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We're off to London tonight (red eye), but I'm bringing my computer so I can upload pictures.  We have 9 days in London and 3-4 days in we think Dublin, maybe Paris...we're undecided where to spend the last days (we fly out of London, so we'll need to come back there.)  And an update for those who care...we'll soon be Miami-ites.  As of 2 weeks ago I thought we'd be Las Vegas-ites, but instead of Elvis and CSI LV it's gators and CSI Miami...same company for my hubby, just better position and more responsibility (he loves it).  He'll be in charge of all Latin American offices for his company (Mexico, Central America, South America, plus Spain and Caribbean islands) which means he'll be traveling a bit, we may accompany him at times :)...

Anyone know anything about Miami and the surrounding areas????

8 things about me...

My lovely friend Marie sent me this 8 things about me list to do. Here goes;

1. I love to travel.  We leave in 2 days for England and later Paris or Dublin for a couple days, we're undecided and will figure it out later.

2. I like psychological thrillers more than romantic comedies.

3. I am addicted to avacadoes, which is good that I live in Mexico City. Salsa +Avacado = happy. 

4. I currently homeschool my girls since we're in the process of moving and life is hectic with traveling.  I did it before when we lived in Philadelphia and I LOOOOVE it.  

5. I love photo-booths and would love to have one in my house one day. I think it would be so great for parties and for when my daughters friends come over.

6. I love to try new drinks; each time we go somewhere new I try the house cocktail, or the drink of that area. I've had people comment from my pictures I should do a mini album on the drinks I've had...but that seems kind of sad...

7. I super love the smell of coconut, much more than the taste...but I'll drink a pina colada (refer to #6).

8. I love pilates and long walks (especially if those long walks involves a powerwalk to and from Starbucks for a vanilla iced latte, refer to #6)

Now I pass this one to some others... Patty, Viv, Jen Renee, Jeremy, Steph B, Sandy, Vanessa, Lydia, the rules I was told is you do your 8 things about you, link it back to me and pick 8 more people. Whew...

mas moda; this old barn

 
 

skirt: thrifted

tank: target

jacket: thrifted

necklace: UO

belt: my mom's

boots: vintage steve madden

purse: forever 21

bracelets: free people and thrifted  

loving room dreaming...

I need to buy a new couch.  I need to buy a couple end tables...one for the living room and a couple for my bedroom. I probably need all the essentials like a refrigerator and washer and dryer, too, but those are less fun to daydream about...

isn't that table so cool!?!?!

 
 
 
 
There is an Anthropolgie out my hotel bedroom window here...it's whispering my name...I can hear it siren sound...I can see it's yellow-creme letters smiling up at me...but I don't have enough suitcase room to take to back to Mexico. Plus, I need to save for the essentials, and who am I kidding...I'll probabaly stop by Anthro before I leave, just for something small...

new home

January's challenge at The Creative Type is to use a style of typography, font, lettering, etc. from the site Friends of Type. I'm day-dreaming a lot about redecorating our new home when we move soon. I hand-drew the words "New Home" after seeing a similar font on the site, Friends of Type. Here's mine;

 
Please come play along!  You could be our next guest designer! Hope everyone is having a great start to 2011!

freaks me out...

is the January prompt at Category Stories. What freaks you out?  I actually was having a hard time with this one last week.  I was thinking of morbid things and stretching to think what freaks me out...then as I sat looking at my wall calendar and thinking about how busy these next couple months are going to be, my anxiety about everything (moving, making sure my daughters are okay/feeling guilty AGAIN, traveling, getting the house ready and packed, finding a house back in the States...) I started to feel freaked out. So here it was..

 
I think my blogland friend Lydia said she would like to change schedules, and I don't mean to sound dramatic with it, but I think the thought of everything we have to do, all the LITTLE stuff in between freaks me out...

P.S(does anyone out there know anything about Dublin?  We will have our 2 daughters with us for 3 days while we're there...any recommendations?)

A wish and review...

Hi there new year! I'm glad to meet you...I hope you'll be good to me this next year.  I'm looking forward to being friends..And I'm wishing you all the most wonderful year to come!  Can you believe it's 2011?  Any special wishes for this new year?  Mine is smooth transition. We have a lot of big things happening, even in the first 3 months, and I wish, eyes tightly shut, for a smooth transition, free of hiccups and nervous feelings, my girls effortlessly making new friends in a new town in a new school...poor chicas...Dave's new position turns out to be the best ever...I get to shop at Trader Joe's and Whole Foods once again-whoop!....unpacking our little treasures that have been in storage for over 2 years now ( my milkglass, antique camera collection, half of my clothes, cooking gadgets), look for a new home, need to buy a new car, a new couch, find a school for the girls, find a new hairdresser, find new doctors, new acupuncturist, new driver's license, new phone number, pray the girls are happy, poor chicas.... well, you?  What's your wish?  I hope we both get ours.

Now onto a year in review with pictures...I made 2 mosaics.  I thought about doing more, I take a lot of pictures, so 2 was hard to cram in only the most important. Which is hard, because each day is important to me... There's quite a few trips and special times missing, but this gets the 2010 gist across.

 
 
Travel, birthdays, holidays, lost teeth, living abroad, meeting new friends, visiting with old friends, crafting, heartache over lost pets, lessons learned, all in all, it was a good year.