CURRENT MISSION

To be present now and have lots of fun with my husband and kids.Life goes fast and I am trying to make the most of it.Also on a mission to figure out how to make a living from home while at the same time taking care of my beautiful boys.

ABOUT ME

A very positive and educated lady that figured out that education is not how you learn about life. Education comes from living life to its fullest without fear and with an open heart. My kids have opened my eyes to a beautiful world. Dislike 9-5pm jobs - have tried it many times but my heart was broken every time I dropped off kid in daycare.
Have lived in many places. In Brazil: Brasilia, Manaus, Florianopolis, Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Recife. United States: Boston, MA. Tallahassee,FL. Austin,TX Fairfield,OH. Canada: Vancouver, BC
Have been trained in flute performance in Boston and played in orchestras - but decided to play flute as a hobby. Love to write, love to do pilates and yoga. I also design t-shirts and make wonderful home baked breads, desserts, pastries.
I am a freelance writer for several online websites and my blog -www.teawithmommy.com - will be launched sometime in March 2011.
I am married to a wonderful Chinese man from Shanghai, China who is a wonderful cook.
We have a 3 yr old son and a 12 month old son. They are awesome kids and fun to hangout with.We do everything with them and they love it. They are learning Portuguese, Chinese, and English.
I also love to tweet on Twitter - @helenavan

Thanks for reading. Have an awesome day!

PHILOSOPHY

Life is good. Be Happy always.

我为什么加入 Couchsurfing

HOW I PARTICIPATE IN COUCHSURFING

I am willing to host and surf! This is cool; glad I found out about this website.

兴趣

Love to: bake and cook. Read. Play flute. Design t-shirts. Twitter. Write. Travel. Pilates. Yoga. Jogging. Eating husband's Yummy Chinese cooking.

• cats
• writing
• performing arts
• design
• education
• cooking
• desserts
• yoga
• pilates
• reading
• traveling
• blogging
• teaching
• freelancing

音乐、电影和书籍

So Many, will list them later when I have a bit more time.

我做过的一件不可思议的事情

Hubby and I quit our jobs in Austin, TX, packed our car and drove/relocated to Vancouver, Canada in 2008. Husband is Canadian and we wanted to try our life there. Our SUV was packed with stuff, two cats, and a baby. Got to Canada with no jobs, place to live. But everything worked out wonderfully.

教，学，和分享

If you sprain your foot, tie a piece of onion to the place of injury and it will be so much better the next morning. Onion makes fluids move - that is why you cry when chopping onions.

Apply cayenne pepper to bleeding and the bleeding will stop in about 5 s.

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