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self-indulgent purchase

I don’t buy stuff for myself very often.

I don’t shop much for clothes, or shoes or make-up.

I don’t get my nails done, I don’t get massages or go to the spa.

In a rare moment, I buy something for the kitchen. That is something I use, but it will benefit the whole family.

Of course, there are [...]

canjica(hominy) with coconut on the crock-pot

My mom gave me a package of canjica. It’s hard to explain what it is in English, but the best explanation I found was on wiki-pedia. It’s the whole germ of the corn, dried. Actually, tons of stuff is made from corn, from all parts of the corn, in Brazil.
anyway, my mom [...]

interruptions to the schedule

I have a very spontaneous-type personality.
For that reason, more than ever, realize the advantages of having a schedule.
That is the only way I find myself accomplishing the things I want and need to do.
But what do I do when interruptions to the schedule happen so much that it completely obliterates the schedule?
This past week [...]

family mangatar

After I made mine, the boys wanted to make their own.
They dictated the choices, I clicked.
I made Fabio’s while he slept.
Here’s what we came up with…

What to make one? Go make it here.

what is it? – revealed

okay, so this weekend, I was asked to reveal the picture I posted a little over a week ago.
I told Michelle, I would post it this week, so here it is.
Nobody got it fully right, so I just did a drawing from the names of the participants; whichever name Phoenix picked out of the hat, [...]

30 places – a perching place

Watching birds in our backyard, has become one of my favorite activities. We’ve been using the binoculars which abuelo gave us last Christmas, and the boys are enjoying this as well. Even though temperatures have dropped dramatically in the last few days, we can still watch them from our kitchen’s bay window. It’s awesome!

This is [...]

fresh bread

There’s something about fresh bread that is just intoxicating.

Even more so, is making fresh bread yourself. And then, if you can turn out a loaf that rivals the bakery, then you’re really in for a trip!

About a month ago, I was reading about nearby farm, and a blog associated with it. The people writing the [...]

the city girl will surprise you…

yeah, that’s me. City girl, born and bred.

If you don’t know, I was born and spent all my childhood in Sao Paulo, Brazil– “the most populous in Brazil, in South America and in the southern hemisphere.”

Then my family immigrated to the U.S. and I’ve lived in NYC for most of the rest of my life. So, I am a city girl.

What [...]

The drastic changes

New York City population: 8.2 million – “the most densely populated major city in the United States”

Dublin Borough: 2,083

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NYC land mass: 304.8 square miles

Dublin:3/4 mile square

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NYC landscape: islands and skyscrapers and government housing

Dublin: farms (dairy, veggie and beef)

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Our previous apartment: 2nd floor of a 3 family home

Now: 2-story house

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before: no yard

now: 1/2 acre

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before: not enough [...]

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