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A Unexpected Christmas Gift – Our Blue Parakeet

Laura — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 17:17:04 +0000

This Christmas day we had a little surprise.

We had a beautiful blue parakeet that around three months ago disappeared from the cage where it was living with a yellow parakeet. He escaped from the cage through a small space it had.

The day it disappeared was quite sad for my kids because it was a parakeet that was born and raised in our house. Usually this type of bird do not return home and some even die because they are not capable to survive in the wild.

On Christmas day my husband was preparing to leave the house to buy some fresh bread when he noticed a parakeet on the parking lot. It was our parakeet that had disappeared three months ago. After running after it for several minutes he was able to grab it on his hands and brought it home. It really was our parakeet.

We were all super excited with this finding. The parakeet was starving. He has some wounds on the paws, was a little shaken but overall he was fine.

He is now back to his cage, in fact, to a new cage because we offered out parakeets a new cage for Christmas. We have now four parakeets in a big cage with a nest attached. We are hoping to increase the parakeet family with new members.

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Almost Back to School Routine

Laura — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 20:22:24 +0000

It was a very busy week.

Last Sunday we attended a wedding; Monday we had lunch at the bride’s mother house and spend the rest of the afternoon there. After two days eating and drinking what I wanted was not to see food in front of my eyes.

The kids are too excited, too much excited in fact because Monday they will return to school. They are anxious to see their friends, the school, everything so these last couple of days were a little difficult. Who said parenting and being a parent was easy?

Being excited and anxious change they daily behavior. They are agitate, picky, stubborn and well, it’s difficult to handle kids this way.

Monday the school routine is going to start and I think the worse thing will be taking them out of bed in the morning.

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Welcome New Subscribers and Fans

Laura — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 20:43:42 +0000

I want to welcome all the new subscribers and facebook fans of Soleflor Mom. It has been an amazing weeks, meeting new people and new blogs. I found quite impressive blogs that already are on my google feedreader.

I have been having a busy days, fortunately, and I didn’t had time to thank everybody but I will. In a couple of weeks I will be full time online without my kid’s distraction because they will be back to school.

My kids are still on summer holidays and my niece and nephew usually come to my house every day, their parents are working and they stay with me at least during the afternoon. So the house is full of laugh, running, screaming every day. I love that although I must confess that at the end of the day I feel tired.

On the other side I’ve been busy online, not only networking but also working. Some opportunities have arrived in my inbox and I’m really happy with that. Working online from home is something I’m willing to do full time.

I received a Blog Award some days weeks ago but that’s subject for another blog post.

Thank you all for reading my blog!!!

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My Surroundings are not so Green Anymore

Laura — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 19:44:58 +0000

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These last three days where a little noisy. The condo where I live has had pine and eucalyptus trees on the back, right side and in front, on the other side of the road. We are were surrounded by green, we can could smell the eucalyptus on the air, the smell of the pine trees but now everything is gone.

The land owner decided to clean those lands and all trees were cut. He hires some people to cut the trees but they haven’t finished the job yet because today, it was a very rainy day, but they will has soon it stops raining.

My daughter (6 years) had a strange but understandable reaction. Yesterday she told me she had to draw a drawing. A few minutes later she showed me the drawing of a crying tree with a electric saw coming towards it. It quite amazed me how she was able to visualize the scene and put in in a piece of paper. I guess the next time she grabs a flower from a flower pot she will think twice.

I took a before picture when there were trees and I’m waiting for them to finish their job so I can take the after photo. I will post them here then.

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I’m Still Alive and Well

Laura — Mon, 07 Jun 2010 14:40:56 +0000

I know I’ve been away from this blog and I’m really sad about it. I was supposed to write here my daily life, my kids, parenting issues and lately things seems so boring although a lot of stuff has been going on. I don’t want to whine anymore about my life so I just decided to shut up and not write.

Bad stuff:

jobless
no income
latest bosses didn’t pay what they own me
my son don’t like to study and grades are not what they should be

Good Stuff:

enjoying being a full time mom
enjoying being online all day and write and network with other bloggers
created a blog on my mother language
opened a Facebook account for my real friends and family

I will keep this blog updated from now on, I promise.

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Time Management needed

Laura — Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:13:54 +0000

I’m full time at home, jobless and now what?

