Ako sa zbierali peniaze na charitu

Minulu sobotu som bola s Katkou v kostole. Zbierali sa tam peniaze na jeden projekt v Afrike. Velmi sa mi paci styl, ktorym sa tu vyberaju peniaze a tak som chcela o tom napisat aj na tento blog, mozno pre inspiraciu pre cirkev na Slovensku. Momentalne prebieha zbierka na muzikal, ktory robi ECM, vola sa Druha sanca. (Odporucam projekt podporit, mate tam cislo uctu, tak ak chcete byt stedri, do toho!)
Kedze som si dnes vsimla, ze Katka napisala o tom prispevok na ich blog, tak vam odporucam si ho precitat. Su tam aj fotky, este ze Azorovci mali fotak, ja som fotak so sebou nemala.
Na akcii sa vyzbieralo dost vela penazi a pritom to nebola nejaka "masovka." V jednej miestnosti boli stoliky, ludia sa mohli obcerstvit kavou, cajom, dzusom a sladkym pecivom, mohli si kupit kolace, ktore darovali tetusky z cirkevneho zboru (ja som napr. kupila cely rebarborovy kolac za 3 libry. MNAM) Pri stole s obcerstvenim bola krabica na dobrovolne prispevky. Osobne mozem potvrdit, ze keby sa vyberali peniaze len tak - "do kosicka", tak by som iste nedala taku sumu, ako som minula v tu sobotu. Proste clovek citi, ze dava, ze robi dobru vec a este sa aj stretne s ludmi z cirkvi a porozpravaju sa pri kave. Ten pocit asi viac otvara penazenku :)
O druhej miestnosti viac pise Katka na ich blogu. My sme absolvovali proceduru starostlivosti o nohy a ruky. Robilo to take dievca, ktore popri zamestnani predava telovu kozmetiku. (Dana - dobry napad, ne? Urobit si reklamu plus pomoct) Namocili sme si nohy do vedra s vodou a nejakou solou, zatial nam pilnikovala nechty na rukach. Potom sme si mali urobit peeling noh. V tejto miestnosti s "procedurami" bola tiez krabica. A tiez to cloveku nedalo - nehodit tam nejake peniaze (nie mince..) a nepomoct dobrej veci.
Nakoniec len skonstatujem, ze davat je krasne, ale niekedy to stoji cloveka aj namahu. (napr, nemysliet na to, co som si za tie "vyhodene" peniaze mohla kupit. hihi) Ale ucime sa cely zivot a davanie je podla mna jedna z veci, ktoru sa clovek moze ucit stale. To je aspon moja skusenost.

Spring Fair in Malone House

Malone House

Tento domcek sa vola Malone House. Je umiestneny v Belfastskej prirode v parkoch, konaju sa tu rozne akcie, napr. svadby a napr. aj kazdy rok jarny festival Spring Fair. Minuly rok sme tu boli so Simonou a Robertom (jaro o tom pisal tu na blogu)
Tento rok sme sli s Katkou a Petom. Od parkoviska k Malone House je to pekny stupak... tu na zaciatku vidime ucastnikov vyletu (zatial) plnych energie.. napr. Katka 2 tyzdne pred porodom.. vysliapat takyto kopcek je pre nas s bruchom uz celkom dobry telocvik.

This is a manor situated in Belfast parks called Malone House. A lot of events take place in here, today we went to Spring Fair - celebration of Spring. Last year we were here with Simona and Robert (Jaro posted some pics on this blog last year) and this year we went with Katarina and Peter. On the picture below you can see how enthusiastic they are - it is because this was only the beginning of our up-hill walk from the parking place to Malone House.

Vnutri bola vystava kvetov, tak som odfotila niektore zaujimave kytice (som si povedala, ze niekoho by to mozno zaujimalo - hlavne Jarovu maminu).

Some readers of this blog (especially Jaro's mum) like the art of floral design so I took some pics of a flower competition that took place inside the house.


Sutaz aranzovania kytic bola rozdelena do roznych tem, napr. toto bola tema holiday.

Topic: holidayVonku bol zabavno - naucny program, najma temy ekologickeho zamerania (reuse - reduce -recycle). Velmi sa mi paci, ze tu vedia zaujimavymi sposobmi oboznamit deti aj dospelych s problematikou odpadov a pod.
Toto bola taka (asi) zemegula zo starych spotrebicov.

The program mostly focused on environmental and earth - friendly issues, for example this is the Earth designed using various old electronics.

Mame ju v rukach :)

We have it in our hands :)
Jeden info-stanok patril organizacii, ktora zachranuje ohrozenych jezkov. Napr. tento videl len na 1 oko. Taka teta ho tam drzala v uteraku a deti ho mohli hladkat.

One stand belonged to an institution that cares about caltrops. This one can only see with 1 eye. A women held it in a towel and children could stroke it.

Farma, ktoru sme navstivi v januari s mojimi sestrami +detmi, Ark Open Farm, tam mala tiez stanok. Deti sa mohli fotit s malymi zajacikmi, mali tam ohradku s jahniatkami a prasiatkami.

The Arch Open Farm (near Belfast) was showing its animals - rabbits, lambs and these cute piglets.

hrasko v satke

30th week

Tridsiaty tyzden. Zatial bez komplikacii, uzivame posledne tyzdne vo dvojici. Narodit sa to ma niekedy v juni, tak sme uz zacali pozerat, ake veci mame a ake nam este chybaju.
We are enjoying last few weeks as a couple. Our baby is expected in June so we are starting to prepare things and plan what else we need to buy.


Ked som sa prehrabovala medzi detskymi vecami, tak som natrafila na satku, ktoru som kupila na Slovensku. Rozhodla som sa, ze si trochu potrenujem, ako sa viaze. Prve uvazy nic moc, dufam, ze sa to do juna naucim lepsie. Vankus, ktory simuloval Hraska, bol dost velky, tak mozno to bolo aj tym. Nakoniec sa mi to podarilo.
One of the first things I have bought is this baby sling so I am trying to learn how to use it. There are different ways you can tie it and I used a pillow to imagine better how it would be like with the baby in it. I was a bit struggling at the beginning but finally I got a nice tie.