I'm tired...

...and now I know why... I have anaemia... I went to see my doctor the other day to pick up the results of some analysis I did a few days back and well, I've got anaemia. So I'm back on having iron in the mornings and trying to think even more about what I eat. It's not the first time I'm like this and actually I should have known and recognized the symptoms because I'm usually like that Duracell rabbit and lately I just want to sleep... Anyway, better late than never so here we go, having to get up early in the morning for that wonderful iron...

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WW - The beach at night

Please visit the other participants in WW as we...

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Houdini's got a new house

I'm quite tired of finding Peluche, our Houdini hamster, in different parts of the house every morning so today I sent the kids to buy him a new cage. This time we bought a plastic cage, which hopefully will keep him inside. ;-) I hope this will do the tri...

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Music Monday: Pedacito de mi vida

This is an old Peruvian cumbia that reminds me of my favorite Peruvian TV series, "Néctar en el Cielo". Not that I've watched so many Peruvian series since I'm Spanish and not Peruvian, but that series really is one of the best I've ever seen. In case someone would like to have a look at the series you can have a look here (it's in Spanish): Come...

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Wii Fit Plus

Yesterday, at last, I was able to buy the game and the balance board. I've wanted to buy it for a long time, but since money is a true issue here, there was never any chance of getting it. But yesterday we finally got it. *doing the happy dance* My first impression is that it's great fun! It's a game I can play with my kids and have a great time. Unfortuantelly my results were not too great, BMI 25,8 and I should loose 10 kgs (20 pounds). I will do my best to achieve that in 6 months. :-D Sorry, haven't got any time to blog right now....

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Commenting and Blog Hops...

Oh my, sometimes there's NOTHING going on and sometimes there's just way too much. *lol* I'm participating in 2 events on the net right now and honestly, there aren't enough hours in the day. ;-) I'm trying to visit as many blogs as I possibly can and I leave as many comments as I can, but there's no way I'll visit all the blogs this weekend and by the looks of it, I won't be making the 1000 comments challenge either. But hey, I'm not sad because I'm having a ball! I promise I'll get back to everyone that's been commenting on my blog this weekend...

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No-Go BlogHer

I'm participating in No-Go BlogHer this weekend and these are my answers: When did you start blogging?I started blogging in 2004, while I was still living in Sweden. It was a blog in Swedish and I had it for about 4 years. It was my most popular blog so far, with about 1000 visitors a week. Why did you start blogging?I was about to move to Morocco with my kids and I wanted a way to keep in touch with people and also give a different point of view on living in Africa, Moslems and travelling with kids. What is one thing you are going to do this...

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Hello! I'm Blanca

So you're curious about who I am? Ok, fasten your seatbelt and enjoy the ride! My nick on the internet is Blanca. I'm aged 42, but really, age is just a number, right? I actually feel a lot better now than when I was 30, so I'd say my best age definitely is here and now. *lol* I was born and bred in Stockholm, Sweden, but I'm Spanish since birth (Spanish dad/Finnish mom). At age 20 I decided I wanted to go back "home" to Spain, so I spent 6 years studying at a Spanish university. After that I returned to Sweden for 12 years, got married...

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I want to be a billionaire

Oh well, not really... I don't think I'd be happy having so much money, but I sure could do with a little more than I have right now. I've been low on money before, but never like this. If I only buy fresh  bread (nothing else, not even milk...) and not every day we probably will make it to the end of the month but hey, what kind of a life is that? Luckily enough I bought quite a lot of beans last month, at least we won't starve... It's August, my and DS2's birhtday is coming up in 2 weeks, I still didn't get DS1 a present yet (his birthday...

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A link exchange project

This morning, while doing some commenting (boy, am I behind on that challenge or what?) I came across "A teacher's link exchange project" and since I definitelt need more links for this blog I decided to join. It seems like a really easy thing so I'm game! If you too are looking for more links to your blog, come join this proje...

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El Cóndor Pasa

I think this is probably one most famous tunes from Latin America. "El Condor Pasa" is a Peruvian song composed by Daniel Alomía Robles in 1913. There are several versions of this song. Simon & Garfunkel made a version of it in 1970, translating the lyrics into English. This is a version in Quechua, the native language of millions of people in Peru, Bolivia and Ecuad...

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Wednesday already

The weeks are really flying by... It's Wednesday already, it's 1 PM and I'm working at home. My goal for today is to finish at least half the book of Lengua (Spanish) for the 5th grade. What I do is to copy the grammar parts and look for excercises that work those areas. I don't really teach the normal way, because my job is to help the kids with their homework and explain those things they didn't understand in class. I really love my job, and I don't mind at all explaining 13829475023 times in a year what a noun is. *lol* I have a lot of patience...

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Countries I've visited

I love travelling! I wish I could travel a lot more but unfortunatelly my financial situation doesn't permit me to travel as much as I'd like. I found this map over at The Travelling Suitcase: visited 6 states (2.66%) Create your own visited map of The World If money was no problem I'd love to go to: Europe: Vatican City, Itsly, France, Russia...

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The August Challenge

Oh my, am I crazy or what? I just joined the August Challenge over at Harriet & Friends and I'm still a bit nervous about this one. You have to make at least 1000 comments on other blogs during the month of August. Since it's August 3 today that means about 40 comments a day... I'm not sure I can make that but I will give it a serious shot, because...

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Music Monday: Birthday Song

Happy Birthday, the Mexican way. Come join Music Monday and share your songs with us. Rules are simple. Leave ONLY the actual post link here and grab the code below and place it at your blog entry. You can grab this code at LadyJava's Lounge Please note these links are STRICTLY for Music Monday participants only. All others will be deleted without...

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WW - Malaga at night

Here are some photos I took one night when we went to Malaga. I'm sorry, they are quite blurry, I still need to make friends with my camera, specielly when it comes to take photos at night. One of Picasso's famous statues. Picasso was born here in Malaga. More WW participants at: August...

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WW - Going to Ceuta

These are some photos I took last time I went to Morocco. There are several ways to go to Morocco from Spain. Since I always go to a town very close to the Spanish border I usually take the ferry from Algeciras (Spain) to Ceuta, which is a Spanish territory in the north of Africa, and from there I go by shared taxi to my town. The harbour in Algeciras. The...

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Sunday Seven – Episode 248

OK, it´s 9 AM and my DS2 woke me up half an hour ago... Today is going to be a GREAT day, I can feel that. So I've decided to do a quick meme just to get my brains working.... Here we go, it's time for SUNDAY SEVEN: Name seven candle fragrances you think you’d most enjoy in your home. OK, this is an easy one, since I loooooveeee scented candles. I have candles in the kitchen, living room, bathroom and of cause in my bedroom. My favorite fragrances are coffee, vanilla, cinnamon, pine tree, rose, lemon and chocolate, in no special order. As often...

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