At home in Sydney

The weather has been hot here today, finally.
Have not been doing much, just walking and going to parks with Joaquin my son. He had his haircut on Saturday and this is his third haircut in his 2 and nearly 1/2 years of life. Once he had his hair trimmed at 1 and 1/2 in a children's hairdresser sitting in a toy airplane and blowing bubbles, then he had his hair cut by his Nanny at 2 and now at 2 and 1/2 at a proper hairdresser in Bondi Junction.

I went to a wedding on Sunday it was part Greek, part Lebanese and part Indian. It was lovely. The service was at a Greek Orthodox Church in Rose Bay, the sun was shinning and the reception in Leichart with dancing and yummy food, especially the Lebanese bread and hummus as starters. I met another Argentinian girl who is also "just" pregnant. Well i am a bit more than just, I am now 15 weeks and a half and have been feeling better, my appetite is back but I am still tired in the afternoon. I have tried to walk everyday and the good thing about living here in Coogee is that there are a lot of hills to walk up and stay fit.

Before Haircut with lovely blond little curls

After haircut now looks like a little boy



Lovely Coogee Beach (water is too cold to go swimming yet but it was 30 degrees today out)

Cool spring Sunday

Even though Spring is in full swing here, it is a bit chilly. We are up in the Hunter visiting Jas's family (4 hours north of Sydney). Tomorrow is a public holiday and today day light savings has started so we are an hour ahead. That is good for the afternoon as there is more light in the day to spend it at the beach for an afternoon swim.

I have been wondering if I ever live at my parent's new cabin in Patagonia what i would want to decorate.

1) Big wooden table in the Kitchen

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2) Kitchen shelves


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3) A big kitchen with wooden exposed beams, and tiled floors (very french country style)
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I can image a table like this one on the side, storing food and other items and as a food preparation bench.


(photo from Mercado Libre @ 1650 pesos Argentinos approx $490 australian dollars)

Goals until the end of the year

October is here, the weather is started to get warmer. I feel better and am 13 weeks now.
I had my hair done on Friday and a pedi, the beautician is also pregnant ( a month ahead) and it is her first one and did not get sick at all.
It did feel so good though being pampered.
After that went next door to the hairdressers and bought some greek treats, backlava and some greek biscuits for my son. I went into uni for a while and then Jas picked me up and we left to go to the Hunter to visit Jas's family.

Time is going fast and slow at the same time. There are so many things I want to achieve.
1) Finish Application and send it (very important)
2)Order all in one non-disposable nappies
3) Get out the sewing machine
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4) Make some baby leg warmers and try to make other things

5) Buy some water colour paints and start making little drawings
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6) Finish two papers and send them of to the journals before the end of year (very important)
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7) Write more about how my pregnancy is going so I do not forget
8) Get out everyday with Joaquin in the morning (very important)
9) Make healthy foods and eat healthy (very important)

At the same time I feel bad for having so much, wanting so much when there are so many out there who have nothing, who have lost all. My sympathies to the people of Sumatra and Somoa for the latest natural disasters that have touched all our hearts.

Sunday morning stroll

I have been very tired and eating badly and feeling very sick lately and of course it is because because I am now 12 weeks pregnant. I had my 12 week scan on Friday and everything is good and going great. I am starting to feel better and this morning I got up at 7.00 am and decided to walk to Bondi Junction to get Jas some custard tarts he has been craving since Father's day and could not eat as he was very sick with the flu.

So i put on my runners and walked up the road to Bondi Junction, to Pastelaria Caravela on Bronte Road, it took me in total 1 hour but good exercise, since I have not been running for the last 10 weeks of my pregnancy as I have been feeling so exhausted. The tarts cost $2.50 each but if you buy 6 they go down to $2.20 each, I bought 5 and a croissant and ate one while I was there as I was feeling so hungry without breakfast.

Photo from Jessica and check out her Blog with recipe on how to make the yummy Portuguese tarts.

renovating home in Patagonia

This is the house my parents are building and renovating in Patagonia.
They are going to put a roof on it.


Below are some photos of theinside of the house, the floors are tiles as wood is not a good material when there is a lot of snow and ice and water around.
Also the kitchen is cement and the kitchen furniture will be hand made in local wood Lenga.

Sydney in the red

I woke up this morning with a red light coming through the window, then I walked to the kitchen and saw through the balcony doors how red everything was. There is red dust all over Sydney and I have never seen Sydney like this before. It is here as there has been strong winds over Northern Territory and South Australia and has brought all the red dust south. All the things on the balcony are covered with a fine layer of red dust and all our things look like they did when we came back from our trip up north covered in red dust.
Here is a photo from SMH of Coogee Beach this morning (just 5 min down the road from our flat)
Now it is 2.34 in the afternoon, I am at home Joaquin is hopefully asleep and I might have a shower and attempt to do some washing to hang on the line hopefully the dust has gone. It is sunny and blue now outside and no more red dust clouds!

21st of Sept Spring is here

The days are becoming warmer, and Spring is here, though I think officially Spring arrives on the 21st September (tomorrow). In Argentina there is a Spring day and all the students go out and have picnics on the 21st of Sept. Last weekend we even went down to the beach for a swim, the water was cold but Joaquin went in a lot, and i just laid on the sand and slept. I have been tired lately but starting to snap out of it.
Yesterday we threw out 5 bags of clothes and shoes, well not threw out we donated to St Vincent de Pauls.
Today we have to clean out the office. I feel good throwing things away and starting a fresh.
I am motivated to do some drawings and was very impressed by Gennine's Blog and the essentials needed to do water colour. She has an etsy shop and has beautiful water colour prints.