Yesterday was Tuesday the 13th, here in Spain it has the same significance as Friday the 13th in the states. With that said, I got a flat tire yesterday just when I arrived at school to pick up the kids..Luckly, I have a service called RACC, that came right over and changed it for me (well, put the spare on for me).. I guess I could have done that myself, but there is no need to get dirty and most importantly I have no clue how to change a tire..

Isabella was very intrigued by the mechanic changing the tire and helped him by holding the bolts.. Marco could give three shits and just wanted to know when we were going to get home so he could eat a sandwich..hahaha..

This morning I went to a tire shop and the car is all better now..Well, that’s it, the adventure of yesterday and today…

photo flckr by thatgirlsab

When I first heard this word, I thought to myself, Twitter? Is that a bird sound? But, little by little I came to find out it is actually another way to stay in touch with friends through the internet. You basically sign up, fill in your profile and then now and then you write a little note about what you are doing during the day. You can look up all your friends and communicate with them this way.. Sort of like this blog but on a more constant basis…

I know, I know …way too much information.. Well, its the tecnology age so you are either in it or your are on your way out..For now, I have chosen to join this community and chat away with my buddies… Give it a try it’s fun…

Yes, that’s me.. hahaha. The other day one of Matt’s composer friends Luis Ivars (if you go to his website, please dont’ miss the intro it’s fabulous) called and asked him if I was willing to record some lines in English for the MARQ museum and he of course said, yes of course.. Not even consulting me! but of course I agreed and had to go yesterday to his home studio to read about two paragraphs of a archaeological finding report of some sort..

I must say I admire the people who do voice overs, it is not as easy as it looks although he said I had a knack for it and we did it in about 20 minutes which he said its at a pro rate.. I don’t know about that.. I was a little nervous at first and read everything too fast, the second time I was able to slow down a little bit, then he gave me direction as to how to pronounce certain tecnical words and showed me what intonation he wanted..

Overall, the experience was a lot of fun and would love to do something like that again..

photo flickr Dh2

Isabella was given a school project on Friday called “La maleta viajera’ (the travelling suitcase), each week one of the kids in her class has to take this traveling suitcase and fill it with anectodes of the weekend. This is the first time Bella received the suitcase and was very excited. She wanted me to detail everything she did. So this past weekend we documented a day in the life.. hahaha..

She posed for pictures and directed everything she wanted me to say.. She told me what pictures to use, and basically just ordered me around.. You can see the pictures in our photo album for the month of April. I will let you know what the teacher thought or our little weekend report.

Ok, after 3 years here in Spain driving (illegal) with my American license I think its about time I get a Spanish drivers permit. I had signed up to a driving school as I told you in an earlier post and started studying on my own. But between work, the kids, and life I just didn’t have any time to study so now that I have free time in the morning I have decided to actually go to the classes they offer daily.

Monday through Friday 11 am to 12 pm I will be in driving class. Today was my first class and it was pretty funny. We are about 6 losers!! All about my age or older and each from a different country (including the teacher). Half of them didn’t even speak Spanish very good and every 5 minutes would ask the teacher questions like, what’s a “carretera”? To which the teacher would  respond “the road”!!! By the end of the class, I wasn’t sure if I had signed up to a driving school or a Spanish class. But the funniest thing of all, was to watch all of us get out from the class and get in to our cars!!!!!

The teacher assured me in about a month I would have my drivers permit, I will keep you posted.

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Poor Bella, this morning bright and early, 8 am I had to take her to get her blood drawn. It seems the doctor thinks she is a bit skinny for her age and because she doesn’t like to eat much except chocolate and “chuches” (candy), she needed to have some tests run. Isabella currently weights 13 kilos (28 pounds), I guess that is skinny, I’m not sure…

I didn’t tell her where we were going so as to not scare her but this morning as soon as we got to the doctor she knew something was up.. We had to wait a while but the only thing on her mind was getting to school because today she was “la encargada” (the one in charge, the leader who calls everyone’s name for attendance). This is a very special role which doesn’t happen everyday, so she just wanted to make sure that we got to school on time.

When we finally went in a she saw the needle she immediately began to scream a the top of her lungs (she has some powerful lungs) and it took three nurses and me to hold her down.. she kept telling them “malas, malas” (mean) and she told them, why do you want to drink my blood, don’t you have water? hahaha… After it was all done, it was my turn and she said to me “don’t cry mama I’m right here to hold your hand”…

By the way the picture I have posted is of her new look!! what do you think.. I will keep you informed on the test results.. Is she too skinny??

Ohhmmmm, Ohhhmmmm, I have decided to go to India and spend a couple of months there meditating and finding my spiritual way. I will leave Matt with the kids (I’m sure they will be fine) and I will forget about this world for a while..

Wish me luck…

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HAHAHA… YEA RIGHT APRIL FOOLS

I must say that this idea of changing my blog was not such a bright one, I didn’t realize how much work it was going to be and how difficult. I’m very lucky to have a couple of people who are helping me and putting up with all my questions and more questions…You know who you are..and Thank You.

I hope to finish setting up this blog in a couple of weeks and then finishing up others I have on the works.. As soon as they are complete I will let everyone know..

Please leave me comments and let me know what you think…And a big Thank You to Denise, who was brave enough to leave a comment!!

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One of my very good friends Marisela, has just bought a new apartment and is starting her new life after losing her husband last year to cancer. She wanted me to go with her today to Ikea in Murcia (about an hour south of Alicante) so she could do a little shopping. Since, I have a little free time now..hahahaa.. I signed up quickly.

We dropped off the kids in school and headed on our adventure. Once there we had breakfast for one euro..and where ready to shop. If you haven’t been to an Ikea the experience is a little overwhelming. There is so much to see and everything is laid our systematically.. It was like following the yellow brick road.. We did that, and picked up little nick nacks along the way.

Two carts full and a couple of hours later we were on our way to the check out counter and then to the hardest part of the trip.. How the hell to stick all the things we purchased in to a little European car...We basically had to pull everything out of the boxes, put down some seats, squeeze all we could in to the trunk and hope we would fit in the car…

We had a great time and the trip was a success..We plan to do it again real soon.. But hey Marisela, next time lets skip the elevator part..hahaha..

Photo from flickr by rodelgo

I always google Matt to make sure that all his new projects are being reflected on his web and on the internet and that there is nothing out there that shouldn’t be. So the other day I wondered what would happen if I googled myself…and to my surprise many interesting things from my past showed up….

For instance there was interview I did back when I worked for a swim wear store for the Lauderdale Daily News, a credit for a recording a did for Matt’s friend Ken Hensley who just came out with his new album called Blood on the Highway, this blog comes up, and some other weirdo things that don’t even relate to me..hahah. I also found there is another Nuria Pendas who lives in Mallorca and owns a restaurant, she emailed me a while back to let me know about all our similarites..

So, if you haven’t googled yourself lately, go on try it see what comes up…

Photo Flickr by Retro-X