Televised

Claudio and I like to watch TV. It's a simple way to get our mind of the stresses of school..fascinating, right? Here's some of our favorite shows and why we like them.

The show we watch most is called Pobre Rico. This is a Chilean Soap Opera about an upper class and a lower class boy who were switched at birth. The episodes are about 25 minutes long and come out EVERY DAY. I suppose that is what I mean by a soap opera! I love it because it really helps me with my Spanish in making sure that I understand words and can stay immersed even if I am no longer living there. I think Claudio really enjoys it because he's so far away from home and everything that he is used to, I'm sure its some form of a coping mechanism. Its a good series and we love watching it together. We are currently on episode 150. (He's watched since the beginning, I jumped in around episode 60).

 

Classic American hit that we both enjoy. Its a simple sitcom with witty characters, simple enough. They are funny and quotable and just give us a good laugh. 

I began watching Raising Hope a while back and Claudio jumped in with me on season two. It's sort of about a family of rather dumb people who's son got a murderer pregnant and when she was executed he inherited his child. It sounds like a horror movie now, but it's hilarious! They characters are quirky, funny, and able to show you how to have fun when you're poor.

New Girl is the best. Yet another sitcom, basically hilarious and entertaining as it can be. We sing the theme song all of the time and always watch this show first. It's our favorite!

We started watching the Walking Dead a few weeks ago with Claudio's house mates and would have a pot luck and watch the hour long show together. It was a great bonding activity, but we realized a tv show about zombies really isn't a wholesome activity, especially when I had to go home in the dark (don't worry, he always walks me!) It doesn't look like we'll be watching it anymore. But, it's really intense.

After a long pause...

Yeah. I haven't written in six months. Oh well, that happens with blogs.

We've started Fall semester in school and are already though midterms. Super fun stuff that I'm sure you're not entirely interested in. Fun filled excitement full of grad schools, BAs, and navigating the rough waters of what exactly the future has in store for us.

Guess what? Claudio and I are getting married in 57 days! We are so very excited. Things are coming together really well. We're been buying and bringing all of our ideas together for what our magical event will be! Don't know the details? Information here for our friends and family.

Today was halloween and it was so very fun. Claudio and I chose to be Wall-E and Eve from the Pixar film Wall-E. The best animated movie about very shallow propaganda and saving the Earth (Yeah, they didn't think we had enough so they came out with Avatar a year later...), but, on the surface it has such a cute romance story of these two little robots!

 

They fall in love, save the Earth, you know, all that jazz. Well, here is our interpretation of the adorable little bots!

We went trick or treating here in Laie, since that's apparently acceptable for people over the age of ten here and we thoroughly enjoyed it. One of the best Halloweens that I can remember! Everyone seemed to love our take on the costume and people tended to give us extra candy because of that.

Now, sad part of Halloween day. about 2 or 3 months ago, Claudio decided we wanted some furry little friends so we invested in these little guinea pigs.

We named them Toaster (big) and Squirt (small). They were so so cute. we fed them, let them run around, cleaned their poop,all that fun stuff, y'know? Toaster, the large striped one, is huge. He's basically a small cat. He's slow and lazy eats a lot. He likes lettuce and other vegetables but loves hay. When you let him out of the cage.. he just sits there. Squirt on the other hand, was a rambunctious little fellow. If you let him out of the cage he is gone in seconds. Claudio calls him a hot wheels car because if you hold him right above ground, he would run in the air and then as soon as you let go he was off, just like the matchbox cars. Squirt loved grapes and would just steal them away from Toaster all of the time. They both like to have a small cardboard house and to cuddle in blankets or towels. 

Well, sad news is, today, I came to Claudio's house to finish our costumes and Squirt was laying in there... dead. We have no idea what happened but apparently I don't like dead animals.. I wanted that corpse out of their as quickly as possible! Something strange happens when a body looses its' spirit, even in animals. 

Now, off of such a depressing note... Diego, Claudio's older brother was married today! We wished we could have been there for him, but 40 hours of plane flights in the middle of the semester wasn't feasable. We wish you the best, Diego and Ivy!

 

CONGRATULATIONS!

We will be writing more soon.

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David the Australian

Claudio's cousin David ("Ale") came to visit for the weekend. Early Saturday morning until early monday morning. Seems like a short trip but he can do those fun trips. Personally I'm grateful I got to meet him because I think he probably is one of Claudio's favorite cousins! At least from what I noticed, they got along really well. We did some awesome activities so here are some examples: 

Wedding ideas and brainstorming

Wedding bells are ringing..

So this is my basic organization of my pinterest wedding album seen here.

Claudio and I need to start planning and sending out invitations, but so far out tentative date is 

December 29th, 2012

This hasn't been set in stone just yet because we're still looking into reception locations.. but probably that day :)

We'll be getting married in Laie, HI, USA in a beautiful LDS Temple. Temples are the Lord's sacred ground to make sacred covenants. Because of this, only close "worthy" people will be able to attend this part of the wedding. Yet, we will be having a ring ceremony and reception for all our invited family and friends to celebrate our big day. 

