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caza feliz: día veintiseis — nota y consejo
Christmas is still magical in our house… …and thoughtful… …and cute. But also… …a little bit preachy.
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caza feliz: día veintisiete — los vecinos
We miss our cat, but there is no shortage of animal neighbors in the Albayzin. Some come to visit us. Some just walk by. Some we visit. And some, like Bob the snail and a small colony of bats, are just...
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I’m the first to admit that I am not caught up on all the memes. I don’t follow links to funny videos or animated gifs. But I have discovered that YouTube can save us when everything else has failed....
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caza feliz: día veintinueve — grados
The kids got their first report cards before school let out for the holidays. Let’s just say that they passed. All we are asking of them this year is that they try hard, and learn (much more)...
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caza feliz: día treinta — 2015
Thanks to Rob for convincing me we didn’t need to travel for New Year’s Eve. Thanks to the kids who really know how to party. Thanks to the traditional family art project, Flicker Year-End slide show,...
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un día normal
I’ve gotten a lot of questions about what my average day looks like here. Well, it took two or three months before it started feeling like I actually had an average day. We first needed to settle...
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huésped blogging otra vez
The community blog LiveMom.com recently asked me for an update on our Spanish adventure, which I was only too happy to do. But they also wanted it to be something like a “Top 5 Things to Do in...
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feliz friday
It doesn’t take much to make the kids happy. But for the rest of us, the drudgery of our grown-up responsibilities can suck the cheer out of everything. Even here. Even in sunny, beautiful, relaxed...
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cosas del niño
I knew I shouldn’t choose the toys the kids would to bring to Spain, even though I wanted to. Handing over that process gave them a little sense control in completely uncharted waters. (And saved me...
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cosas de la niña
To continue… These are the items the girl chose to bring: Fairies. (Play time: once or twice) Fairy accessories and furniture. The “apartment” is an unused medicine cabinet we found in the house....
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suerte sunday
Feeling lucky about: These guys. Arabic tea shops. Getting homework done quickly… in Spanish. The whole family home for lunch every day. How about you? What are you feeling lucky about this week?
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cosas compartidas
Finally, these are the items the kids brought to Spain that they share. They were allowed to bring two reference books each. After all, they can check out almost anything from the library with their...
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suerte sabado
I missed last week’s “suerte”. We were off having adventures with friends. And that’s what I’m still feeling lucky about: adventure and friends.
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feliz Friday
The Easter Bunny made it to Spain. For some reason he left chocolate in their slippers.
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un viaje del hogar… tarde
Last August, as soon as we unpacked, I photographed every room in our house. My intention was to post a home tour, but it never happened. Excuse? We moved furniture around shortly afterwards and I...
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lucky lunes
Feeling lucky this week about family visiting from far away. How about you? What are you feeling lucky about this Monday/Tuesday?
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¿Qué he echado de menos?
Before we left Austin I posted on the things I thought I’d miss. Well, it’s been nine months. Was I right? Let’s see… friends and family: Well, of course I miss them. Thankfully, video chats,...
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suerte sábado –álbum de cromos
I promise I’m going to write about the ongoing saga that is fútbol eventually, but for now I’m feeling suerte this sábado about the album de cromos. It has turned into a bit of an obsession in our...
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feliz friday – amigos y vecinos
Minor miracles going on around here. Yesterday the clerk at the grocery store asked me my name. So what, you say? Well, this is the same mujer who, last fall, screamed at me because I didn’t...
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estamos volviendo
Well, I did it. I clicked “purchase” and selected our seats on an airplane headed to the U.S. We’ll be back in Austin in August. Yes… August. The worst time of year to be in Texas. It was a near...
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