Tropical Thunder...in español!

Last night I got out of the IMM/America bubble :) and met up with another fellow American girl Tiffany (not a missionary, she married a Spaniard). We went to the mall for an hour or so then her husband and cousin picked us up and we went to the cine. First we ate at a Doner Kebob, a turkish/middle eastern restaurant--it's good, because the movie didn't start until 10. Anyways, another friend came with too, so the 5 of us went to see Ben Stiller's movie Tropical Thunder. Yes, it was in spanish, so it was not as funny as it would've been with the regular actors voices, because that's always one of the things that make movies funny! And, no I did not understand much of it. However, since it was an action movie, you don't really need to know much of what is said to get the point. I could tell some bad words were being said. It was kinda a gross movie at times too. But, Tom Cruise was in it, and I didn't know it was him until my friends figured it out. Deborah, said she knew his voice sounded familiar, because they always use the some dubbed voice in Spanish for actors in movies. They did some good special makeup and making him fatter in the movie, it was pretty funny to see him like that! And Matthew MC, was in it....he's always so good looking. He had nice curls in this movie, which I am biased about! So, Tiffany and I told our friends that it would've been better in original voice. The two Spaniards and one Romanian didn't like it. Oh well, I guess some humor only Americans can appreciate....or something.

Lauren turns 1!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO MY PRECIOUS NIECE LAUREN!

CUMPLEANOS FELIZ A MI SOBRINA PRECIOSOS LAUREN!

It would be nice to celebrate with my family this weekend, but I cannot be there. It makes me sad. I really want to snuggle with my babies and give them kisses! Hopefully there mama and daddy can take video of her birthday and post it on their blog for me to see (hint, hint)!

stay tuned....

I'm working on getting my videos pieced together and uploaded.  I'm home alone for the next 10 days, so I should be able to catch up since I have no house mates (and am saddened by that!) 

Race for the White House

This is what I think: I'm SO GLAD that I am not in the U.S. right now, because I HATE every political commercial that is aired, all the time, on the tv. I didn't watch much television back in the day living in MN, just a few select shows, but I still hated hearing and seeing all the bashing the other candidate, pointing fingers at the other's problems, etc. It's so annoying! I feel bad for you because you probably are stuck seeing those dang commercials. Anyways...

To try and be a good American, I have been watching the debates of the VP's and Pres. candidates on YouTube. I'm currently watching, actually listening to while I work, the debate from last night at Belmont (props to Angela for attending Belmont!) From the debates/forums I've watched/listened to: I'm sick of hearing the word "fundamental" and am annoyed at the fact that these politicians seem to just point fingers at the other (some I feel more than others). Please, why can't they just be REAL and answer the question posed and tell us what THEY think and what THEY will try to do. Stop telling us what the other person has done or thinks about the issue. Tom Brokaw didn't ask you to point out all of the issues that you and you're opponent disagree on!! Out of what I've seen, I feel like Sarah Palin has been the most real and to the point (during the VP debate). That's what we want to hear!

One more month until the most important election of my time! (I still haven't received my absentee ballot in the mail...Benton county better get the move on, my vote counts, and there may be a possibility that MN will win the electoral points for same candidate I vote for! Wouldn't that be amazing!)

Making home more homey!

I want to share with you, my faithful blog readers, what I've done to my home (so far) to make it more homey and personalized! A few weeks ago I went to Ikea with Denise, in the hopes of finding a few good priced items to makeover some areas of my living room and bedroom. First, you must know that all of the walls in the "MA living area" are mintish green. I don't think they were expecting it to be as minty as it turned out, but it is, and I guess they didn't want to redo it. It's fine...after a while you don't even notice, but it would be nice if my furniture didn't clash with it! Yes, I have forest green couches, that IMM has had forever!! I saw them in a program from back in the day when IMM was located in Belgium (in the 80's and 90's). I also have a nice burnt brown/goldish recliner that looks like something I would've seen at my grandpa's house. At least I have a brown toned rug to tie everything in that area together. Anyways, after a missionary garage sale, an afternoon at Ikea and an afternoon at the Rastro (a huge market Madrid is known for), I was able to do a small makeover in my living room area. Click on the photos to enlarge them so you can read what I wrote.

Pictures from my bedroom soon to  come, once I put it all together.

Sunsets...

I love them! Here's some captured images I want to share with you. The first two are from my birthday in Segovia. I love how in this first one, there are light beams that come out and are so noticeable. 

A full moon (with a lens flare).

Thank God for digital!

I celebrated my birthday this past Saturday in Segovia, a city just north of Madrid with Vino and Erin. Two other new friends were supposed to come, but something else got in the way, so they had to bail on us. Anyways, as we all know, I love pictures!! Buying my digital SLR camera was the best purchase I have made...probably ever...well, equal to my Mac! I took about 450 pictures in one day! The reason I was able to take so many was because I had just deleted all the pictures from my memory card. Some of the pics were of textures, doors, windows and different fonts/texts for various stock image collections I'm building up, but still...450 is quite a lot! I'm now going through and deleting ones of course that are duplicates or out of focus or just not good enough to use memory on my hard drive. The point of this blog is: if you don't have a digital camera...get one! 

Photos of Segovia and Toledo to come soon!