Thursday, August 24, 2006

Do I have double personality or is it actually someone else?

There are so many things in common between my friend Gisele and I that some people think we are actually just one person. We both have the same graduate degree, both foreigners in the US, both at the same University, and the same village! almost the same address!!! Both stay home moms, crafters, quilters and bloggers! Of course this is what's visible, there are actually many more similarities. But we are not the same person, just very good friends and with many things in common and happy to live close to each other. I am saying all this because when we both won the Whiplash competition (what are the odds!) I guess it looked kind of fishy, so it took a while for us to get our prices. A lot of visits to the mail boxes, a couple of emails, infuriating thoughts, but finally we got them! From our sponsor, sew, Mama, sew! via Australia we got all these nice goodies:
Hay tantas cosas que tenemos en comun mi amiga Gisele y yo que algunas personas piensan que somos la misma persona. Las dos tenemos el mismo titulo de graduado, las dos somo estrangeras en EEUU, las dos estamos en la misma Universidad, y en la misma villa! casi la misma direccion!!! Las dos somos mamis que no trabajamos, nos gustan las manualidades, quilting y escribir y leer blogs! Y bueno esto es lo que se ve, de hecho hay muchas mas similitudes. Pero no somos la misma persona, solo muy buenas amigas y con muchas cosas en comun y felices de vivir tan cerca la una de la otra. Digo todo esto porque cuando las dos ganamos el concurso de Whiplash (que casualidad!) creo que parecia sospechoso, asi nuestros premios tardaron un poco en llegar. Muchas visitas a nuestros buzones, un par de emails, pensamientos de furia, pero al final, los recibimos! Desde nuestro sponsor, sew, Mama, sew! a traves de Australia nos llegaron estas cositas:


And looking at the stamps, I was staring at that view of the 12 apostols, the stamps on the left, I was there once, such an amazing place...hopefully I will come back one day!
Y mirando los sellos, estaba fijandome en las vistas de los 12 apostoles, los sellos de la izquierda, alli estuve yo una vez, que sitio mas increible...espero algun dia volver!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I agree Carmen, Australia is astonishing as it can get. We were there too 2 years ago..
I also agree that you have a lot in common with Gisele! That's how you easily became my friend too :)
First I knew only Gisele, who was my neighbor in UVS.
It is fun that you both have your blog, I really enjoy reading it! It is a fun way to know you both even better.
Thanks for sharing!

Gisele Schoene said...

I have more things in common with you than with my sister!! I am so glad I found such a good friend on you. I really really appreciate our friendship. And being my neighbor, you are always handy. How better can it get??

Carolina Piñero Gabardino said...

Enhorabuena por los premios!Fijo que bien merecidos... Qué genial lo de ser dos gotas de agua, aparentemente iguales y que os hayáis conocido ahí ;)

Anonymous said...

Your crafts look wonderful and so does Australia, the 12 apostels not the least. I agree, the "over-the-water-view" on the Great Ocean Road on the Southern Coast between Adelaide and Melbourne is breath taking, and so is the under-the-water-view on the Great Barrier reef on the East Coast. Have visited twice and would go back in a heartbeat if only it were a little closer to where we are living right now. The stamps are good to keep us dreaming, right? :-)