A-Z About Me

A- Aim for life: to enjoy myself, live day by day and be the best mother and wife I can be.

B- Book you are reading: I'm reading 'La dama azul' by Javier Sierra. I read a versicle of the Bible every day. I also try to read everything that my friends post here, although it is almost impossible.

C- Chore you hate: ironing

D- Dessert you love: whatever with chocolate in it

E- Essential start your day item: coffee, black or cappuccino

F- Favorite author/book: there are a few authors I like. In Spanish Gabriel García Marquez, Antonio Machado, Pablo Neruda, Julia de Burgos, García Lorca, Isabel Allende, Alejandro Tapia y Rivera and Lynnette Santiago. In English, Walt Whitman, Edgard Allan Poe, Emily Dickinson, Charles Dickens, Charlotte & Emily Bronte, Jane Austen, Louisa May Alcott.

G- Gold or Silver: silver. I don't like how gold looks on my skin.

H-Heart or Brain: it all depends. Sometimes both.

I- Instruments to play: I don't play any instruments, but I would like to learn to play the guitar.

J- Job title: ESL professor

K- kids: Fernando, Caeli and Gabriel

L- Living arrangements: don't know. Happy enough.

M- Most overused words/phrase in your vocabulary: English: (1) really? (2)Good morning / Good afternoon class ;-) (3) I love you Spanish: (1)No jodas? (2) Está cabr*n (3)En serio?

N- Nicknames- Amy, Red

O- Overnight hospital stay other than birth: about five years ago, in a hospital in St. Louis, Missouri.

P- Priority in life: raising my kids the best way I can. Love my family and myself.

Q- Quotes you like: 'Haz bien y no mires a quien.' Do good no matter who. 'Siéntate en el balcón y verás los cadáveres de tus enemigos pasar.' Sit in the balcony of your house and wait. You'll see the corpses of your enemies pass by.

R- Right or left handed: right

S- Siblings: we are 11

T- Time you wake up: It all depends. Weekdays 5:30 am. Weekends 8:00 am

U- Unique things about you: oh, well, let's ask others. I know I've got some talents like painting, drawing and singing, but there's a lot of people who can do that as well.

V- Vegetable you love: Potato and other viands. Spinach and cabbage

W- Worst habit: be obsessive with laundry

X- rays you had: Does a sonogram count?

Y- Yummy food you can make: almost anything from desserts to cocktails and from pasta to steaks.

Z- Zodiac sign: Capricorn