k. so I'm not really comfortable using the term "shout out."I'm kind of culturally irrelevant that way.But she can say it. And it doesn't even sound weird when she does.She's hip and funny that way.Meet my niece, Kelley, who is 24 today.And I just think she's amazing. But she knows that. She is the one who calls me "Auntie ...
It shouldn’t be food – a rant.
Yesterday I was in the grocery store with Lucy and we happened to cruise down the Asian food aisle. We stopped and took notice. They have shrimp chips!Did you catch that? SHRIMP! CHIPS! Not to mention some of the other brightly packaged and indigestible looking snacks catering to whoever it is that find this appealing or even ...
No more sombreros for Mami, thanks.
There are two kinds of people in this world:Those who look good in hats And the rest of us.I was still massaging my bruised ego from The Trampoline Debacle yesterday. And I had some other problems with orders and customers that put me in a blue funk. So, Amy took me to dinner at Disneyland to cheer me up. We watched fireworks and it ...
“Air” Marta
I'm a little embarrassed to share this... I tried to call in sick today, but there was no one to call. Okay, so I wasn't really sick. I just kind of overdid it yesterday and I'm paying today.But there is no "substitute teacher" in a homeschool.And I'm self-employed.So because there was no one to call, I will just whine a little on this ...
It’s beginning to look a lot like…
I have been "tagged" by my friend, Kristen with the "Holiday Edition of: Getting to Know Your Friends." As opposed to other versions, I find this one fascinating. Mostly because the questions are about favorite Christmas traditions. It seems everyone I know is fiercely dedicated to their own traditions and I love that ...
Serendipity
Ok. I knew the minute I posted this picture, we would be so busted. So I am coming clean. Yes. We ditched school yesterday.(even homeschoolers have the urge to ditch at times)But we had a great reason...Our friends, Gene & Pam were visiting from Hanfordand we HAD to go to Disneyland together!So happy to be with our friends.Then Amy joined ...
We go together…
Working on that Christmas video and sorting through my pictures gives me a total "Now and Then" perspective. Because I'm a scrapbooker, I write my journaling stories more about relationships, than I do events. Although, I'm all about chronicling events, too. I love seeing relationships evolve in my photos. I love documenting ...
A picture a day…
I take pictures every day. I know that sounds absurd. What could be so interesting EVERY single day?It is the little things that attract my attention.Because I notice things around me and am always thinking. It's pretty simple to document the BIG events. The birthdays, Christmases, vacations, etc. But I am aware that it is in our most ...
For the love of Bricks.
My mom calls him "Cerebrito" or "Little Brain." He doesn't let anyone, except his immediate family, call him Jon.He prefers Jonathan. He is a thinker of deep thoughts. He has an extraordinary sense of humor. He is intensely focused when he is building with his Legos. We sometimes call him "Captain Distraction." He ...
Y 2 Que?
In 1979, after President Jimmy Carter opened up travel between the U.S. & Cuba, I had a cousin go to Cuba to visit family.She brought back the most amazing treasure for us: A suitcase full of our family pictures. This is going to sound odd to some, but I was 24 years old and had never, before that moment, seen baby pictures of myself. ...
