Happy New Year!!!

Merry Christmas to everyone from rainy Spain!!

Try this dialect quiz. Of course I was placed in the South! http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/12/20/sunday-review/dialect-quiz-map.html?smid=pl-share

Christmas vacation has finally arrived. All alarms are cut off for two weeks!

Ernie, Kenny and Shaq jam during Inside the NBA

Only in Spain is giving multiple bottles of wine the norm for Christmas gifts. Even at a religious school.

Jose Can You Say?

Christmas dinner with the teachers from the academy

You Shall Not Pass, Dog

Proof that cats are evil

Picking oranges

Our guard dog is ready to attack

The fruits of our labor

Today is day one of a four-day weekend. I am happy, happy, happy!

Congrats to the Webb School of Knoxville for winning their 4th state championship in the past five years. Congrats Coach Meske!

R.I.P. Nelson Mandela

Luz - ¿Por Qué No Vuelves, Amor? (Videoclip oficial)

All the scenes at the beach in this video were filmed in Aguilas and the other scenes were filmed in some mines about 30 minutes away.

Tecmo Super Bowl 2013 Auburn Missed FG Kick Return in the Iron Bowl

I am Second® - The Robertsons

Here is one of my friend's blog which is worth checking out if you have some time. http://seasoninspain.wordpress.com/

What a great day if football! Georgia and Tennessee won and I watched the best game I had seen since Vince Young and the Longhorns beat Matt Leinart and the Trojans. What a game between Bama and Auburn. I didn't think I could root for Auburn after how the game ended against Georgia but I am cheering for them now. The Ohio State- Michigan game looked like it was great as well along with the UNC-Duke game. There is nothing like college football!!

I stayed up until after two and I am happy to say that I was fairly quiet the entire game. I only screamed when Auburn returned the FG for the touchdown. I can't say the same about the Georgia- Auburn game two weeks ago. I'm pretty sure the entire building heard me that night. Well, the neighbors were having a party so they were actually louder than I was. Everyone just happened to leave right after the game ended so it worked out perfectly.

Bo Jackson Shocks Paralympic Sprinter Blake Leeper

I went to college with Blake's older brother and I remember when he used to come and chill with us in the dorms. Now he has gold medals. It's amazing!

Spain Has Been In The 'Wrong' Time Zone For 7 Decades - http://huff.to/1c6Cxnc

GO DAWGS!!!

Pretty cool story http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2508490/Dog-tired-Mom-photographs-toddler-Beau-puppy-brother-Theos-daily-nap-ritual.html

Back in Spain

Buenos días Madrid!!

Not the most direct way to arrive but that's not important.

Plane, train and bus tickets arw all purchased for the trip home. See you Wednesday night family!!

Our family lost one of the matriarchs yeaterday when my grandmother passed away. She was a wonderful, loving and intelligent person. Ever since I lived in Spain, whenever we talked she was always worried about how much the phone call was costing me. She was an amazing mother, grandmother and great-grandmother and will be missed but we are happy that she is not suffering any earthly sickness anymore. R.I.P. Gran Gran

Happy birthday mother!!!!

New fish

Blue and orange one is another new addition

New fish

The two blue ones are new

I just got finished playing my first pick up Bball here in over two and a half years. I am definitely far from being in shape but I held my own anyway. Already looking forward to next Friday! Great way to end the week!

Craziness

The U.S. Blows Everyone Else Out Of The Water In One Key Category - http://huff.to/1hZfSJm

Oktoberfest with mis amigos

Oktoberfest in Spain!!

Happy birthday Cooper!! 2 yrs old already!!

The rainbow disappeared literally right after I took the picture.

Massive rainbow that just appeared

It's so hot...

Why is it 23 degrees hotter in Spain than in Tennessee right now? It's not fair.

Go Dawgs!!! Massive win agaist LSU last night without one of our two stars.

The month of September is over. Ever since the second week I have been busy with my classes. The first week of class went by quite slowly and I was only working at the academy that week. The next two weeks went by a lot faster as I was busy with the two jobs. I am glad that the month is over and that Nuria is finally working as well. We both are really busy and will be ever busier now in October. I'm going to have an extra three hours at least, of class at the academy, three more hours at the school and two hours of private class the morning I don't have to work at the academy or school. Busy, busy, busy!

