Inspiration / Inspiracija

I have tons of things still unpacked in our, not so anymore, new apartment. They are draining me of energy and the more time passes the more it drains me. Therefore, I collected tons of energy and started cleaning up things. I finished Ada’s wardrobe and separated tons of my things I cannot wear now. It took some time but afterwards I felt even more motivated to continue. I even decided to buy a marker machine that I think will be useful.
Now the next project is to clear and make the guestroom/home office and use it for what it is supposed to be and not as a store place. I started to look at some inspiration for home offices and I always get fascinated how nice people make their homes 😀20160827_124736_1472638775098_resized
Imam tonu zapakovanih stvari u stanu jos uvijek. Sve sto vise vremena prolazi tako mi vise energije iscrpljuje. Tako da sam na kraju kad mi je pukao film izvukla tonu energije i pocela rasciscavati. Sredila sam Adinu garderobu i odvojila sam tonu svojih stvari koje mi ne mogu. Trebalo mi je vremena ali zanimljivo je kako dobijes novu motivaciju kad zavrsis sa nekim dosadnim/napornim zadatkom. Cak me toliko motivisalo da sam kupila marker masinicu koja, vjerujem, ce biti koristena.
Slijedeci projekat je rascistiti i urediti sobu za goste / biro i koristiti sobu za to za sta je i namijenjena a ne, kao sada, ostavku za stvari. Pocela sam traziti inspiraciju kako soba da izgleda i uvijek me fascinira kako ljudi dodju na ovako lijepe ideje…

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Food (money) waste / Bacanje hrane (novca)

Today we did the death sin when it comes to buying food. We went to supermarket hungry and came out 150 (!?) euro poorer. We bought all possible things we “needed”. After coming home, we had to sort out all the things and put them where they belong. Then we noticed that we, unnecessarily, had bought tons of things that we already had but we had forgotten about it because they were put in such way that we could not see them. So to avoid wasting money on food we have decided following:
1. Try to finish up all the things we have in our kitchen
2. Now on we will make a list of things we need
3. We will buy ONLY these things that are written at this list
4. We will try to have two-three meat free days per week
5. We will reduce the food waste as much as possible

It all sounds so simple when writing down that it is really questionable why we are not following this rules per se…ti_graphics_food-waste-regions-map
Prevod slike: Najveci bacaci hrane u svijetu
Danas smo uradili smrtni grijeh ekonomije…otisli smo gladni u kupovinu. Izasli smo sa 150 (!?) eura manje u dzepu. Nakupovali smo svakakvih stvari sto nam ”trebaju”. Tek kad smo kuci dosli i poceli slagati ove “potrebne” stvari vidjeli smo da smo tonu stvari bez potrebe kupili. Imali smo ih vec kod kuce. Neke ne u jednom vec u vise pakovanja. Nismo znali jer smo ih tako stavili da ih nismo vidjeli. Odlucili smo od sada da izbjegavamo ovakve orgije kupovanje hrane (bacanja para) i probacemo uvesti par slijedecih stvari da bi uveli  malo reda:

  1. Potrositi sto vise toga sto imamo u kuhinji
  2. Pisati listu stvari koje nam trebaju
  3. Kupicemo SAMO te stvari na listi
  4. Probacemo imati 2-3 jela bez mesa
  5. Probacemo smanjiti bacanje hrane sto vise mozemo

Kako to sve jednostavno zvuci kad se zapise, ne moze covjek povjerovati da se ne prati u realnom zivotu…

 

Early morning / Rano jutro

This morning Ada woke up way too early. Yesterday we went to the city for an ice cream. Ada liked it so much that at 5.00h this morning it was time to go to the city again for an ice cream. Even if the morning was beautiful I just feel that it would have been more beautiful had I slept a little bit longer :p 20160819_20173720160819_193105 20160819_19300520160820_064141Ovog jutra se Ada prerano probudila. Sinoc smo otisle u grad na sladoled i Adi se to toliko svidjelo da je odlucila jutros u 5.00h da opet ide u grad na sladoled. Iako je jutro predivno vjerujem da bi jos ljepse bilo da sam se mogla naspavati 🙂

