thankful

i was just sitting here in the cyber when i thought...why not make a list of some of the things i am thankful for?... dark chocolate shadows blue running shoes cafe con leche comfy chairs and interesting books the Mediterranean (spelling?!) spell check laughing my ipod junior mints friends clean sheets ball point pins smiling guacamole dogs the color AR-ange movies family street cleaners push pins donuts air conditioning you...hehe...if you are still reading this ridiculous list!

galletas

i live in an area of town that never sleeps...yeah!..i said never. several times throughout the week i´ll get up in the middle of the night just to look out the window and make sure i´m not alone. last night i got up at 4:30 to eat some cookies and had to have a glimpse to see who was out...unbelieveably the street was deserted...totally quiet. it was a bit unnerving to be honest. i´m not sure if it was from the fact that i had just eatten four cookies in the middle of the night or that my normally lively street looked so vacant. when i finally got up for good this morning to eat some more cookies with my yogurt, i realized that maybe i´m not so good at being alone.

castellers

so i went this weekend to granollers, a town outside bcn to stay with a friend and see some of the festivities ending the week-long party in her town. this morning they did something i was TOTALLY unprepared for....groups of people built human towers, called castellers, of unbelieveable height. i have to admit that this pic is not from this morning (i can´t connect my camera to the comp at the second), but the pics i took looked just like this one that was taken in bcn. i´m not sure what impressed me the most...was it the crazy people making the bed to brake the fall at the bottom? was it the bases that were supporting the entire weight of the structure? was it the little ones that climbed to incredible heights and risked a fall? was it just the energy, tension and excitement that pulsed throughout the crowd? well, maybe it was all of it the made the whole experience so unforgetable, but i have to say the aspect i found most interesting was the man or men that stood at the very bottom..below the bases that can be seen by the crowd...they are absolutely unseen and unknown throughout the process. they get no glory for the support and strength that they offer, but they are absolutely necessary. without getting too philosophical, i wonder how many people have offered their strength and support to me over the years that i have failed too notice or thank? well, thanks... :)

gracia

this is jo and i one evenning in gracia. as you can tell we haven´t quite perfected the one-handed picture taking yet. jo, i loved having you here...so when are you comming back?!

sunset

this is mount tibidabo in the distance from the park at sunset...it is moments like this that i feel like i should be paying for this somehow

hanging out

this is me hanging out with one of my favorite people...jonasito! we are outside of my new home and he must have liked it since we have the sticking-out-tongue-of-approval!

international cake

this is the cake that sarah made for our bday...if you look closely there is spain and the usa and jo and i all on there...you are amazing sarah! i wish i could have eatten some! :)

criders

the criders treated us to hard rock cafe for our bday dinner...thanks guys! somehow this was my first time there in the four months i´ve been here and i got mac and cheese...what was i thinking?! hellooooo...should have gotten a burger at HARD ROCK...haha...ah well..i loved the mac and cheese and it was a really great night. this was right after caleb told the waiters to embarress us..AHH..i´ll just let you imagine what they made us do. it is the same as the states. just watch out caleb!...october is not that far away!

it is when i look at pictures like this that jo took on mount tibidabo that i remember just how big my city is.

paradise

this picture is from a recent trip to blanes with jo and our friend susanna. blanes, i looked up in the dictionary and it means paradise...(ok not really, but it should!)

This is my Jo on her recent trip to BCN...she went up on Casa Batllo and got tp see a pretty good view of the city..right here we get a pretty good view of Jo..hehe

Ok...So i know that i am sideways at the moment, but from the computer i am at right now i can´t fix it, so maybe we can just pretend that i am trying to be creative and make a statement about...hmm..give me a minute...alright, nevermind..i´m just sideways! this pic was from when jo was here and we took one of our nearly daily (yes i said daily) starbucks breaks. mm...we now have light frapps!

Luau

This is mom as a Hawaiian pineapple. Mom..haha..you make a great pineapple! Who would have thought?! :)...love ya mom!

Beheaded yumminess

This is dad beheading a lobster in Hawaii recently...wow, mom and dad, it must be SO tough to have your life! haha...dad, take it easy on the lobster---probably a good thing we don´t eat too many of those in Nashville! I love you dad!