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Latest blog posts from My Country Home

My Story: The Final Cut
If you´ve been following my story, you know I was in a kind of impasse with S. Last August I didn´t sign divorce and decided to give this relation another chance. Now I realize: Thinking that he could change some of his habits that were interfering with our family life and reaching agreements...
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Published 4 days ago

Living in a Big City
If you´ve been following My Countryhome blog you know about my dream of living close to nature. I was born in one of the biggest cities in my country and although I love nature, deep down I´m a city girl. My hometown is a city in which we can find a mixture of different scenarios. It has...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Blessed Vacations
I´m having a short eight days vacations from my job at the hospital. I was supposed to enjoy these vacations during 2009 but two of my coworkers were sick and my chief needed me there.It feels great to sit around the whole afternoon and just do nothing. Although I´ve been off from my job, my...
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Published 3 weeks ago

Disney: My Daughter´s Dream Vacations
Last year I worked non stop from April to December. I only had ten days vacations in the second half of December and now I still have eight days left to enjoy. My chief decided to give me those eight days this month. I´ll finally enjoy the rest of my 2009´s vacations.My daughter dreams about...
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Published 2 months ago

Pictures of my Hometown
Hi. I finally found free time to post some of my hometown´s pictures I took last December. The city of Setúbal is located in "Vale do Tejo", center Portugal. It´s a littoral city, a peninsula, with over 350.000 residents in which river "Sado" and the Atlantic Ocean meet. In Setúbal you can...
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Published 2 months ago

Plot´s Money & My Home Improvement Projects
As I mentioned in recent posts, we sold our plot and divided the money in equal parts. We paid off the loan, over 5k each, and kept the rest. I haven´t spent all my profit. I deposited most of my share in a savings account to complete my "Emergency Fund". I also reduced some of my debts and...
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Published 2 months ago

Some Pictures of my Trip
I just love the country, so in my trip to my hometown I didn´t miss the chance to take some pictures of the wonderful Portuguese views. The sky was awesome. It was a cold winter day without rain but with many clouds. Driving on my way back home, I noticed the sun was slowly hiding behind the...
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Published 2 months ago

Distractions For a Long Trip
My recent trip to my hometown was very good. I decided to drive at night, not usual in me, because I wanted to be sure I would get there Friday night so I could enjoy the whole weekend.It has been a while since I last made such a long trip driving. I had to stop a few times along the way to drink...
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Published 2 months ago

Merry Christmas
I´d like to wish all My Countryhome visitors, followers and fellow bloggers:Merry Christmas!Health, Peace & Love to all.Feliz Natal is Merry Christmas in Portuguese.Image: Atelier da Rita
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Published 3 months ago

Weekend Away
Hello everyone.This weekend I´m visiting my hometown, a 300 Km drive.I´m taking my camera with me and, hopefully, I´ll be back next Sunday with nice pictures to post here in My Countryhome.Now that selling the plot chapter is over, I think I can start a new and better one. In the future, and...
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Published 3 months ago

Selling The Plot: Process Finished
Last Friday, I signed the plot´s selling documents and received a bank cheque with half of the money. I was very sad but I think it was the best option, considering my current situation.S. is not living with us anymore (and doesn´t seem to think about coming back) so it doesn´t make any sense...
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Published 3 months ago

Selling The Plot
Hello everyone.As I mentioned in a recent post, S. wants to sell our plot. He contracted a real estate agency and, surprisingly, they already found a buyer. Once our building project wasn´t approved and we broke up, he convinced himself that he would never be able to do something useful out of...
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Published 4 months ago