Blog Dreams

I'm enjoying blogging so much. It's a cheap thrill for me. I hope to get better and better. I'm trying to learn all the things I need to know. I know it will take time because I'm such a novice. My dream is to one day have an incredibly popular blog. A blog that people can't wait to read every day and they tell all their friends about. I know for that to happen I have to up the excitement factor. I have many ideas for the direction I want this blog to go in. I may even start another blog for some of these ideas. As you can tell I love to daydream. You never know, dreams sometimes come true.

I'm Stuffed

We had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We ate around noon. This is a bit earlier than we usually eat but we had to this year because my husband had to go to work. The food was scrumptious as usual. Dave and I made green bean casserole and mashed potatoes. My mom and aunt made the rest. Mom makes the best stuffing in the world!!! I will post the recipe soon. It's a recipe that's been passed down generation to generation. We made it once when we lived in Iowa (Dave's home state)and his family really liked it. We ate, had dessert, talked and then we had to run out the door so Dave could make it to work in time. Whoa, it was a whirlwind Thanksgiving to say the least. I'm so happy that he is off Christmas day. I know that I said I would post pictures of our Thanksgiving but to tell you the truth it went by so fast that I didn't even take my camera out of my purse. I will try to do better with Christmas pictures. I hope everyone had a beaautiful Thanksgiving with family and friends.

Thanksgiving Wishes

Happy Thanksgiving to family & friends near and far. We are going to Mom and Aunt Lynn's for dinner and then Dave has to go to work. One of the non-perks of your husbamd working at a hospital. Thank goodness he has Friday off. We plan on eating leftovers, watching tv and writing out Christmas lists of what we want to buy for everyone. Love the holidays!!! I will post pictures from Thanksgiving in the next few days. Enjoy your Turkey Day.

Promise

For those of you reading this blog, I promise I will be updating more often. I'm going to try to post daily. Try...

Our New Car

We got a new car on Thursday. A Chevy HHR. We are in love with it!! We are giddy that we finally got a new car. We had our old baby, a 1996 Honda Civic for over 11 years. It was a wonderful and reliable car in it's day but it was time to get a new one. The weird thing is that every time we spoke of getting a new vehicle something would malfunction or happen with our old car. I know it's an inanimate object but it's like it knew. This happened many times. Strange I tell you.

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The "Cou" Story

I'm of Portuguese, Irish and English descent. Like in many American/European families, my family often lived with each other or very close by. So the whole family had a hand in raising the children. We lived with my maternal grandparents when I was young. I soaked up everything Portuguese, food, stories and almost the language. Let me explain, my grandmother wanted to teach me Portuguese because children learn a foreign language more easily when they're young but my dad didn't want me to learn because he didn't want me to know more than he did. My grandmother (Nana) still taught me words here and there. For example, she and my mom would have me say good night "boa noite" and other words and phrases. They taught me the word for rearend "cou". One day while in kindergarten I fell down and started crying, when my teacher asked me what happened, I told her I hurt my "cou". She looked at me like I was an alien from another planet. I couldn't get her to understand what I meant. I was so frustrated. When I got home I told my mom the story in my little girl way. It then hit her and she started smiling. When teaching a child words in a foreign language you have teach them the words in English also. Boy, did I feel like a giant "cou" that day. It's now a lovely family story.