phew! that's better...

I thought it was looking a bit too cramped over here.

Some of the information that I was posting really just wasn't relevant to you. It was probably boring.

You really just want to see all the pictures and sweet adventure stories.

So pictures and sweet adventure stories you shall have!


All of those information dense posts about travel and teaching are now on a different site, which you can still get to by clicking on either of those tabs at the top of the page. But you do not have to if you're not into that sort of thing.

All of the other stuff, the good stuff, the most interesting stuff, is going to stay right here.

Organization!


This week I will be posting pictures and stories from our visit to Belize. There will be chocolate, there will be nature pictures and cave swimming, and Mayan ruins.

Until then, here is a picture to help take your mind away from the cold and rain/snow in your world.

layout

As you can probably see, unless you're color blind, I have changed some things around the site. Actually, I changed just about everything.

New layout, new colors, new fonts. What have you.
I was using an older layout, and it wouldn't let me update it with the new features, so I just decided I'd just go for it and change everything. It kind of needed a face lift.

The only thing that's bothering me right now is that I can't get the darn picture at the very top of the page centered. I have no idea why. I'm investigating, though, because it's really driving me crazy.

Alex asked me why I changed it now, since I'm probably going to be switching over to wordpress. I don't know, is the real answer. Mostly, I think, I just wanted to change some things, and I couldn't without changing most everything.
Darn present layouts. If only I were better at HTML. But, that's another story.

In other news, Alex and I bought chicken today for the first time since we arrived. First we didn't have a fridge, and then we moved to the new place that had a fridge, I was afraid that I'd have to take the guts out of a whole chicken. But, alas, they have chicken parts by the pound and that's what we got.
Tonight on the menu: Fried Chicken and French Fries.

I'm going to be buying some vegetables this weekend that I haven't seen in the States. I will probably put up pictures and recipes, though you won't be able to use them. It's payback for all the recipes and dinner descriptions I have to look at while I'm here and don't have the proper ingredients to make them.

Orange Carrots and Green Pataste

Pataste. The first time I had this, it was in soup form, served in its outer shell. I was unsure at first, but grew to like it over the course of the meal.
These are in their raw, though steamed, form sprinkled with a little salt. Absolutely delicious! They are firm yet melt in your mouth. The taste is unlike anything I've had while living in the United States.

Boiling Yuca

Yuca. It is a root, much like the potato but with the texture of hardy potato and sweet potato mixed. I don't know if that actually true, but that's the best way I can explain it right now. Most times, this root is boiled in water, then fried for a loooong time until it's golden brown. Then you eat it!

When I make these this weekend, I will post pictures and give recipes. It ought to be delicious!

Oh, chicken's done!! Must feed my face.

comments

Last note about this, I swear.
Someone had mentioned that you have to sign in with a google account in order to post comments...
Well, that's annoying.
For some reason, I thought you could use OpenID, which would allow you to log on with your facebook account, for example. But, I guess that's not the case. Therefore, I have opened the site up to all comments, whether you sign in, put your name on it, or leave it as anonymous.

So, there you have it. No more excuses.
If I found out a way to work with OpenID (I like it. I use it on other sites), I will let you all know.


Funny bit of the day -
One of the kids at school asked me "What is a slumlady?" I asked him to spell it for me. He showed me his notebook paper where he had written down "SlimShady." I then explained to him about Eminem, Slim Shady, and Marshall Mathers. I never thought that I would be in such a position.

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I need some help today as my brain isn't working as well as I'd like it to. I think it has something to do with lack of sleep, which also has something to do with waking up at 6am to shop outside for veggies.

I am looking into transferring my blog to another domain. I need help with a name.
If I end up moving things over to another site, it will be very similar to this one in terms of content.

I need creative help. I want the name to be catchy and describe me (Alex is going to start his own blog).
I think alliterations are cool, but more than anything I just want it to say "Desaree". Not literally. You know what I mean....

Some things I've come up with but don't absolutely love:
- the daily dent
- daily deliberations

I want the name to describe me more than the blog. Mostly because I generally blog about a variety of things, all of which have to do with me and my life (with Alex).

Any suggestions are helpful. So, suggest away!

ten

I've just learned that I now have ten followers on my blog. How freaking sweet is that?


Some of you, I know you. Some of you, I don't know you.
All of you, I'm glad you read my blog.

For those of you who have just recently joined, if you would like to say hi and introduce yourself, that'd be sweet. I love comments.