Making: plans for Amsterdam and Berlin!!! I CAN’T WAIT! Also, I made lots of Christmas cookies this week. I told the parents of my private students that we could make Christmas cookies in class and they agreed! Lots of fun and even more mess. Cooking: I made this garlic-lemon chicken & pasta and dare I say, it […]
I don’t do these types of posts very often, but they are, without a doubt, one of my favorites to go back and read. Your days might feel very ordinary, but they change and evolve over time- everything from what you do, to who you know, what you eat, what you wear, etc., will change. […]
Making: pumpkin pie for daaaayyyyyyyyyyyyz. I decided to start a little business- Bruja’s Bakery (from idea –> business –> closing the business in less than two weeks. Just for Thanksgiving. I am selling pumpkin pie, pumpkin-cream cheese rolls, Nutella-stuffed blondies annnnnnd raspberry-oatmeal crumble bars. And for this week and next week, I feel like I’m drowning […]
Helloooooo From the other side……………… Haha. Every time I say “hello” to my students, inevitably, one will say “from the other side”. It’s a good song. Another good song? This Wake Me Up cover by Avicii. It was the cool down song in today’s Glutes and Legs class and I just about started crying while […]
Howdy, ya’ll!! I’m typing this up from my bedroom, wearing cozy sweatpants and an over-sized soft sweater with a hot cup of coffee and rain pouring down outside. We have the day off today for the National Day of Spain. When I asked my students why we had off today, the overwhelming answer was “i have […]
Hey, hey! Now that summer has quietly made it’s exit, it feels like fall is rolling in quite nicely. I know it won’t last, since we have a heat wave this weekend, but it is nice to feel the chill in the air and know that cozy sweater weather is on the horizon. One […]
Making: A birdhouse! Cooking: peach jam, pickles, and banana bread. We bought approx 3,500 mason jars, so we are filling them with all types of goodies. I want to cook (make) some chicken/ rice soup next week when the temps drop. What else? I made some pretty disgusting flax seed meal crackers with flax seed meal […]
Happy Friday! Time is just flyin’ on by here! I am really trying to soak up my time in the U.S., with my family and everything. It’s easy to keep thinking about “when I go back to Spain….”, etc., but I keep reminding myself to just be. here. now. (Happy, Dad???) Present or not, the […]
I know many of you are fans of my Lately posts, especially my mom, who often complains when she hasn´t seen my latest breakfasts even though I tell her it´s always the same thing, she still asks to see photos. Fine. Here is a little survey of sorts that I took from another blog. Not to replace my […]
Hi!!! I am so happy to finally be on here and I know you´re just oh so happy, as well. I have been trying to udate at various points during the week, but between a laptop that was probably one of the first models ever created that runs like it has 1000 viruses, a tablet […]