Maybe it's this time

For almost a year  I have been away. Many things happened in my life and I neglected my blogs, my Flickr account, everything. The only place where I have been able to go it was my FB account.

Now I'm trying to get back again. Almost a year ago I tried to be back but I had not enough strength yet.
Now I'm trying again - I'm even giving some steps on Pinterest.
Maybe it's this time.

Autumn pleasures: chestnuts and apples

 There are many things that I like so much in Autumn and two of them are chestnuts and apples. The chestnuts, not like most people who like them roasted, I  prefer to eat it boiled. And I do eat them all Autumn long.

Apples. Not that I eat a lot of them raw. In this I am also unlike most people because I really prefer them in crumble. And if I eat apple crumble every Autumn!

So today I will make it again. If it will look nice maybe I will post a picture of it. One thing I know, I will find it very good to eat.

43 days for Christmas and I'm back.

Yes, 43 days for Christmas. And I'm back.
I've been away for almost an year. Last post I did was last year and I was talking about Christmas. it was December.
I have been on other places and now I'm missing this little corner. So, girls, I'm back.

I must hurry

No, they are not from this Christmas, but I have to hurry doing something. I bought already most things but I didn't wrap them yet! So, let's move on.
And yes, it's a load of presents but we are a big family.

It has been a long absence

I will come back. I'm just cleaning and decluttering the blog.
Meanwhile, I leave you with this beautiful music.

Canterbury

So many things happened and I didn't come here. It was Christmas, then a new year. And then, in the beginning of March, we went to England!

Now it's April and I didn't post anything yet!

So, here I go, with some pictures of wonderful Canterbury, were my husband was born and were I didn't go for so many years.

It was rather cold but nice.

I'll try not to stay again so much time without posting.

I'm still here

I've been very busy in other corners of the blogosphere but so you can see I'm still here, here you have this music, now my favourite one.

22 and counting

Can you see me in that round thing? It's me with my camera and an orange apron. The best we can see is my hand holding the camera.

Most things are ready. Tree is up since the beginning of December. Also the crib. Presents are bought and wrapped - most of them, tomorrow I will buy the remaining things. My mother is in charge of ordering the cabbage to the soup of Christmas Eve - Caldo Verde, a portuguese institution for that Holy night - and also the "grelos" - another kind of cabbage to go with the cod. And because we are a portuguese-english home, she is in charge of ordering the lamb kidneys too, to our Christmas breakfast.

Time now to get off the computer and do some cleaning and tidying.

Today is already 20

So many things to do and so little time.

I'm feeling good

Today it's Independence Restauration Day. It means that's in 1640 we kicked the spanish off once again.
First time it was in the 12º century and then again in the 17. Yuppy!

So, today we are not going to work. Day to be at home and to be a full time house wife.
Ah! That feels good.

Goods things

Yesterday I managed to do some homemaking, thanks God, and my house is going better.
No need to say that I took frequent breaks to go to the Internet and see how things were doing in Rome.
Lot's of pictures on lots of sites, videos, etc. I was happy.
Today the party goes on. Ah, if I could be in Rome.
But that's ok, I can't say nothing after being there for three weeks in July.

Now, another thing.
I leave you with a music I like very much and I heared today.

Being more Mary than Martha

I've been so away of this blog because I've been very active in my This Burning Fire blog, all happy with my fellow catholic warriors.
Christmas is coming and I have still so many things to do and to think about. I've been so emerged on the life of the Church, with so many things happening, like the amount of Anglicans crossing the Tiber and the Consistory tomorrow, I can't take my eyes from the Internet to know more things.
Ah!It's a good time to be a Catholic, with this Pope.
Now, I promised myself that tomorrow I will try hard to put my feet on the floor and be a good homemaker.
We need to be Martha as well, not just Mary. I feel Our Lord could say to me now " Mary, Mary..."and not "Martha, Martha" because I easily forget to be Martha and my home is showing the signs of it. Our Lord wants us to be good homemakers, taking His mother as an example.
See you tomorrow for a report on my behaviour.

I found this picture at http://deusbibliaepoesia.wordpress.com/