What would YOU do with $22 million?

One of the guidance counsellors I work with gave me a lottery ticket as a birthday gift and I was rather quite enjoying thinking up all that I could do with my winnings..... Unfortunately, no such luck. Maybe if I rrrrrrolled up the rrrrrim a little more I could at least win SOMETHING (haven't even got a coffee out of the deal). sigh. (not that I drink real coffee--although in the fall I discovered that I like the french vanilla/irish cream ones) .

One gift I got for my birthday was a Jill Paquette CD. LOVE her! For you Bethany people, she wrote the song "Free (Take my Life)" that we sang as a theme song one year at Youth Advance.

I also went to go and see a movie with my sister and some friends: Music and Lyrics (yes, it's a little old--we went to the cheap theater, of course!). SUCH a good movie! And I loved it that Hugh Grant and Drew Barrymore did their own singing.

Anyways, I had a lovely birthday. I just really felt loved and affirmed by a lot of different people. So thanks, guys.


Alguien me dio una targeta (como el Pozo millionario) por mi cumpleanos. Pero, claro que no gane nada :(. Bueno, asi es la vida.

Pero pase un cumpleanos MUY bonito--senti muy amado. Fui con mi hermana y algunas amigas a comer y a ver una pelicula. Tambien fui a la casa de mi hermano por almuerzo.

ready for spring

So tomorrow the temperature in the morning (with windchill) is supposed to be -22, then by the afternoon, it's supposed to be +4. ??????????? I've always considered myself a true 'Peger (can handle the cold winters and all) but this year I'm just ready for spring to come (the warm part, not the slushy part).

The other day (when it was warm) and I was walking home, I smelled my first BBQ of the year. Mmmmmmmm.........

Manana en la manana, la temperatura estara -22 (con el viento)--pero en la tarde, estare +4!? De verdad, no entiendo la clima de mi ciudad! Estoy lista para primavera!! El otro dia (cuando era mas templado), camine por mi casa y ole mi primero parillada del ano (aqui, solo pasa en la primavera/el verano). Que ricoooooooo......!

hola mis amigos....

Just a little update for my spanish friends...

Disculpe que no he escrito en espanol por mucho tiempo. Bueno, por fin casi es la primavera aqui. Tuvimos un invierno con bastante frio, pero parece que la nieva se va pronto!

Hoy comenze estar tutora...de espanol! La hija de una amiga de mi mama se va a Honduras en septiembre y no sabe nada de espanol. Entonces, ellos me pidieron ensenarla...y me van a pagar :) Fue un tiempo muy divertido--y va a ayudar mi espanol bastante (porque he olvidado algunas cosas basicos--pero ahora tengo que estudiar para preparar!)

Bueno, queridos hermanos, les quiero mucho!

for all you lovers of travel and photography

Naomi and Cordella, that means you!

Here's a really neat blog that I discovered yesterday:

www.quitodailyphoto.blogspot.com

Quito is a city in Ecuador, and everyday the host of this blog posts a new picture, depicting life there.

There are also links to other similar blogs from all over the world.

Enjoy!