In 1982 my parents decided they wanted to go to Europe. My sister Alina and I volunteered to chaperone. =)Going to "the continent" for the first time meant that the Verdes family had to go in style so my mom insisted that we get decked out - that meant dresses, suits, high heels, pantyhose (Pantyhose!) - for an 8 hour flight across the ...
Archives for May 2009
Everything’s amazing
I am trying not to complain.After all, I know I lead a charmed life. =D So, as I prepare for our trip to THE CAPITAL OF OUR NATION, I am trying to remember to be thankful.Complaining is just too easy. It's the gratitude part that is tricky. So I will have a big smile on my face today and practice gratitude. =D Happy Trails! ...
“Bright” is the new black
I am doing all the usual things I do on a daily basis.But today I'm also preparing for our Washington D.C. & New York trip. We leave the day after tomorrow and I'll be mobile blogging while there, but that's not important right now. We are going with our homeschool group and are pretty excited. Well, the kids are ...
Oh, the places we went . . .
It is time for the true story of what happened last week.I, Kikita, would like to apologize for my tardiness in explanation, but (as you can see) I've been rather busy DOING things so WRITING about them is not the highest priority. But I digress . . . You already have an idea of what Sheila and I were up to because Mami wasn't too far off ...
What goes around…
I want a new phone. It’s totally a pie-in-the-sky daydream at this point. I have a perfectly capable and lovely Verizon LG that does everything I want it to do. It's just that I saw a brand new one that looks better. *sigh* So, while I was driving around feeling sorry for my poor over-privileged, super-entitled self, (I know. Shut up.) ...
Puzzling Evidence
We started it about a week ago.One thousand pieces.I think the puzzle was given to Jonathan by one of his friends back on his birthday, but that's not important right now. Being the uber-geeks we are, we just covered the puzzle at mealtimes and removed the tablecloth again after dinner. We worked on it for hours. For days.There was a ...
Cuban Festival in So Cal
This coming Sunday, May 3rd, the 7th annual Mi Son Cubano Festival will be held at Frank G. Bonelli Park120 Via VerdeSan Dimas, CA 91773 (next to Raging Waters) Look for the beautiful blond in the Cuba shirt. She'll be representing MBFCF with style. =D ...
