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Finally I got back to exercising; jazzercise that is. Feeling sore already... Nice combination of dancing, aerobics & toning. I feel muscles that I didn't even remember having them.Hope it'll be better soon as I have planned to start painting the guest room because our first guests are expected end of this month already, my parents. Looking forward to that!When that is done I have to finish some curtain projects, buy some lamps (for the dining area is getting crucial now, too dark there!),...
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Abacaxi & Hortelă goes French...
From Abacaxi & hortel, 1 weeks ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
(picture from www.linternaute.com)Yep! Going French!Not bad at all, don't you think'After a lovely 6 years in Brazil, we are now making our new home in France for a couple of years (that's the life of an expat...).Closer to our home country of the Netherlands, so expecting quite a lot of visitors year round... although we couldn't complain 'bout that in Brazil either. Living in historical Versailles, with Paris just around the corner. Now that will definitely attract a lot of family &...
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Des fleurs...
From Abacaxi & hortel, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
What's a house without a bouquet of flowers' Right, it's just a house. Add a nice bouquet and it becomes a home!And that's what I finally did last weekend: buying a bunch of tulips, anemones and ranunculus in spicy colours. It really made our house our home!Have a nice Monday!
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Slowly gettin´ there!
From Abacaxi & hortel, 1 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
After 2 months of hotel living, we finally moved into our new house. Don´t get me wrong, I just loooooooove hotels, but trying to live your regular life (work, school, etc.) is just not that comfortable out of a hotelroom. Add the dog to the story and you´ll get the picture!But last Friday it happened: the first night in our new house! And we slept pretty well!The weekend we used to paint the downstairs area (white, so far) & to empty as many boxes as possible. Now trying to find space for...
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On the move...
From Abacaxi & hortel, 3 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Our house is packed in boxesThe boxes have been loaded on the containerThe container is on its way to the ship (I hope!)When will I see it back' Busy times, Good-bye lunches & diners & partiesEmotional times tooSad to say good-bye to good friendsSad to say good-bye to the ever-friendly BraziliansSad to say good-bye to this beautiful country,where we spent an amazing, wonderful 6 years But ready for a new challenge! (to be continued...)
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From Abacaxi & hortel, 5 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
A rainy day, perfect for some chocolate tasting.And that's what we did with a whole group of women...We started with the 100% cacao chocolate, tried 85%, etc. The last one was the milk chocolate with only 32% of cacao. Must admit that the first dark ones were really strong and thus didn't like them at all!After the tasting we all had coffee or tea with... chocolate of course! This time we could choose ourselves and thát was good! It was a lovely & cosy morning, learnt a lot about chocolate...
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From Abacaxi & hortel, 6 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
A lovely day today, full of blue sky & sunshine... is this winter' A relaxing day today, gonna try to enjoy the sunshine a bit! Maybe cleaning out the garage or maybe a light lunch in the garden'
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Bad luck!
From Abacaxi & hortel, 6 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
What happens when you play in an area full of trees, plants, mud, stones, stones & more stones & no lights (you know, an area your mom always told you to avoid)?Well, this is what happens: He tripped over a huge stone, thought he got back into balance but didn´t see the following big stone and fell on his face & elbow. A lot of blood and a dislocated elbow. So we ended up in hospital, the repositioning of the elbow didn´t work out the way it had to & so he needed a small surgery...
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From Abacaxi & hortel, 6 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Just a quick post before I go out for lunch... how is my diet ever going to work here'??Anyway, my computer crashed, they thought it was a software prblem but it isn´t, now they´re trying to solve the hardware problem(s)... using my sons computer instead... (which is so slow because of all the games & things he downloaded on it & it has a portuguese key board, can tell you that I´m not happy with that :-0).The good thing about being without a computer is that I actually got some other...
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From Abacaxi & hortel, 6 month ago, Read 0 times. Similar articles
Is there a better way to have coffee, cake & a chat with friends then being surrounded by beautiful & unique orchids' Full of wonderful intense colours, some even have very exquisite scents (but they are pretty expensive).Of course I couldn't go home empty handed!I'll show you some more beauties:Hope you'll all have a wonderful, colourful day!!
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