Tag: bilingual
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How to celebrate a birthday in two places!
Last week was my birthday and since it fell on a Wednesday, it turned into a week-long celebration. On the Sunday before my birthday, my parents-in-law and grandma-in-law (yeah, I just said that and if it doesn’t exist I am bringing it to life…) had us over at their house to relax by the pool…
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StoryCorps in Nashville
During one of our trips to the Nashville Farmer’s Market one Saturday we saw a beautiful AirStream parked inside where the booths are, which called our attention immediately. We went to check it out and to our surprise the trailer was the StoryCorps mobile studio! For those who don’t know what StoryCorps is, it is…
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Eat your beets!
Since I was a kid beets have called my attention – it’s probably because my mom made them so tasty, but also because of the deep purple color they have and their sweet flavor that mixes perfectly with a lemon, olive oil, and salt dressing. Since I moved to the U.S. from Chile the only…
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Garden Update: The Transplant
This garden of ours is Javier’s baby – he dreamed it up, build the beds, fenced them in with chicken wire (which I now know is really hard to do alone!), bought the plants and researched the soil etc. etc. and did it all on his own. The only part of this that I can…
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A note for Javi’s mom
I am always so thankful for everything my mom has taught me and all the hard work she has put towards giving me and my sisters the best possible life. My mom always supported me in every decision I made. One of the most important ones was when I moved away from home when I…
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Growing from seed!
To continue with the gardening theme (see previous posts on starting the garden here and what we planted here), one evening last week we saw a tower of seeds at the grocery store and decided to try growing a few plants from scratch. All of the rest of the plants we have were already in…
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We are growing our own food – The plants
Leslie and I want to grow so many things in our garden but since we are rookies we decided to go for some of the “easier” things to grow this season. Once we get some experience, we will diversify our produce portfolio! So here our list of plants: Leslie y yo queremos plantar tantas cosas…
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We are growing our own food – The set up
We’ve tossed around the idea of starting a garden since we moved into our house, but with so many other projects spring and summer flew by last year so we had to wait until it was time to plant again. This is our very first garden – neither of us has any experience growing plants…
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Name the robin!
The growing season continues at Los Rodriguez mansion. The little birds are getting some feathers and they are eating away! Those parents must be working around the clock to get enough worms for these hungry little fellas. La temporada de crecimiento continua en la Mansion Rodriguez. Los pajaritos estan creciendo plumas y comen como locos!…
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It’s growing season
The spring has brought many changes to our yard; fast growing grass, mysterious plants, beautiful flowers, rebellious weeds – there are so many living things that we tend to not pay attention to. Plants grow slowly but steadily and despite how slow they grow it is amazing how quick they get out of control. La…
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working on that work / life balance
I mentally prepared myself all week to pass the weekend in a state of slight panic and under major stress trying to finish up the semester, but I was pleasantly surprised on Friday when I found myself 2 pages ahead of schedule on my final paper for one of my classes. SO, to celebrate minor…
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4:00-6:00
Who else besides me divides the hours of weekdays into favorite / least favorite times of day? I can’t be the only one right? On the average day, when nothing extraordinary is going on, my favorite / least favorite hours of the day go like this: Quien mas aparte de mi divide las horas de…
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Can I play the banjo?
As you might have figured out by now, Leslie comes from a VERY musical family. She loves music and loves to perform and sing out loud…so much so that I always joke with her that she doesn’t pay attention to me because she’s singing. Except it’s not really a joke. When she’s singing and not…
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Are you a regular?
There are only a few restaurants that truly treat regulars as regulars. Usually the term “regular” is used as a way to make the place more inviting and to encourage you to come back. So far we only know of one place that claims to ONLY accept regulars. You might wonder…no way! Which place doesn’t…
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We are so hip!
So…I know earlier this week I said I’m not a shoe guy, and I stand by that statement. BUT – for the longest time we have talked about getting some TOMS shoes and finally we decided that we should just go get a pair instead of talking about it…so we did!It is amazing to see…
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Help us pick a vacation destination!
Alright you guys. Javi and I need some serious help. We FINALLY saved up enough money to take a little vacation (as in, about 4 days of vacation, since we can’t afford to put the dogs in the kennel longer than that). But I think I’ll finish my dissertation before we ever actually decide on…
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My Mother-In-Law is watching my steps
Every time I hear that someone has hundreds or pairs of shoes, I can’t understand it. I am the complete opposite. I tend to use tennis shoes for everything and since I got an awesome pair of Clarks indoor/outdoor slippers, those two paires are all I use to go to class, work, church, grocery shopping,…
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P90X Phase II complete!
We have been “bringing it!” for a while now! After many weeks of pushups, pulls ups, lunges, and crunches, we are finally starting the last phase of P90X. Our first month was a learning (…painful learning) experience. My goal with the program is to gain a few pounds. I want lean muscle weight, not just…
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DIY Photography Backdrop
I can’t remember the exact time that the idea of a photo booth caught Leslie’s attention – but she loves photo booths now! It might have been at our friend Robyn’s wedding – I think that was the first wedding photobooth we experienced. We have been to several events with different kinds of photo booths…
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Our Easter!
Our Easter day was awesome. It’s the closest I’ve come to a vacation all semester and the closest I’ll get to vacation again til June. I spent all day Saturday doing work for school so I could safely take the day off on Sunday. We took the doggos to the Dog Spot early in the morning…
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