Accesorized

I took Ripley for a bath and she came back with a scarf. So sweet!

The waiting place

"Waiting for a  train to go
or a bus to come, or a plane to go
or the mail to come, or the rain to go
or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow
or waiting around for a Yes or a No
or waiting for their hair to grow."
                               (Dr. Seuss)


Do you ever feel like you are stuck there, in the waiting place?

Bye bye World Cup

We got together at Dani's (with husbands and all, once this game was on a weekend) to watch Brazil's soccer game. Unfortunatelly the last one.

See you guys in 4 years - and I'll go back to my football ;)

World Cup

I got together with the Brazilian girls to watch the soccer game and, as I have all this time on my hands, I decided to make some cool decorated brownies instead of buying something ready. And they also tasted sooooo good.

Cooking a lot

Since I came back from Brazil, I've been either looking for a job, taking pictures or cooking. This is a rack of lamb with mint pesto and gruyere potatoes gratin.

I've talked to some people, sent some resumes and went to a couple of interviews, but nothing seems very interesting. It's like a completely different world here, looks like everything is about technology... I'm making a big effort to keep the positive attitude, though.

I started a volunteer job, with the San Diego Blood Bank. Once I have all this time, I might as well use it for something good. I'm the person who explains all the issues with donating blood, to posible donors. I have to ask them very personal questions and sometimes it feels weird, but I'm glad I'm able to help. I tried to donate blood a couple of times, but my iron is always low. Bummer.

A really fancy dinner

We've been wanting to invite Michelle and Franco for dinner for a while. We met her when we were moving to San Diego - she helped us to find this condo - and we've been wanting to thank her. She a very fun real estate agent, very much at home in California - and she's married to Franco, an Italian lawyer who's very much into food, wine and music.

I took it as a cooking/entertaining challenge and spent the week testing recipes, preparing ingredients and making a winning playlist - and everything worked very well. We had a very pleasant evening with them, that started with those little canapes and ended with chocolate mousse served in a chocolate cup (I made it myself) and topped with rasberries and cocoa powder.

I'm starting to look for a job and really don't know much where to shoot - I've been doing all the online stuff, but we don't know anyone around this area, so I'm a little lost. Michelle was very sweet and gave me a couple of contacts of people with whom I can talk to.

It was easy to take the picture

Difficult was to get to the almost 7 thousand feet of Cuyamaca Peak, the second higher in San Diego County. I would never have gone if I knew.

And my legs will still hurt for a day or two...