Learning to Drive Chapin-Style
Posted on December 29, 2009 - Filed Under Guatemala | 2 Comments
When I first arrived in Guatemala, I was freaked out by the traffic. Eight years later, on the brink of buying a car, I tried hard to remember just what had scared me so badly about the traffic and the idea of driving. Nothing came to mind. It didn’t seem scary anymore.
Since I had to [...]
Christmas Photos
Posted on December 27, 2009 - Filed Under Fun, Kids | 3 Comments
Took a while to finally get these suckers up on Flickr, but here they are!
The boys woke up on Christmas morning to this . . .
They were so impressed with all the dinosaurs that they totally forgot about presents or even the stockings that were right in front of their bedroom door. I woke up [...]
This Week
Posted on December 25, 2009 - Filed Under Personal | 13 Comments
Christmas is over and it was a great one. I’ll post photos later. Right now, I’m settling into planning for the new year because this year, I want to make sure I stay on course and I want to be very, very focused.
This week is not going to be an easy one. This week, I’m [...]
Merry Christmas 2009!
Posted on December 24, 2009 - Filed Under Fun, Kids | 5 Comments
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
from our family to yours!!
Baking Christmas Cookies
Posted on December 22, 2009 - Filed Under Food, Fun, Kids | 14 Comments
It’s been rather hectic around here the past couple of days, but we’ve managed to fit in time for Christmas cookies!
The truly awesome thing about making cookies with my kids? We’re using the EXACT SAME cookie cutters that I used as a little girl, making cookies with my mom. She sent them down earlier this [...]
So THAT’S Why My Computer’s Been So Slow
Posted on December 21, 2009 - Filed Under Kids | 2 Comments
Wanted: Decent Yarn
Posted on December 20, 2009 - Filed Under Fun, Guatemala, Simple Life | 6 Comments
My mom has crocheted and knitted since before I was born. She tried to teach me, but I had even less patience at 10 than I do now (surprising, I know) and it didn’t take. Fast forward many years and I ended up learning to crochet from an English student of mine and I really [...]
Christmas Shopping Fail
Posted on December 18, 2009 - Filed Under Kids, Mom Stuff, Personal | 4 Comments
It’s getting close to Christmas. My clients seem to be oblivious to this fact, sending me more and more assignments and expecting me to have quite enough time to slave away at these all day and night. Which I do. And I try to forget that I haven’t sewed a single stitch yet on a [...]
A Trip to Florencia
Posted on December 16, 2009 - Filed Under Fun, Guatemala, Kids | 8 Comments
Last post on the birthday, I promise.
To really celebrate Dorian’s birthday, we headed to a park that is just outside of Antigua . . . or so I thought. It turned out to be a lot further out than anticipated, which meant I had to drive the dreaded “Las Cañas”, a very curvy, very [...]
The Birthday Boy
Posted on December 15, 2009 - Filed Under Food, Fun, Kids | 5 Comments
Dorian turned 4 yesterday and he had a blast! His cake was a racetrack one, at his request. I was crunching some serious deadlines, so I ended up decorating the cake at 3 am the morning of his birthday. It has a few flaws, but he loved it!
The boys anxiously awaited the cake, which was [...]
