Hola!

I am afraid I do not have a picture that I can post at this time, since they are all in my phone and our wireless internet is out; however, I can come back on tomorrow on my break and post from my phone.  I've been working on de-cluttering my house and I feel like I am finally starting to see a difference.  We celebrated my son's 11th birthday two Saturday ago.  We need to re-do the flooring in our home (it's only 3 years old) because people who built our home did not know what they were doing or something.  Luckily for us, my husband can do all of that stuff.  He did the guest bathroom floor two weeks ago (just in time for Nate's birthday party).  He laid a plank wood style tile down, and I repainted the bathroom a different color.  Oh and Friday night our cat had two kittens....I was a little shocked that she only had two.  Then Sunday morning she had another two!!!  I could not believe it, over 24 hours apart.  My mother says she's heard of it, but I was amazed.  Anyone want a kitten in 6-8 weeks?

My Spanish Speaking Practice Partner

Hola Clase,

This is a picture of "my" Work Study Student, Marcelo Perez.  He is a native speaker, originally from Ecuador, living in Charlotte with his family.   I practice speaking with him, which is a really fortunate opportunity for me.  Last week, I was reading the Ed Lab Newsletter (which is bi-lingual) out loud to him, and Marcelo said I did well. YEA Marcelo!

Adventures!

Hola clase,
I like to spend in the woods/forest because is something where I grew in my country. Also, is where most of the time I used to spend when I was in the military. Every time I take my kids to a little adventure they love it because they enjoy nature. At the same time I teach them survival skills. I know they little but once they start growing more, they know what to do when it comes to this things,

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Hola!
I hope that everyone has been having a great week. I have not had a super eventful week; mostly just continuing to go to the gym everyday and doing homework. This morning I ran across an article about a UNCW student spotting a great white shark near Wrightsville Beach this week! I thought it was so neat they were able to see that not too far from the beach. This is the link to the article; there is also a video they were able to capture. http://www.twcnews.com/nc/coastal/news/2017/03/29/great-white-shark-attacks-boat-of-uncw-student.html 
Here's a photo I took of Wrightsville Beach the other day while walking on the pier. I'm obviously way too excited to live so close to the beach, because it seems like I'm here once a week!

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As I was driving I saw a big convoy of military vehicles manned by at least 4 young people in each. I prayed and wished that wherever they were going, they were ok and all of them could come back safe. I felt lucky and proud.

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Hola!  So my baby is 11 months old (turned last week) and it makes sad actually.  Man they grow so fast.  There was picture day this week, and they did so good.  I've put those pictures in this blog today.  Harleigh is 3 years old, and Harper is 11 months.  It's a shot of the proofs, so the quality is not great.  My son turned 11 yesterday, and my biggest baby will be 18 this year.  I don't feel that old, but then I say I have a 17 year old, I get floored every single time. Haha.  So I started going to this place called Achieve Medical Weight Loss.  I go every Saturday morning for a B12/Lipo injection and weigh check, and I take a prescription of  Phentermine and Baricare Vitamin pack every morning.  I maxed my insurance out with my physical therapy, so I'm considering looking into the gastric sleeve surgery. I don't know, we'll see.  I have mixed feelings.  I seem to be doing good on this, last Saturday I was down a total of 8 lbs.  I don't really see/feel it except in my wedding bands (diamond does not stay on top, keeps swirling around my finger...it was a little big to start with, but it swirling around more) and I know it takes time.  Maybe I'll do a before/now picture on the last blog.  Have a great weekend!


 

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Hola clase!

I have been enjoying moving into my apartment these past two weeks. It feels nice to finally be settled somewhere; I've already been to the beach twice! I have a feeling I will be spending all of my free time there this summer. I have also started at a new gym (trying to get back on track with my goals for the year), and I'm really enjoying it there. Tuesday my family came to visit, and we took a quick trip to the beach since it was 78 degrees outside. Here are a couple of photos that I took during our quick trip!