I am a chatterbox. I mean it.

I’d always rather be wearing feathers on my head or otherwise prancing and parading.  You can probably tell from the pictures below…

I’m a classy Puerto Rican chica with a serious aversion to Rosie Perez and all things leopard skin (especially seat covers). I’m the oldest of four sisters.   I’m good at being a wife about 75% of the time, with a Mr. Laura who is good at being a husband 100% of the time.  I’m hoping I can best that goodness percentage in March, when Miss Young Money makes her appearance and joins the household as a proper, external member in the role of “official first child” and “daughter.”

I currently live in Trinidad and Tobago with the smarty-pants husband, whose job search led us here.   I’m no stranger to the suitcase life, however, and have lived in the UK, Canada, Spain, Puerto Rico, and a sweet lil’ assortment of US states (Arkansas, North Carolina, and New York).

I LOOOOOVE living in Trinidad.  It’s far from home, and I miss arugula and berries and city life and autumn and layering my clothes… but it’s 100% worth it, always.

I keep myself entertained by:

• writing about everything that goes on around me (and in Trinidad, there’s PLENTY to write about), both here and on Hollaback Health, to which I regularly contribute
• getting excited about the impending arrival of Miss Baby Madam (namely, trying to stop myself from making her a closet full of too many bright clothes and asserting non-OCD tendencies I hope to keep once she’s actually, you know, BORN).
• obsessing about running:  I never thought I would be able to run and so I am just beside myself that I can!  It makes me happy and pleasant to be around and gives me a focus for gadget-and-gear love. I’m always on the lookout for races–I may not be winning any of them, but I sure love training for them.
• obsessing about cycling and Zumba, both of which cause me to wash my hair a lot more than I would otherwise
• spending too much time taking pictures of everything, posting them on my photo Tumblr, and trying to find a way to make this lil’ obsession into a sideline business
• getting over nose injuries caused by routinely falling asleep with a book on my face
• preparing for sewing binges:  hoarding fabric, obsessively trawling for patterns, and changing my mind a million times before I even put scissors to fabric.
• counting down the days until: my next visit to the Mamalicious and Sisters and the next carnival

Oh–and after a bout of grad school and a string of office and administrative jobs, I now keep myself fed, in work, and (most importantly) happy as a freelance writer and copyeditor, working from home–not always in real shoes, sadly, but always in real clothes.

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