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A couple of weeks ago, my cousin came to visit us and we took the Sunday to take him to Mt. Rainier National Park. The weather was not completely clean, as there were a few clouds, but it was still pretty sunny and beautiful. The park is beautiful year-round, so I can’t even say it… Read more
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When I was a teenager and lived with my parents, we used to have a manicure come to our house every week to do our nails. In Brazil that’s very common, as this type of service tends to be pretty cheap. And the whole processes included: Remove old polish with acetone Clip and/or sand the… Read more
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On the garden between my office building and the neighboring one… Read more
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I have many cousins. My mom was the oldest of 6, out of which 5 had 2 or 3 kids. My dad’s brother has another 2. There are also the kids of my mom’s cousins, who are also cousins. And the older half-brother of some of my cousins and their cousins from the other end… Read more
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I have an account at a site called EveryMove, that gives you rewards for every move you make. Any kind of exercising: running, cycling, gardening, cleaning the house, playing with kids… every move. Recently one of the rewards I got was a free 2 hour session of kayaking instruction and guided tour at sunset, at… Read more
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About four weeks ago I told about my ‘little’ walk to get a book at the public library: The things we do for a book Well… 4 weeks is the amount of time I can keep the book, meaning this week (more precisely tomorrow) I’d have to return the book back to the library. So… Read more
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The image you see in the background was taken last week in the kitchen of the first floor of my office building. Above the first floor kitchen there is sort of a ‘hole’ on the ceiling making it’s roof the same as the one for the second floor kitchen. Around the ‘hole’ some railing of course.… Read more
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Yep, no more .wordpress on my URL anymore. Having the .wordpress never really bothered me, so I must confess I don’t know exactly why I decided to buy it, but I just did and I like that I did. Maybe because it feels like a commitment I’m making to my dear blog. Another reason that… Read more
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This morning I was participating on a meeting with 7 other people, to a total of 8 people in the room. Subject wasn’t the most interesting of all, so at some point I found myself with some very odd and weird thoughts. Going back in time for a few years just to add some background….… Read more
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At a friends place, watching final game of a soccer championship, my home country is winning the game, my host is very excited, to the point that the kids come to check what’s happening with every shout of her. But I feel bored. What happened to me? I used to enjoy watching soccer… Oh well…… Read more
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From my Fresh Paint. Read more
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Last week, my daughter got home asking my husband about where did the very first person in the world came from. He started trying to explain the evolution theory and she kept asking and seems very interested. So that same night we decided to search for children books on evolution and ended up adding a book… Read more
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This week was tough! Not for what’s going on in my life, because life is being good to me. But for what’s going on in this world. My home country is on the verge of a revolution. It’s been a couple of weeks now since the people decided to wake up for their social issues… Read more
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I know those 2 topics have nothing to do with each other, but I just happen to have both on my mind and I’m too lazy to create 2 posts. 😛 So first, Fresh Paint. I have a Surface RT and a Surface Pro machine. I use Windows 8 on desktop too. Ever since the… Read more
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No, All-of you. Please don’t hate me. I’m not talking to All-of you. I’m talking to the one You who tried once to kill my dear blog. But You know what, the whole blog-killing stuff just did not work, as the blog is still here. I resuscitated it! And the message I have for You… Read more
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Have you ever tried it? My husband has a friend a work who is originally from Lebanon. He went back home on vacations recently and came back to the US this week, bringing to my husband a tray full or mamouls. When my husband brought it home he didn’t know the name of the thingy… Read more
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Today I have class. The school is about 2+ miles from my office building, so what I have been doing is to park close to the school, then walk to my building in the morning, and then walk back in the evening to pick up the car and go up the hill where the school… Read more
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This week, a friend posted in his Facebook a video of a doctor in a Brazilian hospital talking about a study made by an Australian nurse that lists the top 5 regrets of the dying. I could not find a nice video in English, so posting here the link to the blog of the author… Read more
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