Wednesday, November 28, 2007

doobie doo

holy smokes. Is it Wed already? where has the week gone? nothing too new to report at this end. i have been subbing an entire class of police officers which has been quite fun. i ask them all these questions..it´s fantastic!


as far as the children...they are good. i bend down and say ¨hi how are you¨ blah blah blah before they come in and let me just tell you i have seen some boogs in my day but these were GREEN CRUSTY boogers......nasty! don´t touch me!!! maybe i should teach them kleenex and blow nose. those are key words they just aren´t getting.

i saw an older gentleman ¨boxing¨ with the air on the bus. it made for a rather entertaining trip home.

Sunday, November 25, 2007

how lovely are thy branches




Hi all,

I hope everyone had a great turkey day. mine was pretty uneventful considering thanksgiving is non existent in spain. thats ok. we make up for having other holidays every other week, so i really can´t complain. i do miss it though. tear.


sidenote i watched elf on tv today. will ferrell continues to be my hero.


good news!!!!!! we have a kitchen and shower we have a kitchen and shower we have a kitchen and shower! !!! two VERY important things that we have been living without since AUGUST! really i´m just over the moon, back, and then over the moon again. it´s intense..so watch out. happiness radiates off my body. wear sun screen at all times. so ya, good weekend. made some food, took some showers, ya know, the usual. yes, we have taken a shower since august..just not in our own home. wherever we could really, hoses on the street, fire hydrants, dripping plants.


also. we put up our christmas tree! it´s BEEUTiL. i cried. A has never had one before so it makes it even more special. can you imagine not growing up with a X mas tree? GASP!!!!!!!!!!


Thursday, November 22, 2007

a turkey for you and a turkey for me


happy thanksgiving!

Tuesday, November 20, 2007

whoa

holy monkeys. it´s raining cats and dogs out today here in sevilla. it was noon and i thought it was 8pm it´s so dark!

pet peeve-i HATE when i wash clothes and i can´t find a sock. where is the sock? no really, where is it? i can´t sleep thinking about the sock.

i´m so happy i have a job! speaking of a job..i have to go teach 8 year olds!!!!!!!!!!

Monday, November 19, 2007

cutting glass

I had a delicious weekend. Antonio and I were holed into our place like little moles. It was fantastic. We finally have a functioning kitchen!!!!!!!!! Kitchens are yummy. Without them life is so empty and bare. THREE mths. without a kitchen is a long time. We still have no hot water, but hopefully that will be fixed tomorrow. So, Saturday we went to the grocery and spent LOTS of money on food and stuff. It was much needed. We made actual meals in our own kitchen. How romantic. We spent HOURS cleaning dishes, pots, pans etc. But finally we have a kitchen!

I decided to take a cold shower on Saturday which probably isn´t a good idea in the dead of winter when it´s 40 degrees or colder outside. I couldnt catch my breath! I was in denial that we still don´t have hot water so I thought I would try to pretend that there was. Hmm. That didn´t work out so well. I prob could have cut glass with my..............never mind!

Today I started with the kiddies. Do I dare say..I actually liked it! I teach two classes..the first class they are six years old and the next they are eight. All it took was ¨I´m going to put your name on the board and you have 3 stars next to your name. If you still have 3 stars by the end you get a sticker.¨ The word sticker just sends them over the moon. You should have seen their faces when I had to erase some of the stars. It was like their dog died. But you know they are gonna be good the next class. I had to whip them into shape.

The 8 year olds have more of an attitude. That´s gonna end right here and now Mr.

It´s gonna rain and I have to get my clothes off the line! TOODLES

Friday, November 16, 2007

oh the coincidence

Super weird. I always watch this show that´s on in the afternoons that´s similar to a CSI but real life situations. There is a murder and they try to figure out the killer etc. So, today I was watching it and I about wet myself when the story was located in SOUTH BEND IN. Can you believe that?!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Too wild. The world is so so so so small.

I went back to the doc today. She said my blood analysis was ¨marvelous and superb¨ so everythings kosher here. Thank Goodness.

Today I start a new ¨class ¨ teaching a lawyer for TWO hours. I´ll let u know how that goes.

My hubby is home for the weekend. YIPEE!

Thursday, November 15, 2007

..

i observed the kiddies yesterday. one word. BOOGERS! have they not heard of kleenex? a large supply is needed for Monday before I start.

a smile from God


you know you´re from south bend when..

1: You know all about the Snyder scandal and often refer to Roseland as Snyderville.

2: In middle school, a typical weekend consisted of hanging out at the movies, but never actually SEEING a movie.

3: You remember when Movies 14 was Movies 10.

4: You hate Penn High School athletics.