Greetings from Pag / Pozdrav sa Paga

Last week of the vacation before Ada starts the kindergarten I decided to come back to Pag so that Ada could spend the week with her grandmother and cousin. Until know we have great luck with the weather and Ada loves to swim around so I feel this was a good decision. Greetings from Pag! 20160815_172111Zadnju sedmicu odmora prije nego sto Ada krene u vrtic smo odlucili provesti na Pagu sa Adinom i nanom rodicom. Imamo srece sa vremenom i uz to Ada obozava brckanje po moru tako da je ovo bila dobra odluka. Puno pozdrava sa Paga!

Siblings time / Vrijeme sa bratom i sestrom

These last ten days have been very intense and stressful. My grandmother died, my brother married, my father celebrated his 70th birthday and the funeral of my grandmother was today. On top of that I had a child that was really having a bad day and I think I am getting the cold. So I found it so really relaxing to take a walk with my sister and brother for the first time since we came to Balkan and just talk about things that one can discuss only with siblings. All this in one of the most beautiful places on earth.
IMG-20160812-WA0005Zadnjih deset dana su bili jako intenzivni. Majka (mamina mama) je umrla, brat se ozenio, tata je napunio punih 70. godina, a i dzenaza je danas bila. Na tom svemu mi je dijete bilo nervozno citav dan, a i mene izgleda prehlada sastavila. Tako da je bilo pravo opustajuci otici na setnju kroz Adice sa sestrom i bratom. I to prvi put otkad smo dosli na balkan da smo uspijeli odvojiti malo vremena da se samo nas troje sretnemo i diskutujemo stvari kako to samo mogu sestre i braca. I sve to na najljepsem mjestu na svijetu.IMG-20160812-WA0006_resized

In loving memory / Ugasi se jedna svjetlost

I knew it was the last time we saw each other when I was at the hospital in Skövde. Her will for life was broken. I prefer to remember her the way she was. Always had a smile on her face despite the hard life she has lived. She was grateful for all the things she had. Especially for her grandchildren and the beauty of seing the grandchildrens children. I remember a couple of things she always said and after 50 years of marriage and 9 children I guess she knew what she talked about. 1.st never ever allow anyone to hurt or hit you and 2. Take care of your husband. The children will one day move out and live their own life and you will stay alone with your husband. Take care of him because he is the one thay will take care if you when you are alone. I asked her do you regret anything and she said no. Such peace it must be regretting nothing. Even if it hurts I feel relieved that your suffering is gone. As I said I prefer to remember good things. Here is one of my favorite pictures of us.selfieZnala sam da je to bio nas posljedni sastanak kad sam je posjetila u bolnici u Skövdeu. Volja za zivotom je u njoj bila slomljena. Ipak hocu da je se sjecam onakvu kakva je prije toga bila. Uprkos teskom zivotu uvijek je bila nasmijana. Pogotovo kad su joj unucad dolazila. I praunucad. Bila je zahvalna za sve dobre stvari u zivotu, a lose je nekako dobro prebrodila. Bila je i ponosna sto je svu svoju djecu iznijela na pravi put. Pitala sam je da li se kajala za nesto sto je uradila ili sto nije uradila. Odgovorila mi je da nije. Koji dusevni mir! Sjecam se najvise dvije stvari sto je uporno nama ponavljala. 1. Nikad, nikad ne dozvolite da vas neko fizicki ili psihicki maltretira i 2. Cuvajte muza jer ce on vas cuvati kad vam djeca odu iz kuce. Iako mi je zao i tesko isto tako osjecam olaksanje za majku jer se ne mora vise patiti. Kao sto sam rekla hocu da mi ostane u lijepom sjecanju. Ovo mi je jedna od omiljenih slika sa njom.