Jeopardy! - The Exciting (And Amusing) Teen Tournament Conclusion (Feb. ...

Young Boy Reaches Out To News 9 For Help

Young Boy Reaches Out To News 9 For Help

Funny siberian husky playing in leaves

Eric Berry and horses

http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-films-presents/0ap2000000250293/NFL-Films-Presents-Horsin-around-with-Eric-Berry

Mmmmm

Nuria made homemade pulled pork for dinner!! The sauce is homemade as well. I'm happy, happy, happy!

BOATLIFT, An Untold Tale of 9/11 Resilience

What Would You Do Anti Muslim Harassment

Birthday baby

Happy birthday Lara!!!

9.11.2001
Never Forget

They Didn't Even Know This Existed - http://huff.to/1fIB8Sl

Face-Off With a Deadly Predator

R.I.P. No-No

They had to put Nuria's dog of twelve years done today. He had been sick for a while and it had gotten worse here over the past couple of months. Nuria has had dogs her entire life and he was the best and her favorite. Here is their last pic together from the beginning of the summer. 

Playa Larga (Calblanque)

 

Playa Negrete (Calblanque)

 

Black rocks created from erosion at Playa Negrete

 

View from the living room

 

Why?

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2614749

I feel that this article is pretty accurate

6 Things You Thought Wrong About Introverts - http://huff.to/1e5MEGH

Big shrimp

 

Little shrimp

 

Got a couple shrimp today for the tank ad they are pretty cool. I hope this works out because I want to get some more later.

Sitges

Kid is good

This 3-Year-Old Photographer Will Steal Your Heart - http://huff.to/1c7eWE1

NIce house with a nice bike to match

 

 

Beach

 

Nuria and her amigas

 

Bacardi emblem

 

We made it back down to Murcia this afternoon and will spend a couple days here before heading to the beach. Overall, Sitges was a good little trip. The beaches are really nice but there was just too many people there. I'll post a couple pics here in a few.

The American at The American having dinner. I can't pass up an opportunity to have pulled pork in Spain.

Castedefels

We went to another beach about 15 mins away this.afternoon. The town/beach is called Castedefels.

http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSBRE96N17R20130725?irpc=932

On a train right now and I see this...

Report: At Least 30 Killed In Spain Train Derailment - http://huff.to/1dVCNTO

Sitges

Jazz concert in a tiny museum

Sitges

The cathedral at night

Sitges

Full moon, the Mediterranean sea and a canon

Sitges

Looking down on the beach

Murcia never makes the news for something good

Beer-Drinking Champ Dies After Contest - http://huff.to/1dK1SRn

Spanish firetruck

Concept vehicle that needs to be produced. Make it happen Mercedes! http://www.mbusa.com/mercedes/benz/innovation/future/model-Ener_G_Force_Concept#landing

Here's what's going on in my part of the world

http://m.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-23310930

Motorcyclist Saves Cup

Knox #1!!

http://m.usatoday.com/article/news/2480995

And then there were two

Yeaterday we took one of the fish back because it would not stop bothering the other ones. He had the other fish stressed and he had to go. Well today our first fish we bought died. Nothing physically appeared wrong so I think it was the stress from the other fish. So our tank will be a little empty until September when I will get more more fish and my shrimp!

Sad...
19 Firefighters Die While Battling Arizona Wildfire - http://huff.to/159G6FB

An article about good ol' Knoxvegas.

http://www.atlantamagazine.com/travel/2013/06/28/knoxville

At my favorite beach in España, la Carolina. Great beach with a great name!!

My favorite comedian, Dave Chappelle, performed two shows in Knoxville and apparently we were a terrible crowd. I've read that the audience was terrible in at least one of the shows and ok in the other. Dave summed up the experience with this quote, 'I brought the fine China, but you want the paper plates.' I guess we can't have anything nice. http://www.knoxville.com/news/2013/jun/26/dave-chappelle-performs-knoxville/

I had my last class yesterday so now I will have time to watch all the movies I've been wanting to see. I also went and shot around for about 30-45 mins yesterday morning so that was good. I hadn't touched the ol' roundball in quite some time.

Here is the wikipedia entry for Murcia. It's worth a look to find out some information about where I live. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murcia

Back at the beach for the weekend.
This is the view from the living room.