Tag: spanish
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Bilingual Parenting!
As we continue to prepare for the arrival of Penelope by fixing up the house, preparing the nursery, attending parenting classes, and trying to stay on top of details, we are also planning our communication strategy. As most people know, I am Chilean and English is my second language. I didn’t start learning English and speaking […]
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Derby week 2017
Before I get into this, I have to admit we Louisville folks get tunnel vision when it comes to Derby and it’s hard to wrap our minds around the fact that the rest of the country doesn’t *really* care about the festivities. Derby absolutely consumes us – it’s “the most wonderful time of the year…in Louisville.” I actually […]
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Louisville St. Patrick’s Parade
Back in March 2008 when Javier and I had only been dating about a month we took a trip from Nashville to Louisville so he could meet my high school friends at the St. Patty’s Parade. Back then the parade was an excuse to go bar hopping on Bardstown Road during the day dressed in weird […]
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LATISM Best Bilingual Blogger Nomination!
click on the image above or go here: http://conference.latism.org/latism-awards-2/ to vote for us! One really cool wordpress stats feature is that you can see the “referrers” to the blog – or the various sites that direct people to losrodriguezlife.com. Most of the time for us this includes facebook, twitter, stumbleupon, pinterest, or search engines, but today […]
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Viva Chile! Tiki tiki ti!!!
September 18th is a huge date for our family! So happy (belated) September 18th everyone! El 18 de Septiembre es una gran fecha para nuestra familia! Asi que, feliz 18 de Septiembre (atrasado) para todos! Now you are thinking…why is it a big date? It’s Tuesday, it was raining (in Nashville), summer is over, what […]
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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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Muttonchops Monday!
This was my first year participating in the annual Muttonchops Monday celebration. My friend Steve educated me about this intriguing event a couple of years ago and I decided I’d try it out for Muttonchops Monday 2012. The celebration takes place every year on the first Monday of Spring. This year I could not join […]
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