by George Serradinho on December 25, 2009
I wanted to wish you all a Merry Christmas for 2009 and hope that all your dreams have come true. This is a time to celebrate what Jesus did for us all and to be with family and friends. Ok, to be with anyone who loves you and that you love too.
This is a special day to my family and we are spending this year at the coast at our holiday spot. Gary has come .....
by George Serradinho on December 3, 2009
As some of you might need to go out and buy gifts for others out there, I have listed a few previous posts about ideas and it could help you out. You don’t have to go out and buy expensive gifts when home made ones mean a lot more.
Some people would spend loads of money during this time and then suffer in January, I just don’t understand WHY?
I can understand that you want your gift .....
by Gary Serradinho on August 8, 2009
I’m back again, George’s brother Gary reporting from the UK.
A couple of weeks ago I flew over to Bansko to check up on my ski apartment! Sounds glamorous doesn’t it? Well I wish it was all good but truth be told it has been a big head ache in terms of language, distance and local knowledge.
For those of you scratching your ahead asking “where’s Bansko”, it’s a small ski resort town in Bulgaria. The quickest .....
by George Serradinho on April 10, 2009
As it is Good Friday today, I thought of giving you a bit of back ground as to what us Catholic’s do on this special day.
The Roman Catholic Church treats Good Friday as a fast day, which in the Latin Rite Church is understood as having only one full meal (but smaller than a regular meal – often substituting meat with fish) and two collations (a smaller repast, two of which together do not equal .....
by George Serradinho on March 29, 2009
Ever do a gift exchange with your family? How about Secret Santa with your co-workers? Or even watched in anticipation at a friends or child’s birthday party?
The excitement builds and everyone can’t wait to see what unique holiday gift ideas the rest have gotten, and you just know that this year is going to be different.
Finally the time to open the gifts has arrived, and you watch as all the gifts are opened and to .....
by George Serradinho on March 27, 2009
When we find that the days are approaching towards the next festive holiday or special occasion, we all get the dreaded feeling of not knowing what to give out as a great holiday gift idea.
We worry that whatever it is that we choose for the person or people we have in mind, there is no way that they will be truly happy with what we bring. That is, until you remember the old saying that .....
by George Serradinho on March 25, 2009
All of us have heard at one time or another seller or buyer beware – but in this case, the saying now becomes gifter beware. Many of us give with the best of intentions, but never realize that the gifts we are about to give are truly nightmares – or worse – in disguise.
No one ever means to make such a mistake, but these do occur and we are here to help you avoid these .....