Raising Bilingual/Biracial Kids

Once again I've been too busy to be able to write this post on Monday so here it comes, a little late. Raising my children with several languages and cultures is something I'm really proud of. I think that having my kids with the man I chose at the time was a great choice, since that gave my kids a unique mixture that will make them special wherever...

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Dream Big For Africa

I'm sure you all have heard of Malaria, since it's one of the most famous diseases of the African continent. But do you know what it really is? This is some information I found at MedLinePlus: Malaria is a parasitic disease that involves high fevers, shaking chills, flu-like symptoms, and anemia. Malaria is caused by a parasite that is passed from one human to another by the bite of infected Anopheles mosquitoes. Malaria can also be transmitted from a mother to her unborn baby (congenitally) and by blood transfusions. After infection,...

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Oh no, not again!

Oh yes, unfortunatelly it's true, I've got a cold... Again! I think it's the third time this winter, so far.... It's really really cold here right now. The weather is ok around noon, you even see quite a lot of peple in short-sleeved t-shirts and shorts. But then around 5.30 - 6 PM it starts to get colder and colder. We've had several nights with temperatures below 5 degrees C. I know, it doesn't seem so cold, in northern Europe 5 degrees is nothing... But bare in mind that most houses here don't have any kind of heating system and the walls aren't...

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A very special song

This is just a short note to let you know I'm still here. I've had a wonderful and peaceful weekend and I feel ready to start a new working week.I also wanted to share this song with you. I absolutely adore it, it means very much to me. A very special person dedicated this song to me and since then I remember him every time I listen to it.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FJmTcV6laGg&feature=relatedEnviado desde mi BlackBerry® de Vodaf...

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2 exams done

I sent in my first big exam this morning. According to the information on the web I'll get the result within 24 hours. Although it's an exam you do at home and you can use the books and internet it was still quite difficult because of some of the questions that were really tricky.I had to run some errands this morning and when I got home I revised the first two units of book 2 and did the exam. I have actually studied book 2 already so all I have to do is to revise everything and do the exams. I got 16/20 on the first exam, I'm not too happy about...

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Almost done

Today I finished my first big exam. It has 50 really tricky questions so I'll have to check 3 of them in the morning and then send it to my school. I'll be busy in the morning, fixing some documents I need to take to the lawyer and then in the evening I have a class. I also need to find some fun games in English for my 2nd grade class on Friday. I just hope I'll wake up feeling better tomorrow than I did today....Enviado desde mi BlackBerry® de Vodaf...

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Still walking...

I've had a few days off walking because I got the flu and just couldn't bare to go out into the cold. But today I decided that no matter what I really needed that walk.At first it was really really cold, only about 10 degrees C and it was quite windy. But I was determined that at least I would walk for 30 min. Well, after a little while I didn't even notice the cold. I was listening to music and just enjoyed life... I ended up walking for over an hour and returned home really refreshed and with a lot of energy.I forgot to check my weight before...

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So funny

I woke up feeling a bit blue and annoyed this morning. These past 2 days a lot of things have happened, several old "friends" have contacted me all of a sudden after a very long time and that has made me really confused. I mean, how is it that when you finally meet someone you really like and is happy with, your old boyfriends turn up and ask you to come back? Some sort of 6th sense or what? They actually don't want you but they don't want you to be with someone else eighter.... And it's not just one person, I'm talking about almost every boyfriend...

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Multicultural Mondays #1

Going through some of the members of the Mom Bloggers for Social Good I stepped into a new blog hop which I just LOOOOVE!!!! It's called MulticulturalMondays Blog Hop and it's all about living with two or more cultures in your family. Wow, this is just the one for me! I was born and bred in a multicultural family. My mom was born in Finland and my...

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Mom Bloggers for Social Good

Yey! It's here, the opening day for a new project for mom bloggers - the Mom Bloggers for Social Good. When I first read about it I inmediately felt an urge to participate, because this is just what I've been looking for for a very long time. I'm thrilled to be one of the founding members of this project and I hope we can do a lot of good for many people. The main areas this network will work with are: Children, Education, Maternal Health, Fair Trade, Workers’ Rights, Environment and Climate, Communicable Disease, Non-Communicable Disease, Access...

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Torre del Mar

Torre del Mar is a town about 20 min by bus from where I live. Since I live in a village it's nice to go to a town every now and then because the shopping is definitely much better. Torre is one of my favourite places to go to to have a coffee or just a stroll along the beach. There are lots of Germans in Torre so it's not uncommon to find signs...

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No walk today :(

I woke up really annoyed this morning. I didn't sleep well because it was way too cold in my room and in spite of going to bed fully dressed I was still shivering for a very long time.Houses here in Spain aren't built for the winter season, mainly because we only have really low temperatures about 2 months a year. Most houses don't have central heating either, only the modern ones. In Spain in winter we tend to put on a sweater as soon as we get indoors and take it off when we go out, since it usually is warmer outside in the sun. Funny, isn't...

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The 3 Holy Kings came to town

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Walking...

These are some photos I've taken the past days during my walks. Enjoy! ...

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