Friends are God's way of taking care of us.

I'm back after a long time away!!!!!!

2006-03-29T06:54:00.000-08:00

Happy Valentine's day!!!!!!!!!!

2006-02-14T19:53:00.000-08:00

THE STORY OF VALENTINE'S DAY
Valentines Day started in the time of the Roman Empire. Under the rule of Emperor Claudius II, Rome was involved in many bloody and unpopular military campaigns. Claudius the Cruel, as he was known at the time, was having a difficult time getting soldiers to join his military leagues. He believed that the reason was that roman men did not want to leave their loves or families. As a result, Claudius cancelled all marriages and engagements in Rome.
This was when a Christian priest named Valentine came to defend love in the empire. Valentine began to secretly marry couples despite the emperors orders. When Emperor Claudius was informed of these ceremonies Valentine was sent to prison where he remained until his death on February 14 in the year 270.
It wasn't until a few hundred years later when Valentine's Day began to develop as we know it. At the time, Christianity was beginning to take control of Europe. As part of this effort the Church sought to do away with pagan holidays. Valentine's Day came to replace a mid-February fertility festival called Lupercalia. In honor of his sacrifice for love, Valentine was made a saint and Lupercalia renamed in his honor.
Until today the tradition of honoring Valentine continues. The themes of love and fertility taken from the ancient meanings of the holiday have endured and evolved with our contemporary adaptations of its meanings.

Sunny day on Sunday in St. Paul!!!!!!!

2006-02-13T18:57:00.000-08:00

St Paul....Landmark center ao fundo(eh lindo por dentro e por fora)....jogo de hockey outside....Greek exposition...esculturas na praca(que por sinal eu adorei)...O unico problema eh que tava muitooooooooo frio....
God bless you Chico,estou rezando por vc, vai dar tudo certo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Now I can understand why i see Snoopy, Charlie Brown, Marcie, Lucy, Linus,Sally and their friends around here!!!!!!!

