Friday Show and Tell

In this place I live, we have a lot of historic sites so, last saturday, there they came from UK a bunch of mayors to visit.
My husband was invited for the occasion and, in the end,they gave to some people a beautiful golden box as a souvenir.

When my husband opened his, look what he found.

I was very pleased. Isn't that beautiful.?

No, the soap was not included. As it is one of my husnad favorite soaps, each time we go to England I buy several.



For todays Show and Tell Friday at There's No Place Like Home.

The Smallest Blessings

At Her Southern Charm there's a new idea: to post about The Smallest Blessing we have in our life.

So I thought that one of them is my silver strings of hair.
Most women want to dye their hair since the first grey hair appear. Not me. I don't even try to conceal my age.
And I like my grey hair.
I thank God for them, for what they mean: a life fool of blessings.

PS: to be honest, I must say, only my front hair is full of grey, in the back is quite dark, still. So the silver is just beginning.

Outdoor Wednesday

Today is Outdoor Wednesday Day at A Southern Daydreamer.

Today I'll show you some pictures of a foggy and rainy day at a garden in Sintra. A very romantic one and historic also. It was built in the XIX century and it's called Monserrate.























This place is too beautiful to show just some pictures. I will post more next wednesday.

Cleaning the frige

Today I will clean the kitchen and between the chores I have to do, I will clean the frige.
It need not only a bit of cleaning but also declutering.

It will be a busy day.

And after that, I will make some soup.

Type A or B ?

Results of Your Personality Test

Personality Type
Your score = 47

What does your score mean?

You seem to be in the middle between the Type A and Type B personality. In this case, the middle ground is good. Your attitude to life is more of the "smell the roses" kind and you know how and when to relax. Nonetheless, you realize that picking up a challenge and competing a little bit for your place in the sun can add some spice to your life. The equilibrium is important, so don't let your hostile, aggressive, and competitive alter ego take over too often. Generally, you are easy to be around, and people tend to feel relaxed and comfortable in your presence. Yours is a very healthy attitude towards life.

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21 Days Challenge to Becoming an Effective Wife

Today is monday so here I am for my report on the 21 Days Challenge to Becoming an Effective Wife . Go to Her Southern Charm and you will see what I'm talking about.

Get up at 6.15.

Done. I'm quite good on this.

To fold 40 pieces of clothes everyday.

Quite well too, no problem except for one or two days.

Put away those folded clothes everyday too.

Big problem here. No progress. I must try hard.

Declutter the Laundryroom, everyday a little bit.

I feel so tired that this departement is going really bad.

Pray the Rosary everyday.

Going better now.

I'll report again next monday.

Pink Saturday

I couldn't resist. I like sooo much these flowers, I kept taking pictures and pictures. They are so beautiful.
For Pink Saturday at Beverly's.

Hooked on Aprons - I

When I saw at Hooked on Houses Hooked on Fridays, I wanted so much to join. Then I thought what am I hooked on. One thing that came immediately to my mind was Aprons.

The ones who know me know it already as I posted already some pictures of my aprons. Now, I can't resist to post them again. Sorry for the ones who saw them before but I can't resist.
The pictures are not new at all. But here they are.

This first one was made by my grandmother for me, for my married life. The fabric is very nice and represents an opera house with all people looking to the stage. I never saw nothing like that and I find it amazing.
I also like the rick rack on the borders.

Next one was also made by my grandmother for me.



It's so nice too, with all the colourful fabric squares and strawberry apliqué.

They are so important to me that I stoped using them and I just keep staring at them.

Last one was my mother who gave me. It came together with peg and oven glove peg. I still use them but only sometimes in the year and I only do it when my mother come to my house.



I have more but not so important, because they were bought by me.

Even so, I like all of them because the symbolic value they have, they represent homemaker's power.

21 Days Challenge to Becoming an Effective Wife

This post was for Monday but, after I have tryed, I couldn't post any pictures, so I tried each day and now I gave up and here it is today.
In the 21 Days Challenge to Becoming an Effective Wife at Her Southern Charm, we must have some items that we want to improve in our life and come here every monday to tell about the progress - or not.
Here they are mine.

Get up at 6.15.
Done most of the days. Sometimes I get up some minutes later but in the whole, is quite good.

To fold 40 pieces of clothes everyday.
Put away those folded clothes everyday too.
Quite well to the part of folding but not the one to put away. Let's see if I can improve this week.

Declutter the Laundryroom, everyday a little bit.
Bad. Not big progess yet.

Pray the Rosary everyday.
Most days, done. I need to give more atention to Our Lady and Her Son through Her. Apart from the Three Hail Mary Devotion - everyday in my life since I was a child as my grandmother teached me - not much prayer.

Well, I hope to have more progress to report next monday.

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Update: at last I manage to put the images in this post!

What ??? How can it be?

"...that many mothers are frustrated by staying at home..." Click here

Blimey !