From the heart

When a New Year starts,you want it to be a blessed and a wonderful year.As the days,weeks and months goes by,you tend to your day to day life,your job,household,your children.
Suddenly something happened that makes you stop and think,and also put your things on hold just for a little while,it caught you by surprise.The loss of a dearest member of the family,a husband/wife,a son/daughter,a brother/sister,he or she was your best friend,or someone you've knew through somebody else.
Doesn't matter how,but you want them to know,how much they mean to you.
Scream if you want to,shout hes/her name out loud until you've got no voice,cry as much as you want to,don't feel embarassed in doing any actions for as silly as it can be,becouse I am sure that wherever he/she is,he/she will be laughing at you and saying "That is the person I knew".
This little text came on my head one night,and I pick it up a pen and that's what came out.Dedicated to everyone whos gone from our world,young or old.
By Sandra McPherson

My job

I work in a secondary school with tenagers from 11 to 18 years old who have autism,down syndrome,etc,it is a very rewarding job,as everyday is a different chalenge,and I love what I do.About Autism,Autism is a lifelong developmental disability.It is part of the autism spectrum and is sometimes referred to as an autism spectrum disorder,or an ASD.The word 'spectrum' is used becouse,while all people with autism share three main areas of difficulty,their condition will affect them in very different ways.Some are able to live relatively 'everyday'lives,others will require a lifetime of specialist support.The three main areas of difficulty wich all people with autism share are sometimes known as the 'triad of impairments',they are:
Difficulty with social communication
Difficulty with social interaction
Difficulty with social imagination

There's much more information about autism and other special needs on many web sites in the internet.

Toys

Sometimes when our kids are of school for any kind of reason,holds,sick,dentist,etc,we mothers try to think on something to keep them busy,happy so they don't get bored.Well my little one when hes not well,he cannot play hes XBox,DS or computer games,so he can only watch TV,read a book,or he's toys,so he went in hes wardrobe and found one of he's Lego toys that he's got ages ago,he spent the day building the truck,and in the end of it he was quite happy with himself as he loves construction toys,so he already asked for Christmas most of the Lego Star Wars.I know its so early for such request,but if keeps himself busy,why not.Maybe he will grow up to be an architect or engineer.

Homenagem

On the 11 of August it was the birthday of a beautiful bailarina/actress that unfortunatly was taken from her parents,loved ones and an entire country from the tender age of 22 years old,if she was alive alive she would had been 40 years old this year.She was murdered by a psicopate,self centered,jealous and low life and hes wife,if it was for me and many other people they would still be in jail paying for what they've done.You may ask me why so much devotion,dedication to someone that didn't know me,I can't answer you that, all I can say is that,the first time I've saw her she was dancing in a soap opera and I remember my mum saying "Uau this young lady can really dance,she is as light as a feather" from them on I've tried to see her in whatever she was on,but I had gone to leave abroad and never saw her again.Her legacy leaves on by her mum,who is an incredible woman.The name of the young bailarina/actress Daniella Perez.Gone but never forgotten.

Holidays

We like travelling around Britain,we try to teach our little one the history of some of the places we visit,not just in here but if we go abroad it is always related of some kind of history/knowledge about the places.This year we went to Tewksberry and we've seen the fields were it happened the war of the roses,also Stratford(Shakespeare land),also Oxford a city full of Universities.

Distilleries of Scotland

Scotland is home to around 100 malt and grain distilleries,making it the greatest concentration in the world.The term whisky comes from the Gaelic 'uisge beatha' or 'usquebaugh' meaning water of life.Whisky has been distilled in Scotland for hundreds of years.There is some evidence to show that the art of distilling could have been brought to the country by Christian missionary monks,or simply that Highland farmers discovered how to distil spirits from their surplus barley.Malt whisky is usually classified into five categories - Highland,Lowland,Speyside,Islay and Campbeltown,according to the geographical location of the distillery.The geography and climate of each region play an important role and influence on the character of the whisky produced there.

Clans and Tartans

The most distinctive feature of Scotland's history,nationally and internationally,is probably that of clanship and the predominantly Highland clans.Highland dress and the tartan is a powerful symbol of the wearer's pride in a Scotish ancestry and in Scotland itself.Few,if any,other forms of national dress make such a clear statement or are so instantly recognisable worldwide.Tartan,in its original form,was a rough woolen cloth worn as a plaid,and had the highly practical function of providing warmth and shelter from the harsh Scotish weather.
In 1747,shortly after the Jacobite rebellion,the Dress Act forbade the wearing of tartan,with offenders receiving a punishment of six months imprisonment or transportation.Scotsmen were made to swear an oath pledging their compliance with the law:"I do swear...as I shall swear to God at the great day of judgement,that I have not,nor shall I have in my possession,any gun,sword,pistol,or arm whatsoever,and never use any tartan,plaid,or any piece of highland garb."

Scotish Castles

Scotland is a land of castles-its turbulent history has left a legacy of them across the nation.Over the years,a number of them have been reduced to ruims or have all but disappeared from view.It could be argued that Scotland's colourful history is set in stone - in the very walls of the castles which bore witness to the centuries of conflict and bloodshed,with these buildings often the backdrop for royal intrigue,murder,conspiracies,imprisonment and other dark deeds.