today... and Forever... Hoje.... e Sempre.....

  

This weekend we celebrated our first year as husband and wife! Yaeh!!!! We couldn’t be happier!!! This last year was amazing… we accomplished together, and have shared a lot of love, friendship, trust, companion… I can’t describe how good is to have him as my husband…

And to celebrate this great year, we had planned a weekend of lot of fun, knowledge, and inspirations for the many years to come!

Este fim de semana nós comemoramos nosso primeiro ano como marido e mulher! Yaeh!!!! Nós não poderíamos estar mais felizes!!! Este último ano foi surpreendente ,  realizamos e compartilhamos juntos muito amor, amizade, confiança, companherismos… Não consigo descrever como é bom tê-lo como meu marido… 

E para comemorar este ano maravilhoso, nós planejamos um fim de semana de muita diversão, conhecimento e inspiração para as muitos anos que virão! 

We started the weekend at the beach… one of our favorite places! We went to Long Branch Friday night, to stay at a gorgeous beach house… thanks to Leandro’s friend Nilson. The house was amazing, and the weather was really nice!

Nós começamos o fim de semana na praia... um dos nossos lugares favoritos! Fomos para  Long Branch sexta-feira à noite, para ficar em uma casa de praia linda... graças a um amigo do Leandro, Nilson. A casa é incrível, e o tempo estava maravilhoso.

Saturday night, we went out to have dinner with our great Friend Fabio “Bahiano”, the food was delicious, and the restaurant was so much fun! It was a Japanese restaurant that servers “Hibachi” a Japanese style stake house, where the chef performs the cooking in front of the diners. It was so fun!!

Sábado à noite, nós saímos para jantar com nosso grande amigo Fabio "Bahiano", a comida estava deliciosa, e foi muito divertido! Era um restaurante japonês que servidores "Hibachi" um estilo  de churrascaria japonêsa, onde o chef cozinha tudo na frente dos clientes. Foi tão divertido!  

Sunday, September 19th, our date, we headed back to New York; we had a busy schedule for the day… we first went to the 2nd Spiritist Forum of NY. We were very exicited about!! The lecture was amazing!! The forum was amazing, great speakers and a lot of enlighten thoughts and great vibrations. And better than that, we could spend part of the day with so many special people that actually spent our wedding day with us!!

Domingo, 19 de setembro, nosso dia, nós voltamos para Nova York; tinhamos uma agenda ocupada para o dia... fomos primeiro para o segundo Fórum espírita de NY. Estavamos super empolgados!! As palestra foram maravilhosas! O Fórum foi incrível, grandes oradores , muitos pensamentos  iluminados e grandes vibrações de amor e paz. E melhor do que isso, nós podemos compartilhar parte dos nosso dia com tantas pessoas especiais que também estavam conosco no dia do casamento!

To close with the”gold key” as we say in Portuguese…. We went to Lincoln Center to see a performance of the Orchestra Filarmônica Bachiana from Brazil, with the Conductor and pianist João Carlos Martins. Since I learned about his life, full of achievements, challenges and triumphed over, I started to admire this man that faced so many difficulties, but never gave up with his passion for music. I was amazed by the love that he transmits when he is plays and conducts. I wasn’t expecting seeing him playing the piano, it was one of the most emotional things I have ever seen… his love and perseverance is contagious. He is an admirable man.

 

 

Para fechar com "chave de ouro", como dizemos na Portuguese…. Fomos para o Lincoln Center para ver uma apresentação da Orquestra Filarmônica Bachiana do Brasil, com o maestro e pianista João Carlos Martins. Desde que eu ouvi sobre sua vida, cheia de conquistas, desafios e superação, eu comecei a admirar este homem que enfrentou tantas dificuldades, mas nunca desistiu de sua paixão pela música.

Estava impressionada com o amor que ele transmite quando ele está tocando. Eu não esperava vê-lo tocar piano, foi uma das coisas mais emocionantes eu já vi… seu amor e perseverança é contagiosa. Ele é um homem admirável. 

That concludes our incredible celebration; we are more than inspired to keep growing together!

We would like to thank you all for sharing this special day with us. The ones that we could share it in person, all the ones that called us, emailed us, sent us cute Facebook and twitter messages… and special to all the ones that sent us great vibrations and love!!! We love you all!!!

