Cosmo Says...

First and foremost THANKS to the following folks who have bid/donated this week:

Vania Smrkovski
Concord Title- Trevor Piety
Kevin Simcoe

and a big thanks to Bernard Aurthur for the remaining 5,000 Marriott points!!  Now I have a great hotel to stay at in Lima the night before I head home!!

Don't forget to bid on your item at: http://www.firstgiving.com/shannonfoster

Well, like I said in my last post I have got to get a move on with the Spanish language studying!!  So, I rented three movies.  So far I have only watched one, but it is one of my old favorites, Like Water for Chocolate.  The one and only Lawson McGhee library has it in Spanish with English subtitles, for FREE!!!  This is one of the many reasons I love the library.  Unfortunately, all the movies I got are tear jerkers.  I need to go rent something funny or ya'll may find me sobbing in a heap on the floor.

However, the most fun I have had so far is "reading" a Spanish Cosmopolitan magazine.  I will admit it is a lot more fun to learn the language with a Cosmo in hand than a grammar book.  I mean I seem to instinctually translate the phrases about shoes and makeup...hmmm??  Anyway, my friend Maria and I poured over the Cosmo the other evening before a rousing game of Scattergories at my best friend Jen's casa (and yes I won Scattergories again thereby retaining my undefeated title).   Maria lived in Mexico as a student and so we had a lot of fun translating the magazine together.  (Read: Maria had a lot of fun watching me try to translate the magazine as she so deftly read and understood all of it while laughing at my attempts).  Even though I may only be able to speak phrases that you see in the Cosmo quizzes like "You know he likes you if he brings you coffee at work" or "Let me tell you how to keep your romance alive" I don't think anyone will mind all that much!   They might say "Ma'am please pay for your meal now" and I will sweetly reply, "Let me tell you how to keep your romance alive".   Ok, well maybe I need to get those Vis-Ed cards out too??  Until next time, buenas tardes mis amogos...