2006-02-13T07:58:00.000-08:00

Charles M. Schulz Biography:
Nov. 26, 1922: Charles Monroe Schulz was born in Minneapolis as the only child of Dena and Carl Schulz, a hard-working St. Paul barber. An uncle nicknamed him “Sparky” after Sparkplug, a horse in the Barney Google comic strip.
1920s: His kindergarten teacher at Mattocks School in St. Paul told him, “Some day, Charles, you are going to be an artist.”
1930s: As a boy, Schulz was interested in comics, especially Popeye and the characters created by Walt Disney.
1934: The Schulz family was given a black and white dog that was the inspiration for Snoopy. His name was Spike.
1937: Schulz’s first published drawing, a sketch of Spike, was included in the newspaper comics feature Believe it or Not by Robert Ripley.
1939/40: Schulz enrolled in a correspondence cartoon course with Federal Schools (later known as Art Instruction Schools) during his senior year in high school.
1940: Schulz graduated from high school. The drawings he contributed to the school yearbook were not included in the publication.
1943: At 20, Schulz was drafted into the Army. While in basic training his mother died of cancer. Schulz served as a machine-gun squad leader in Germany, France, and Austria. He later wrote, “The Army taught me all I needed to know about loneliness.”
1945: Discharged from the Army, Schulz returned to St. Paul.
1947: Schulz’s career as a cartoonist began with the publication of his panel cartoon, Li’l Folks, in the St. Paul Pioneer Press.
1948–1950: Schulz sold 17 panel cartoons to The Saturday Evening Post.
1950: After several rejections, Schulz sold his strip to United Feature Syndicate. The syndicate renamed his strip Peanuts, a title he never liked.
Oct. 2, 1950: Peanuts debuted in seven newspapers. The syndicate paid Schulz $90 for his first month of strips.
1951: Married Joyce Halverson. After a brief move to Colorado Springs, CO, the family returned to Minneapolis.
1952: The first Sunday Peanuts page published; the strip was then featured in over 40 U.S. newspapers. The first book collection, Peanuts, was also published.
1955: Kodak was the first product sponsor, using the Peanuts characters in a camera handbook. Schulz won his first Reuben Award from the National Cartoonists Society.
1958: Schulz left Minnesota and moved with his wife and five children to Sebastopol, California. Peanuts appeared in 355 U.S. and 40 foreign newspapers. The first plastic Snoopy was produced.
1960: Hallmark produced Peanuts greeting cards. Peanuts art and animation used for Ford Falcon advertising campaign.
1962: Happiness is a Warm Puppy was published. Peanuts named “Best Humor Strip of the Year” by the National Cartoonists Society.
1964: Schulz became the first cartoonist to be awarded two Reubens by the National Cartoonists Society.
1965: Peanuts featured on cover of Time magazine. TV carried Schulz’s first animated TV feature, A Charlie Brown Christmas; it later won a Peabody Award and an Emmy. 1966: Schulz’ father, Carl, died while visiting in California. Fire destroyed Schulz’s Sebastopol studio.
1967: The stage musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown opened off Broadway. It became the most-produced musical in America.
May 24, 1967: California Gov. Ronald Reagan greeted the cartoonist at the State Capitol in observance of the legislature-proclaimed “Charles Schulz Day.”
1969: Charlie Brown and Snoopy accompanied astronauts on Apollo X. Schulz opened his Redwood Empire Ice Arena in Santa Rosa, California.
1972: Charles and Joyce Schulz divorced.
1973: Schulz and the former Jean Forsyth Clyde were married. Schulz received Emmy Award for writing television special A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving.
1974: Schulz served as the grand marshal of the Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena.
1975: Peanuts celebrated 25 years. It was carried in approximately 1,480 U.S. and 175 foreign newspapers with 90,000,000 readers. Television special You’re a Good Sport, Charlie Brown won an Emmy.
1978: International Pavilion of Humor in Montreal named Schulz Cartoonist of the Year.
1979: Happy Birthday, Charlie Brown published by Lee Mendelson and Schulz.
1980: Charlie Brown, Snoopy, and Me published by Schulz and R. Smith Kiliper. Television special Life Is a Circus, Charlie Brown received an Emmy.
1983: Television special What Have We Learned, Charlie Brown? won a Peabody Award. Camp Snoopy opened at Knott’s Berry Farm in California.
1984: Peanuts qualified for place in Guinness Book of World Records after being sold to 2,000th newspaper.
1985: You Don’t Look 35, Charlie Brown published. The Oakland Museum of California opened anniversary exhibit, The Graphic Art of Charles Schulz.
1986: Schulz inducted into Cartoonist Hall of Fame by the Museum of Cartoon Art.
1989: Biography Good Grief: The Story of Charles M. Schulz published by Rheta Grimsley Johnson in cooperation with Schulz.
1990: Government of France named Schulz a “Commander of Arts and Letters.” Snoopy in Fashion exhibit opened at the Louvre. This Is Your Childhood, Charlie Brown—Children in American Culture exhibit opened at The National Museum of History in Washington, D.C. 1992: Snoopy, The Masterpiece exhibit opened at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art. Schulz awarded the “Order of Merit” from the Italian Minister of Culture.
1995: The 45th anniversary of Peanuts marked by exhibit Around the Moon and Home Again: A Tribute to the Art of Charles M. Schulz at the Space Center in Houston.
June 28, 1996: Schulz got his own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
Oct. 16, 1997: Schulz and wife Jeannie announced they would give $1 million toward the construction of a D-Day memorial to be placed in Virginia. World premiere of Peanuts Gallery by composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich held at Carnegie Hall.
1999: Schulz’s Peanuts: A Golden Celebration published. You’re a Good Man Charlie Brown opened in a new production on Broadway. Peanuts appeared in more than 2,600 newspapers worldwide. Over 20,000 products had been developed based on Peanuts.
December 14, 1999: Because of health problems Schulz announced his retirement.
Jan. 3, 2000: Schulz’s final original daily comic strip appeared in newspapers.
Feb. 7, 2000: California lawmakers declared Sunday, Feb. 13 “Charles M. Schulz Day.”
Feb. 12, 2000: Schulz died in his sleep at his home.
Feb. 13, 2000: Schulz’s final Sunday strip appeared in newspapers around the world.
May 17, 2001: First Day Issue of U.S. Postal Service Peanuts stamp at Charles Schulz’s Redwood Empire Ice Arena in Santa Rosa, California.
August 17, 2002: Charles M. Schulz Museum and Research Center opened in Santa Rosa, across the street from the Redwood Empire Ice Arena.
Posthumous awards include: The Milton Caniff Lifetime Achievement Award presented by the National Cartoonists Society in May 2000, and the Congressional Gold Medal by the U.S. Congress on June 7, 2001.

