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Boricua in Texas

Boricua in Texas

http://boricuaintexas.blogspot.com/

The personal blog of a thirty-something Puerto Rican woman, born and raised on the island and now living in Texas. I have a family, a career in Corporate America and the desire to explore my love of writing after years of writer’s block.

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  • Signs we live in a house full of nerds

    Posted on Friday November 13th, 2009 at 07:58 in funny

    Just now, Gabe said: "our new dishwasher sounds like the Tardis." Not only did Paula (my 11 year-old) and I know what he meant, we emphatically agreed with him....

  • Summer 2003

    Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 10:24 in writing

    It was the last days of July 2003. My 5 year-old daughter was spending the summer in Puerto Rico with her father. I was out with the old man on a Friday night, sitting at the bar at PF Chang's, having a drink as we waited for our table. Out of the...

  • Average Day

    Posted on Tuesday November 10th, 2009 at 09:28 in mood

    It's Tuesday. I am working from home. Next week we will get market share results and it is my job to ensure everybody across my region will have access to the data they need. It sounds easier than it actually is in practice.The house is still rela...

  • Clean house

    Posted on Friday November 6th, 2009 at 14:45 in household, mood

    Hopefully, a year from now I will look upon this week as the time when I reclaimed my house from the mess.Gabriel had been on my case for months (months!) to hire a maid, someone to come once a week and clean the house for us. I resisted. My house ...

  • If a tree falls in a forest...

    Posted on Monday November 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 in blogs

    Increasingly I have started questioning the wisdom of keeping this as a public blog. There are certain disclosures that I am no longer feeling so comfortable about sharing openly. It has been quite a long time since I have participated in any writi...

  • Ennui

    Posted on Thursday October 22nd, 2009 at 07:40 in family, TV, food, mood

    I am over the pneumonia. I am still having to do the occasional breathing treatment. Yesterday we all woke up pretty congested. I had a headache. Allergies.Last night I paid $180 dollars at the pharmacy from my maintenance medication prescription...

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This blog is currently rated a 5.00 out of a possible 5 based on 1 comment.

SpendWiselyTexas

5 stars SpendWiselyTexas

Hi - I'm happy to have found your blog. I just moved to the Houston area from Bermuda. I'm having a good time here but it is certainly different from where i've been living. All the best.

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