Marta, Julie e Maria

Monday, January 13, 2014

Christmas: check

Before we took down our Christmas tree, we had some friends from our (old, sniff sniff) youth group over for cookies and tea. It was really cozy and really nice to have them finally come over. Apparently, according to my parish priest yesterday, Christmas season was only done yesterday (Jesus's Baptism) and I should've waited to take down the decorations? I'm over Christmas already... Can't wait for spring and... a baby! (ah!)

Wednesday, January 08, 2014

Families Support Each Other

1 Comment January 8, AD 2014 | Julie Machado

A man shared with me recently that at his swimming competitions when he was a little boy, he would watch his teammate embrace his coach at the end of competitions and think of his own father. Although his father never went to his swimming competitions (only his mother), the image of his teammate embracing his coach at the end and his own father’s absence has always remained with him.

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http://www.ignitumtoday.com/2014/01/08/families-support-each-other/

Friday, January 03, 2014

Family Established sign

Here's how I made our family established sign:

I painted a gray base of paint on the size board I wanted:

Let it dry. Then I painted brown over the gray:

Let that dry too. Then I sanded the brown with sandpaper, so that the grey showed up in a "rustic" way:

And finally, I traced over the letters I printed out from Microsoft word with a ballpoint pen. Then I painted in the letter outlines I could see in the wood.

And I displayed it with pride! My initial plan was to nail coat hangers at the bottom of the board. But since we don't want to make such permanent holes in the wall of our rental apartment, that step is on standby for a while...

Wednesday, January 01, 2014

Pancakes for two

My sister shared with me the amazingly simple secret to fluffy pancakes: whipped egg whites. I whipped just one egg white with our normal recipe (substitute whipped egg whites for eggs in recipe) and we had the fluffiest, yummiest pancakes for two... with whipped cream and strawberries! Plus, the chocolate chiffon cake I made for yesterday for New Year's Eve. The best breakfast to start the year off right...