martes, junio 30, 2009
Importante
Este es el dia esperado. El dia de hoy pasara a la historia como el dia en que mi esposo querido hizo lo nunca antes hecho. Hoy escuche las palabras "Oh, it's only 10.30" por primera vez. Sip, las diez de la noche es temprano. Oh mi gato. No lo puedo creer. :">!!!!
domingo, junio 28, 2009
sábado, junio 27, 2009
viernes, junio 26, 2009
domingo, junio 21, 2009
jueves, junio 18, 2009
Rare Sightings
So Abi was here last week, and she'll be back on Saturday and the part-ee will go on :D
While she was here, we started talking about some of the strange things we have seen this summer. Fond as I am of lists, I decided this one had to go on the blog.
Rare Sightings 2009 :">
1. My "no nonsense" socks. Bought during our honey moon by my husband, they will live on forever in the pages of romantic history. They have the straight forward message sowed into the toe section of each sock. Love them. Why are they a strange sight? It's a sight for the wearer, not the beholder. It's not so much the message as the fact that it's positioned so that the wearer of the socks can read it, unlike the messaged t-shirts (which I nevertheless enjoy a whole lot).
2. The crazy man in L- town. Q says he's been around for a while. I've only seen him twice, both times on our way to the bank. The friendly man, dressed in baggy clothes, with really long curly hair and what seemed to me like a colorful reggae/rasta hat, was happily walking down the main avenue with a careless and light step, waving at strangers as he walked.
3. Rata asquerosa. (Disgusting Rat). I kid you not, it was the size of a cat. Q and I were going back home after a late afternoon walk, and there it was, ahead of us, crossing the street, walking towards the apt complex. It started walking just as the green man lit up too, so it even seemed to me that the darned thing had been waiting for its turn. I protest- there are no rat lights on pedestrian crossings! But yes, it kept on going ahead of us for a little bit, and then crossed the street again and went into the large green lot across the street from the complex. Guacala de pollo!! O de gato, o lo k sea!!
4. A bike-rack on the back of a hearse. (Una bici montada en la parte de atras de un carro funebre) Saw this one in KC while picnic-ing with Q's friend and his gf. Don't see that very often.
5. Shark bike. Yup. A bike all dressed up, with the head, body, and tail of a shark. Saw it during an outing with Abi, at the L Downtown Film Festival.
6. My moving plant. Okay, I don't care what Wikipedia says, Q. It's not a reliable source anyway. NO, ITS NOT NORMAL FOR PLANTS TO MOVE. They grow, they process nutrients, but they do not move like that. My mint plant turns, like a sunflower, to face the sun. Every time. If you move it so that its stem and leaves are turning away from the window, a couple hrs later it will be facing the darned sun. I swear. It freaks me out.
7. Arm incubation. I know this is nasty, but I think a small bug incubated in my left arm. I've had a red bump there for the longest time, and nothing I do to it makes it better. Any ideas? I dont want a little animal creeping out of my skin. *omg*
While she was here, we started talking about some of the strange things we have seen this summer. Fond as I am of lists, I decided this one had to go on the blog.
Rare Sightings 2009 :">
1. My "no nonsense" socks. Bought during our honey moon by my husband, they will live on forever in the pages of romantic history. They have the straight forward message sowed into the toe section of each sock. Love them. Why are they a strange sight? It's a sight for the wearer, not the beholder. It's not so much the message as the fact that it's positioned so that the wearer of the socks can read it, unlike the messaged t-shirts (which I nevertheless enjoy a whole lot).
2. The crazy man in L- town. Q says he's been around for a while. I've only seen him twice, both times on our way to the bank. The friendly man, dressed in baggy clothes, with really long curly hair and what seemed to me like a colorful reggae/rasta hat, was happily walking down the main avenue with a careless and light step, waving at strangers as he walked.
3. Rata asquerosa. (Disgusting Rat). I kid you not, it was the size of a cat. Q and I were going back home after a late afternoon walk, and there it was, ahead of us, crossing the street, walking towards the apt complex. It started walking just as the green man lit up too, so it even seemed to me that the darned thing had been waiting for its turn. I protest- there are no rat lights on pedestrian crossings! But yes, it kept on going ahead of us for a little bit, and then crossed the street again and went into the large green lot across the street from the complex. Guacala de pollo!! O de gato, o lo k sea!!
4. A bike-rack on the back of a hearse. (Una bici montada en la parte de atras de un carro funebre) Saw this one in KC while picnic-ing with Q's friend and his gf. Don't see that very often.
5. Shark bike. Yup. A bike all dressed up, with the head, body, and tail of a shark. Saw it during an outing with Abi, at the L Downtown Film Festival.
6. My moving plant. Okay, I don't care what Wikipedia says, Q. It's not a reliable source anyway. NO, ITS NOT NORMAL FOR PLANTS TO MOVE. They grow, they process nutrients, but they do not move like that. My mint plant turns, like a sunflower, to face the sun. Every time. If you move it so that its stem and leaves are turning away from the window, a couple hrs later it will be facing the darned sun. I swear. It freaks me out.
