NEWS!! UPDATE!! NEWS!!

I'm not good at keeping secrets. I mean, if you tell me a secret, I won't tell anyone. BUT if I have some good news or something good happened to me, I can't control myself. I have to tell it. Inmediately. Or almost.

Moreover, I'm not a patient person. Not at all. If I want a book, I want it right now, and can't wait 'til next week. I have to buy it now. If I want to go to a festival or to the movies, I want to go soon, not the following week or month.

I'm impatient. Always. Can't help it.

When Jimmy and I started to look for a house, I was really anxious. I wanted to find OUR house quickly. That wasn't the case... It took 6 months! But that wasn't the worst part.

I didn't want to tell my parents about our plans inmediately, because I knew they weren't going to take me seriously. They are always joking... So I had to shut up and keep the secret for more than 6 months. Just two weeks before signing the contract, I told them. And then, they were so surprised and happy...!! {Although I was right: they started joking...}

But after that horrible experience of keeping a secret for so long, I've decided to tell good news as soon as possible. And today, I have good news.

After two or three weeks of hard work at our house, today we decided to take a break and go out. I've been waiting for New Moon for so long, and now we could go and watch it. So Jimmy and I went to the movies. I was worried there wouldn't be tickets... But there were! We could even choose our seats! Great!!

After buying the tickets we go shopping and finally headed to the theater.

When we arrived, there was nobody. We were alone. I sat down and Jimmy went out to buy popcorn. Meanwhile some people arrived.and took their seats. Then Jimmy came and sat next to me. He said "I've got something for you"... He gave me a little box. And then he whispered in my ear "Will you marry me?"

I was in shock. Seriously. I wanted to cry, to jump, to hug him, to kiss him... And meanwhile Jimmy was waiting for an answer... Then I realized I was there, almost crying, paralized. For too long.  Poor Jimmy! So I said quickly "YES!". And nodded nervously. And opened the small box, where I found a beautiful ring. {I know, I have to upload some pictures, but my camera is not collaborating... boo} Oh, I was so happy!!

We hugged and kissed and laughed and were so excited!

And then I couldn't concentrate in the movie...All I was thinking about was what had just happened there.

Today, November 20th 2009, Jimmy proposed!

And after the movie and having dinner, he drove me home. I decided to tell my family inmediately, and now here I am, telling you!!

Jimmy and I are ENGAGED!

Let's be honest

After reading Camille's post "A Banj-off Against Steve Martin Just Officially Topped My List of Must-Dos Before I Die" (Archives of Our Lives) and Katie's "Family (Dis)function" (Confessions of a Young Married Couple), the only thing I think about is Christmas. Fortunately I already bought Jimmy's gifts (a month ago...). But I haven't thought about what I'd like to receive for Christmas... yet. And that's weird. So I've spent all my morning and afternoon thinking about what I'd like people give me for Christmas.

And so in reply to Camille's post, here is my wish list:


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Hmmm... money?

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Okay, maybe you think I'm being too materialistic... But, let's be honest. Money is great!! People give you money and then you can buy whatever you want!! And so you don't have to lie and say "thanks", and never use that thing (if you don't like the gift). That would (and is) a waste of money! If people gave me money, instead of a gift, I'd spend it on something I'll love or need... Is it logic?
But it's true that asking money for Christmas is wrong...
So this is my new wish list:


I want 


1) Money










2) and money.


I'm sorry! I really tried. But the truth is I NEED moneyyyy! After buying the house, any coin, any cent is a great gift. We have to buy sooo many things, and a paint can is not a good Christmas gift.


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Boo. I feel bad about that wish list.
Okay, I've thought about it and now I have a better wish list:


Having Christmas in our new house. And inviting all the family. Yes, hosting my in-laws, my parents and my brother. All together for Christmas. I think that'll be great.


What about you??

My professors must be superheros with super sight

Today I was supposed to read this (among other texts)  for tomorrow...

 THIS

Can you see anything?? Or am I nearsighted?

Whether I am or I am not,

I'm sure I'm going to be (more)

nearsighted if I keep trying to read it...

 I'm sorry but I can't read it. I've tried with and without glasses, in a brighter room, with a magnifying glass... But I can't.
And then my mom came and asked me "Do you really have to read THAT?". I sighed and said "Yes, mom, I do. The problem is I CAN'T..."

Good for you

Hi everyone!

I'm here to tell you that I've survived my first day of my master's degree. Yeah, today my master's degree started. Yeah, today. In mid-November. I know... It's way too weird. But I don't mind... because I have Christmas vacation from December 18th to January the 9th!!! YAY!

My conclusion?? Humm. I think the word is "boring". It was sooo boring. We had classes for two hours, break, and then two hours more. It was about teenagers and educational systems in Spain. I warned you: it's boring.

And because our professors love us so much, they decided to inaugurate the master's giving us some homework to do. And by "some", I mean "a lot": reading and reading AND writing an essay AND doing some activities. Love you too, professors! Oh, I forgot to mention all this homework is for Wednesday.

But since those classes were so boring I spent my time watching some of my classmates. And one, more specifically. She was in the first row {I don't like being there... I prefer the second row.}, with her long hair , asking lots of questions to the professors, and then, she turned and said "Hey, girls, what's your degree? And what are you gonna do this year?" So a friend of mine and I answered that we had studied English Translation and that we wanted to study this master's degree because in the future we wanted to be teachers. And then she said "Oh, wait. Aren't you going to take the oposiciones?" (which is a competitive examination to find a stable job as teacher in a public school or high school). We shaked our heads and explained we didn't have time. Well, I explained I didn't have time to study for those oposiciones {you have to study more than 80 lessons...}now, since I'm busy with my new house, and working as a private teacher. And she threw her head back and laughed.

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What's that funny?

Why was she laughing?

Was she laughing AT ME?

Huh.

Then she said, gesticulating maybe too much, "oh, girls, I've graduated in Chemistry, I'm studying for my doctorate AND this master's, I'm working as a teacher AND I'm studying for the oposiciones. And believe, there's always enough time. Ha ha ha!".

...Okay, good for you. You may be a superhero...

Yeah this conversation was real.

Have a nice week!

Our house: day 15

After two weeks of hard work, our house is becoming a home. Or almost. There's still too much to do, but hey, I'm optimistic.
So... what have we done in these two weeks? Humm, let's see...

• Cleaning the house (many times... but it's still dirty!!)
• Throwing away all the trash our dear old owners left there...
• Mowing and watering the garden (Hey! Now I can use the word "garden" to refer to that, before it was a jungle, remember?)
• Painting the balcony (Twice)
  
• Painting our bedroom grille door (Twice)
  
• Painting the living room grille window
• Buying two mirrors for the bathrooms and hold them up (thanks IKEA for having such cheap mirrors!!)
• Buying a fridge and a washing machine and instal them

 Here we have the biggest mirror we bought...

And it's in the smallest bathroom...

Logical, right?

And here is the second mirror... the "small" one.

Our new fridge. And Jimmy.

{I think that face means he is proud, but I'm not sure...}

This is the "during" picture of the grille door.

It's in our bedroom. And there you can also see the balcony.

And we couldn't have done so much without my in-laws' and my parents' help.

Thank you so much for your patience.

In this picture, my in-laws, cleaning the kitchen.