A cow is a cow / Krava je krava

…but you check her teeth up before you buy her. I couldn’t sleep this night and in the middle of the night I suddenly remember my late grandfather saying these words ” a cow is a cow but check her teeth up before buying her”. Great quote actually considering that it has described the essence of sexual selection. First time I heard it I cried of laughter, especially since my grandfather was drop dead serious about it. He wanted me to be careful which boy to choose when the “time was right for marriage, and not even to talk about the time for children”. I must say I considered him almost crazy when I heard it. However thinking about it though, years to come proved him right ( even though, I admit, it does sound sooo harsch and kind of extreme). In the end it all comes to health. My wealth, childrens health, your partners health, your families health, your husbands families health and so on. You just need one ill person in the (extended) family and the whole family is involved and experiencing constant stress that in worst case tears families apart. So I guess, to make your own  future life easier it is not a bad thing to practice when looking for a partner… no matter how weird and calculating it sounds. 2016-07-31 01.39.08…pa se gledaju zubi kad se kupuje. Ne mogu da spavam i iz vedra neba se sjetih mog “babe” (dido, ali su ga svi zvali babo) rahmetli kad mi je rekao  to mrtav ozbiljan. “Krava je krava pa se gledaju zubi kad se kupuje”. Htio je da pripazim koga budem izabirala kad bude vrijeme za ozbiljnu vezu (udaju) a da ne pricam o mojoj buducoj djeci. Kad sam ovu izreku prvi put cula plakala sam od smijeha koliko je to meni bilo smijesno i apsurdno. Priznajem, smatrala sam “babu” malo cak i otkacenim da tako nesto kaze. Ali cinjenica je da je ta izreka ustvari opisala srz seksualne selekcije. Prodjose godine, ” babe” vec dugo nema, ali se ispostavilo da je bio u pravu. Jer se na kraju sve svede na zdravlje. Moje zdravlje, zdravlje djece, partnera/ muza/zene. Zdravlje njegove/ njezine familije itd. Dovoljna je jedna bolest u (siroj) familiji, da svi budu pod stresom. Tenzije koje nastaju su dovoljne da razore i najjacu familiju. Tako da, koliko to god zvucilo cudno, okrutno i izracunato, stvarno na kraju ispadne da je babo bio u pravu. Ako hoces da olaksas svoj buduci zivot (naravno ne mozes nikad biti 100% siguran) onda treba dobro gledati koga ces izabrati kao buduceg zivotnog partnera.

 

“Me-time” / Moje vrijeme

There is one thing one learns to appreciate when you are a parent and that is THE “me- time”. That is the time where you are entirely deciding what you want to do without a small saboteur running around and calling you every two seconds. In this moment Ada is at home with Ensar for a power nap. Meanwhile I took a cooling bath and now I am thinking about what stocks I can buy next. For me that is resting time 🙂 20160729_150759Jednu stvar sto naucis cijeniti kao roditelj je vrijeme kad ostanes sam(a). Kad mozes da sam odlucis sta ces bez da jedan mali saboter trckara oko nogu nonstop zivkajuci te. U ovom trenu su Ensar i Ada kod kuce. Ada bi trebala spavati. A ja sam se iskupala, i uz to imam cak vremena razmisljati i planirati koje slijedece dionice da kupim. To je pravi odmor 🙂

Crikvenica

On the way to Pag, we managed to arrive to Crikvenica before Ada had her burst out and wanted to get out of the car. So we decided to stay here for the night.
The first thing she said was that she wants to see the sea and then when saw it she immediately jumped into the water to (and we did arrive quite late around 20.30-21.00 h) . She really loves water and has  wonderful laugh when she plays. I get overflown by happiness when I watch her being so childishly happy while playing in the water.20160726_195713_resized 20160726_200603_resized Na putu prema Pagu uspijeli smo doci do Crikvenice kad je Ada dobila mali ispad energije i nije vise htjela sjediti u autu. Izasli smo i prvo sto je Ada uradila je rekla da hoce da “ode na more” i otisla do vode i pocela se brckati, a prilicno smo kasno dosli (20.30-21h). Preplavi me sreca kad je vidim kako bude djeciji sretna kad se kupa.20160726_201840_resized