un viaje del hogar… tarde
Last August, as soon as we unpacked, I photographed every room in our house. My intention was to post a home tour, but it never happened. Excuse? We moved furniture around shortly afterwards and I...
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Feeling lucky this week about family visiting from far away. How about you? What are you feeling lucky about this Monday/Tuesday?
View Article¿Qué he echado de menos?
Before we left Austin I posted on the things I thought I’d miss. Well, it’s been nine months. Was I right? Let’s see… friends and family: Well, of course I miss them. Thankfully, video chats,...
View Articlesuerte sábado –álbum de cromos
I promise I’m going to write about the ongoing saga that is fútbol eventually, but for now I’m feeling suerte this sábado about the album de cromos. It has turned into a bit of an obsession in our...
View Articlefeliz friday – amigos y vecinos
Minor miracles going on around here. Yesterday the clerk at the grocery store asked me my name. So what, you say? Well, this is the same mujer who, last fall, screamed at me because I didn’t...
View Articleestamos volviendo
Well, I did it. I clicked “purchase” and selected our seats on an airplane headed to the U.S. We’ll be back in Austin in August. Yes… August. The worst time of year to be in Texas. It was a near...
View Articlesuerte jueves
We were extremely lucky to have more visitors last month: my brother, sister-in-law, and our long lost friend from France, Noelle. We were also lucky that they are such easy-going people because a...
View Article¿Español? No me pregunte.
“So how is your Spanish now?” That’s the question I’m dreading when we return. Let’s just say it’s better and leave it at that. But the truth is, I’m embarrassed I haven’t learned more. One of the...
View Articlelucky lunes – suegros
End-of-school craziness plus summer vacation travel and our impending move is to blame for my lack of posts. There is a lot to say as we wrap up this adventure, but before I do, I can’t forget to...
View Articlefútbol
I couldn’t write this post until I knew the end of the story. And for that, I had to wait all year. But now we finally have some closure to this complex saga. It begans something like: *** Once...
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