House Renovation

As I had mentioned in a previous entry "Lake View" that we are doing a major house renovation on our previous house. This is a two story building and before we only lived upstairs because downstairs was an old store of Davide's father. Upstairs was 70 sqm, with 2 bedrooms, a T&B, a small kitchen and a small living room. And we thought that was very small for us. So, since the store downstairs was long gone we decided to have it combined together and have a house that we think will be big enough for us. Now it has 170 sqm.. So, here are some the photos of the labor in progress that i thought to share with you.

This is the house outside with it's big garden. The stairs going up before was located in this side.

This is the front view now...the gate and the fence are still in progress.

This is now the new stairs going up.

Going-Up

The new flooring on the upper floor (parquet)

This will be the new kitchen -- it's now in the ground floor :))

The new CR groundfloor

The T&B at the upperfloor

The T&B of masters bedroom-this was previously where the kitchen was located. So, could you imagine how small our kitchen was?:))

All in all we have 3 CR's now :)

This is now the master's bedroom, previously the living room.

And this is our previous room and now will be Leo's room.

We are going to transfer in this house in less than a couple of months and there are still a lot of works to be done. I just hope it will be finished then.

Piazza delle Erbe in the night

Piazza delle Erbe of Verona is the center of city life during Roman times. And now it continues its rules as a meeting place, home to the market and home of city's administrations.

It's where bars and pubs are located. Young and old people come here to meet old or new friends and have some drinks and a chat.

A Mother's Day Gift from Leo

HAPPY MOTHERS DAY TO ALL THE MOMS IN THE WORLD!!!

When I picked Leo at school yesterday he gave me his gifts on Mother's Day :))

It's written in Italian so I'll translate it for you.

A heart for Mom :) It says, "In my heart, there is you Mamma"

Look how he drew my image :)) It's funny but it's cute.

The note says:

" For You Mamma"

Dear Mamma, in your special day,

this is the surprise gift that I did and

give to you with my heart. Ma, I love

you everyday because I know that we

are together. Your affection is like Gold

and I am your Treasure.

The kids were helped doing these by there teacher of course...they did all the drawings and the colorings.

Another Tagged!!! :))

Thanks Janese for the tag. This one sounds fun and I'm excited to know how my name sounds in Japanese.



BEGIN HERE -----For the instructions, add your name on the list and simply spell out your name using the given Japanese letter- translations below. Tag six of your friends and inform them of the tag. Have fun.



TRANSLATION:A - ka G - ji M - rin S - ari Y - fu B - tu H - ri N - to T - chi Z - zi C - mi I - ki O - mo U - do D - te J - zu P - no V - ru E - ku K - me Q - ke W - mei F - lu L - ta R - shi X - na

My real name is HAILEY and my JAPANESE translation is RIKAKITAKUFU

1. OSWALD - moarimeikatate (sounds like america and states. har.... har... har...)

2. JUNELLE - zudotokutataku (Thank God I’m a Filipino! sounds like sadako. nyay! hehehe)

3. Sanilisa - arikatokitakiarika (Good for tongue twister challenge...hehehe)

4. Jeanne - zukukatotoku (sounds strange hahahha........ )

5. Juliana - zudotakikatoka (oh boy...i am glad that I am not Japanese :D It is difficult name for Juliana....LOL)

6. ANNA MARIE - katotoka rinkashikiku, oufff! That's quite long and it doesn't sounds nice at all hehehe. Funny!

7. Hailey - RIKAKITAKUFU That's quite a tongue-twister, right?

8.Janese-zukatokuariku!Ngek!hhaha sounds like (suka sa ko ari nako)!hahahhaha funny!

9. REYNAFLOR -SHIKUFUTOKALUTAMOSHI (Man!!! that's quite long and sounds sooo Funny!!!)

How do your names sound in Japanese? Richette, Stella, Leizl, Epin, Doreen and Leony

MY 10

I was tagged by my friend on multiply.com Richette to write my Top 1o priorities. And I told her that I'll do this, so I better start thinking the 10 important person, things and etc. that I have :))

First and foremost :) my SON

He is my life, my everything. The reason why I continue moving on. I'll do everything for him to have a happy and comfortable life and for him to have a good future, with the help of his dear father of course :) He is such an intelligent, sweet and loving child and I love him sooooo much!!!

2nd is my loving companion "Davide"

The father of my son and our provider. A person who will do everything as long as his son and I will have a good and comfortable life. He is very understanding, so caring and gives me everything I want as much as he can even though i'm so bad with him sometimes. We are so lucky to have him. :)

3rd is my Family in Philippines.

Yes, it's true that they are always there when we are down and no one else to turn to. They are always ready to accept you even if you made mistakes. Miss them so much.

4th is my Friends.

A faithful friend is a sure shelter and whoever finds one has found a rare treasure. I treasure these 2, they are always there to listen and give advices and always ready to give you comfort. Thank you Lenie and Charissa for always being there for me.

5th is my computer.

