Time for a Virtual Assistant?
Posted on April 16, 2008 - Filed Under Simple Life | Leave a Comment
There´s a lot of talk going around about virtual assistants these days and I´m starting to think that it´s a good idea. See, I thought for a long time that there was nothing in my life a VA could actually do, but last night, I was feeling really overwhelmed and Googled “how to use a [...]
English, Please!
Posted on April 8, 2008 - Filed Under Simple Life | 2 Comments
When very small, both my boys preferred Spanish over English, probably because that´s what they heard most. Except when they were in need of comfort, then it was English all the way!
More recently, we´ve found some DVDs for Dorian in English and he´s been watching Enchanted, Cars and the like in English. It´s really helped [...]
A Memory from A Time Gone By
Posted on March 18, 2008 - Filed Under Simple Life | 1 Comment
When I was little, my mom used to make us the coolest food. At least we thought so! She would make mini pancakes to dip in fruit syrup (homemade!) and we´d have our little lunch by candlelight. Or she would make alphabet soup, with the little letter pasta. I´d pretty much forgotten about that until [...]
For Everything a Day
Posted on February 25, 2008 - Filed Under Personal, Simple Life | 3 Comments
Ok, I´ve decided to try something new in my attempt to get organized. Assigning tasks to a day. You know that old nursery song that goes something like “Today is Monday, Monday washing, Monday washing, Today is Tuesday, Tuesday baking, Tuesday baking”? Well, maybe they had it right.
Before you think I´ve gone out of my [...]
It Feels Like Home
Posted on February 11, 2008 - Filed Under Simple Life | 2 Comments
The rainy season is starting up again here in Guatemala. And this is the first wet season that we´ve had an enclosed house! Half a year ago, the main room was built, but without windows or door and only cold rough concrete outside. Before that, we actually had to go outside into the rain to [...]
Dorian´s Late Night Ant Attack
Posted on January 6, 2008 - Filed Under Kids, Simple Life | 6 Comments
Last night, I put Dorian to bed, and, as usual, he refused to sleep, asking for water, fussing and carrying on. It´s a normal routine around here, unfortunately. Anyway, he finally fell asleep around 9 and I was going to head to bed myself when I heard bloodcurdling screams coming from his room. This wasn´t [...]
And Again the Bed
Posted on December 12, 2007 - Filed Under Simple Life | 2 Comments
Our bed has just popped a spring! On Irving´s side, which is a bit odd, since he´s barely been here for the past month, but anyway. We went to the place we bought it and they told us they would take the mattress back to the factory to be repaired . . . again. Having [...]
I Come In Peace
Posted on December 9, 2007 - Filed Under Simple Life | 5 Comments
When I first arrived in San Juan del Obispo, people were scared of me. They eyed me suspiciously in the street, refused to sit next to me on the bus and just stared when I said good morning.
I wasn´t a normal Spanish student, staying with a family here. I was something else. Someone who came [...]
Sickies
Posted on November 29, 2007 - Filed Under Personal, Simple Life | 1 Comment
It all began with me. Then it moved to Dante, then Dorian and Irving is still holding out.
We are moving into the second week of this cold and it ain´t pretty! The first few days were annoying, but nothing too bad, drippy noses mostly. But now we have fevers, stuffy noses, sore throats and the [...]
No Luz, No Tele
Posted on November 25, 2007 - Filed Under Kids, Simple Life | Leave a Comment
Yesterday morning, at around 3 am, we had a blackout. Now, since it was at 3 in the morning, you´d think no one would notice, but unfortunately, Dorian had just woken up wet and so he was awake when his nightlight and fan went off. Chaos ensued.
Since he was born, Dorian has hated the dark. [...]
