Saturday, January 29, 2011

Late post.

A late post today because I had a little problem with my monitor suddenly enlarging everything and it took a while to fix it. Now it's done and so at 5AM here's the post.

We've been trying different hams to find one we really like and last week discovered the Soko艂贸w brand which we both like.  In the U.S. we use to buy Kraku艣 hams but they don't taste that good anymore.............to us.  So now instead of buying sliced ham at the local meat store we buy a regular ham and cut it ourselves.  It's good.  With that added to our weekly shopping list, this week we spent 169zl($54) for food.  Yes, it's a little high for us but we were out of a few staples like sugar, pepper, paper towels, napkins, etc. so they had to be replenished.

Tomorrow we will go to cousin Maciej's restaurant and meet with him and his family at about 2:30PM. I don't have any recent pictures of them so I'll take my camera with me.  My camera, Canon Powershot S5iS, operates on AA batteries and, finally, after using it for a year replacing batteries too frequently, I bought rechargeable batteries and a battery charger.  I don't know why it took me so long to do it but finally it's done and it was a good decision.

After we leave there we'll go to the large Empik store (similar to Borders) because they have a large selection of CD's and I made a bet with a young person I know.  She was taking her FCE(First Certification of English) exam before Christmas and was sure she would not be able to pass it.  I made a bet with her that she would pass it and if she did I would buy her a CD of her favorite music group, Red Hot Chili Peppers.  Last Tuesday the results were finally posted and she passed with a grade score of B so it's time to buy the CD.  I don't mind buying it.  I knew she would pass it because she is bright, intelligent and knows that she wants to attend either Oxford or Harvard University and is working toward that goal.  She is only 15 years old.

P贸藕no dzi艣 post, bo mia艂em ma艂y problem z moim monitor nagle poszerzenie wszystko i zaj臋艂o troch臋 czasu, aby go naprawi膰. Teraz to si臋 robi i tak w 5AM oto post.

Starali艣my r贸偶nych szynek, aby znale藕膰 jeden i naprawd臋 nam si臋 podoba w zesz艂ym tygodniu odkry艂 marki Soko艂贸w, kt贸re obaj lubimy. W USA mamy u偶y膰, aby kupi膰 szynki Krakus, ale nie smakuje tak dobrze ju偶 ............. do nas. Wi臋c teraz zamiast kupowa膰 plasterki szynki w lokalnym sklepie mi臋so kupujemy regularny szynk膮 i wyci膮膰 sobie. To dobrze. Z tym do naszego tygodniowego list臋 zakup贸w, w tym tygodniu sp臋dzili艣my 169zl ($ 54) w odniesieniu do 偶ywno艣ci. Tak, to troch臋 za wysoki dla nas, ale my z kilku 偶ywno艣ciowych, takich jak cukier, pieprz, r臋czniki papierowe, serwetki, itp. wi臋c musia艂y one zosta膰 uzupe艂nione.

Jutro p贸jdziemy do restauracji kuzyna Maciej i spotka膰 si臋 z nim i jego rodzin膮 na oko艂o 14:30. Nie mam 偶adnych nowych zdj臋膰 z nich tak wezm臋 aparatu. M贸j aparat, Canon Powershot S5IS, dzia艂a na baterie AA, i wreszcie, po u偶yciu go przez rok wymiany baterii zbyt cz臋sto, kupi艂em akumulatory i 艂adowarki. Nie wiem, dlaczego tak d艂ugo zaj臋艂o mi to zrobi膰, ale w ko艅cu to zrobi膰 i to by艂a dobra decyzja.

Po zostawi膰 tam p贸jdziemy do du偶ego sklepu Empik (podobne do granic), poniewa偶 maj膮 du偶y wyb贸r p艂yt CD i zrobi艂em zak艂ad z m艂odym osob膮 jak膮 znam. By艂a przy niej FCE (First Certyfikacja angielski) egzamin przed 艣wi臋tami i by艂a pewna, 偶e nie b臋dzie w stanie przekaza膰 go. Zrobi艂em zak艂ad z jej, 偶e przechodzi on a je艣li tak to chcia艂bym kupi膰 jej p艂yty CD z jej ulubionych zespo艂贸w muzycznych, Red Hot Chili Peppers. We wtorek wyniki by艂y w ko艅cu pisa艂 i zda艂a na ocen臋 wynik B, wi臋c jest to czas na zakup p艂yt CD. Nie mam nic przeciwko kupnem. Wiedzia艂em, 偶e nale偶y go dlatego, 偶e jest jasny, inteligentny i wie, 偶e chce uczestniczy膰 albo Oxford czy Harvard University i pracuje w tym kierunku. Ona jest tylko 15 lat.