Eversince I've been here in Italy. I become addicted to it. My life will be boring without it. I talk to my family and friends from Philippines and around the world with it. It helps ease the sadness of being away from them especially when I see them on webcam.

6th is my Cellphone

I use it to communicate with family and friends, of course. Chatting on messenger is not enough for me. I call my family in the Philippines with it once a week and my friends every now and then. And use it everyday to call Davide and of course, I used it in taking pictures :)) It has an HD Camera in it so the it takes good pictures.

7th is my Clothes and accessories

These are just some of my collections. I'm a fashionista :)) and I always make sure that I look good everytime I go out of the house. I like to mix and match the accessories that I have with my clothes.

8th is Picture Taking

I like taking pictures not only of myself ;) but most of all is of my son. I would like to capture everything with what's new with him. And also, I enjoy taking pictures of nature and beautiful views. I just like it. It's one of my hobbies.

9th is my Car.

Can't go anywhere without it. I never ever ride a bus eversince i was here in Italy and i don't know how to ride one. What a shame!!! :( I got used of riding jeepneys and tricycles in the Philippines but I don't know how to ride a bus here in Italy. :)

10th is I'm saving for my future pet :)

Would love to have a small, cute, little dog hehehe... I am still continue bugging Davide to buy me one and he said that he is still looking since it's hard to find a small dog here and it costs a lot too. Hopefully it will be sooner.

So, those are my 10 and now I'm tagging Janese, Stella, Leizl, Camela, and Doreen

My Boy is now a Man :)

It seems like yesterday that Leonardo was born. I could still remember how small and delicate he was, how many times I woke up in the night to breastfeed him and to changed his diaper. I still remember the first time he crawls and his first words. Still remember the day he started to walk on his own and how proud he was to be able to do it alone.

And now he is 3 yrs. old and already know what he wants. Like for example on clothes, he choose what he wears. If he don't like the shirt or jeans that I prepared for him, he will say " I don't like that." That's why now, before I prepare his clothes I asked him first what he wants to wear. And oh, he is very passionate about cars especially the Ferrari. He even like watching the Formula 1 Race. and will tell us that when he grow-up he will be a pilot of Ferrari or a pilot of an airplane. Wow, that was quite an ambition for a 3 yr. old. And his father and I hope that he would rather be a pilot of an airplane than of Ferrari :)) Him being a pilot of Ferrari is scary. But well, whatever he would like to do, as parents, we will support him as much as we can.

For now, he is still our baby and we are enjoying to see the progress he makes everyday. He is a very sweet and smart child and we would like him to enjoy his being a kid. He has still a lot of experience to make before he can do it alone.

Anyways, the title is actually about the picture of him that I made lastweek. He looked so grown-up already. He is actually taller than the other kids of his age. People asked me if he is 4 or 5 yrs. old but no, he is only 3. And as a mother, I'm so proud of him and of course I love him so much.

LAKE VIEW

I was doing my morning exercise this morning in our terrace and then after I was thinking "why not take a picture of this beautiful view that I see everyday?". We have a view to the Lake Garda. It is so beautiful and relaxing. How I wished that we will live here forever. But sad to say, we will leave this house in the first week of July and go back living to our previous house which has an on-going renovation inside and out. And that's what makes me busy for the past months. And this week, we are so busy choosing furnitures. Anyways, I'm going to talk about the house renovation next time. For now, I would just like to share this view that we have.

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Wedding Anniversary

I'm sure, when you read the title you think that it's my wedding anniversary but it's not. My companion and I are not married and don't have plan to get married. So, who's wedding anniversary is it??? Well, it's my companion parents wedding anniversary today. It's their 47th years. Wow, that long huh....And we celebrated it lastnight. Althought we go out to have dinner outside every weekend but lastnight was especial. So, we went into this beautiful restaurant different from the usual one we always went into. The place is beautiful inside-out but the food is not good especially the price. It was not worth it....the food tasted nothing and the price is too much. So, after eating our first-course we decided to go. And we learned our lesson, do not go into a restaurant where no one recommended it to you. :))

So next week, we will go back to our favorite restaurant. At least there we are sure that the food is great and the price is good. :) Anyways, Congratulations to Lina and Umberto and I wished you more years to come of having each other.

Leo's New Friend

Tuesday afternoon, when Leonardo arrived from school we saw this kid with his bike. His name is Giuseppe, an Italian-German kid and Leonardo makes friend with him right away. They are here for a week vacation and they live in the 5th house from ours :) Well, Leonardo and him got along well and they decided to go on a bike together. They even made a race many times and had a lot of fun. When they got tired, they decided to go home and promised each other that they will do it again the next day :)) or that they will play football. I was hoping that there will be a good weather the next day so that they could do what they wanted to do but sad to say it was raining. So, they were not able to play outside yesterday.

Today the weather is not that good but it's not raining either, so maybe we will go to his new friend later and will ask him if he want to play. Leonardo likes playing with him. He is a very nice kid and very charming too. :)

Here are their pictures on their first meeting. They are so cute. :))