January 29, 2012

teden/a week





  1. Otroka se ful rada skrivata. Celo Oliva postaja boljsa v iskanju kotickov po hisi. Najljubse pa ji je skrivanje v avtu za vreckami nakupljene specerije. A najdete Enza na tretji sliki?
  2. Med studijem ta teden se naucila novo besedo. Mnozina od focus je foci. Sem najprej mislila, da je sosolec naredil tipkarsko napako dokler nisem precekirala slovar. Studij je kar zahteven in se velikokrat sprasujem ce je bila prava odlocitev.
  3. Sivam naprej cunje za puncko in so mi v totalen uzitek. Mislim da niti ne sivam toliko za Olivo kot sama za sebe.
  4. Vceraj imela bozansko jutro s sosedo na caju zjutraj. Danes zvecer eno drugo na vecerji. Mi je nasa soseska bozanska zaradi the beznih druzenj.
  5. Enzo ima jutri v soli dan, ko se lahko oblecejo kot kaj si zelijo bit ko odrastejo. On si je izbral Ninja. Po iskanju informacij na internetu sem mu rekla da ninja ne more bit. In se je nato odlocit za ucitelja karateja.
  1. Kids love to play hide and seek. Even Olive is getting better at finding spots in the house. Her favorite is hiding in the car behind groceries bags. Can you find Enzo on the third picture?
  2. This week while studying I learned a new word. A plural of focus is foci. At first I thought a classmate made a typo until I checked a dictionary. Grad school is not easy and a lot of times I am asking myself if the decision was a right one.
  3. I continue to sew clothes for the doll and I love every minute of it. I think I am not so much making them for Olive as myself.
  4. Yesterday morning I had a great time with a neighbor over for tea. Tonight another neighbor stopped by for dinner. I am in love with our neighborhood to offer us these connections.
  5. Tomorrow at school Enzo gets to dress in what he would like to be when he grows up. He picked up Ninja. After some research on the internet I told him he cannot be a ninja. He decided to be a karate teacher.

January 22, 2012

vabilo/invitation




Vsake toliko casa me presini ideja in o teh vabilih sem ze nekaj casa sanjala. Vceraj mi je uspelo nastudirat celo stvar. Oblikovat vabilo v programih, zmanjsat fotografijo, sprintat, razrezat, nalepit. Na veliko sreco sem potrebovala samo stiri. Praznovanje bo zelo majhno in upam, da prijetno. Razmisljam o jedilniku in ostalih okraskih. Medtem ko zelo pocasi koncujem obleke za puncko.
Every once in a while I get an idea and I have been dreaming of these invitations. Yesterday I was able to figure out the whole thing. Design invitation in different programs, edit the picture, print, cut, glue. Luckily I only needed four. The celebrations is going to be small and I hope nice. I am thinking of a menu and the rest of decorations. While I am finishing clothes for the doll.

vikend v slikah/weekend in pictures




Vecino casa preziveli v hisi ker vzunaj mrzlo. Oliva se v soboto zbudila z rahlo vrocino. Prosila Andyjeve starse, da prisli cuvat, da na hitro sibala po opravkih. Se celo uspela dobit z Andyjem v novi kavarni za kapucino. Pravi kapucino in ne lonec kave z mlekom. Certala Olivo, kuhala vecerjo, delala vabila za Olivino rojstnodnevno praznovanje, prala, in se igrala z Enzom in Olivo. Skrivanje z dvetletnikom ni mozno ker si izdan se predno se igra zacne. Vseeno zabavno. Odlicni pocasni dnevi.
Most of the time spent inside as it is cold outside. Olive woke up with slight fever on Saturday. I asked Andy's parents to come watch them while I ran errands. Ended up meeting Andy for a cappuccino at the new coffee shop. A real cappuccino and not coffee with a ton of milk. Cuddled Olive, cooked dinner, made invitations for Olive's birthday party, did laundry and played with Enzo and Olive. Playing hide and seek with a two year old is impossible. Your spot is given away even before the game starts. Still lots of fun. Great slow days.

January 19, 2012

pet stvari/five things

  1. Koncana puncka. Zaenkrat je se gola, ker se nisem imela casa ji sesit oblek. Je ok, ker zaenkrat se moram tako ali tako se skrivat. Naj bi dobila obleko, hlace, mikico. Mogoce kaksen izdelek za ta vikend. Ne morem se odlocit ce rabi usta ali naj pustim brez. Mnenje?
  2. Magistrski studij se je sele zacel in bom kar zaposlena cez naslednjih 16 tednov. Veliko branja, komentiranja, pisanja. Danes zvecer upam na prebranih 40 strani.
  3. Najljubsi stavek ki ga rece Oliva je "I happy". Nama je z Andyjem tako vsec da ga sedaj celo midva med seboj uporabljava.
  4. Ful lstno je imet nazaj studente na univerzi. Se posebno ko se vstavijo v pisarni samo zato da me pozdravijo, mi povejo kako srecni so, kako so bile njihove pocitnice.
  5. Ceprav je danes cetrtek se pocutim kot da bi ze bil petek. Se mi je naredil premik v glavi, da zacela bolj zdravo zivet. Edino danes nisem bila uspesna pri izbiri hrane. Se veliko nagrajevala kar pomeni da sem zagotovo custveni jedec.
  1. Finished doll. So far she is still naked as I did not have time to sew clothes yet. It is ok because she needs to be in hiding anyway. She should get a dress, pants and a shirt. I am hoping to make some this weekend. I cannot decide if she needs a mouth or I should leave her without. Your opinion matters?
  2. Master's classes have started and I will be busy over next 16 weeks. Lots of reading, commenting and writing. I am hoping to read 40 pages tonight.
  3. A favorite sentence Olive uses is "I happy". Andy and I like it so much that we have even started using it.
  4. It is great having students back on campus. Specially when they stop by the office just to say hello, tell me how happy they are and how their winter break was.
  5. Even though it is only Thursday it feels like Friday to me tonight. I got to a point where I have decided to start leading a healthy life. Trying to make better choices when eating and exercising. Except today was not a good day and I kept rewarding myself with food. I am an emotional eater.

January 17, 2012

Enzov dan/Enzo's day



Vceraj je bil dan za Enza. Oziroma dan samo za nas tri. Oddali Olivo v vrtec in pohajali po opravkih, sli na kosilo po Enzovi izbiri in kegljat. Vreme je bilo bozansko, da sta otroka popoldne se nekaj casa brez jaken in plascev se vzunaj igrala.
Danes smo bolj resni. Oz vsaj jaz moram bit, ker so se zacela predavanja. Dva predmeta. Na sreco naj bi bil eden samo osem tednov dolg.
Yesterday was all about Enzo. Or I should say it was the day for the three of us. Took Olive to daycare and we spent it running errands, lunch spot picked up by Enzo and bowling. The weather was gorgeous and kids go to play outside without jackets for a while.
Today we are more serious. At least I need to be as my classes have started. Two of them. Luckily one should be only eight weeks long.