[TypePad, my usually extremely reliable blogging software, won't let me insert any pictures today and I'm extremely frustrated, but I decided to go ahead with the post I was planning and let you use your own imagination.] =( So, just picture this... I created a cute "Happy Easter" graphic using my Wacom Tablet and ...
Always an Adventure
When people ask about my family of origin, I always explain that I am the youngest of six. We are five girls and one boy. (Technically, it's nowhere near accurate to call any of us "girls and boy" anymore, but that's not important right now.) My point (and I do have one) is that when I give that tidbit of family history, ...
I Called My Mother OR Terms of Endearment – Part Deux
I would like to take the moment to announce that I, Kikita, am alive and well. Feel free to call off the search. I appreciate your concern. I have called my mother. The questions remaining are as follows: 1. Where have I been? 2. What did I call her? 1. Work has been busier, so I am not as readily availabe for a chat in the middle of the day and ...
How to Cha-Cha
You know those uber-dorky people who have a dictionary and an atlas sitting near the dinner table so that they can look stuff up when they start arguing during dinner about ways to pronounce words, or the capital of someplace, or what exactly a rhombus is? We are those people. By the way... In geometry a rhombus or rhomb is a quadrilateral whose ...
Have you seen me?
If you've seen this beautiful blond recently, please tell her to call her mother.Last seen on Facebook. ;-) ...
The Taming of the Do – Part 1
DISCLAIMER: The following post may sound like a commercial for different hair products, but it's not really. I just added the photos and links because I'm a giver. ;-) Hair products are a big thing at our house. We have to have different kinds of shampoos and things because all of our hair types are so different. Lucy just got her ...
Yo ho ho and a bottle of…
So, I made a big ol' batch of my favorite picadillo over the weekend. Seriously. A lot. (And white rice and black beans and plantains, too...but that's not important right now.) We had our neighbors and friends, and of course, my mom coming for dinner and I generally don't exactly follow my own recipe per se, I just kind of make it ...
When exactly did I sign up for this?
My mom, Luz, the 95 year old, is coming to spend the weekend with us. She doesn't live far and my sisters and I take turns hosting her a few times a month. So this weekend it's our turn. My mom is pretty amazing, but to be honest, she can be a real pain sometimes as only a nonagenarian can be. She insists on having things her way ...
One of these things is not like the others….
Do you remember this sorting song from Sesame Street? One of these things is not like the others,One of these things just doesn't belong, Can you tell which thing is not like the others By the time I finish my song?Can you guess which of my essentials is not like the other? 1) My glasses.2) My phone.3) My purse.4) My garlic press.You ...
Papas Asadas Recipe – You say potato. I say papa.
When you think of Cuban food and side dishes, you're probably going to think of white rice and black beans right off the bat. And you'd be absolutely right. Black beans and rice are totally the quintessential Cuban side dish. But we Cubans eat potatoes. We eat lots of potatoes. In fact, we love potatoes.Only we call them papas. As ...