 

E assim encerramos o nosso incrível aniversàrio de casamento; nós estamos mais do que inspiraram a continuar a crescer juntos! 

Gostaríamos de agradecer a todos por compartilhar este dia especial com a gente. Aqueles que poderam compartilhar pessoalmente, todos os que nos ligaram, mandaram e-mails, nos enviaram mensagens… Facebook e twitter e especial para todos aqueles que nos enviaram grandes vibrações e amor!!! Nós amamos vocês!!!

A well deserved vacation… almost not!!

Well, Leandro and I have been waiting for this day for so long! The day that we could finally go way, with no worries…

We were so certain that we would pass on the interview that we book a cruise to The Bahamas to celebrate it in advance. The Cruise would leave from Florida, 3 weeks after our green card interview. Well, when I had my interview, I left the office with my passport stamped, and we thought the same would happen with Leandro. But NO! The Immigration agent that helped us said that the new policy does not allow stamps unless it is an emergency. She also said that we should receive his Greencard in 2 to 3 weeks… well; we were leaving to The Bahamas in 3 weeks!!

We waited and waited, and nothing came in the mail. We would be traveling Saturday 21st to Miami, but the cruise would not leave until Monday 23rd.

On Wednesday18th, I suggested that Leandro should go to the immigration again, with our itinerary to try to get the emergency stamp.

He was able to schedule an appointment, but the agent that saw him said that he couldn’t stamp his passport because his Greencard was already mailed out!!! Regular mail! We had to wait for it, and we had only 3 days before our trip…

Wednesday- no Greencard in the mail

Thursday – no Greecard in the mail

Well, by Friday we were all desperate and stressed out. To make it worse, we called the Cruise Company to try to cancel it, and they said that we would lose all the money!!! We were so upset! We decided that no matter what, we would go to Florida, and try to enjoy the time there… But we could not forget the money that would not be returned for the Cruise…

Saturday morning, Leandro’s father suggested that we should go to the post office to see if anything had came this morning…

I went there very early, and there was a guy in front of me in the line that took forever!! He was really pissed because he had lost an important package… well, I was waiting impatiently… When I was finally able to speak to the delivery manager, he told me that the Mail lady that does the mail for my building had just left!!! OMG!

So I decided to walk around the neighborhood trying to find Theresita (the Mail lady)!!! And luckily after a few block I saw a lady with the post office uniform, I asked if she was Theresita, and to my surprise, she WAS!!!! I explained the entire story, and she was extremely nice. She told me that the mail to my building was already in the truck, and that the truck would delivery it around 2pm, but my flight was at 1pm! Then, she told me to go back to the post office, to ask the manager again, to ask the truck driver to deliver the mail earlier that she would go there and sort them before!!! She was an angel! Truly!!!

I went back to the post office, and Paul, the manager, agreed to ask the truck driver to go there earlier…

If this Greencard was there, we would be able to get it! The only problem was the uncertainty, because who know if the letter would be there or not..

Well, we had only a few minutes to finish packing and get ready, in the mean time, Theresita was going to my building to sort the mail. I took shower, got all the bags, and we went downstairs to go to the car… when I went to the mail room, I saw Theresita, with an envelope and she said, I think this is it! When I touched the envelope, I felt the hardness of the card and started to scream!!! WE GOT IT!!! WE GOT IT!!!! I asked Theresita if I could hug her, because she was such a great person helping us!! We were all so happy, she met Leandro and wished us a great trip…. We cried! It was so emotional!!

I could not believe we got it on the last second! We were so happy! We were able to go to our cruise as planned!!! Thanks to the help of many nice people!!

We almost didn’t make in time to the flight, and because we got in the airport so late, we could not have out seat assigned at the check in. they said that they would try to get us a seat at the gate. Well, at least we had the Greencard! We could miss the flight that we would not be sad!

To my surprise, when I went to the gate they were able to assign us a seat. When I look at the ticked I saw that it was on row 3. Well, it turned out the row 3 was BUSINESS CLASS!!! Ha! They put us in the businesses class for no extra charge!!! Hahaha could it be better?!?!