On the heels of that Super Blogger post I have to laugh because I'm sooo resisting blogging today. I don't feel like I have one original thought to share. In fact, I decided to shut off the Mac and scrapbook a page that I had originally blogged on the 18th of April. But since I am, of course, a blogger, the page I made becomes ...
Because I think I’d look pretty sweet in a cape and tights…
On a typical day, she's just a mild-mannered, multi-tasking, minivan-driving, Cuban-American mom, like any other (except for the Cuban part, but that's not important right now) you'd find here in the O.C. But every other Thursday, when she blogs over at Babalú blog and then blogs again here at MBFCF, she becomes.... SUPER BLOGGER! (insert catchy ...
Café Contigo
Hi everyone, it's me Kikita and I will be in-charge of posting today. :-) I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but here in Orange County there are not many Cuban restaurants or cafés. Which means that if we want Cuban food we cook it. If I want a cafécito, I have to make it . . . Starbuck's just doesn't understand about a good ...
The BIG Family
After agreeing to take on the massive task of Family Historian, things I never even dreamed of are falling into my lap. Family members are finding photos and remembering stories. I feel like I've discovered buried treasure! And as I start receiving photos and dates, a picture starts to form. And then there are the stories. So many wonderful stories ...
And they lived happily ever after. . .
WARNING: SUPER Dork Alert! Yes, I admit it. I'm a big sappy dork when it comes to my home and my family. And, like any good dork, I admit that I have always childishly wanted a house with "a white picket fence." I know. Uber-dork. I probably read too many books in the Anne-of-Green-Gables/Nancy-Drew genre as a child. The white picket ...
In praise of quinceañeras
At Disneyland the other night... Me: "Hey, that blond lady looks like Cristina." Them: (eye-rolling, full-body complaining ensues..) "Not again, Mom! Who's Cristina?" Me: "She's like the Cuban Oprah, but that's not important right now." Them: "Why is there an elaborate platform in front of the castle ...
Don’t Mess With Texas!
Brought to you by: Kikita Tio Timbiriche has been gone for a week now and before he gets to Miami, he's stopped to visit my Tio & Tia in Texas. To be honest, I'm missing him terribly. But I've been getting regular updates from my favorite Tia. They are doing for him what we did here. And lucky for us, they sent ...
Be careful what you wish for…
SIGH. My closest, oldest, and dearest friends all live so very far away. And I really wanted to spend time with someone to de-compress from all the frantic let-me-show-you-the-highlights-of-California activity of the past few weeks. (This is a perfect example of my whiny prayer life, but that's not important right now.) My very favorite ...
So near and yet so foreign. . .
I still have papers to grade and end of the year things to finish for school, but my heart is already gone. My heart has made its way to Miami. I'm hoping it has the decency to wait up for me.....3 weeks I must suffer. It's not a pleasure trip, really. It's more like a holy pilgrimage. I guess I'll amuse myself with picking out just the right ...
How does my garden grow?
In 1970, when our home was built, the "country-look" was in. Rugged, exposed beams were the hip thing.Fast forward to when we actually bought this house in 2001. I struggled with those once-hip exposed beams. Truthfully, I hated looking at those things sticking out of our roof line. I wondered if there was a way to cover them so ...
