• Canadá,  Clima,  Ottawa

    5 fatos sobre um dia de neve | Ottawa – Canadá

    Visão da nossa rua Eu estava com um post semi pronto da primeira neve do ano que caiu no sábado e nosso outono aqui nos presenteou com uma tempestade de neve e por si, tirou todo o propósito daquele post. Pensei que aqueles 5 cm de sábado nem valeram comparados com esses 25cm de terça e quarta. A mídia estava propagando a tempestade desde o final de semana e apesar de se ouvir que começaria na segunda-feira durante o dia, começou mesmo durante a  noite de segunda pra terça-feira. A previsão do tempo daqui nem sempre acerta e é só vendo pra crer mesmo, mas 20cm é difícil de errar,…

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    Let the painting begin…

    I did mention that almost the whole house is painted in a beige/yellow tone, right? Well, I probably didn’t mention the hospital green tone that is covering a few of the bedrooms. Alice’s room is one of them. I just thought her room was the first on our list, since didn’t require that much work and investment to look nice. My plan was to keep the same color scheme we had in her room in the old house, just because everybody was happy with the results. So stripe it is. This is the before… The striped wall – Lines were drawn every 20 cm, with a help of level. Lot…

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    How to break tiles – not on purpose

    The first and only thing we did so far on our ensuite bathroom was removing the trim for some shower doors they previously had in there. The actual door is nowhere to be seen, so I found no reason to keep the trim hanging around. I started with the unscrew part, then some caulking removal to finally pull the trim out. It was going fine until I pulled the trim a little harder and a tile just came out with it… awww… fail! I could noticed that the tiles around the area are all sort of loose. I just can’t wait to see them all go. Meanwhile, we’ll have to…

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    Primeiro corte de cabelo da Alice

    Semana passada minha missão foi levar Alice para seu primeiro corte oficial de cabelo. Enquanto a gente esperava, eu expliquei pra ela o que iria acontecer e como as crianças da sua idade, Alice se sente mais confiante se sabe o que vai acontecer. Coisas desconhecidas e inesperadas podem causar ansiedade, então foi bom ela ver o processo com uma outra menininha, na frente dela. Quando a vez dela chegou, eu não podia acreditar como ela se saiu bem. Ficou quietinha, só curtindo o trato e se olhando no espelho. Tão crescida essa minha filhota! E de bonus, agora ela consegue ver melhor, sem cabelo nos olhos!! hehe Missão cumprida!…

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    Canada explained

    * Hey everybody, thanks for the sweet comments on here and Instagram… nice to hear from you! ** Second hey to William – Aqui vai um link para um ótimo texto postado pela Mirella do Mikix no Mundo, falando exatamente sobre a carta convite e o que deve/pode constar. Espero que ajude. 🙂 /// Hope everybody had a great weekend. We had a very busy one, with lots and only of improvements in the house. Sorry that it’s all I talk about, but this is all we’ve been doing lately… 🙂 Just to start this week in a good mood, here’s how to explaining Canada in a fun way:

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    Winter preview

    Fall has given clear signs that is leaving and winter is just around the corner showing its powers. On Saturday we had the first snow here in the capital, about 1cm, which was all gone by Sunday due to the temperature (who follow me on Instagram may have seen a picture of it…). The most incredible is the view in front of the house and how much it has changed in less than a month. October 18th November 9th November 14th 🙂