This is mainly for my own personal organization, but any comments or suggestions are very helpful! Also, if you know of any place on North Shore/Windward Oahu (preferably outside but December rain might prevent that) for a reception that would be awesome to hear about! Thank you!

Note: I do not own any of these pictures! All should link you to their original destination

Birthday Fun!

Well, happy belated birthday to me.. ! Wednesday the 28th was my birthday and Claudio and I celebrated it well together :) 

Pues.. feliz cumpleanos atrasado a mi..! Miercoles el 28 fue mi cumpleanos y claudio y yo celebramos.

& Chocolate pretzels..

Claudio & I have been really busy lately :) Our 5 minutes of free time between both of our jobs, school work and studying have been filled with hour trips to various places for dates :) Hey, a united couple is a bit more important that your economics homework, right? We thought so! We'd like to share a few photos of our great, recent adventures. All of these adventures began with the search for Chocolate covered pretzels. Did you hear that?

Claudio y yo hemos estado supppeeerrr ocupados ultimamente. Nuestro "5 minutos" de descanso entre nuestros trabajos y tareas han estado lleno de viajes y citas a lugares bonitos :) Es la verdad que una pareja unido es mas importante que tu tarea de economia.. no? Creemos que si :) Nos gustariamos compartir algunos fotos de las aventuras que hemos tenido. TODAS las aventuras han empezado con una busquedad de...

Chocolate Covered Pretzels. 

Pretzels banados en chocolate.

Yes.

These.

Estos. 

(Size added to emphasize the importance of this food for Claudio...)

Time has passed so quickly :)

Claudio and I have been together here in Hawaii officially 8 months tomorrow the 14th. It's kind of ridiculous to think about everything that has happened here since July when we entered the Brigham Young University  - Hawaii. All the little fights we've had that have transformed into an undeniable love for each other.. All the places we've gone and places we still plan to visit.. all of the quizzes, tests, and papers that have plagued our fun times.. Just everything. I love you Claudio :) 

Claudio y yo hemos estado aquí en Hawaii por 8 meses ya mañana. Es un poco ridículo pensar de todo que ya ha pasado! Todos los peleas que se han transformado en un amor real. Todos los lugares donde hemos ido y todavía pensamos en ir... todas las pruebas, los exámenes y papeles que nos han molestado... todo. Te quiero Claudio :) 

JULY 15TH

Queque

Claudio's wonderful sister-in-law gave me the recipe to make queque chileno! So, while procrastinating homework I decided to bake some. The queque is more like what Americans would consider poundcake, but ohhh it turned out delicious! Claudio is still in classes currently so he hasn't had a chance to try it. Nonetheless, the queque is like sweet bread almost and in my opinion is pretty delicious :) If we added some pie filling like cherries on top it would be indescribable! 

Mi cuñada maravillosa me dio la receta hoy para cocinar queque chileno! Entonces, para procrastinar mis tareas decidí cocinarlo! El queque es lo que gringos dirían "poundcake", pero salió súper rico! Claudio esta en clases por dos horas mas, pero después el verificara si salió chileno autentico. Sin embargo, el queque es como pan endulzado y en mi opinión es muy sabroso. Si añadiéramos cerezas sería increíble!

Here is the recipe:

Queque Chileno

1 cup of sugar 

2 tbs. of butter (room temperature) 

2 large eggs

2 tsp. baking powder

1 cup of milk (I used almond milk)

2 cups of flour (I used whole wheat)

1/2 tsp. vanilla extract 

Directions

Mix sugar and butter in a bowl. It has to be uniform and look creamy

Add eggs and mix until everything is mixed together

Add flour (sift the flour), milk, baking powder and vanilla. Mix everything until is all incorporated 

Butter a pan (like the one i used to make breads) and add it to a pre-heated oven at 350ºF for about 30-40min

When the top is all nicely brown is generally ready. Do not open the oven before the 30min to make sure it stays nice and tall. 

Engagements

Claudio & I had our engagement photos taken last month by Chris Simons Photography and they turned out AMAZING. I included the link to his blog post but here are some other pictures that we love just to share. When we look at these, we both get so incredibly happy remembering how much fun we had and just how in love we are with eachother. I'm sure Claudio can attest to this, but although we fight sometimes and don't always get along, we're crazy in love with each other and couldn't ask for more.

La lluvia y gripes

Raining like crazy (lloviendo locura)

It's officially monsoon season here in Hawaii. It's been raining non-stop on this wonderful Sunday and it's pretty difficult traveling on a bike through the rain. Both Claudio & I are completely soaked and just spending our day webcamming and relaxing. 

Last week I caught a cold and Claudio caught the flu so we both had an incredibly enjoyable time enduring midterms. We're both a bit behind now on homework, but we'll catch up quickly. 

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Oficialmente es el tiempo temporal aquí en Hawái. Ha llovido sin parar desde la mañana y nos hemos dado cuenta que es muy difícil andar en bicicleta bajo la lluvia. Claudio y yo estamos súper mojados y pasamos el día haciendo webcam y relajándonos. 

La semana pasada me resfrié y Claudio le dio gripe (vomitando) entonces es claro que Claudio y yo nos divertimos harto durante los midterms. Ya estamos un poco atrasados con las tareas, pero alcanzaremos pronto.