Una Proposición./A Proposition.

The studying hasn't been quite as consistent as I'd hoped but I'm still plugging away. The Husband is heading to Mexico soon. He hasn't studied as much as he'd hoped so he's planning a Spanish Crash Course while on the plane. Hopefully he'll come back motivated and excited to use the language more around me.
At this point I'm seriously considering how I can maybe "rent a Spanish-Speaking Friend". Does that exist? I just want someone to hang out with once a week or so that will speak to me in Spanish, will correct me, laugh, and point while I attempt to speak to her in Spanish. Doesn't that sound enticing? Any takers?

Nueva Instrumento/New Tool

I forgot to mention something in my last post. I found a cool new book. It's called Listen 'n' Learn Spanish with Your Favorite Movies. It kind of outlines movies by DVD chapter, with corresponding spanish vocabulary to go with each scene. The movies are divided into Beginner, Advanced Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced. It has spanish vocab to go with movies like, The Fox and the Hound, The Princess Bride, The Absent Minded Professor, The Chronicles of Narnia, Home Alone, Rocky III, Finding Nemo, and The Incredibles, among several others. Of course I've already started studying The Princess Bride vocab. I'm confident I can now watch (en español)up to the scene where Wesly and Inigo duel. I know, it is pretty close to the beginning of the movie... just let me have my victories, small as they may be!

Finally! I Learned to Type in Spanish!/¡Por Fin! ¡Aprendí a escribir en español!

I found a very helpful website that explains how to easily type in Spanish. Here it is.
Basically, now I have a little icon on the right-hand side of my task bar that looks like a keyboard. When I click on it, I can change my keyboard to an "United States-International Keyboard". This allows me to type pretty quickly, using just a few modifications in my keystrokes. Accent marks are now welcome! Yay!

Tools/Instrumentos

My tools (so far) for learning Spanish are:

Rosetta Stone Latin America Edition (I'm currently on Level 2)

SpanishPod Podcasts (Via iTunes) Listening/Repeating

Babelfish Translator on my Android Phone

Book: Treasury of Children's Classics (English/Spanish)

Learning 1000 most frequently used Spanish words via KAKA Flashcard Program from the Android Market, as well.

White board on my refrigerator to write notes (in Spanish) to the husband (who is also learning Spanish)

Do you have any thing else to add?