Tuesday, April 11, 2006
Monday, March 27, 2006
Sunday, March 26, 2006
Hello all. I had a fantastic birthday on Friday and a wonderful birthday weekend. Lupe woke me up on Friday with candlelit chocolate cake and coffee... What a great breakfast!! Then there was a beautiful bouquet of pink lilies waiting for me in the living room and my surprise gift.... A gorgeous watch!! (see pic) Yea Lupe! I had the first meeting for the trip to France... the itinerary was a great b-day gift... haha More info on that to post later. My Mom & Charles sent me a beautiful bouquet of Gerbera Daisies. That Lupe is a sneaky one... He took me for an "overnight trip" to Dallas (Addison) to Texas de Brazil for dinner, a night in a hotel and shopping the next day at my favorites... Crate & Barrel and Williams-Sonoma... Well, all that AND a new watch... He is a keeper!! We had a super fabulous meal at TdB ( www.texasdebrazil.com) then fun times at the Galleria the next day. Saturday was rounded out with our first trip to the Dallas Arboretum ( www.dallasarboretum.org ) to view Dallas Blooms 2006 (pics to follow at a later date). We finished our day with his parents treating us to dinner and then came home for video games... which we are both terrible at, but have fun nonetheless. Today I met up with a dear friend whom I do not get to see very often. She took me out for a fabulous meal of Lebanese food at Hedary's ( http://www.hedarys.com/) in Fort Worth. It was a great weekend! I think I am gonna love being 34!!! It has started off so darn well!! :)
Wednesday, March 22, 2006
My trip to France is becoming more and more of a reality!! I purchased my airline tickets yesterday, I filled out scholarship applications today and Friday (my 34th b-day) we have our very first informational meeting for all participants!!! So look for the itinerary to be posted soon!!
I put a few France/French links on this page, but for some strange reason they are all waaaaay down at the bottom, so keep scrolling.
Oh the excitement!!
Tuesday, March 21, 2006
Monday, March 20, 2006
Eggs & Potatoes - a lesson
This is why they tell you not to use blanket language translators on the internet:
This is the original recipe for "Huevos con papas" - eggs with potatoes http://mexico.udg.mx/cocina/huevos/HuevPapas.html
Here is the translation..... HILARIOUS!!!
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=es&u=http://mexico.udg.mx/cocina/huevos/HuevPapas.html&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dpapas%2Bcon%2Bhuevos%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26safe%3Doff%26sa%3DG
Tuesday, February 21, 2006
Saturday, February 11, 2006
Hellloooooo family and friends! I have only nerdy school news to post.... I AM GOING TO PARIS, FRANCE FOR THE SUMMER SESSION!!!!! And I am a weee bit excited about it!! I am going to do a study abroad in Normandy/Paris for 5 weeks this summer (May-June). What an absolutely fitting way to finish up my 16-year quest for a Bachelor's Degree!!!
This is the hotel I will be in the first night: http://www.maryshotel.com/index-ang.htm#
there is a little video of it on the link... It is a hostel-type hotel. The video clip makes me laugh... the close-ups of the salle de bains (bathroom) is my favorite (ha ha). It does show a triple room, which is what we will be in the 1st night. Then our group hops a bus to a village in Normandy where we will be staying in a farm house for a full week of study and village life. Then back to Paris! Back in Paris we will stay in a extended-stay hotel/apartment: http://www.citadines.com/serviced_apartments/apart_hotel_paris/bastille_nation.htm
I am so excited... you guys know how much I love to travel and I LOVE France!!
Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Yea, so I am a total slacker-blogger... You would think I would have something to say EVERY DAY seeing as I am online EVERY DAY! Oh jeez... well, I am a procrastinator extraordinaire... And a poor manager of my time... well it depends on what it is. There are some things I will do right away, like check my e-mail... haha
I have started my final full semester of college! Yipee! I am rounding out my History major this Spring with courses in African-American History (since 1865), WWII, and History in Film. The French minor is being buoyed by an Advanced Conversation & Phonetics class. Bien Sur! I will have 2 upper level French courses and a Math course to take this summer and then Commencement, Sweet Commencement in August! If I can figure out how to put a countdown on this blog I will! This degree has been 16-years in the making... expect one hell of a party in August!
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