Sylwester

The New years Eve brought us very close to our friends, We had the visit of Veena that has been away for Christmas. It was great to see her again, I almost got drunk with an alcoholic Tiramisu, A long time I did not know that flavour. She brought us a present that is promising to do our next days very happy, I already started to develop my skills in the Origami. Very good to relax.

In the evening we went to stay and dinner with Shubhy and all the family, A lot of good spirit, friendship but also good food was part of the last feast of the year. The friends were so many that become difficult for my camera to catch all of Us. Today I did my first incursion in the photo shop as you can see in the picture. Ingenues but amateur.

So it was among the alcohol from the Tiramisu and the good spirit from Shubhy's house that Olivia and us came back home for the last moments of the year, This was half an hour to Midnight and would be a crime to let Olivia go to sleep so close to the New Year, she would not never forgive us. It was a wonderful time that minutes until the New Year, a lot of kisses and laugh. I cannot see any better way to start 2011. Later, Justyna was in delirious with her new hobby, knitting with wool, a scarf is already getting shape.

Happy 2011

Another Gregorian year is about to turn around, Time to be positive, to set resolutions and cherish hopes for the future, that at least should last until next day in the morning.

Myself, I would very very happy if I would have a 2011 as good as the old year. Yes, What is to be happy? Is for sure subjective but also flexible. From us just expect a lots of good thoughts and wishes of a Good Year for all of You. My friend Filipe sent me this picture which I found inspiring for this day, Long and Unknown passage through the Year.

4x4 family

Walk to countryside become a hobby for Us, where there is mud, water, snow, miserable conditions, you will find us with our wellingtons and goodwill, In fact only Justyna needs to upgrade her wheels. Olivia is in the paradise in all the fields.

At home I have the sensation that Justyna is the Reason concerning to Olivia's Education and me is the Non-sense and Funny. In charge to arise the monkey and clown inside Her.

The grown up girl

The day was full, all our three had our special duties. Justyna was in charge of organizing and sending over documentation to have help for the transports, buses and taxi, essentially when we need to go to the hospital, but not only. Myself, signed to exchange Olivia's cash machine till that the Father Christmas brought, but had broken. And the executive Olivia was released to play with her friends. I am sure they enjoyed to be together again after Christmas, to speak about Santa Claus, if he had come around and which presents he brought. Amazing to see how fast the kids grow. Olivia is now more and more picking up the English, often she comes to us speaking in English, It is something that I tend to not encourage, because I know when she will go to school she will be very exposed to that.

Meanwhile, I am cracking down hard in my Polish, Olivia and Justyna have been very patient trying to teach me the language, It has been hard, looks that after a day my brain reset all and I forget everything.

Our evenings have been very quiet, We are going through a cycle of movies from Emir Kusturica, I am looking to have a therapy of laughing.

New look

There was something that I wanted to do long time ago, a radical hair cut, This is not only because of influences of the Buddhist retreat that I have been, neither because of the radiotherapy that I should put forward in the next month, I think it was only because of the sake of feel different and more clean. Often in my life and it is not only now I wanted to see something different happening in a boring Life. Small things breaks routines and boosts the moral and colour lives.

Today I had the visit of my first Polish friend in London, Marcin. I met him in my first job back to 7 years ago but I have not seen him for a year. He is a really nice friend, and always present.

Special wellingtons

We are now passing through the Christmas hangover, Olivia makes me tired just to go through all her new games, puzzles, books and paintings. She wants to have a taste of everything in a short time, It is hard for me to satisfy her ambitions :)

But at least I am very happy with my dream wellingtons, they are now my best friend, at home they become my sleepers, In the afternoon I decided to try them in the worst conditions, with snow and mud, so I went by my own for a walk through the country, The landscape was marvelous, white and white, and the air abundant, I was rejoicing. This all would be beautiful if not at half of the way I had a terrible colic, I just wanted to reach home and find a refuge in the toilets, I though I would not reach on time. Conclusion is, those wellingtons are good for walk in bad conditions but at the same time are not too good for the diarrhea. Now in the evening I am using only a thick socks for precaution.

Justyna was very busy with her clerk duties, filling up forms to apply for some help such as for transports and blue budge.

Boxing day eve

For me the Boxing day used to be past with a lot of mixed feelings, if I was very happy to go out with my new toy and gifts from the Christmas, but in the other hand it was also marked by some sadness if not jealous for those petulant kids that were coming out with their new toys. It was cars with remote control, the jersey from a preferred football team. I always wanted what I did not have it.

This boxing day it is still a mystery, such a odd name for such a beautiful season. And I even found out that the Boxing day in end this year it is instead tomorrow.

Another day very busy, I went to visit friends in other part of London, firstly we visited Rob and Sandra, a house where we lived for a while, and after in the same road we visited Kasia and Rafi. It was a lovely day.