I know I can be pretty irreverent sometimes. Another Cuban recently called me out, saying that I obviously like the "jodienda.*" *To mess with people. From the root word, "joder," which means to joke about something. However, I should warn you that even though it's accurate, it's not really a word you want to trot out ...
Giveaways
Marvel’s The Avengers (A Winner)
Thanks to all of you who entered the giveaway for the Very Uber-Cool and Uber-nerdy Avengers gift pack from Marvel. I love that you guys are as caught up in Avenger Madness as we are. And because I personally can't get enough of Thor, here's yet another photo from the film.Isn't that just beautiful....umm.....lighting? (I know. ...
Special Blue IMUSA Autism Speaks Sauté Pan (A Winner)
I decided I enjoy hosting giveaways on my blog for a couple of reasons:It's really cool to be able to offer you a product that I, myself enjoy using. You never cease to astound me with your insights and the depth of your answers. Thank you.I have been using the beautiful blue Imusa USA Sauté pan just about every night this week. It's ...
IMUSA & Autism Speaks (A Giveaway)
Because we have homeschooled for so many years, we have had the privilege of getting to know, not just other homeschooled kids, but entire families who choose to homeschool their kids. Everyone, of course, has their varied and complex reason why they've opted to educate their kids at home. I've made some of my most precious friendships ...
Nestlé Abuelita Merienda Gift Pack (A winner.)
We've been pretty good about having our Merienda in the afternoons and the kids have been adamant about making sure there's always some Nestlé Abuelita Hot Chocolate on the table. It's getting to be quite the fun ritual, actually. It also means I need to make sure there's a constant supply of Cuban crackers in the house, but ...
La Merienda (A giveaway)
It's around 3 o'clock in the afternoon. Lunch was over a few hours ago, but it's still too early for dinner and you're already hungry again. What do you do? You must have a tasty little snack in the afternoon to hold you over until dinner, of course. Growing up Cuban in the 60's and 70's, the three o'clock hour ...
Home-Ec 101 (A Winner)
I'm kind of delighted to learn that so many of you have mad skills in one area and are deficient in others (says the woman who is Organizationally Challenged). I hope you'll all get yourselves a copy of Heather's book. She has so much wisdom to teach us all. My copy is already dog-eared and post-it-noted. *sigh* What? You put things ...
Home-Ec 101? She wrote the book. (A Giveaway)
When I was a very young child in Cuba, we had domestic "help" who cooked, cleaned and generally took care of the business of running the household. That "household" consisted of our two parents, five daughters and a son and various staff. We lived in a large (semi-mansion-size) home with eight bedrooms, two kitchens and a ...
#Hallmark “Tell Them” (A Winner)
My dear friend, Pam was having a really rough week. "Go look at my blog," I told her. Grateful and teary-eyed she told me I had made her week. Which made my week. Funny how that happens.Now I get to make someone else's week.... Congratulations to:Congratulations, Tiffany! You won the 10-pack of Hallmark Greeting Cards! ...
I have something to tell my BFF (A Giveaway)
When I was in college in the 70's, I also worked at a movie theater. I was the Day Cashier. Impressive, no? I would work my little day shift because my classes were at night. The Night Cashier did just the opposite. She came in as I was ready to leave for the day. We usually overlapped about half an hour. Each day, we would talk for that brief ...
