week.

~Kisses and Hugs~

Fabiola

PS: My husband came back from Germany on Sunday and I am hoping he won't be leaving again for so long any time soon.

Oi Pessoal,

Estou muito desapontada pois meu pescoço não aguenta aula de Flamenco. A artrose não ajuda em nada. Fiz uma aula experimental na semana passada. Foi engraçado e meio estranho visto que sou meio desajeitada para dançar. Afinal minha cooerdenação motora não é das melhores. Mas o pescoço não aguentou e vou ter que voltar para o Pilates ou alguma outra coisa. Devo decidir esta semana.

Como resultado da minha ausência no Pialtes, meu pescoço está doendo muito. Eu mal consigo ficar sentada por uma hora sem ter que andar um pouco e ver se o pescoço volta para o lugar. Ai.. ai...

Mas mudando de assunto, sempre gostei de chimarrão. Toda a família do meu pai tem este hábito e eu sempre gostei de tomar, mesmo sendo amargo. Em setembro do ano passado, um gaúcho começou a trabalhar aqui e nas últimas semanas ele tem trazido todos os apetrechos para tomar. Tinha esquecido de como é gostoso tomar chimarrão e também como traz boas lembranças da minha infância e também da minha família que está tão longe.

Comprei bomba, cuia e a erva de chimarrão... Agora resta aprender a manusear.

~Beijos e abraços~.

Fabiola

A good week

Hello Guys,

Here I am stopping by only once a week. The main reason is that because of the rains, the DSL system has presented a few problems all over my area, so I am not being able to connect the Internet at home. The DSL Company is doing a few repairs around here, so I will have to wait and see if everything will be fixed during the week.

As my husband is away, I decided to treat myself well. So, on Saturday, I went to the mall. The mall has everything on sale, so I bought a denim jacket, a pair of working shoes and a pair of trousers. I came back home feeling really good. And I went to get a facial. I went to this beauty place called Anna Pegova. They have a great line of skin products and their work is really good. My skin is feeling and looking really nice. But the main issue for me, it was to overcome my lack of patience to stay laying in a bed for more than 1 hour with soft music (that I really hate) and having someone doing some massage in my face. In the end, it was great.

On another subject, I always had problems with my weight, ever since I was a little girl and it is quite a challenge to keep my weight the way I want.

Last Monday, I came back from work and I had to stop by the grocery store to buy a few fruits, vegetables and some cleaning products. I did what every dieter should not do, I went there hungry. When I left the store, I could not believe what I have done. I just bought fruits, vegetables, whole grain bread, white cheese and the cleaning products of course, but I DIDN’T buy anything unhealthy snack, or frozen pizza, or cookies…… This was the great victory of the week. YEEEEEESSSSSSSSS!!!

So as a reward for me, I sign-up for an experimental class of Flamenco Dance next Tuesday (July 18, 2006), and if my osteoartrose neck can handle it, I will switch from Pilates Classes to Flamenco Classes. I will let you know about this decision. I always wanted to learn how to dance Flamenco, but I could never find a class that suited my schedule and this is looking pretty good to me. So, I am really excited about the class on Tuesday.

On Sunday, I went to have lunch with my friend Mila. Her husband is away as well, so she did a fabulous pasta dish and she invited me over. It was great to spend a few hours is her company. Mila, Thanks for the invitation.

Well, now I have to go back to work.

~Kisses and Hugs ~

Fabiola

PS: As you can see, I’ve been pretty lazy on my last posts and I wasn’t translating to Portuguese, but this will be different.

Oi Pessoal,

Desculpa não ter mais traduzido, meus posts, mas estou de volta. Não tenho conseguindo acessar a Internet de casa, pois devido ao excesso de chuvas, o sistema está todo problemático, na minha região. Estou esperando a companhia telefonica resolver o problema.

Como meu marido está viajando, resolvi fazer um programa diferente neste final de semana. Primeiro fui ao shopping fazer umas comprinhas, pois está tudo em liquidação. Comprei um par de sapatos para trabalhar, uma jaqueta jeans e uma calça. E depois fui até a Anna Pegova, fazer uma limpeza de pele. A linha de produtos deles é ótima e minha pele está ótima depois da limpeza que fiz. Mas a maior vitória foi ter conseguido ficar duas horas com musiquinha light por duas, enquanto alguém trabalhava no meu rosto.

Mudando de assunto, como muita gente sabe sempre tive problemas com o meu peso e está semana fiz a besteira número um no ranking das dietas. Fui no supermercado comprar frutas, verduras e produtos de limpeza com fome. Quando saí do supermercado, não consegui acreditar no que tinha feito. Eu não comprei nenhuma besteirinha para comer, comprei somente frutas, verduras e os produtos de limpeza. Fiquei extasiada com minha força de vontade. YESSS!!!!!

Como prêmio, vou fazer uma aula experimental de dança flamenca na próxima terça-feira. Se o meu pescoço aguentar, vou trocar o Pilates pelas aulas de dança.

Estou super animada, visto que sempre quis fazer aulas de flamenco, mas nunca consegui conciliar os meus horários com o horários das aulas. Contarei como fui em breve.

~Beijos e Abraços~

Fabiola

After a long time....

... I am back.

I've been really busy and I didn't have time to stop by. Last week was crazy. I worked so hard during the week that when I realized was already Saturday again. And to top it all, my husband left on another business trip to Germany yesterday. So, I will be alone for 2 weeks.

After almost two months of lots of rain, the sky is so blue and the sun so bright that is almost impossible to stay inside. The weekly magazines just arrived and I guess I will put a chair outside and I will enjoy the perfect sunny afternoon.

I hope you are having a wonderful weekend.

~Kisses and Hugs~

Fabiola

After the fiasco...

... on Saturday´s game, I had to get back to the old theme.

I will be back later to post something more.

~Kisses and Hugs~