7. Arm incubation. I know this is nasty, but I think a small bug incubated in my left arm. I've had a red bump there for the longest time, and nothing I do to it makes it better. Any ideas? I dont want a little animal creeping out of my skin. *omg*
viernes, junio 05, 2009
Conference
Going back to organized religion was a decision I've gradually made this year, without really realizing it. I gravitate towards Methodism because it is the faith that was ingrained in me since childhood, and because it has been this very community that has believed in my parents' vision for the children in Anapra. Methodism has nurtured me, my family, and my family's mission for many years.
And yet I cannot help the feeling of skepticism and suspicion that all powerful structures inspire in me. I cannot help but realize that the political and business nature is still necessarily present –because of obvious and understandable reasons, but still there. I have so far fared well in this world of networking and structures, mainly because of the many who love and respect my parents, but I am always a bit lost in it. What's worst, I am always afraid that my idealism will betray me, as it invariably does, even if to a small extent.
The president of my high school is a non-Methodist person who was hired (I've always wonder by whom) to be an administrator –and a darned good one she is. She raised over a million dollars in scholarships this year, and though she is a somewhat extravagant person, she has not to my knowledge had a reprehensible behavior as far as her financial administration goes. Though she had nothing to do with the Harvard scholarship, and though my parents had to go through many sacrifices so that I could be where I am, she did speak to the LLUMC about me and got me that internship that paid for ..hmm.. 70% of SMU. And yet her drive escapes me. She seems to leave the educational, spiritual, and social leaderships to others (to the vice-president, the chaplain, and the principal) and concentrates on scholarships and PR. She does not show an interest on the kids at the school, though I suppose she has to keep tabs on them or have someone else do it for scholarship selection purposes, until they are about to graduate. To students and their parents, she is not approachable, nor is she necessarily friendly, and her directness can at times be too harsh. So what compels her, as she goes about her busy schedule? I am not sure that I want to know. And still, I can't help but feel for her, and love her somehow, and be glad that she is doing what she is doing, because I really want to think she wants to help, even if she is not aware that she ought to be a full leader or a spiritual example. Right now I only hope that Abi will be able to go to Baker. And I am praying and hoping for whatever networking skills we might possibly need ---I am STILL not working and my siblings will both soon be in college. My goodness, we do need that scholarship.
Conference was not all political and ideological stress, though. Diana, the Todds, and lay ministers from Emporia and FUMC in KC were there. Rev. Reed (retired now) and Pastor Maria (pastor of the church Q and I are going to) were also there. It was very good to see them, and their presence kept my head where it ought to be -on my shoulders, aware that I am loved and respected, and not somewhere else in a perfect world that does not exist. A very nice lady from the one small group we had last year also introduced me to the director of a Hispanic Community Center that is about to open in a town somewhat close to Lawrence. It does not look like it will be a full time job, and it is about a 40-50 min commute, but it is an option, and it seems the type of church-based outreach that attracts my professional interests like a magnet. We'll see how that goes.
Q wrote a wonderful list of things he wants to be doing this summer. I am personally unsure of what goals I have. I have been doing many of the things that had been items in an old, continually growing to do list, though. And I am grateful to be here, and to have been given the chance to spend this time at home with my husband, as he says, playing house. It has been a whole lot of fun, and I know that in these times of workaholism and private accomplishment, women seldom have an excuse as good as mine to enjoy the wonders of being a stay at home wife – yay for extended honeymoons and no children! LoL. Ay Dios. It is late.
And yet I cannot help the feeling of skepticism and suspicion that all powerful structures inspire in me. I cannot help but realize that the political and business nature is still necessarily present –because of obvious and understandable reasons, but still there. I have so far fared well in this world of networking and structures, mainly because of the many who love and respect my parents, but I am always a bit lost in it. What's worst, I am always afraid that my idealism will betray me, as it invariably does, even if to a small extent.
The president of my high school is a non-Methodist person who was hired (I've always wonder by whom) to be an administrator –and a darned good one she is. She raised over a million dollars in scholarships this year, and though she is a somewhat extravagant person, she has not to my knowledge had a reprehensible behavior as far as her financial administration goes. Though she had nothing to do with the Harvard scholarship, and though my parents had to go through many sacrifices so that I could be where I am, she did speak to the LLUMC about me and got me that internship that paid for ..hmm.. 70% of SMU. And yet her drive escapes me. She seems to leave the educational, spiritual, and social leaderships to others (to the vice-president, the chaplain, and the principal) and concentrates on scholarships and PR. She does not show an interest on the kids at the school, though I suppose she has to keep tabs on them or have someone else do it for scholarship selection purposes, until they are about to graduate. To students and their parents, she is not approachable, nor is she necessarily friendly, and her directness can at times be too harsh. So what compels her, as she goes about her busy schedule? I am not sure that I want to know. And still, I can't help but feel for her, and love her somehow, and be glad that she is doing what she is doing, because I really want to think she wants to help, even if she is not aware that she ought to be a full leader or a spiritual example. Right now I only hope that Abi will be able to go to Baker. And I am praying and hoping for whatever networking skills we might possibly need ---I am STILL not working and my siblings will both soon be in college. My goodness, we do need that scholarship.