Como Ave Party!!!!

2006-02-13T06:46:00.000-08:00

Festinha na Como, primeira vez que eu fui.....tinha gente de todo lado, um mix de paises...No Comments!!!

Baladinha em Wisconsin!!!!!!!!!!

2006-02-12T21:39:00.000-08:00

Hudson,WI.....barzinho animado, Dick's....tocou ate o popozao do Kevin Federline(o fimmmmmmmm)hahahaah.....ganhei shot...td de bom!!!!!Arrumamos amigossss(Andrew,Ben,Joe,n lembro os outros nomes)...rolou festinha!!!!!It was coooooolllllllll!!!!!!!!!!!

Boomer querido!!!!!!!!!!

2006-02-12T21:34:00.000-08:00

Beer, beer and beer!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-02-12T21:30:00.000-08:00

Carla e Eu, no Boston's em Maple Grove......cerveja enorme....o pior eh q estou viciando......aiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii.....Miller Lite.....Olive...uhhhhhhhuuuuuuuuu..eh tudo!!!!!!.......hahahah!!!!!

Mall of America!!!!

2006-02-12T21:05:00.000-08:00

Passeando no Mall of America.....Rosangela,Andrea e Eu....andamos muitooooooo e so em circulo..hahahhahah...isso ja faz um mes acho....

Patinhos in Wayzata!!!!!!!!!!

2006-02-10T08:25:00.000-08:00

Fim de semana pauleira!!!!!!!!!

2006-02-06T15:02:00.000-08:00

Final de semana pauleira....SEXTA::::::drink uptown, williams(basement)...beers,popcorn,peanuts...Guto(amigo brasileiro)...festinha doida na madrugada(Corvo, Gatinhos weird,Assunta..hahaa...sierra nevada...eca...so bad!!!!....olheira...,,,Mc donald's breakfast....select inn(hahahahhah)....velho na escada q conhece o Brasil...///Culvers...wow...hahaha....mocinhos, caixa......Wayzata...patinhos...driver school...chase....hahahah...///....SABADO::::::drink uptown...Mc donald's....jogo da verdade do Guto....Casey....Festinha Brooklyn Park...polite guys...pouso....hahah....///...Domingo::::Subway...canseira total....Super Bowl...Old Chicago(beers,olive)....ufa!!!!!!!!!!hahahaha!!!!!!

The Lounge

2006-01-23T17:31:00.000-08:00

The Lounge no sabado,primeira vez q eu fui...eu estava super desanimada, mas o lugar eh bem legal...varios sofas...hahahah...anyway I like it!!!!!

Williams,Independent,Como!!!!!!!

2006-01-23T12:15:00.000-08:00

Esse dia foi legal, saiu eu a Rosangela, o Alf(noruegues), o Luke e o Matt...Williams e Independent eu gostei, agora a Festinha da Como tava o o......hahahahah!!!!!!!Mas td eh valido!!!

Just some pics!!!!

2006-01-18T19:11:00.000-08:00

Festinha do John

2006-01-18T19:03:00.000-08:00

Festinha do John, varios anviversarios.....entre eles o da Aline e Carol, q eu me lembre....Eu comi o tempo todo...rolou varias coisas ineditas como: danca mexicana,tango, sapateado, piriri..hahaahhaa......estava o o do borogodo...mas td vale a pena....hahahaha!!!!!!

Olive Garden.....last year!!!!

2006-01-18T18:42:00.000-08:00

Dia de turista..hahahahhah....fotos tontissimas!!!!

