Special Days
Posted on February 17, 2010 - Filed Under Kids, Mom Stuff | 3 Comments
Lately, Dante has been getting left out a lot. He’s such a little goof that you wouldn’t guess it’s affecting him if you didn’t know him, but I know. I try to include him in school, but of course, he can’t sit still for more than 10 minutes and he likes to poke his brother [...]
Zum, Zum, Zumba!
Posted on February 16, 2010 - Filed Under Friends, Fun, Mom Stuff, Personal | 4 Comments
My friend, Ann, and I have been thinking about how to lose weight together for a while. Neither of us feels comfortable in a gym, because, let’s face it, that’s where skinny people go to look even better! I’ve seen slightly pudgy people in the gym, but I’ve never seen someone who weighs more than [...]
A Little Surprise
Posted on February 14, 2010 - Filed Under Guatemala, Personal | 4 Comments
Today, I headed into the Dispensa, a local supermarket that offers lower prices than the ever popular Bodegona, and stocked up on meat for the next few weeks. I found some chicken for Q8.40 a pound, so I scooped up all four packages (around here you can never be sure of finding the same price [...]
A Couple of Pics for V-Day
Posted on February 13, 2010 - Filed Under Personal | 7 Comments
On Facebook, there’s a sort of meme going around to add a pic of your significant other and yourself as a profile photo. Well, we attempted some shots and they turned out horrible and then we got this:
So we tried for a happier version and after a few shots that showed off my excess [...]
Whoops, There Goes February
Posted on February 12, 2010 - Filed Under Personal | 2 Comments
Did you know that Sunday is Valentine’s Day? I’m sure you do, despite the fact that Bernie sent me a gorgeous calendar which is hanging on my wall, I still thought it was early in the month. Ahem.
I know time speeds up as you get older, but this is ridiculous! I blinked and it [...]
We Went Camping
Posted on February 11, 2010 - Filed Under Friends, Guatemala, Kids, Personal, Simple Life | 9 Comments
We went camping this past weekend with some friends. It was supposed to be two days of fun, but our car was still in the shop and didn’t get out til 4pm, long after the other two families had left. We finally got packed into the car and headed out, only to have the car [...]
Keeping Up with TV in Guatemala
Posted on February 11, 2010 - Filed Under Guatemala, Simple Life | 11 Comments
We haven’t had cable for over two years. Our actual cable wire was wonky from being in the sun and stopped working well and we simply stopped watching rather than replace it. Over time, we didn’t even really notice because we have a rather insane collection of over 800 movies, plus full seasons of Supernatural [...]
YouTube: A Waste of Time . . . but a FUN Waste of Time!
Posted on February 8, 2010 - Filed Under Fun, Personal | 3 Comments
I have to admit that I hardly ever go on YouTube, except to check Supernatural fan vids for one of my Squidoo lenses, but there are times when it just sucks me in. There are dozens of cool music videos on there, but here’s one that Irving and I found the other day. It’s a [...]
Hanging in the Ruins
Posted on February 5, 2010 - Filed Under Friends, Fun, Guatemala, Kids | 6 Comments
We’ve been hanging out a lot lately with other families in Antigua and one of the activities that we recently did was a picnic in La Recolleción ruins. It was a huge hit with parents and kids alike!
There were three other little boys there, but mine were the only ones who hung out for very [...]
Random Boy Stuff
Posted on February 4, 2010 - Filed Under Kids | 8 Comments
Usually, in these random roundups, Dante doesn’t get much space because, well, he doesn’t talk that much yet. BUT he sure does DO stuff, so I thought I’d share some stuff the kids are doing and saying around here.
Last night, Dante called me in after bedtime to tell me he had peed. I went in [...]
