Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to all my readers and visitors and anyone who happens to come across my blog.

...I wish you were here...you're all immensely missed: Dad, Mom, Josue, Jose, Mike, Benny, Angelica, Joan, Shelly. And of course; Cousins, Aunts, Uncles and Grandmother. I love you all! You're all in my heart and in my mind this Christmas.

Best of Wishes!

December

Just pics...

Bunny with "Miss Lucy", her dance teacher.

On our way out singing. Awesome boxes in the background, huh?...the joys of living in Conectate.

Mishy, always looking cute

We (Dani, to be more exact) took several pictures of our singing team, but when I looked through them I noticed there was not one decent picture among them, argh!

Sick baby

I had planned to post pics of Bunny's year-end dance that she was supposed to have attended at her dance academy, but my poor baby was so sick yesterday she didn't make it.
She's had a terrible cough for the past two days, please pray that she'll get better asap and completely get over this flu that's been going around.
Thank you all!

Ballerina princesses

A couple pictures of the girls on their way out to one of their Jazz classes, aren't they just lovely?

 

Bunny is doing her year-end dance on the 15th of this month. I will definitely be posting a video and as many pics as I can.

Christmas nostalgia...

I'm not feeling very "Christmassy" this year...I don't know what it is, nor can I explain why I'm feeling this way.

I started writing a post about all the reasons I could come up with of why I'm feeling this way, but when I read through it it all sounded so depressing and negative I decided to erase it and begin all over again.
I won't write anything about that, I'll just mention here that I terribly miss spending Christmas with my family in Chile, with Gabriel and Sally (aka, Jonathan and Mercy), Danny, Luchi, my dad...the rest I have here with me (yay! I'm not so lonesome) thank God, if not I think I'd go mad!
Those were some good years, I treasure each one lovingly in my heart and hope that soon we'll spend yet another Christmas together.

How to speak Spanish

 I got this off a friends Facebook post and I thought my Spanish readers might enjoy a bit of fun.

Yo, Carolina Galetti, no me hago cargo de falta ortograficas ni gramaticales, ni de cualquier cosa que pueda llegar a ofender. 
There's always something to learn. Many times you need to say some phrase in Spanish, but you don't know how. 
Don't worry, your problems are solved! If you don't know how to speak Spanish, this will be helpful for your learning. For instance, we took some common phrases, just try and you're going to see the difference and how easy it is to speak Spanish.

Leeanlo en voz alta y que alguien que no lee la pantalla los escuche:

* Boy as a r = voy a cenar = I'm going to have dinner.
* N L C John = en el sillon = on the armchair.
* Be a hope and son = viejo panzon = fat old man.
* Who and see to seek ago = Juancito se cago = little John is a chicken.
* S toy tree stone = estoy triston = I'm sad.
* Lost trap eat toss = los trapitos = the little rags.
* Desk can saw = descanso = (you) rest.
* As say toon as = aceitunas = olives.
* The head the star mall less stan dough = deje de estar molestando = quit bugging me.
* See eye = si hay = yes, we have.
* T n s free o? = tienes frio? = are you cold?
* C10 go free O = si, tengo frio = yes, I'm cold.
*  T N S L P P B N T S O = Tienes el pipi bien tieso = you have an erection.

