Happy New Year

"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right"
~Oprah Winfrey~

Be happy and safe,
See you back in 2010!

Marcela & Clara

White Wednesday

around old, classic Buenos Aires, Argentina

Hope you enjoyed our walk...

Thank you Katherine for hosting another wonderful White Wednesday!

I wish for...

Christmas Eve is always a very exciting and long day for us. Throughout the years, we have kept our Argentinian tradition of opening gifts at Midnight, something that our kids always appreciated: no need to wait until Christmas morning to be surprised!

This year, Christmas Eve Dinner was at Clara's.
The house really glowed!

Candles, glitter and twinkle lights lent the perfect atmosphere to a special night...

At the dinner table, each one of us received a little Christmas ornament.

Our names and the year was written on each one...

Before the food was served, Clara asked us to write on a little piece of paper she had prepared, our wishes for 2010.
Some shared their thoughts: health, work and love were popular...some other wishes were secret...

Finally, each one of us rolled the little piece of paper keeping our most precious thoughts and pushed them inside the little ornament.

Our little Christmas balls became our own time capsule!
Next year, on Christmas Eve will open them up...will our wishes change?...will our wishes come true?
Only time will tell.

Happy Monday!

Mondays always mark beginnings:
the first day of the working week,
the first day of school,
the first day of our diet!
But today is a very special Monday:
today it's the last Monday of 2009!

We found these words by the Brazilian author Paulo Coelho and decided to share them with you. Make of this Special Monday everything you'd like it to be,
a day full of hope and possibilities,
a day full of renewed energy that will last the whole 2010!

"It is always a need to know when a stage in life is over. If you insist in remaining in it, more than the necessary time, you lose the happiness and sense of the rest....Be brave. Take risks. Nothing can substitute experience....The only way to save our dreams is by being generous to ourselves....If you have a past with which you feel dissatisfied, then forget it, now. Imagine a new story for your life and believe in it. Focus only on the moments when you achieved what you desired, and that strength will help you get what you want....When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."

- Paulo Coelho -

Merry Christmas!

"Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful"
~Norman Vincent Peale~

Wishing that the beauty of the Season will stay with you and your family all year long!
Marcela & Clara