19.05.26 - Dar um colher de chá

Halloooo,

Hope all well. We are settling in here and had an honest-to-god day off on Sunday, with nothing to do except assemble some flat-pack bedside tables and flop around in front of the TV. 

We also went to Gibran and Gabriela's for Maya's 1-year birthday party, and had a tour of the nearby maternity ward on Saturday night, plus an office party at Sherlock during the week, to celebrate a bunch of nice new awards. 

In other news, I made another compilation, and my phrase of the week means "to give a teaspoon of tea", or to grudgingly give someone credit. 

And that's about it for now - speak soon!

He Said She Fred

 

12.05.26 - Em boca fechada não entra mosca

Halloooo,

Hope all well. We're still settling into our new (first!) flat, and jetted off to Indaiatuba for a Mother's Day shindig and to exchange baby clothes etc. We also had Zila and Edson over for lunch, and went to a pediatrician yesterday who seems quite well-versed in how babies work, which is encouraging. 

In other news, I've made another compilation, and my phrase of the week is "Em boca fechada não entra mosca", or "a closed mouth catches no flies". Or "when in doubt, shut the hell up". And I posted my second UOL video where I cosplay as Carlo Ancelotti - see it here!

That's about it, speak soon!

Fred Rain

05.05.26 - Quem vê close, não vê corre

Halloooo,

Hope all well. We are officially moved in, after a marathon 5-day effort. Against all odds we managed to fit all our stuff into a slightly smaller flat, with room to spare for a baby, and now we plan to spend the rest of the month doing as little as possible until the due date. 

In the midst of all that, I turned 39 - we went out for STEAK, and Gabi promptly fainted, leading to a late-night stay in A&R on a drip, unfortunately. She's alright now though!

I've also made another compilation, and my phrase of the day means "he who sees the close-up doesn't see the legwork that went into it" - a reflection on today's Instagram-ready society, no doubt. 

And that's about it - speak soon!

Frod Put a Smile Upon Your Face

28.04.26 - Por isso Deus não dá asas para cobras

Hallooooo,

We are in the last stages of orchestrating our move, which involves coordinating dozens of tradesmen, some of whom show up and some don't. I am writing to you from the bowels of our new flat, on a table which I'm sharing with a DIY sawing kit resting on an inflatable sofa, half a lamp and some drying shelves.

On Saturday we gave ourselves a few hours off and emerged blinking into the light for Amelie's baby shower at a nearby rooftop restaurant, which was jolly good fun. And tomorrow the removal fan comes to take all our stuff away, although crucially it won't give them back until Thursday, so I'm in for a pretty austere birthday evening!

I've made another compilation, and my phrase of the day translates to "that's why God doesn't give wings to snakes". Google says there's a similar phrase in English - "if the adder could hear, and the blind worm could see, neither man nor beast would ever go free." But basically it means that evil people shouldn't be given the resources they need to enact their nefarious schemes.

Alright, back to the drilling. Speak soon!

I Shall Be Fred

21.04.26 - Morte morrida ou morte matada

Halloooo,

Hope all well. Last week we made another trip to Indaiatuba and on to Holambra for a pregnant-Gabi photoshoot in a field full of flowers (pics to follow!). Then spent all weekend sawing endless pieces of wood, hanging wallpaper and generally putting the finishing touches on the flat ahead of our move. 

I've also made another compilation, and my phrase of the day is what you ask when you're trying to determine whether someone died of natural causes or foul play - "died death or killed death?". Sorry it's so morbid this time around...

Ciao for now,

Drop Fred

14.04.26 - Deixar tudo em pratos limpos

Halloooo,

Hope all well! Work is pretty manic and we're also in the final stretch before moving, coordinating tradesmen, moving furniture around and generally painting walls and screwing things into sockets. We went to Indaiatuba midweek but had to cancel a photoshoot in Holambra due to bad weather, so hopefully that'll happen this week instead. 

Elsewhere, I made another compilation, and my phrase of the day - literally, "to leave everything on clean plates" - is a Brazilian version of "cross the T's and dot the I's".

And that's about it for now - speak soon!

Fred Money

07.04.26 - Sebo nas canelas

Halloooo,

Hope all well! We had a nice long Easter weekend, semi-competently assembling flatpack furniture in the apartment, in between a trip to Claudio's for a cod-based BBQ, and to Zila's to drop off a bunch of rubble and tiles in her garage. Throughout it all Amelie's getting larger, and a lot of time is spent making her and Gabi comfortable in such close proximity to one another! 

I've also made another compilation, and my phrase of the day means "tallow on the shins", and is an old-timey way of saying "get a move on" - apparently people would grease their shins in the old days to give themselves a speed advantage (?)

And that's about it - speak soon!

Something Very Fred Is Going to Happen