Sunday, October 3, 2010

Toca para mi...

...it was a very sunny day...


...the Bear had  an archery competition...


...no camera only iPhone...wharia wanna do!  (as my uncle Nick would say)...

...I love going to his team's competitions...as a sport is very slow, but it gathers fun people...over the years we have made some good friends whose company is very pleasant...


...I'm proud to say that Mr. Bear has been in the National Archery team for many years ranking numero tres (por favor!)  in Greece!
...he has won many distinctions and awards...

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...ah....no!.... it wasn't a day in Ascot...
...as I mentioned before, it was a very sunny day and no matter how I love the sun, I usually wear a "tent" on my head for protection...

... my teacher had given me too much homework over the weekend, so between brakes I was studying.....(if only my mom knew what I good student I have turned out to be!!!)



....sunny Sunday in Greece means...eating out!

...after the competition we headed to a sweet little restaurant, where food was served in the garden...



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...Sunday night...

...may you all have a good week, filled with physical and mental health!

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Saturday, October 2, 2010

Del Sabato...

...I woke up very early this morning...the little man had to meet his debate team...
...there's a lot of work to be done around the house, but I hate it, I can't and I won't do!




...I decided to take a stroll around the neighborhood because the weather is eeeeh, ready to rain, and before I start lighting up candles and putting on Miles Davis, I gave myself the treat of breathing some fresh air and seeing some familiar faces...



....on my way out, I thought that it really looks like autumn...although it was the cleaners and not the rain...


...I have lived here for the past 25 years...
...I have seen good changes and bad changes...met people...lost some others...but I have also built memories..
....the munchkins have played in this park...

....and here we have celebrated the Bear's 50th birthday....



...in these cafes my "teenager(s) in love" have had their first dates (somebody is going to shoot me!)...



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...we have our friends who live around and our kids go to the same school...it's the neighbors...or the store owners...the butcher...the baker...

...people still say "good morning"....and in case of someone playing "hookie"...some eye will notice and some mouth will inform me....!!!!


...we start conversations every where, at the bus top, the supermarket line, the traffic light....



...us Greeks have too much in common...
...we share the same religion, history, pains, culture...we're all the same....




...many times we're way too loud with each other and sometimes insulting...but when our national team wins we're all brothers!!!!


...some "serious" arguments have taken place in front of a kiosk, where all the newspapers are hanging, and that's where politics and sports are being discussed... 
...we all have an opinion...



...when the kiddies were little I had bought them the Sesame Street soundtrack with all the classic songs...

...this reminds me of Bobby singing "who are the people in your neighborhood"!

...here I have a neighbor who seems to have some kind of a radar, because every time I come out with my darling dog, he pops his head out to check if I have picked up whatever the poor animal has left behind!!!



...my street...


.....my neighbor 's house, who provides me with aromatic herbs..



...and my house...


...So as Carol would say...."I'm so glad we had this time together....."

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Wednesday, September 29, 2010

Hay dias...

...so you wake up in the morning....drink your coffee...read a bit...speak on the phone....



...and after some time, you say "ok, time to go to work and at the same time make this day special"....

...you start to look around you....


...and see unwashed clothes... ...and another mountain that needs to be ironed...


...in your mind, do you have a good reason to run away??????



....so you wonder if Paris Hilton has ever made her bed????  If  Angelina Jolie has ever cooked her children's baby food?   If Heidi Klum has ever worn the same sweat shirt, in the house, year after year after year????

...hmmmm....

...shall I be sad....or feel great for surving the desperate house wife's life????

....another hmmmmmm.....

...come to think of it, we women, the multi task creatures, the ones who instead of turning into modern "Cybils" due to our multiple roles, we manage to jugle everything, to look good, to have time for a cup of coffee with our friends, to be pleasant, to educate ourselves, to do professional work, to charm, to create, to pass on wisdom...to be us!

...hmmmm....

....that's me!  And it's all of you, too!

......have a wonderfully beautiful day!

...and don't forget to be YOU!

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Saturday, September 25, 2010

...hoy llueve, hoy duele...

...this is what Athens looked like today...


...it has been a very difficult week for me...too much work...too much isolation in the kitchen...many many sleepless hours...and bad hormones!

...I need to get out of the house badly...for a laugh...for some girl talk...put on some make up and get a divorce from my shorts and t-shirt...

...I'm thankful for the fact that my customers are smiling, have thanked me for my work, so the condition of my kitchen right now, doesn't really bother me...although I know that some time later  I'll have to clean it...

...I asked the Bear to open a bottle of wine and watch a movie with me...actually, I'm thinking that I'm ready for another trip....hmmmm....

...since my camera has broken down and Christmas isn't here yet, I have been using the Angel girl's or the Bear's i-phone...the quality isn't very good, but in my life I have learned to have patience...







..it's pure pleasure when you see everything packed and ready to be delivered...

...I just had my second glass of wine...let a few tears out, because it's a girl thing...I'm looking forward to tomorrow because I also have a wife who's been complaining for not spending enough time with her, and tomorrow is her day!

...yes, I'm tipsy!!!

Thursday, September 23, 2010

De ayer...

...I think I slept for just a couple of hours...I had set the kitchen timer twice, while I had dozed off on the couch...


...a very long night for me...

                                           ...but after I saw the results, I forgot everything...


...notice the little girl's hair is curly!



...Happy Name Day Thekli!


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Sunday, September 19, 2010

Domingo

...what a simple little candle can do on an autumn eve...


...just before the weekend ends while Monday is waiting in the wings...

...feeling mellow...listening to Manos Hadjidakis...with my mom soothing the dark corners of my mind and chasing ghosts...



...I had good wine, this weekend....



...in the city that I love...the one that never sleeps and never brakes even under the worst economical crisis...

...having my favorite food...



....and fun games playing under the table!!!!


...and the next night...

...more food and wine, of course!


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....have a healthy week, next to the ones who give you comfort...

Friday, September 17, 2010

Darte arte!


...the "kookie lady" strikes again!!!


...cha cha cha!


...uno...


...dos...


...tres!




...Happy Name Day Soniaaaar!!!




...ps...
...terrible pictures....at 5:00am...