I confess that I’m living the dream of my life, no full time job, I’m doing the house chores, taking and picking up my kids at school, be with them more time. This also means I have no income, at least for now so I should be worried but, I am not worry, I’m happy, I’m living my dream. Full Time Mom and Housewife.

But I want to work, I like to work but…doing the work I like, not an imposed one just to have a income at the end of the month. I want to enjoy my job. I like to be a blogger, I like to write and I want to continue doing that. If I can earn some money on that journey the better.

This last few days I’ve been increasing my online presence. I started using Facebook more (amazing), I now have fan pages for my blogs (Soleflor Mom and Have a Better Life) , I joined Linked In, I joined The Product Review Place, I’m using Hootsuite and I guess a few more, I’m losing track of everything wish leads me to a new problem: Time Management.

Having a different life style made me lose track of everything. What comes first:

Check my inbox
Do the laundry
Check Hootsuite
Make the beds
Check you Fan me or want to add me as a friend
Write posts
Comment on blogs
Read posts I like
???????

I’m confused and I really need to organize myself. I guess Time Management is a priority right now.

How do you keep track of your tasks, appointments, shopping, etc.? I don’t have a iphone or other advanced gadget to introduce that information. So, do you put it on paper, on Google Calendar, Post-its ??

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Tough time again

Laura — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 23:55:02 +0000

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Once again I apologize for my lake of family posts, reviews and giveaways. I’ve been going through a very difficult time in my life and I’m having difficulty is doing everything I used to.

Tiredness and pain (physical and emotional) took over my body and last week and weekend besides working 40 hours a week I spend most of my free time sleeping. I speak only when I have to, I’m very “numb”, I’m not eating properly and therefore I’m taking some pills to put me on shape (I don’t need fat burners as you might imagine).

I know I should take a medical leave and go home and rest but I need the money and my bosses don’t believe in breakdowns and depressions. I wish I could find some kind of job I could do from home but it’s almost impossible to do so due to the crisis and the uncertain future we all leave on.

I’m a little behind with some due post so today and tomorrow I’m going to try to have them written to catch up with other important information that show up on my inbox.

Thank you all that still visit my blog.

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An update in 244 words

Laura — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 23:50:12 +0000

Uau…I’ve been away from blogging from quite some time but I’ve been online.

I am on Module 6 from Crowd Mountain, this is the final Module and I can say I’ve been learning a lot about internet marketing. Lately I have been giving more attention to Crowd Mountain than blogging. I need to learn the how-to-do-it and the techniques to apply them to my daily blogging.

The first week of school is over and it was an interesting week. My kids are very happy to be back to school to meet their school friends. I believe all the requested school material is bought, although I know that along the year more material will be needed.

I have a lot of work in the office and I don’t have time to blog from there. I’ve been really busy lately, like I’ve never been before. I continue alone in the office and it seems the bosses don’t want to hire a new employer, so I guess I will have to run all day long to have my work done. Who needs a treadmill at home when I have so much exercise during the day?

Well, I end up my days exhausted and wanting to rest, no energy left to do other stuff. I miss those days when I used to blog until 3am and they wake up at 7.30 to go to work. Now I need to sleep more hours otherwise the headaches appear and the tiredness attaches.

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I need some time for myself

Laura — Sun, 10 May 2009 18:57:54 +0000

These last weeks made me realize I need my own time and space even if it is only a few minutes. My kids are very demanding, they request me for everything, sometimes I think they only call me to hear my voice. I don’t mind and I even like the fact that they want me around them but if a neighbor knocks at the door and invite them to play they just forget I exist and want to go.

Sometimes I just want 5 minutes alone, with no one calling me or requesting my attention. I like to be at home on my free time so I don’t attend any activities out of the house. I was invited to attend fitness classes, to go to swimming classes even to take some piano lessons but I really like to be at home, on my computer or watching television. I know that if I had an activity outside the house I would be able to have my time but at the end of the day, after 10 hours away from home I like to be at home.

My time alone is after the kids are asleep but I’m just too tired to enjoy it. My husband also could take the kids for a walk and leave me at home but he never does so. So sometimes I just sort of hide in some room and enjoy those 2-4 minutes of peace before some of the kids find me.

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New Year but my life is the same

Laura — Sun, 04 Jan 2009 17:52:28 +0000

Sometimes I feel that my life is like sand in the wind, where I’m going to land?

New year was just a day after yesterday, life is the same, unsolved issues are the same, life situations are the same.

