My first trifle...

...turned out ok..Recipe, here.

Another advantage of having a chalk painted fridge...

...is that I can have a calendar to mark all the things I'm going to do when my mom gets here tomorrow!!!..I'm so excited!

I'm sooooo going to do this!

I'm so excited for Autumn to be here!!!....it means in this order: my mom comes, Diego and Halloween!!!!...So I'm going to start working on decorations...I saw this bat chandelier and I loved it! Instructions here.

Diego's unfinished nursery...

Well, my mom was dying to see it, so here it is!...I still need to buy the crib skirt, an ottoman, a changing pad and many other details, but this is what I have so far!... and keep in mind that our budget was very limited, so all the wall decorations are hand made, and it turns out that that is what I like the most about the nursery!

our ugly and cheap fridge: before and after...

Well...it was time to say goodbye to our 60's ugly yellowish fridge...so I bought chalk paint and...voila!

Love that we can write messages and groceries list on it!...lesson learnt: never ever paint a fridge or anything for that mater at 36 weeks of pregnancy....I almost have the baby doing the bottom!!!

I want to be a cupcake for halloween...

how cute is this costume???....Instructions to do it yourself here.

"Cutsie Cakes" in Layton

...we wanted to try this new cupcake place in Layton...and we loved it!

they were amazing and check out Mike's new hair cut... he..., as always "surprised me" with this new hair do...what can I say I met him with long hair, I married him with long hair and it's taking me a little bit to get used to it...

...me, all excited to pig out!!!

...and one of Bingo, my sister's dog, because he's just cute...

I guess I'm crafy after all....

...I saw this today and I loved it!.... damn right I'm crafty!

"Papas con Mojo",...my latest craving...

Yep..I remember eating this in Lanzarote (Canary Islands) every summer at my aunt's house....So I called her, asked for the recipe and I loved going back in time to those AWESOME summers....So in case you are wondering, it's a typical dish from the Canary Islands: potatoes with a very special vinaigrette...so yummy...

Downtown Farmers Market

Today Mike and I made a quick stop at the farmers market..I love going there and buy delicious fruits and veggies!...Look at those black berries!

...those are "goose berries"...It was the first time I've seen them...they were great, very sweet..

...yummy foccacia bread...

...red potatoes...

...sweet corn...

...these I don't remember the name...we didn't like them that much...

...and we bought the best peaches ever!

...and of course Mike had to choose the only weird ones on the baskets...

...two of them were attached and well they look like....oh Mike...

Family doilies

Finally I got this project done!!...I had family doilies that I wanted to hang up....they were made by my grandma, my great grandma and my great great grandma!...to me they are a treasure...

So there they are, by my door... I love how little by little I'm dressing my walls!...there are so many in this house:)!

Mirror, mirror....

I'm done with it and I love it!....too bad that you can't really see how cute the dark purple that I panted it on is!..I guess you'll have to come and visit to see it in person!:)

Work in progress

So excited about my mirror!!!..not done yet!

Espejito, espejito.....Mirror, mirror....

...I have big plans for you!!!...I found it at the D.I for $10

...and why not, I'll throw some belly pictures in this post...

I wish all the people in my neighborhood did this...

(photo by AP/Peter Dejong )

More info here.

look what he prepared for dessert...yummmm...

Enjoying Spanish pastries...

Grocery shopping in Spain

In Spain, we usually walk to the closest super market to do our groceries, and we use these kind of hand carts that you leave close to the cashiers to take your groceries home...love it!

These are my fav. kind of doughnuts...note how the name of the product is "donuts", spelled exactly how you pronounce it in English...funny..

I love how in Spain you van find tons of very affordable and good olive oil everywhere....

I love how the milk that you buy it's not refrigerated, and we buy it in tetra bricks...

to buy meat, fish, and other kind of produce, you pick a number and wait until they call it...note: check those yummy jamones (pig legs) hanging in there...delicious!

chocolate aisle: my fav.....Nocilla is the best spreadable chocolate ever!!!

cola cao!!!!!!!!!!!....the best chocolate mix...

petit suisses...we used to eat them a lot when we were little!

chorizo, salchichon, lomo....yum...

all kind of cheeses....

empanada!....I love the tuna kind....

...and chuches, or candy...I love grocery shopping in Spain..