food for thought
"The Golden Arches are now more widely recognized than the Christian cross." - Eric Schlosser, author of
Fast Food Nation, in his new book
Chew On This."We're a big, fat, lazy, wasteful, gullible culture. We'll swallow anything. We'll sell our parental pride for $2.89." - Dan Rodicks, Baltimore Sun columist, on parents buying premade, frozen peanut butter-and-jelly sandwiches for their children.
"The trouble with resisting temptation is it may never come your way again." -Korman's Law
"No matter what their labels say, margarines are basically the same- mixtures of soybean oil and food additives. Everything else is theater and greasepaint." -Marion Nestle, nutrionist
comfort X 2
Today my bed frame was delivered, and I was dreading the assembly portion of the process. After a looooong day which included file review and a few "interesting" clients, not to mention that I'm interviewing candidates to find my new legal assistant...I was EXhausted. I'm so thankful to have incredible people in my office, even if some of them make fun of my Argentine accent ;)
I'm posting pics of the bed...only because I'm so proud that I was able to assemble it myself. You might be asking yourself, "So, what...is this girl crazy?!" My mom was blessed with all the manual skills and I've always been a book nerd, so for me it was quite the accomplishment.
my plant!!!
The clients' view... :)
i'm still smiling
I wanted to have pics of my office posted by now, but it has been so busy at work. Here are a few images of things/people that make me smile, I hope you'll find the corners of your mouth turning up as well :)
cherries/cerezas/cerises/cerejas
Papi in the hammock!
At the beauty bar with new friends, it's funny because Paul looked totally different about three hours before this was taken.
Eric and mamacita...
Cher and mark are friends of the family...here's their little jewel Grant :)
I heart Austin
Interesting article from the Austin Chronicle...pics to come later this week.
http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A388469
Jurassic 5- new disc out this week!
the start
i started work about one week ago...since then i've been to austin spending time with the fam and to see NATALIE after her arrival from Spain!! we had a bbq on saturday and it was the first time in about two years that all four sibs were back in TX together...
I thought i'd change my blog address, but i changed my mind. It's much easier to keep the same one and change its title. It's now "Kelly's hOMe" and I think it fits the situation... time for an evolution. I hope you are all happy and healthy.
Much love!
casita
la cocina
el campo
view from driveway
the living room
world cup
babycita
new chapter
This is officially the last entry on la vida de una Americana Portena...
This weekend we're going to Canyon Lake and then I'm off to begin my new life in the hill country...check your email to find out what the new blog address is. (After the 4th). I hope to have pics and I plan to beat Eric on the tennis court. Wouldn't it be great if I could get a picture of that?!
WHAT HAPPENED ARGENTINA??? now i'm going for France...
I bought a new bed frame (see below) and I will be living on a dirt road. Dan, you owe me a postcard. Enough said.
Much Love!
Welcome back Rach!
