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Bits, odds and what not: "A bridesmaid's job is never done and certainly never dull"
You know how many women complain how they have always been the bridesmaid but never the bride? Well, though I have only been a bride once, (and never again) I had never been a bridesmaid before. When my oldest sister got married, I was the flower girl, so my only responsibility was to make sure the rose petals landed nicely, and that I didn't fall ( Read more... ) -
Bits, odds and whatnot: teenage dreams...
As some of you may know, I am currently working as a middle school teacher. I teach English as a foreign language, since I live in Mexico and even if we are not right up there with the developed countries, we sure make sure all of our kids have a bilingual education ( Read more... ) -
Bits, odds and whatnot: wordless.....
As any writer would know, (okay I know I'm not officially one, but let me have my little fantasy for a while) the worst thing that can happen is to run out of things to write about or worse, have an assignment and stare mindlessly at the computer screen, because you have no idea what to write ( Read more... ) -
Bits, odds and whatnot: limbo......
According to Wikipedia, one of the definitions of limbo is: "any status where a person is held up, and nothing can be done until another action happens ( Read more... ) -
"For better or for worse, and all the in between." Timing, timing, timing...
When I was in my twenties (ouch) I had this idea that I was going to accomplish certain things before I turned 30. One of them was to get married, and another one was to have three kids before that age. I know, any feminist reading this would probably want to strangle me, but there you have it. Of course, for the above to happen, I would've found a ( Read more... ) -
Bits, odds and whatnot: don't you just hate it when your boss.......
I know that no matter how much we love or not love our jobs, there will always be one thing, one task, one thing you have to do that just makes you shudder, groan and repeatedly curse whoever came up with the idea of said task ( Read more... ) -
"For better or for worse, and all the in between." Dreaded holidays.
My big sister told me once, days before my wedding ( Read more... ) -
Bits, odds and whatnot: Auld Lang Syne
I suppose I should congratulate myself in starting one of my New Year's resolutions before the new year hits in several hours. Said resolution involves me blogging more and hence, writing more, and just making the time to sit down and do what I like to do: write ( Read more... ) -
Moira down! Moira no! Moira.....we love you!!
I knew when I asked my husband for a dog, that our lives would change. Yet, I never envisioned just how much we would learn from this little four-legged being, who likes to chew on my socks, play with the toilet paper, and whose best friend is Dorotea, the neighbor's Dachshund ( Read more... ) -
Book recommendations.....
Here I am again, with my list of books I recommend as a good option to read for this summer ( Read more... )