It's saturday

I've been away from the blogosphere and I miss so all those beautiful blogs I know. The problem has been so much work I have outside of my home plus the fact that I'm a taxi mother, always taking my children from a place to another. In the end of the day there's no time for anything else.
The good thing is, when my husband is not traveling, he makes the dinner and let me just collapse on the couch. That is the best time of the day, being at home with my husband and children.

Talking about traveling. My husband went to a place in the middle of the country and brought us some biscuits and cookies traditional to that place.
See it here.

It was much apreciated. He also brought us a jar of pumpkin and pine nuts jam.

Can you see the little nuts here?

Ooooh!... All good things.



Today, because it's saturday, I'm in my home all happy doing homemaking and enjoying my home and the company of my children and husband.
My next chore is to make some soup. I think I will make spinach soup.
See here the last one I made: broccoli with a little bit of carrot - most portuguese soups take potatoes and carrots.



I hope to come back later on to update on my saturday adventures - or maybe tomorow.

Staring at the sky

I was trying yesterday to post something but my internet was not cooperating.
I, in a small window when internet was working, was visiting A Scrapbook of Inspiration saw a post about the sky and posting pictures of the sky. She gave a link to Tom,from the UK, of Welcome To Wiggers World who is hosting a Sky Watch.
See it at http://womtig.blogspot.com/2008/05/sky-watch_22.html
And now, some pictures I've been taking from our sky.



I can't resist. My windows and the place where I live allow me to have such pretty views of the sky.

Look here.





The sky here was amazing. I coulnd't capture all the beauty but you can have an idea.



Well, I can't post here all the nice sky I have been so fortunate to see.
But you may see all my sky pictures at http://www.flickr.com/search/?q=sky&w=31758867%40N00

Thank you for your visit.
It's so good to realize I'm not the only one who is always staring at the sky as I was seeing iy for the first time and taking pictures like crazy.

P.S.: In the first picture, the bright dot in the sky is Venus.

Rainy Corpus Christi day

As today is Corpus Christi,here we don't work.
I was all happy, very early at the computor, in my house, when I began to hear such a noise outside. It was the rain. Raining again. It has been raining everyday since some days ago.
Not that I complain. I do like rain. It's just I was planning on doing some washing and hanging it outside.
Nothing of the like. Indors.
We went to Mass, as is we must do on Holy Days, and it was raining so much that it was a big event to the little girls, because they had to dress their raincoats, the 4yo one with her all over head to toe blue "raincoat".
They were happy and I am too: staying at home with my girls and husband after being at Mass. What can be better?!

Just working

I know I've been away for some time now. I have been working very much. That's not I work more now, it's just I feel I can't switch off my outside job - inside my head. I feel always tired and I don't like it.I feel it doesn't remain any psycological space in my life.
I must find some balance. I need to focus more on the important things of life, the ones I like more.
I leave you now with a view of Sintra and with a picture of my bougainvillea with rain.

The view was taken from the balcony in my work and the flowers are mine, from my house.

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Mother's day present

Made by my 8 yo and her teacher to give me today.

Another party

My oldest daughter had her birthday on the April 21 but decided that the best day to have a party and invite her friends was the first of May. So we had the party.
It was everything very good, all went well and she and them were very happy. Me too.
Here it is she blowing the candles (again).

Here it is the cake she made.

It was a good day.

Another week

Things here have been quite "normal" after the agitated days of First Communion - and preparations to it - and the birhday of my oldest daughter.
The days were hot and that was not necessary at all. But now the weather is more pleasent.
The good thing of the hot days was the amount of laundry I washed.
Yesterday began a new week and it won't be free of agitation again: my birthday girl decided that she will have a party next 1 of May because, as nobody works and goes to school, everybidy will be able to come to her party.
So, party preparations, here I go: shopping, see if I have everything I need, see if the table towels are ready, etc. And double clean the house too. I want that everybody find the house spotless. Add to all this the fact that I work outside everyday all day long.
Well, never mind. Working outside brings me money and having all that work and trouble with the party makes my girl so happy.
Other subject. I'm thinking of changing my header. The title Alfazema (lavender) has everything to do with me but I think I don't need to always have an alfazema picture because the title has to do with me.
So I will think which one will be next.
For today I leave you with some pictures from a garden my husband restaured and mantains here.

Such beauty.

A lot of good moments - and parties

I have been quite busy this week, or rather, occupied in everyday duties. Lot's of hours at work. I don't like it.
Well, I couldn't post anything at all and I was uppset with that.
Today I'm all happy in my house and I'm not going to work because here we don't work today, every year in this day, because a lot of years ago people made a revolution that some people liked and others din't.
So, the good thing is in this day we don't go to work.
Here I'm am all happy.
As promised, here it goes some more pictures of ny girl's First Communion.
The cake and other cakes.





A carnation from a bunch I bought t decorate the house in that wonderful day.



And now pictures of my big girl birthday party that happened the day after the other one had hers. It was only for us. She decided that a bigger one will be made in the firts of may because it's holiday and everybody will be able to come.



And here is her cake.



It was a lot of work to alight all these candles and then blowing them out.

Note: the rose above is the one my 8 years old girl gave to Our Lady after taking her First Communion.
happy days, do doubt. We have been very happy amd lucky. Praise the Lord.

First Communion

I'm so tired but I'm happy.

Since some time ago I have been preparing The First Communion of my 8 year old girl.

Today was the big day.

What I felt and the great importance of all that is so much I really can't tell about that today.

But I think I will tell more about it this week.

In the picture above she is giving a rose to Our Lady after taking her Communion and in this one is the rose she gave.