From left: My sister, Alina, who is my niece Helen's godmother, who is Alina's daughter, Kelley's godmother, who is Helen's daughter, Daisy's godmother. Did you get all that? Here's a fun Cuban Easter tradition we follow: I don't know who decided it, but it's engraved in stone. When you are appointed the high honor of being asked to be ...
Lifestyle
Posts about everything going on in my life. Enjoy!
Living the dream
I'm so proud of Eric. He was finally able to quit his day job and come home. (Yay!)Wait!Let me say that again . . .HE QUIT HIS DAY JOB! I'm so delighted. We all are.It's just so nice to have him home.And he's got some great clients. I can't even tell you how wonderful this is. (picture me flipping cartwheels . . . umm. . . or not. . . ...
Making the grade
I don't give out grades in our homeschool. Not in the traditional sense. I don't have a classroom full of kids to "grade" and compare, so we can spend time mastering skills. So technically, Jonathan is a straight A student because we don't have to move on if there's stuff he doesn't understand, umm. . . at least until he understands it - ...
I’m More Cuban Than I Thought!
Hi everyone, it’s Amy. I’m not sure if you know this or not, but my Mom and Dad divorced when I was 3 (which totally worked out because I have a really awesome Dad now! ;-D)Anyway, after the divorce, we (Mom, Adam, & I) moved in with Mom’s parents who lived in Anaheim. Anaheim is still where many Orange County Cubans ...
For Uber-Geeks only
Today is Albert Einstein's Birthday. Happy Birthday, Al! Albert Einstein's name seems to always be connected with the word, "genius." Would it surprise you to learn that Einstein was educated at home? He couldn't make it in public school. He was just (by his own description) "too curious." (I can't help but ...
Never let ’em see you sweat
I complain a lot about how much I hate to exercise. Okay, I complain, but I still go regularly to the Y and ride the stationary bike, and I don't complain if I've got a good book to read to distract me. (I know. Slacker. Shut up.) But I have been going faithfully and I never love it any more than before. I have no clue where "the zone" ...
Time warp
I know this clock says it's about 11:18, but I can't help thinking it's really 10:18. Or at least it was three days ago. Before Daylight Saving Time. Now when I look at the clock I have to do the mental gymnastics it takes for me to adjust to today's time. SIGH. This whole time change thing makes me crazy. Seriously. Certifiably. Do you know ...
What’s that smell?
Alina, my mom and Me. Miami, Florida. 1963 Havana, Cuba. Late 1960. Word was getting around that the new self-appointed governors of the island, those bearded rebels led by Fidel Castro and Che Guevarra were now planning to take away parents' authority over their own children. The parents would no longer have any say as to where or when their ...
Standing room only
There were about two hundred people at my brother-in-law's memorial service. I've never seen a chapel so packed out for a funeral. All of them came to the reception afterwards.I took this photo after about half had already left.Yes, that's Shawn Green, the baseball player, in the middle of the room. Who didn't Rafael know??More importantly, ...
Designer Genes
If you're a regular reader of this blog, you're probably wondering where my mom has been. She's been in Miami.For the last MONTH.Visiting her big brother.Did I mention that she just turned 94?Her big brother, my uncle Fernando, is 97 (and lives alone, BTW). WHAT ARE THESE PEOPLE MADE OF?? (and did I get any of those genes?) I haven't talked ...
