Yes, it took me 15 months to get this together... If you really feel like you're missing baby reports you can follow me on Twitter (@barnswallowkateAdriana was born in early December 2012 after a pretty average labor & delivery (drug assisted, woo!). Carlos was so great and gave me exactly the kind of support and encouragement I needed. He was ( Read more... )

Ok! So! I never got around to mentioning this on LJ/Xanga during the planning stages, but: Carlos and I got married at the end of September (yay!).  We only dated 11+ years and were engaged for 4+, so you know, we may have rushed a little, but I think we're going to do alright.  I want to write a post to record a few things I don't want to ( Read more... )

Read Part 1 here, and see pictures on Picasa for this part starting here.

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
About midday on Tuesday we left the Arenal area and drove west around the northern shore of the lake.  Apparently there is sometimes a road around the southern shore of the lake, but we didn't want to risk it in our rental 4WD.  The drive took a long ( Read more... )

Heeeeeeeeeeeee!

I just got a phone call from Michael Muhney, aka Sheriff Lamb on Veronica Mars.

He says watch his show!


(Please ignore my squeaky shaky voice, I was nervous talking to the Sheriff, I didn't want to get arrested!)

He was nice enough to call my tiny Viewing Party of three, and said hi to Carlos, my mom, and me.  Aww, so sweet!  And thanks ( Read more... )

[blacked-out part is spoilers for VM Season 3 ep 1, which you may watch here at midnight or here {rtsp://a1986.v87251.c8725.g.vc.akamaistream.net/7/1986/8725/v0001/msnent.download.akamai.com/8725/DBA90618/published/Video/Misc/High/VeronicaMars_WelcomeWagon.wmv} if you copy and paste that link into Windows Media Player]

...I just heard Veronica Mars ( Read more... )

Something you don't expect to hear your boyfriend say at 11:30 on a Saturday night: "Oh no, my wizards are exploding!!"


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Before the secret, a little backstory...

A long time ago, in a high school hallway not-that-far-away, Carlos and I started going out.  By the end of high school we were pretty sure we wanted to be together for a very long time.  And we definitely wanted to live together.

But Carlos stayed at home during college, and I stayed in the dorms.  Living ( Read more... )