Thursday, March 30, 2006

About Me


I am a mother to two amazing kids and a military wife to a wonderful husband. They are truly my best friends, my whole life.

I was born in Mozambique but shortly after had to leave due to the Independence War and there began my journey. From Mozambique to Rhodesia (Zimbabwe) and then to Portugal, where we lived for 10 years and finally to South Africa where I spent most of my life. It is what I consider my home, it's where I did my schooling, where I made my first friends, had my first boyfriend and grew into a young woman.

I spent many years as a Radio DJ and I absolutely loved it, in between that, I also sang, yes sang, in front of many thousands of people and recorded two songs. They were some of the best years of my life, I look back today and thank the Lord for having been so blessed and having experienced so many wonderful adventures during my childhood years.

In 1997 I met my husband, Curtis, on the internet. He was in the States and I was in South Africa. After one year of communicating back and forth, he flew to South Africa and we were married, shortly after I moved to the USA.

I left behind my whole life, my family, my friends, my roots and with a little baby in my belly, I made the huge journey across the ocean from one continent to another. It was scary and it was exciting and I'm so glad I did it.

We've now been married for almost 12 years and have two beautiful children who we love more than life.

I love cooking, reading, crocheting, photography, knitting, sewing, astronomy, movies, Jane Austen.....so many things, I think it's what life is about, being able to enjoy a little of everything.
I'm a firm believer in enjoying every single second and making it count.

As of now we are Active Duty Air Force. My husband is supposed to retire next year but we're thinking of extending.

It's a hard life at times, there have been many sacrifices, many tears and many separations, but it's been a life lived to the fullest, an amazing roller coaster of adventures.

Where life is going to lead us, we are not sure, but as long as we're together, it doesn't matter....we will be happy.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my little corner of the web!

13 comments:

Emeraldempress said...

Hi there Sandra,
I was browsing the net looking for a Cod with cream recipe and came across your wonderful website filled with marvelous recipes that I also remember from my childhoold. My parents are both portuguese. I too travelled alot when I was young. I was born in Bermuda, then moved to Portugal and finally came to the US when I was 11. I live in the state of MA.
Thank you so much for having these recipes and I will surelly come back to visit.
I was trying to leave you a note by clicking on the little envelope but it's not working for some reason. Anyway, here's my email if you'd like to write back.
mterry75@comcast.net
thanks again and have a great day
Terry

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Paula said...

Hi Sandra,
Just found your blog for the bacalhau com natas and wanted to tell you that I really enjoyed reading you.
I am portuguese and currently live in Porto, after 28 years in Paris.
Por favor continua com as deliciosas receitas !
Paula

juliano said...

Hi Sandra,Thank you for the recipe for the tomato and apple jam it sounds great.Do you think I could improvise with conference(hard)pears and does this originate from Portugal.My partner is called Sandra and we have had a roller-coaster ride of a life too.Keep the faith!

Great-Granny Grandma said...

Wow! You certainly have lived an interesting life and were certainly very brave to leave the old life behind and travel to the USA with your husband to start a new one. That can't have been an easy choice to make. I had not read your story before. Thanks for sharing.

Elena said...

Hi there,

I came across your blog while searching for a recipe. Really great stuff on here and I plan on trying out a few recipes next week for my husband. It would be helpful if your layout changed a little making it easier to nagivate through the pages a bit like thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/

but apart from that great stuff.

thanks,
Elena

Makanani said...
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Makanani said...

Welina mai me ke aloha e Sandra!
I love your blog. Mahalo nui (thanks so much) for taking the time to put it together. The pictures are great, along with the step-by-step instructions! Love it. Again, thank you plenty for sharing your life with us!
All the way from a little island in the middle of the Pacific ocean...
Makanani

Yvette said...

Hi,
I'm new to all this. I'm a stay at home mom too. I feel almost disconnected to the world. I used to be a teacher before kids came along. I've been telling myself it's time to reconnect so I was thinking of writing my own blog. Yours is the very first one I have ever looked at read. I really like it. Might have to steal some of your menu ideas. Your food looks really yummy.
Thanks for sharing...

Lindsey Pruitt said...

Hi,

I'm a new stay at home mom and like Yvette said before me, I'm new to this! I created my own blog just the other day and have already had so much fun doing it. I think every stay at home mom needs that creative outlet to the outside world! Look forward to reading your blog posts. Hope you stop by one day.

Lindsey
http://lindseypruitt.blogspot.com/

Caffeinated Writer said...

Hi! I am a military spouse, too. Hubby retired in 2009. I wrote a blog for military spouses, too.Get in touch if you'd like to. I found your blog while looking for something different to do with a roast in a crockpot, btw. I think I'm going to throw the salsa on it and see what I get.

Take care,
Rosemary

Kris Kelley said...

What a truly beautiful blog! I love all of the photos and the simple but lovely day-to-day things you share! Will definitely be visiting again!

BerryMorins Bits & Tips said...

I grew up in the Air Force life and loved it. We were stationed at Lajes AFB, Terceria for 2 years. It was a great place to start my teen years. We also were introduced to Portuguese cuisine.
I'm so glad I found your blog.

"I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionnaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put down housewife. It's an admirable profession, why apologize for it. You aren't stupid because you're a housewife. When you're stirring the jam you can read Shakespeare." ~ Tasha Tudor