Primary Stresses

Well, on Sunday I start my new calling as the Primary President in our branch, and I am nervous! I finally have my counselors, I think, and we are supposed to be having our first meeting on Thursday evening... Two of the four teachers have been called, and it is just getting a little nerve-wracking. I am grateful for the husband that I have, though, especially since he will be teaching the 10-11 year olds, and it is going to be done in Spanglish, as we have a few kids that don't speak any English, and others that don't speak any Spanish. The whole Primary has 28 kids, with 5 in the nursery, so it's not too big, but not too small either.... I'm sure you will hear more ranting and raving...

Bueno, el domingo que viene empiezo mi nuevo llamamiento como la presidente de la Primaria de nuestra ramita, y estoy nerviosa! Creo que ya han llamado a mis consejeras, y supuestamente tendremos nuestra primera junta el jueves por la noche... Sé que dos de los cuatro maestros han sido llamados, y me esta haciendo un poco nerviosa. Estoy extremadamente agradecida por el esposo que tengo, especialmente porque él va a estar enseñando a los jovenes de 10 a 11 años, hecho en spanglish ya que tenemos unos niños que no hablan nada de ingles y otros que no hablan nada de español. Toda la primaria consiste de 28 niños, con 5 en la guardaría, así que no es demasiado grande, pero tampoco es muy chica... Me imagino que escucharán más de mis historias...

Floor

We decided that it was time to get rid of our awful living room carpet last time we cleaned it, as there were so many spots that would not come clean that it looked like a dalmatian! So Marcelo did a little paint job on the side and we got the money to put down hard wood- we found some bamboo on Craigslist for really cheap, and were able to get the rest that we needed for half price, so we went ahead and did it a few weekends ago... Here are a few pictures of the process and the finished floor. I am absolutely amazed at the things that my honey can do when he decides to- with no outside help! I love the floor, and it is so much easier to keep up than the carpet was. And we really like the way that bamboo looks, it's beautiful!

Decidimos que ya era tiempo de cambiar la alfombra fea de nuestro living la última vez que intentamos limpiarla, porque habían tantos manchitas que no salían que ya parecía dalmata. Así que Marcelo hizo un pololito y así ganamos el dinero para poner unpiso de madera. Encontramos bambu en una pagina web por muy barato, y pudimos conseguir la otra mitad que necesitabamos por la mitad de precio, así que lo hicimos hace unos fines de semana... Aquí hay unas foros del proceso y el piso terminado. Me asombran las cosas que mi esposo puede hacer cuando decide que quiere, sin ayuda de otros. Me encanta el piso, es mucho mas facil de mantener que la alfombra, y realmente nos gusta mucho como se ve, es hermoso!

Daniel-ism

For the last several weeks, Daniel has been asking everyone "what I gonna be?" meaning, how old am I going to be on my next birthday. We tell him he's 4 now and will be 5.

So, the other day he was looking for something that I assigned him to find because he had 'put' it somewhere, and he kept saying, "I twogot, Mom." Finally I understood what he was trying to say...I forgot! I said, "No, Daniel, you forgot." Then his face lit up and he said, "OH! Alin 2-got, I 4-got, and you mom, how many you got??"

Brag Bit

So, I really just want to brag about myself for a moment- I know, that is not cool, but....... I am going to anyway. I posted earlier about how nervous I was about the semester, but as of right now, with only one of my 1 credit classes left to post, I have 5 A's and 1 A-. I am pretty proud of that, because with 19 credits it was a busy, hard, yucky semester. But I lived through it! And in two more semesters I am DONE!


Bueno, realmente quiero jactarme un momento no mas... Sé, eso no se debe hacer, pero... Voy a hacerlo igual. Antes subí algo hablando de lo nerviosa que estaba para empezar el semestre, pero desde ahora , faltando solamente una de mis clases mas pequeñas, tengo 5 A's y un A- ( Equivalen a 7's con un 6.5. Estoy bastante orgullosa de esto, por al tener 19 creditos fur un semestre bastante agitado, dificil, y basicamente fome. Pero lo sobreviví, y me faltan dos semestres mas no más para terminarlo todo!

Ain't we cute!

So, this is a picture we took at my brother's wedding on the 20th. Marcelo was so sick he thought he was going to die, but he lived through the night... And I really liked a few of the pictures.....




Aqui hay unas cuantas fotos del matrimonio de mi hermano que fue el día 20. Marcelo pensaba que estaba muriendose, por estar enfermo, pero sobrevivió... Me gustaron algunas de las fotos asi que...







The whole family! Pretty impressive, I think!