Picture this:It's a super hot summer day and you're craving something sweet and icy cold, that is both filling and refreshing.And you're getting a little nostalgic for the nearly perfect summer days of your island youth.And you're 3,000 miles from the nearest Palacio De Los Jugos.There's only one answer for this little ...
YOU SUNK MY BATTLESHIP!
Since my parents went on vacation, my Dad needed to borrow my laptop. Seeing as how I need a computer and internet to work (and so does he), it made sense for me to stay at their house while they're gone. This way I can work and feed the cats and water and make sure Adam doesn't get into too much trouble. ;-) (yes, it's ...
The game’s afoot…
I'm on vacation. Truly I am. We're swimming and relaxing and I'm even doing some scrapbooking and lots of reading. Yes. A perfectly relaxing vacation. However, I'm still connected to the world because we inhabit a world of super-techiness (is that a word?). So, I'm sitting today by the pool and I receive a text ...
My Afro-Cuban Weekend
Another fabulous post by Kikita I know I've mentioned how much I adore my African friends, so you can imagine how excited I was to have plans with them all weekend and pretend I was African instead of Cuban. On Saturday night, I was invited to the World Harvest Summer Concert where my friends from Milele would be playing.Ok, so technically ...
TTFN (ta-ta for now)
It's officially SUMMER (!) for the Darbys and we're on vacation for the rest of the week. I will have the laptop and I may or may not be inspired to blog. See there? I have this total "Don't mess with me - I'm on vacation" vibe happening already (but that's not important right now). I leave you (and my house and ...
The White Picket Fence – Part Deux
If you've ever done any kind of home improvements, you know that it's like knocking down the first in a long line of dominoes. It's the same wedding-invitation-logic that says if you invite so and so, you must invite the next person and so on and so on. In this case it started with the picket fence. (which I absolutely LOVE, but ...
Out of the shadows
As I walk up to my bedroom each evening, I am greeted by these:And I always stop and look at each one. Always. Every night.Because I don't want to forget. It's probably as a result of some unresolved childhood trauma (that whole Fleeing-the-Communist-Homeland thing, but that's not important right now.) I remember that she liked for ...
No more pencils. No more books. No more…..Oh, wait…
Our school year is officially over. (Yay!!) As the teacher around here it's a huge relief for me to have all paperwork done and not have to think about lesson plans and inspiring young minds and all of that for the next few months. And at least for the next few months I also don't have to hear the questions from "concerned" ...
2 families. 1 house. 70 years. 3000 miles.
Who are these people? They are my friend (from Babalu blog), Val's grandparents.Why is that important right now?Umm.... well, I get very emotional when I talk about this.So just read the story here in Val's own words. WARNING: Get Kleenex first. ...
I only have eyes for you
It's the end of the school year and that means finals and high school musical productions. The past few days have been a blur of rehearsals, costumes and cast parties. In this case, Lucy's High School Theater Arts class put on a really fun show with musical scene selections from various Broadway musicals which they called Broadway Rocks! ...
