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[14 Jan 2010 | No Comment | ]

As I always forget to take the before and after photos this time before even knowing when will I start cleaning up the garage, I decided to take a photo as it is now.

You can many boxes, I can say they contain baby cloths, house decorations from 10 years ago that I never and…

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[30 Dec 2009 | No Comment | ]
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We have been having negative temperatures during the night. I know this is normal for some of you but not so normal for us. I had to put extra blankets in…

Family Matters, Home and Garden, Son and Daughter »

[11 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]

I always forget to take pictures. I hate when that happens.

Last Winter my son’s bed went to my daughter’s room so that they were more cozy during the cold nights. This year we decided to do the opposite. As my son’s room it’s bigger we put my daughter’s bed on my son’s room. Well, my…

Finances, Home and Garden »

[3 Nov 2009 | No Comment | ]

Lately my life seems like a TV series with no end and with really bad people it.

I’m surprised with the arrogance and selfishness of some people, people that are my neighbors, people from next door.

As I mentioned on a previous post about our front yard new look, we (the condominium) were going…

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[23 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

Although we still have good weather the temperatures are lower and unpredictable, that’s why we stored the swimming pool already. It was too cold for the kids to go in the pool, the water was always too cold so, bye bye pool. The garden cover, the table and the chairs are still outside but we are…

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[6 Sep 2009 | No Comment | ]

Sometimes, when we reach the end of the weekend we say, where did the weekend go? Well, this was a weekend that I can say I did valuable work that I can in fact  really notice. Reusing and helping others was the main subject.

For my son’s birth I…

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[8 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

Yesterday we discovered that we have a sealing problem in the bath of one of the bathrooms. As we have two bathrooms on the second floor we only used one of them for our showers and baths. As we have been repainting the house we decided to use one bathroom and the kids use the other.…

Finances, Home and Garden »

[2 Aug 2009 | No Comment | ]

Outside GardenThis is a picture of the condominium front garden where I have my house. The condo has 12 houses and this huge front garden that looks more like a dry desert.

Ever since we lived here that we have problems with the front garden. It all started with our first neighbor’s meeting…

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[28 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

DSCN1052This is a corner I have on my backyard and I need ideas for it.

The green container is my composter bin and the wall behind it divides my house from my neighbor’s house. The left wall is my living room external wall. Although I have a more or less rectangular backyard, I also have this…

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[25 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

Patio FurnitureThis photo was taken on my backyard where we have the swimming pool. We have one plastic table and two chairs where we usually put the towels, where I have a box with coloring pens and books for my daughter, a small radio (it looks like a Coca Cola can)…

Go Green, Home and Garden »

[20 Jul 2009 | No Comment | ]

My Lettuces These are the lettuces from my organic garden. I only planted a few lettuces, just for the fun of seeing them growing on my own back yard.

I bought a package of seeds and spread them on the land. When the lettuces started growing I moved them to flower pots. I end up having…

Home and Garden, Son and Daughter, Special Days, Sports / Outdoor »

[20 Jun 2009 | No Comment | ]

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