tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33176962181824699892026-05-08T01:17:27.309-07:00Marriage is a duel to the death which no man of honour should decline - GK ChestertonVince and Cay Granadohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06967384482328972901noreply@blogger.comBlogger53125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3317696218182469989.post-35189482109802263762011-10-18T13:39:00.000-07:002011-10-18T13:39:19.550-07:00

Dear all, "God bless you." We have all heard this phrase at some point in our lives. A lot of us who are Christian will use it constantly. Some of us even tag it at the end of our emails to replace such things as "sincerely" or "regards". I personally love when we use it right after another person sneezes. But what do we really mean by this phrase? We would hope that we don't just throw it

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Dear friends, You may be asking, "What do relationships and baking bread have in common?" A lot actually. And now we are going to share our insight on the links between the two and to top it all off, we are going to give you a fantastic bread recipe so you can make your own at home! Before we get started, let me give you a background. Our dear friend, Vanessa-Jane (aka Aness), was over the

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Dear everyone... we would like to proudly unveil our latest undertaking... Instead of futher description, I will now provide you with a link. Everything you need to know can be found by clicking on the link! :-) Treats Come True Love you all, Vince and Cay

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Greetings friends!It has indeed been a long time since we have updated. We blame it on Elijah. Sorta.Anyways... as I type this I have Elijah sleeping very comfortably on my chest. I must say that he is a very good baby. He rarely makes a fuss and is a very smily and happy baby. He even has his moments where he bursts out in random baby laughter. These moments melt our hearts and make us realize

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Dear friends,Greetings! The weather here in Vienna has been off and on. The Viennese say that this is the "typical weather" for the spring - unpredictable.Speaking of unpredictable, I must say that if you had told me five years ago that I would meet the woman of my dreams and have the most beautiful son I would have chuckled and changed the topic; but this is now the reality, and I must say that

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Dear beloved,May we present to you our son, Elijah Granado. He was born today, 21 April 2011 in Vienna, Austria at 9:14am.We will give you more details shortly :-)

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Dear all,Today was an interesting day for all of us here in the Granado/Santayana home.As usual Cay and I went to work (although we left a bit earlier today).We went our separate ways in the office (Vince works in Nuclear Safety and Cay works in Human Resources).And usually we meet up for lunch at around 1pm. That is the usual routine and we have done this hundreds of times since we both started

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Dear brothers and sisters...Greetings on this gorgeous Saturday. We woke up to sun (a bit of wind) and very cool spring weather. It was the perfect sleeping weather on a Saturday morning in Vienna.Although there is much to do today, the stillness in the morning was well needed after such hectic weeks of travel and work. We are also sure that baby Elijah is enjoying less stressed mommy and

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Dear all,Greetings! I hope you didn't think we fell off the face of the earth. These past couple of weeks have been a challenging one.Vince has been pretty much away for the past couple of weeks. He was in London two weeks ago helping plan out a youth conference and then this past week he was in the Netherlands for work. For those of you who think the charm and delight of travel is amazing...

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Dear Family and Friends,Simplifying life, especially during the Lenten season!That is what we have been attempting through our own small ways, and ne way we have been trying is through cooking. Vince and I are passionate about good food, and we love to cook and eat. Therefore we thought of trying different recipes.Some of you may think, what does cooking have to do with simplifying your life? As

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Dear friends,A lot of people have been asking for a shot of Cay and her belly. I managed to convince her to take a couple of pictures of our gorgeous belly.Let me just say that as a witness to the beautiful challenge of carrying a child, I have come to greater understanding and a more profound respect for every mother.Comments welcome...

