Much to my Jonathan's great sadness, I read somewhere that Bill Gates only lets his kids play video games for about forty-five minutes a day. And because even though we homeschool, I don't want my kids to grow up to be total Social Retards, (I know you were thinking it!) we have Gaming Rules. So the rules state that they can spend ...
Sometimes I wonder how I get myself into these situations…
I do a lot of stuff. I'm not saying that in a bragging way. It's just the nature of the way my life is structured. And I'm grateful that I have the time (and the fabulous husband who indulges me) to do all the things I do. Usually you'll find me here at home in my Suburban Cuban-American Bubble, cooking Cuban ...
Guilty pleasure
We saw the following movie trailer recently and it looked cute and pretty funny. After all, it's a Disney film and the trailer cracked me up...Seriously, I was totally laughing out loud and thinking okay, maybe we'll see the film. Or not. In fact, I wasn't really tempted, until I read a synopsis that included the following: "A ...
Documented proof
Remember at the beginning of the year when I told you I was going to be taking a picture every day this year? I'm still doing it. Every single day.At least one picture. (Ooh! So proud of myself!)And no, I'm not delusional enough to think that I'm any kind of great photographer. But armed with my really awesome camera, I can ...
Speaking of Cuban heart-throbs…
Before there was Andy.... (insert heart flutter here) There was Desi... (sigh)That's right. Desi Arnaz Jr. (be still my foolish heart...) Proud and handsome descendant of Cuban Royalty, Desi Arnaz and Lucille Ball (let's have a moment of reverent silence here - thank you). MY Desi. (heavy sigh) My First True Love. ...
The envelope please…
First, I want to thank all of you who left (such nice!!) comments and participated in The My Big, Fat, Cuban Family Two Year Blogiversary Giveaway of '08 (I think that name gives this silly contest more gravitas, but that's not important right now). You are the reason I do what I do and I'm grateful for your feedback. ...
In my dreams…
In my dreams, I never thought I'd be... a) Blogging. (seriously, who blogs? =D)b) Still going strong after 2 years. (2 whole years!!) To date I've written over 600 posts and you've responded with over 2300 comments. And I love that you follow me over to Babalú every other Thursday to try my latest recipes. We are SOOO ...
“It’s not the years, honey. It’s the mileage.”
WARNING: I'm going to get all sappy and sentimental here and I'm going to be all nostalgic and even post old pictures. Read on at your peril. ;-) I've been scrapbooking since I was a sophmore in high school. (which shows you that I was way ahead of my time, but that's not important right now.)I had the time of my ...
The Man of My Dreams!
Posted by KikitaSo after posting my cry for help, I took some of your advice. I was at the local mercado, shopping for some basic cooking supplies when I found myself in the aisle where they carry the "velitas." (Apparently they call them "veladoras" in Mexico.)I tried to remember who it was I should pray to and ...
There’s always a ringleader…
I'm pretty sure it was my idea. (I say this because I have A LOT of pictures from that era of people stacked on top of each other in various formations, but that's not important right now.) "Hey, let's make a human pyramid! You guys get down on the ground like this and ....."They did it.That's me up on the right - we ...
