Like so many other families, we like to send out a photo greeting card each year at Christmastime. Unlike so many other families, there's never really any danger of us taking ourselves too seriously, but that's not important right now. =D The photo is from Adam's birthday celebration earlier this year. I made good on my threat to use ...
Archives for December 2008
When I sang that I was dreaming of a white Christmas, I didn’t really mean it.
No disrespect to Bing Crosby or anything, but I never knew what a "White Christmas" was all about. (Although, I think the film, White Christmas with Bing Crosby & Danny Kaye is one of my absolute favorite must-see holiday movies and I totally think it's genius, not only because Rosemary Clooney gets to wear all those ...
The Perfect Motivator
So it's a week before Christmas and we've been crazy-busy doing all those things we do to get ready for the holiday celebration. And truthfully, because of the way our schedules are structured, we have lots of time to do creative stuff, which makes me totally happy. Although my camera is still in the shop because it needs a ...
Disney Celebration just for ME? (you shouldn’t have….) ;-)
http://www.sun7news.com/flash.php?videoCode=65x293isw76par2UmZ77 =D I feel so accidentally cool. (thanks, Helen!) ...
What’s your “turron” of choice?
There are some things that are unique to my Cuban culture that I take for granted. Particularly at Christmastime. Like most people and most other cultures, there are things we grew up with that seem normal. But outside of our cultural context are just plain weird. Let's take TURRONES for example. (Pronounced TOO-RON-EHS. Well, ...
How my mom’s activities when she was young are affecting my life today
Yaaaayyy!! Kikita is posting again! :-)'Tis the season to be busy . . . and let me tell you, work has been crazy. And when work is less than crazy, there's blogging to be done, or a video to be made, or gifts to wrap, or decorations to put up or . . . I'm getting exhausted just writing about it! In order to maintain my sanity, I ...
“El que tiene hijas…”
My dad was an engineer. He was, I could argue, pretty brilliant. (as engineers usually are) He was also uncomfortable around a lot of people. (as engineers usually are) He was always known as "Verdés" - as if calling him by his first name would have been sacrilegious. No one called him by his first name. Not even my mom. My dad was a quiet ...
Mr. Prieto goes to Washington
I don't usually get political on my blog. (Even so, you don't have to guess too much about my beliefs, but that's not important right now).I am a Cuban refugee. I am an exile. I am a (very proud) naturalized American citizen.Those three things are as much a part of me as my blue eyes and sense of humor. The Universal ...
SPT (self-portrait Tuesday) – 2nd week of December
Kikita. "Aqui como to' lo' dias." Marta. At my desk, working on Christmas Photo Quiz books for the family. LOVING my 24 inch monitor. =D (thanks, Honey!)Happy Tuesday! ...
Character building exercises
All four of my kids tend toward the dramatic. I won't take credit for their abilities, but I think their tendency towards drama comes from their (ahem) Cuban genes. =D Both Lucy and Jonathan have leads in their respective upcoming productions. Lucy is going to be "Puck" in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream and ...