Celeste Roble 2012: lovely young wine from Ribera del Duero

Celeste Roble 2012  – Bodegas Torres Celeste, "as unique as the night sky in the Ribera del Duero". Just because it is Wednesday it doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy a great wine. I went to the butchers to buy some Iberian hams and chorizo and couldn’t resist buying this young wine to go along my tapas night. If I have to choose a D.O. (Denominación de Origen) from Spain, it would...

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Orange cake with Cointreau sauce

We are still in “Oranges season” here and our Valle del Guadalhorce is pretty much famous for its orange trees. My brother and a friend brought home several bags of oranges freshly collected from the countryside, so I try to find creative and delicious ways to use them. Searching the web I found a “Moroccan Orange Cake” recipe that looked simple and delicious, so changing  it up a little...

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London project has officially started

It's been a week since I last posted in the blog but so many things have happened lately I didn't have the chance to do it. I've promised myself to do my best to post at least three times a week here.  London project has officially started. For the past year we’ve been waiting to know if my DH would be finally going to London for work. After some negotiation he finally came on board into...

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Rivendel Crianza 2009, an OK red wine from Ribera del Duero

Rivendel Crianza 2009  -   Vinoteca El Descorche (Alhaurín El Grande) The night after San Valentine’s Day my DH and me decided we were not in the mood to cook so we went to our town’s wine bar  “Vinoteca El Descorche” for some good tapas and wine. It was my turn to choose the wine so browsing in the shelves I saw a wine I couldn't pass by. Its name...

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14 things I love about my husband

Valentine’s Day is just around the corner so I have decided to do a list of the 14 things I love about my dearie husband, to try to express how thankful I am for having this wonderful man in my life. Here are 14 reasons, in no particular order, for why I love him: 1.  He loves me for who I am and he tells me so often even though most of the            ...

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Saturday night: Gato Negro – Cabernet Sauvignon

DH and I went shopping to Miramar Shopping Center in Fuengirola this afternoon. A friend gave us  a Gift card to spend in Zara Homes so off we went. It was a rainy afternoon, actually the first day of proper rain in this Winter season so far so it wasn't so bad to be in a Shopping Mall. After an hour rummaging in Zara Home and expending all the credit in the Gift card in...

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Doctor appointment and green light to start again

This last Wednesday I had a doctor appointment with my Fertility OB, Dr. Hijano. We were nervous as to what would happen… Would everything be OK? Would he send us for a whole new round of tests? Would he want to pause treatment? Would our new circumstances affect the process? My DH got offered a new position (same company) in London, so we are moving to London at the end of February which...

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Family under construction: part 4 - miscarriage

On January 3rd we went for the blood work and tests. All seemed good. On January 7th I started feeling weird… I was irritable, couldn't really eat anything but fruit and sleep was horrible. On January 9th I woke up of a horrible nightmare. I dreamt that I had a stillbirth and that when my DH saw the dead baby he threw it out and stole a baby from someone who didn’t wanted her baby but...

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Family under construction: part 3 - trying again

Our first IUI failed. We decided to try again immediately so the third day from the start of my period we begun with the hormone shots again… had the trigger shot on November 3rd and the AI procedure on November 4th. The second 2WW were worst that the first one. Every time I went to the bathroom I was expecting to see signs of spotting, signs that something was wrong.  Then I decided...

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Family under construction: part 2 - TTC

In December 2011 we began trying for a baby. Oh my, did we try! After trying not to get pregnant for so long, we thought that it would be easy, we did get a lot of practice in the making department after all… 6 month with no luck we went back to the doctor and she told us that it is normal after a surgery like mine not to get results immediately but she ordered some tests for the both of...

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