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Pooch Porches Lousiana swamp style!
DOG HOUSE CRASHERS! Los Rodriguez Life style! You probably read about our dog houses (If you missed them check them out here ) and how much fun we had building them and decorating them. But believe or not the dogs still haven’t used them very much. Even when it rains Chupete won’t use his –…
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Ring the Bell
Javi and I realized last weekend that our screened in porch, which is locked most of the time, makes it kind of hard for folks to knock on our door to let us know they are standing outside. We never had a doorbell in the first place, even on our front door, so we decided…
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Dale Hollow Lake!
Back in April two of my best friends from high school, Danielle and Gretchen, FINALLY started planning a reunion trip with our friend David, his girlfriend Sarah and me and Javi. We’ve been talking about planning something like this for several years and Gretchen finally got the ball rolling trying to figure out when our…
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More fun chairs! – Mas sillas entretenidas!
Ok so it’s not quite as innovative or exciting as Javier’s cool new chair, but since we’re on the subject… When I moved into my apartment 4 years ago before Javi and I were married, I bought a disgusting round table from the Salvation Army that was only good because it was small and…
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One of a kind chair! – Silla unica en su tipo!
After meeting one of the American Pickers guys and watching a lot of DIY network transforming things and looking for opportunities to create new things out of something nobody wants its becoming FUN!!! Despues de conocer a una de las estrellas de American Pickers y ver un monton de television sobre Hagalo Usted Mismo, transformar…
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Artichokes – Alcachofas!
One of my favorite foods is artichokes. Here in the states they seem to be a very gourmet kind of food, but growing up I remember eating a lot of them (my mom knew I loved them so she spoiled me a little bit due to my skinny frame hahahah). I have seen artichokes here…
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First time catching dinner! – Primera vez que pesco la cena!
Every time you pass a river in Tennessee you can see at least one or two fishing enthusiasts enjoying the outdoors. Actually, any place where there is some water and a possibility of catching fish you can see people hanging out with their fishing rods. I tried to fish in the past but never actually…
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2011 Tennessee State Fair!!
Hey all – aside from the fact that we’d be writing a post about the state fair anyway, we especially want to make sure to dedicate an entire post to the state fair because they really need your support!! and I’m not talking about all the fairgrounds staying or leaving nonsense, I’m talking about the…
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Pontooning on Percy Priest! – Paseando en bote en el lago!
Right now I’m sitting at Bongo Java – I feel like I’ve gone back in time because this is where I spent many many hours when I was a student at Belmont. I’m currently surrounded by a group of students studying for their…old testament exam I think. There are some parts about college I don’t…
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Playing at Puckett’s! (v.2)
A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to play at Puckett’s in Leiper’s Fork, TN for the second time! It’s my favorite venue I’ve played…probably ever…and we had a killer time that Saturday night. The first time we played there it was just unbearably hot but the second time it was much cooler…
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gooood morning! (Warning: NOT for arachnophobes / no apto para ARACNOFOBICOS)
After dropping Javi off at work this morning I parked my car in our driveway with my mind focused on the strong coffee I was about to brew. Then I saw this guy on the side of our house. I’m awake now…!! Despues de dejar a Javier en su trabajo esta manana, estacione el auto…
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Our sweet front porch!!!
Yesterday Javi posted about or newly-completed screened-in porch – yes, it’s finished!! It’s finished!! So now comes the part where we get to enjoy it! Ayer Javi escribio sobre nuestro nuevo porch cerrado con malla, si esta listo!! esta listo!! Asi que ahora viene la parte donde lo podemos disfrutar! As I mentioned in my…
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I hate you mosquitoes – Part II
Finally we have a completed screened in front porch!!! It’s so great to have it finished, working great, and looking good too. In my first post about this DIY project “I Hate You Mosquitos Part I” I showed you the way I decided to install the screens. It was practically the same “technique” throughout the…
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Happy Labor Day!
Can’t believe we forgot to post about this…since we are both at home today enjoying the holiday (well, Vanderbilt doesn’t have the day off but I don’t have classes today so I get to enjoy the day at home with Javi). So here are a couple of my favorite songs that are good for the…
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Los Rodriguez Sunday
Back in July we posted about our typical Sunday, which usually includes at least one meal with my parents and some good quality hang out time after a crazy week. Yes, our weeks are always crazy. This week was especially off-the-charts busy and exhausting, thanks to Choripan’s 3 trips to the vet and the sleep…
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Our poor puppy….. / Nuestro pobre cachorro….
A few weeks ago, we noticed a little pink dot in Choripan’s chin. At the time it just looked like a pimple or a little scar, but as the week went on the little dot turned into a bigger dot, and more dots showed up around the lips. A week later …. our cute puppy…
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Harry Potter – long overdue
My heart is still racing and I’m still recovering from about 10 minutes of sheer panic when my computer wouldn’t turn on this morning. I went into the bedroom and stood next to Javi and I think he knows what this means by now because only 2 months ago one of my memory cards was…
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Las Vegas – the meadows
The meadows? Really? This morning before I started this post I started thinking about the word “vegas” because we always say “vegas baby!” and I thought it’d be really funny if Vegas meant something in Spanish that just wouldn’t translate well when you say obnoxious things like “vegas, baby!” and “what happens in vegas stays…
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We are back to the routine…the dogs not so much…
The summer is over and we are back to our regular routine. Leslie started classes this past Wednesday and I…well, I keep working (no more free summer for me). The summer went by sooo fast, but that is ok because we have plenty of things to look forward to. My family is coming to visit…
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Thanks, y’all!!
We wanted to dedicate a quick post to everyone who has been reading our blog since its inception on July 16, 2011. I realize it’s only been a little over a month so it might be premature to start calling folks ‘dedicated’ readers, but we’d like to think there’s a steady stream of readers out…
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