Conocimiento de frases básicas

* FOR IF THE FLIES: Por si las moscas
* EYE TO LOUSE: Ojo al piojo
* YOU HAVE ME TIRED, YOU HAVE ME: Me tenes cansado, me tenes
* THE FIFTH LINING OF THE BALLS: El quinto forro de las pelotas
* GO TO KNOW: Anda a saber
* CATCH YOURSELF CATHERINE: Agarrate Catalina
* YOU ARE TICKET: Sos boleta
* LITTLE FEMALE GAUCHOS PACKAGE: Paquete de Criollitas
* STAY FLY: Quedate mosca
* I MADE MYSELF THE RAT: Me hice la rata
* THAT'S MY CHICKEN: Ese es mi pollo.
* TO BURY THE SWEET POTATO: Enterrar la batata.
* TO ANOTHERING BUTTERFLY: A otra cosa mariposa.
* LIKE WHO DOESN'T WANT THE THING: Como quien no quiere la cosa.
* BETWEEN NO MORE AND DRINK A CHAIR: Entre nomás y tome asiento.
* I DON'T GIVE MORE: No doy mas.
* HE IS BIGGER BALLED THAN THE PIGEONS: Es mas boludo que las palomas.
* NOT TO HUNT ONE: No cazar una.
* IT IMPORTS ME A HORN: Me importa un cuerno.
* WHAT THREW IT: Que lo tiró.
* IT'S TO THE ROCKET: Es al cuete
* WHAT A HANDRAIL: Que baranda.
* WE ARE ALL ALIVE: Somos todos vivos.
* TO MAKE THE DUCK: Hacer la Pata.
* TURKEY'S AGE: La edad del Pavo.
* LET'S GO YET!: Vamos Todavía!
* IT MATTERS ME A WHISTLE: Me importa un pito.
* I'M MADE BAG: Estoy hecho bolsa.
* SEND FRUIT: Mandar fruta.
* TO BE A DEAD LITTLE FLY: Ser un mosquita muerta.
* ARE YOU DRINKING MY HAIR?: Me estas tomando el pelo?
* IT HAS MY BALLS FILLED: Me tiene las bolas llenas.
* YOUR SISTER IS AN IRON: Tu hermana es un fierro.
* HE DOESN'T GIVE FOOT WITH BALL: No da pie con bola.
* SKULL DON'T SHOUT: Calavera no chilla.
* TO CRY TO THE CHURCH: A llorar a la iglesia.
* TO DO EGG: Hacer huevo.
* PUTTING WAS THE GOOSE: Poniendo estaba la gansa.
* IT'S NOT NESARY: No es nesario.
* AS BORING AS LICKING A NAIL: Aburrido como chupar un clavo.

Thanksgiving frenzy

My mom's home (also known as "Contigo". Note: must be pronounced with a strong American accent) held a Thanksgiving dinner on the 25th for all their friends and supporters at a local Restaurant a few minutes away from their house. They called about a week in advance asking if I could prepare a few Christmas songs for my kids (well, the kids I take care of and teach every day) to dance to so they could totally bedazzle all their friends with our charming children and show them off for a few hours. The big day came and we were off for a 30 min. drive or so to the specified location. I must add here that there was a strong turkey smell wafting through the air that nearly drove me insane!!!...The reason being that "Contigo" (again pronounced with a strong American accent) asked our home to help them out by cooking one of the turkeys, since they had about 20 or so turkeys to cook that day.
As soon as we got there my mom got down to business and began introducing me to every last one of her friends. Man, let me tell you, roughly about 3/4's of the ppl there were my mothers' "amigas"...in total there were over 200 people, so you can imagine how many times I shook some random person's hand or had someone's glossy lips pressed against my cheek...Jesus, those "hello's" never ended. Then of course there was Aurelia. I can't tell you how many times I've met that woman, and not only met her but spoke to her and her daughters. Hell, I even went to her younger daughter's 15th birthday, but every time she's around my mother runs across the room and drags me to wherever it is that Aurelia is seated and politely introduces me as the "daughter that you have not met", and every time we "meet for the first time" we can't help but look at each other and laugh at my mother's craziness and absentmindedness.
Anyway, I got a bit sidetracked, but I really couldn't help it. Back to original plan of updating...this post is intended to show you pictures of the occasion.

The cuties, all dressed and ready to rock!

Burrito Sabanero

Dancing and loving it! Janine, "la nieta de Janine", that evening was the center of attention.

Picture time!...just about everyone in that room wanted a picture with the kids.

 

After Alf's opening speech, mom prayed a general prayer of thanks and everything else she could think of...she's so cute.

Mishy talking about her trip to Russia and selling her awesome paintings.

Shelly

Shelly; the sexy little clown, and Mauro (yes, he's back folks!); the dirty ol' Santa.

All that to say we all had a great time and really enjoyed ourselves...especially me...why? Well, there was enough beer to keep me happy ;)