After 11 days away from work tomorrow I’ll be back to the office, the need for money makes me go back…nothing else, I feel like a prisoner, I might not like being there but I definitely have to go there.

The kids tomorrow are going back to school after a 2 week vacation. I really enjoy being with them at home although I must confess, they drive me crazy, they don’t let me do anything on my own and I feel trapped on my own space. Sometimes I go to the bathroom to have a minute alone but after a few seconds one or the other are knocking at the door, they don’t let me breath. Probably this is because of all the time they spend at school and at daycare when I’m working.

Than I have the older kid, DH. When I have a little moment and want to watch a series or a movie I’m always interrupted by DH who wants sexual attention. Doesn’t he know I like to watch a movie? Where are the times when we watched a movie together in the couch without me bothering with having his hands on my boobs or somewhere else? At night when the kids are asleep and I want to blog a little why do I have to worry that he’s waiting for me in bed for sex? Why does he wake me up at 6am for sex?

When am I going to have some free time? When I die is too late so I have to find a way now, if things don’t change I don’t know…I keep saying how I feel but they don’t care, it seems they rule my life. Do they?

What about you? Do you have trouble controlling your free time?

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Tough time: Chaos is on my life

Laura — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 00:24:43 +0000

I’ve been giving a lot of thought about my job. I’m really getting nuts with it, the people, the environment; I’m really psychologically affected by all this. We need two salaries but lately I’ve been making a lot of sums to see if it would be possible to be without a job for a few months while I try to get a real business online. The risk is high but I think we could afford it. A few measures had to be taken like remove the kids from daycare, change our living habits by cooking some cheaper meals (I would have more time for that), take advantage of energy plans we have (and that sometimes we don’t use). I would totally reorganize my home/kids/school/work life.

Of course this is a very difficult decision to make, I’m up to it due to the enormous stress, anguish and unhappiness I presently have at work and with my life. Quitting a full time job here is crazy because no one can live on only one salary (besides some people with really high salaries) but also here no one works on the internet and that’s my point…I believe I could make a living from internet income. Being a No-Us is a setback but…I want to give it a try.

Due to all this situation my self-esteem is very low, the forecast of getting up the next morning to go to work is scary and I’m so down that I lost all the strength to try to improve my online life.

I’m determined to continue online, I want to try several ways to make money online and see if I can get a regular income (I already have but it’s very low). I need to find energy and strength to keep online and keep my blogging, I really don’t know if I can go through it.

There are days, like today, when my energy is totally gone…my existence is just that: I just try to survive instead of living.

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Issues of the week

Laura — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 18:44:05 +0000

Almost one week since I last wrote a post on this blog. This week was not an easy one.

#First Issue: Be a witness in court on my boss’s case. This had to do with a cops issue in which my boss was accused of using violence against cops. At the end it showed that the cops in fact where the ones that used extreme violence against him. Although I did not see a think I was a “friendly” witness meaning I was asked how he behaved as being my boss (if he was aggressive, violent, etc. etc.). Although this is not a matter that should worry me because I just had to say what happens during the day at work, I was kind of nervous because it was my first time in court and in front of a judge.

#Second Issue: Dani had headache, throat ache, fever…doctor says it is a pharyngitis, he didn’t go to school for two days, instead he stayed at daycare where they have conditions to keep “feeling sick” kids. As soon as he started taking the antibiotic he got better.

#Third Issue: I’ve been dealing with some female issues with my daughter. At pre-school the teachers want the kids to go alone to the bathroom (to be independent) but some of them just don’t clean themselves as they should. Having a daughter I’ve been facing issues I didn’t have with my son like itching, rash, etc in her private areas.

#Fourth Issue: My daughter is having a running nose, a lot of coughing and some sore throat. Nothing serious but annoying.

#Fifth Issue: The search for extra money and having a co-worker that plays Poker has made me think about getting started with Online Poker. I already have a poker table on my computer, I’m starting to learn the techniques and practice is something I have to do a lot. The problem: even more lack of time. Why? If I already had little time to blog, now that I want to learn how to play Poker, I have even less time. I really don’t know if I can manage every think. We’ll see….

#Sixth Issue: Twitter is a great place to write our doubts, ideas, questions, “doing right now” tasks, etc., for me this means less posting because instead of posting I tweet the issues and then I feel it’s not worth to post them. What a dilemma!