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Hello world,It is day 2 of Lent and let me tell you I have not missed using facebook or surfing the net one bit. I think it is because of the preoccupation of this upcoming weekend. This upcoming weekend is a men's retreat that I, together with my good friends Ian and Raynard, are putting on for the men of our Church community.What the heck could you possibly talk about at a men's retreat? Isn't

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Dear world/friends/family/and the sorts,We just wrapped up some posts on simplifying life, and it makes all the sense in the world that we did these posts because what is around the corner? (Actually, it is tomorrow.)LENTDun-dun-dun!What is Lent? Click here for the very thorough explanation of Lent, click here.Anyways... the way we see Lent is the same way we see a detox diet. On a detox diet you

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Greetings friends!So in our previous blog we enumerated the constant excess in activity that Cay and I have been facing recently. I am sure that some of you can relate to having so much going on in your lives that you just want to retreat to the Seychelles for a year. We feel for you. We want to do the same thing (after the baby is born of course). But alas, that is not possible for 98% of

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Dear all,I'm typing for my very pregnant wife right now as she dictates to me what she wants to convey. It's very lovely.Today in we are talking about the excess of activity in our lives. WHY ARE WE SO FREAKING BUSY?!"Doers"Vince and I are both "doers". We have a lot of interests and thus a lot of activities that we like to do both together and separately. There has been a lot of traffic in our

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Dear friends,Happy Monday! On this end of the world it is about bedtime on Monday and the week is full steam ahead. It was a fantastic weekend with some great friends. Lots of laughter, food, wine and more laughter.Anyhow, we said that we would begin with a series on simplicity in order to combat the excess that exists in our lives.Let's just get one thing straight. We believe that we must combat

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Dear all, Cay and I had a great conversation this morning when we went for a walk. It was a really sunny day (which is rare here in Austria this time of the year) and our conversation was great. We tend to talk very deeply when we go for walks, which is one reason why our walks take a long time. Anyways... we came to some realizations today. We realized that (even in our lives) we have an

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Dear friends,The contest is done and now it's time to dish out the goodness!I have always found it hard to judge things such as contests. And how can you judge stories that are based on love?But there has to be a decision in this case, and after much debate and thought Cay and I realized that there was only one story that actually followed the instructions of the contest (You were supposed to

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Hello beloved friends,Cay and I were talking tonight about the biggest problems that we believe our generation currently faces. It was an amazing conversation that we had (and I highly suggest you talking about this with your significant other; it makes for great insight) and we reached some very good points. One of the points that we talked about was an attitude of indifference that seems to be

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Yikes, the title...woah... let me explain...Cay and I were having a discussion last week and I made a comment about a certain nationality that doesn't seem to have a clue of what is going on outside of it's own nation.Actually I don't think this is just limited to nations, but to people - particularly ourselves. We get so centered on ourselves. I remember once when I was younger I was in a band

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Dear all,It is difficult for me to comprehend that in less than three months I will be a father. I tell you honestly that it has always been my dream to have a whole bunch of children, but to be hit with the stark reality that it is really going to happen is another story entirely. This is when my mind starts talking to me.Begin internal dialogue:Me: Serious Vinson, you are going to be a

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Dear friends,Today was an incredible busy yet fulfilling day. Basically the day went like so:1) Wake up early and bring our friend, Numer, to the airport at 7:30ish.2) Headed to the 6th district for the Naschmarkt3) Did a little more shopping somewhere else4) A Valentines partyBut let's focus on the Naschmarkt.I was reading in my most trusted resource, Wikipedia, that the Naschmarkt is an open

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Friends,It always amazes me how peace prevails over violence. Take for example the recent goings-on in Cairo over the past weeks. The people wanted this corrupt Mubarak out of office so they could have democracy. They gathered in Cairo's center, ordering for an end to his reign. They would have no compromise on his behalf; the dude had to leave. What is so cool is that, for the most part (sadly

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Greetings friends,I hope all of you are well today. It has been fantastic weather here in Vienna, which is quite odd for this time of the year. Most of the Viennese can attest to the fact that at this time of the year, it should be cold and dark to the point where you may want to consider moving. But then you think of all the theaters, museums, music halls, cafes, coffee houses, bakeries, and

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I believe that Sundays should be sacred...I have (for most of my life) and will always be a Church-going man. There is a beauty to this "ritual" of dressing up and going to Church that I have only come to appreciate in my later years.On Sundays we acknowledge that there is a God and that we, as Christians (or whatever your faith may be) consecrate one day out of the week in which we stop and

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