From time to time I am surprised with some interesting questions from my daughter. This week she asked why do I wear two marriage rings and my husband none.

Well, first of all one of the gold rings I wear is on the right end and it is what we call a dating ring. The diamond engagement rings thing is …

Last night my son sang and danced at the school party. The class was just adorable and wonderful on the singing and dancing. People liked them so much that they had to dance a second dance that was not scheduled. The second dance was preformed also by the all class and it was Thriller from Michael Jackson. Imagine, the class, …

A mixed of stress, anxiety, despair and pain took over me this morning. For those visiting my blog on the last weeks know about my son’s migraines and headaches, the visits I made with him o the ER, the visit to the homeopathic and the news about the possibility of my son having something serious on his brain. Today was …

My car is back from repair. It is like new, the motor was all revised, new parts, it’s like a brand new 0 kilometers car.

My FIL says we will have car for more 10 years. As we couldn’t afford a new one right know, fixing the one we had was an option. Having my FIL as the mechanic, we …

This is the beautiful tree I have in my garden. I have tried to find a similar one online to check on its name but I had no success.

The flowers of this tree seem a kitchen tool we use to wash and clean the inside of the milk bottles. The red color of the flowers and the polen they …

Today my husband and my son started painting my son’s room. In March and April my husband painted the living room, the library and the entrance hall. Now it’s time to go upstairs.

The stair wall is going to be the last space to be painted because the ceiling is two high and we still don’t know how we are …

Having a swimming pool at home means a lot of fun. But…there is always a but eh?

Having a swimming pool at home also means that I might have a lot of unexpected guests like neighbors, family members or my kids friends.

Having a swimming pool at home means that my kids have fun without us leaving the house.

Having …

This is the first strawberry that grew on my organic garden. I don’t use chemicals or fertilizers so the strawberries are not very big. However my main concept is growing organic and that means the use of pesticides and chemical are not allowed. I don’t mind they are small.

I have already eaten the first “layer” of strawberries and now …

Today I’ didn’t work as well as tomorrow. We got lucky this year and we got too public holidays one following the other. Today it’s Dia de Portugal (Portugal Day) and tomorrow Corpus Christi, Friday I will go back to work.

My son had another birthday party from a school colleague. We dropped him at 15.30 and when I …

I have been silent about my son’s headaches but now it’s time to speak out. The strong headaches are gone but he has an almost constant headache that almost goes unnoticed unless we ask him if his head aches. He says it’s a kind of very weak headache that doesn’t leave his head.

He already has a follow up appointment …

Since last Friday that the temperatures have been around the 30ºC (86F) so my husband already mounted the swimming pool in the backyard. The kids were thrilled and since Saturday that they have been swimming every day.

My daughter loves to dive in the pool so every time I want to take a photo she is under water. However she …

Two weeks ago I wrote about my new pets – silkworms. Well now I don’t have silkworms anymore, now I have cocoons and some moths already. The metamorphose process is taking place and soon I will have eggs all over the shoe’s box.

We are keeping the box closed because the moths can fly out of …