5: Favorite graduation party activities include Cornhole and Euchre.
6: The last week of classes was spent playing cards.
7: You're a die hard Notre Dame Football fan.
8: Whenever someone says to meet at either Wendy's or Taco Bell you always ask "the one on 31 or the one by the mall?"
9: You tailgate every home game of football season.
10: "Going out" on a Friday/Saturday night means going to a friend's house to drink.
11: You can't recall the last time we had a snow day.
12: You hate snow.
13: You hate being stuck behind a Michigan driver because let's face it, they can't drive.
14: You've gone tubing at Saint Pat's Park.
15: You've been to the Niles Haunted House multiple times.
16: During your last years of high school, whenever someone asked what your college plans were you said, "Probably IU or Purdue"
17: You've wondered why Old Navy isn't part of UP Mall.
18: You and your friends have taken turns guessing what the new building on the corner of 31/Cleveland is going to be.
19: You know what "Nick's" refers to and only ever go there after 10:30pm.
20: You've either gone can collecting or have had people come to your door demanding non-perishable food items.
21: During the summer, 50 degrees is unbearably cold. During the winter, 50 degrees is scorching.
22: You wear flip flops in the snow.
23: When deciding where to go out for dinner you drive up and down both Grape and Main.
24: You go to barnaby's after every high school football game.
25: You're a frequent ranch and salsa mixer at Hacienda...and you know what Hacienda is...and it's your favorite restaurant.
26: You grocery shop at Martins.
27: You see nothing odd about the word "Mishawaka"
28: You go at least 10 mph over the speed limit in the section of Ironwood between Douglas and 23. Who set the 30mph limit on a 4 lane road anyway?
29: You went to Franks Red Hots before it became K's.
30: When people ask you where you're from you always follow "I'm from South Bend" with "*pause*..it's where Notre Dame is"
31: You've ever tried to exaggerate on how cold it is outside, and the actual temperature is colder than your exaggeration.
32: You still wonder if the old guy that sits on 31 holding the flag is dead or not.
33: You're still holding a grudge against Joan Raymond for Plan Z.
34: You remember when Scotsdale Mall was shut down...and you still don't care.
35: Your elementary school field trips were spent at Copshaholm, the Studebaker house, and Amish Acres.
36: You consider Mishawaka, Granger, and Roseland all extentions of South Bend.
37: Driving slowly down Primrose with your headlights off is a fun, scary thing to do when you're bored.
38. A vast majority of your childhood memories include Kids Kingdom and/or Potawatomi Zoo. 39. A bunch of pictures in your old photo albums show you feeding ducks and eating popsicles at Leeper Park
.40. Your elementary school had friday night functions at USA Skating Rink..one word..wipeout.

Tuesday, November 13, 2007

jobless again......almost

Today sucked balls. It´s a very long and complicated story that I don´t even understand yet. Basically I was teaching every day adult business classes. Now I´m not teaching ....any. There was this guy who was the ¨boss¨ and he met me for a total of five minutes. I must have made a great impression on him. He´s obsessed with this one teacher at our company and wanted her to teach the classes and since I am not her he´s hated me ever since the first minute he saw me. He was calling my boss and telling her all of this stupid stuff..ie ¨She laughed when we met.¨ Who the heck cares????????????????????????????????????????????? Probably because he was so ugly I couldn´t help myself.

So, I´m no longer teaching those classes. DIE! I think I´m not supposed to work..ever.

I start teaching kids on Monday. I see scissors in the air in my near future. sigh.

Monday, November 12, 2007

....


I had a fantastic weekend with my husband..and now he´s gone again. sigh. We saw that new movie with Tom Cruise and Meryl Streep......HORRIBLE. Not sure what it´s called in Engl..something with Lions in the title. DON¨T SEE IT. I hate when that happens. You pay a zillion dollars to go see a movie and at the end you´re like ¨that´s it?¨ So ya, I´m warning you now.

Friday, November 09, 2007

IN bound

i just got my tkt. for x mas, baby. Dec 23 to Jan 5. 1200 bucks. ouch.

spanish photog. pic 2


Birthday girl

Happy Birthday to one of my very best friends Ms. Heather Daugherty. Have a GREAT DAY!!!

My hubby is coming home for the weekend. Yipee.

Thursday, November 08, 2007

spanish photog. pic


Wednesday, November 07, 2007

hotness

It´s been a busy few days. I actually have a life. Yee ha. Yesterday I got my blood drawn which is never a good time. I figured out I am walking approx 160 minutes a day. Thats´a lot of walking!!!!!! I want to the center to prepare my class there and back...then I went to the gym, and then I walked to the building where I give my class and back. I did end up having another migraine last night which is number eight I think.

This morning I had X rays of my head to see WHAT is going on in there.

I´m really enjoying teaching. I especially liked the blouse I was wearing yesterday......and how I noticed as I was leaving the hour and a half class how the button right by my boobs was open......the whole entire class. Good first impressions. I leave nothing to the imagination.

Tuesday, November 06, 2007

pet peeve

So, I´m looking for tkts. to come home for X mas. I went into a few travel stores today and one lady really ticked me off. I went up to her desk and was in mid sentence and the phone rang. So, she didn´t say ¨excuse me¨ or ¨just one sec¨ she just cut me off and started jabbing away. HOW FREAKING RUDE!!!!!!!!! Gosh, I must get better service calling than actually coming in person. So, I got up and left because I was mad. I mean seriously. rude.

Monday, November 05, 2007

New job.......check

I successfully completed my first day of work. I am employed and contributing to society. Man it feels good.

I work for an academy but I don´t always teach at the academy. A lot of the times I am all over the place because I have to go to certain companies and teach english at their office buildings. So, today I took a cab to this building and it was my first class so I was nervous and excited. The cab dropped me off in front of the bldg. but he didn´t pull up far enough so I whacked a fence while attempting to get out. He was really nice about it and was like, ¨Oh, I´m sorry I didn´t pull up enough.¨ So, he pulled up a little but the thing is ..the door had a mind of it´s own. I barely even tapped the thing and it whipped open. So, I hit the fence....again. So, he said. ...¨otra vez¨which means ¨again¨ but he said it in this really sarcastic tone. I couldn´t help but laugh. Only me!

So, classes are good and after that class I went to another office building and met the man in charge. Here in Spain we give two kisses and EVERY SINGLE TIME I step on peoples toes. SO annoying. Why do I do that???? So anyway, that class was good too.

I really can´t believe some of the things I´m doing here by myself. Getting a cab, talking to business people, etc. I wouldn´t even spend the night at anyones house when I was little and now I¨m in a different country catching cabs and denting taxi doors.

Tomorrow I have my blood test. boo hoo.

Until next time America

Friday, November 02, 2007

Halloween pics




As promised!!

Thursday, November 01, 2007

When a Costume is just Wrong