2006-01-12T14:46:00.000-08:00

Drink Downtow

2006-01-11T06:57:00.000-08:00

Esse dia fomos no Bellanotte, Spin n deu p entrar, pq a Aline esqueceu o passaporte, e acabamos no drink!!!!!Eu, Aline e Andre....Eu congelei...tbm quis colocar vestido...neste frioooooooooo!!!!!!!!!!

Drink Uptown.....2006....

2006-01-09T20:26:00.000-08:00

Drink Uptown......baladinha pnc....tava divertido...shotssssssssss...uhuuuuuuuu!!!!!!!!!!miow.....drive thru...hahahahahh...whistle..raxinaba tcholanarraba....hahahahah!!!!!!!

Bafao!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Start Jump!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-01-08T20:21:00.000-08:00

O carro da host da Aline morreu, ninguem merece...sorte q o meu HELPPPPPPPPP!!!!!!!!!haahahha...foi ouvido...e um cara nos ajudou...ufa!!!!!!!!!!

Minnesota Zoo

2006-01-08T19:14:00.000-08:00

Essas fotos estao pessimas, a bateria da minha maquina acabou, e eu tentei carregar no zoo, mas mal carregou, entao so consegui essas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Foi Eu, Carla, Rachel,Jake e Lucca.

Sledding!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-01-08T18:18:00.000-08:00

Esse dia nos fomos sledding em Maple Grove.
Carla,Cris,Bridget,Ethan,Jake,Rachel,Lucca e Eu.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2006-01-01T17:51:00.000-08:00

Festa de Ano Novo na casa do Chris Husby.......Estava tudo de bom...todo mundo tra la la....Adeus Ano velho, feliz ano novo que tudo se realize no ano que vai nascer, muito dinheiro no bolso, saude para dar e vender...

Terei boas memorias desse dia....hahahahaah.

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Aprendemos que, por pior que seja um problema ou situação, sempre existe uma saída.

Aprendemos que é bobagem fugir das dificuldades. Mais cedo ou mais tarde, será preciso tirar as pedras do caminho para conseguir avançar.

Aprendemos que perdemos tempo nos preocupando com fatos que muitas vezes só existem na nossa mente.

Aprendemos que é necessário um dia de chuva para darmos valor ao Sol, mas se ficarmos expostos muito tempo, o Sol queima.

Aprendemos que heróis não são aqueles que realizam obras notáveis, mas os que fizeram o que foi necessário e assumiram as conseqüências dos seus atos.

Aprendemos que, não importa em quantos pedaços nosso coração está partido, o mundo não pára para que nós o consertemos.

Aprendemos que, ao invés de ficar esperando alguém nos trazer flores, é melhor plantar um jardim.

Aprendemos que amar não significa transferir aos outros a responsabilidade de nos fazer felizes. Cabe a nós a tarefa de apostar nos nossos talentos e realizar os nossos sonhos.

Aprendemos que o que faz diferença não é o que temos na vida, mas QUEM nós temos. E que boa família são os amigos que escolhemos.

Aprendemos que as pessoas mais queridas podem às vezes nos ferir. E talvez não nos amem tanto quanto nós gostaríamos, o que não significa que não amem muito, talvez seja o máximo que conseguem. Isso é o mais importante.

Aprendemos que toda mudança inicia um ciclo de construção, se você não esquecer de deixar a porta aberta.

Aprendemos que o tempo é precioso e não volta atrás. Por isso, não vale a pena resgatar o passado. O que vale a pena é construir o futuro.O nosso futuro ainda está por vir.

Então aprendemos que devemos descruzar os braços e vencer o medo de partir em busca dos nossos sonhos.

QUE VENHA 2006!!!E que Deus nos abencoe!!!!!!!!!!!

My First White Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-12-26T20:56:00.000-08:00

Eu passei o dia com a minha host family e com os pais do meu host, q sao umas gracinhas...a Andrea veio aqui, foi bem legal....ganhei varios presentes do Papai Noel....hahaah.

Christmas Eve!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2005-12-26T20:25:00.000-08:00

A ceia de natal foi junto c o aniverio da Priscila na casa dela...tava animado...