I was so excited about last week’s Ragamuffin Top Challenge that I made my first video after Blake gave me a little tutorial.  I waited approximately 52 hours before giving up on the forever upload.  And well, this Saturday.  I was just lazy and sad that my video (my very first video!) wouldn’t upload. Finally, […]

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I was really excited about this week’s post because I made my very first video!  Too bad it’s still uploading and Saturday’s on its way to over.  Seeing as how I’m afraid of Carlos and all the other Ragamuffintoppers, I decided I should at least post a mini update.  Cross your fingers that I’ll figure […]

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It’s late on a Friday and I’m awake. Manizales is alive outside, the night just beginning. My window is open and there is a mountain breeze and music drifting through it. I can’t help but be a bit nostalgic and wonder where the days have gone. I landed in Colombia almost a year ago, excited […]

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Juan Miguel sneaks up behind me and gives me a backwards hug. “Heya, kiddo.” “Alo, Mees.  You are nice.  No.  You look nice.” “Well, thanks, Juanmi.  You look nice, too, but you sure are dirty.” “Yes, Mees.  I was in futbol.  You look cool.  No.  You are cool.  Always cool.” “Really?  Thanks, Juanmi.  I think […]

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Sometimes I sit down to write and the words come easily. I’m not sure where their origin is or how they find their way behind that flashing black line on my computer screen, but they do. They find their way there and they stay for a while. Until I read them and change them into […]

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I spent all day Saturday in Chinchina, a small town between Manizales and warmer, at a coffee farm owned by one of the families from school. I’m always amazed by the hospitality of these people and do my best to be sociable when I’m offered an invitation. I admit that sometimes I let the day […]

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How did I get myself into this? I’m such a sucker for peer pressure. So, week 2 of the good ole challenge. I’ve been training for a triathlon that a friend has roped me into completing with her. (note again, sucker for peer pressure) I’ll admit, though, that it’s helped me build up my mileage, […]

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Here’s a little taste of Colombia. Yes, it’s a cheesy sort of promo video, but it also clues you into some lesser known facts about this country I’m in for awhile. It also definitely has the, um… Colombian sentiment. I’ve heard the word passion more in the last year than I’d care to admit. It’s […]

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I ran my first half marathon with my sister-in-law in January. Through the training for it and living in a different country with more fresh fruit and less temptation to go out for dinner, I lost 20 pounds. It felt great. I was excited and motivated. And then, I got lazy. No, I haven’t gained […]

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I had this great professor in college.  He was always challenging us to try new things, to push the envelope, to be ever growing educators.  Truthfully, as a word person, his ideas about numbers and technology were pretty intimidating for me.  And his classes were hard.  They were uncomfortable and they weren’t what I was […]

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