Conference was not all political and ideological stress, though. Diana, the Todds, and lay ministers from Emporia and FUMC in KC were there. Rev. Reed (retired now) and Pastor Maria (pastor of the church Q and I are going to) were also there. It was very good to see them, and their presence kept my head where it ought to be -on my shoulders, aware that I am loved and respected, and not somewhere else in a perfect world that does not exist. A very nice lady from the one small group we had last year also introduced me to the director of a Hispanic Community Center that is about to open in a town somewhat close to Lawrence. It does not look like it will be a full time job, and it is about a 40-50 min commute, but it is an option, and it seems the type of church-based outreach that attracts my professional interests like a magnet. We'll see how that goes.
Q wrote a wonderful list of things he wants to be doing this summer. I am personally unsure of what goals I have. I have been doing many of the things that had been items in an old, continually growing to do list, though. And I am grateful to be here, and to have been given the chance to spend this time at home with my husband, as he says, playing house. It has been a whole lot of fun, and I know that in these times of workaholism and private accomplishment, women seldom have an excuse as good as mine to enjoy the wonders of being a stay at home wife – yay for extended honeymoons and no children! LoL. Ay Dios. It is late.
miércoles, junio 03, 2009
martes, junio 02, 2009
Daycations.
I know Im late with this post. Im still trying to get back into blogging. I've been surprisingly busy for a "stay at home wife." Hehhe.
But here go a few pictures from our little trip to St. Joseph. Verdad que esta bonito el pueblito?
We went to St Joseph because there is this really awesome little castle made into a restaurant by a Mexican family. Cool huh?
And this is us.. lol. Posing for the automatic photo. We're there, if you look really really closely :P
There is also a cool little Mexican grocery store at the very entry of the town. I finally something that can at least be called chorizo. Esta mas o menos. Pero de perdis sirve para lo k tiene k servir y no sabe a colorante aritificial :P
We also had a picnic the other day... Had a lot of fun taking pics of a turtle's behind. Even found out it had little baby turtles. The weather was wonderful that day, and we ate and walked around and napped out in the sun. Gotta luv the summer starting up... finally!!!
On other news, Q and I have been recruited to work with the youth at Central UMC, where I've been volunteering for a while now (with missions/children ministries). I'm very excited about it... we have all kinds of fun things in mind already, including camping trips and lock-ins and mudd silly olympics.. Yeah! Yay for 14 year olds. LoL. Q is staring at me.
Hmm.. and Im going to the UM Conference on Thursday and Friday. Looks like I'll be introduced by my high school president. She needs to promote the school, and I think it's a good chance to talk about Abi. hehe..
OOOH!! And we saw UP the other day. A TOTAL MUST SEE! *Tear* Pixar keeps messing up with my favorite flick list. I think I've found the ultimate #1, and then they have to come up with something new.
In any case, I have only one thing to say:
"SQUIRREL!"
Yes, indeed. We command attention.
But here go a few pictures from our little trip to St. Joseph. Verdad que esta bonito el pueblito?
We went to St Joseph because there is this really awesome little castle made into a restaurant by a Mexican family. Cool huh?
And this is us.. lol. Posing for the automatic photo. We're there, if you look really really closely :P
There is also a cool little Mexican grocery store at the very entry of the town. I finally something that can at least be called chorizo. Esta mas o menos. Pero de perdis sirve para lo k tiene k servir y no sabe a colorante aritificial :P
We also had a picnic the other day... Had a lot of fun taking pics of a turtle's behind. Even found out it had little baby turtles. The weather was wonderful that day, and we ate and walked around and napped out in the sun. Gotta luv the summer starting up... finally!!!
On other news, Q and I have been recruited to work with the youth at Central UMC, where I've been volunteering for a while now (with missions/children ministries). I'm very excited about it... we have all kinds of fun things in mind already, including camping trips and lock-ins and mudd silly olympics.. Yeah! Yay for 14 year olds. LoL. Q is staring at me.
Hmm.. and Im going to the UM Conference on Thursday and Friday. Looks like I'll be introduced by my high school president. She needs to promote the school, and I think it's a good chance to talk about Abi. hehe..
OOOH!! And we saw UP the other day. A TOTAL MUST SEE! *Tear* Pixar keeps messing up with my favorite flick list. I think I've found the ultimate #1, and then they have to come up with something new.
In any case, I have only one thing to say:
"SQUIRREL!"
Yes, indeed. We command attention.