Don’t Mess With My Dinnertime

November 11, 2011

So, we’ve been living in Spain for nearly a month now. In that time, our schedule went like this: 6am-Mike wakes up, Mandy’s in bed 7am-Mike leaves the house, Mandy’s in bed 8am-Mandy makes her way out of bed and hangs out with the dogs/on the computer/around the house 12 noon-Mandy is hungry so she [...]

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Fiddling Around

November 10, 2011

Um, so…I sat down at my computer this morning, and decided to play around with a few new looks for my website, and now it looks completely different than it used to. Haha oops. The funny thing is, I’ve been planning a site redesign for January, and today I got antsy enough that I’d “try [...]

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Spoiled

November 7, 2011

Hi, my name is Mandy and I’m spoiled. I’m not going to say I’m spoiled rotten because I don’t think I am. At least, that’s what my mom tells me, and she’s pretty much the authority on these things. But I am spoiled. Yes, I was fortunate to have a wonderful childhood and the ability to [...]

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This Little Piggy

November 4, 2011

{Disclaimer: Don’t read this if you are particularly squeamish about seeing deliciously cured legs of pig. But it’s not so bad…my mom got through the photos just fine…we video chatted with my parents just to see her face when she opened the photos. Priceless.} One thing we were most looking forward to about living in [...]

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The Food of Galicia

November 3, 2011

Since I got two requests yesterday to write about the food here, today seemed as good as any other day to address this topic. Truly, your wish is my command, readers! Many of you may be aware that tapas restaurants are all-the-rage in Spain, but where we live? Not really. Galicia is in the Northwestern [...]

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Santiago de Compostela

November 2, 2011

On Monday, Mike and I ventured about an hour away to Santiago de Compostela, which is the capitol city of our region, Galicia. It is also, according to Wikipedia, a Holy city where pilgrims flock from around the world. There’s even a series of trails called The Way of St. James (or El Camino de [...]

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Jardiland

November 1, 2011

Last weekend, Mike and I went to a huge garden center called Jardiland. Well, if you know anything about us, it’s that we’re complete suckers for a good garden, and that we have absolutely no concept of moderation when we get excited about something. The whole store was beautiful. They had orchids and pots in [...]

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WTF Moments

October 31, 2011

Happy Halloween everyone! Since Mike has today and tomorrow off of work (tomorrow is All Saints Day here in Spain), we’ve decided to take a short road trip to Santiago today, which is a Holy city about an hour away. I’m hoping that somewhere along the way, I’ll be able to find my favorite Halloween [...]

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New Friends

October 28, 2011

Yesterday, Mike and I went to our most local bar (a little less than a mile away) in hopes of getting a cup of coffee and maybe to see if we could converse with any of the locals. When we came through the doors, we were pretty intimidated since the owners were older and obviously [...]

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Home Exterior Photos

October 26, 2011

I took a few more pictures of the house for you guys! Here is the front of the house. This is our front door and porch. We have a very cool little tile picture outside of the house, and I absolutely adore it. The pool! (omg, it’s freeeezing even though it looks very inviting) View [...]

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Photos from the First Week

October 25, 2011

Hola! The internet was finally set up at our house, so let the photos rain down upon you! We had a particularly beautiful sunset on our second night here (photos taken from our balcony): It was amazing how much the sky changed with every passing minute as the sun set. And because at the time [...]

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