The show opens this week. The director is working out the final kinks. The kids are READY. The one in the hat, 2nd from the left is my Jonathan, who will be playing Ryan (the theater geek) in their production of High School Musical. They've been rehearsing since September and the curtain goes up on Thursday night. I am doing what I do ...
Lifestyle
Posts about everything going on in my life. Enjoy!
When life gives you lemons. . . Go to the Happiest Place on Earth!
Completely distracted. Completely. Because I'm in mourning. Or maybe I'm in denial. They say you do crazy things when you're in denial. . . My PC has died an ugly, bloody death. Here is his carcass, sitting impotently on my floor. I did call someone to come and retrieve my documents and memory, but it's still pretty dead. I don't know why I ...
Mama no habla de nada. . . slacker!
When I was growing up my parents always insisted we speak Spanish at home. I'm grateful to them because I'm fluent in both Spanish and English now and I don't have an accent in either language. (Except, of course, I speak Spanish fast and furiously and drop the s's on the ends of my words, but that's not important right now. =D) The ...
Brujeria? or How much power does my abuelita actually wield?
Amy here. I have a burning question that I thought maybe some of mom's Cuban blog readers could answer. Here's the story: My Cuban Abuela curses and blesses me. The blessings go something like this: "Algun dia tu nieta hara lo mismo por ti." ("One day your own granddaughter will do the same for you.") That sounds ...
Today’s word is “dysfunctional.” Discuss.
It's been one week since my big, fat Cuban family had a party. It was the 185 year birthday thing last week here at my house. But that was a week ago. One. whole. week. So around Thursday afternoon the phone starts ringing . . . "Who's Mami with this weekend?" "Alina." "Card party at Alina's!" Okay, so my family is a ...
Finding comfort in swirls of milk
Tuesday is the day we do Science.In this case, Earth Science. This is Jonathan's experiment and his write up. I know I usually include recipes, but he asked me to share it, so I'm going to.Here's an example of what 6th grade Science looks like in the Darby Home School... What I used:1 cup of milk red food coloring blue food ...
How “el Tiki-tiki” works
El Tiki-tiki - v. to harp on a subject over and over and then resort to guilt until your victim succumbs to your wishes. Mami: "You have to have a party for your Tia before she leaves." Me: "Umm. . . what with the holidays, it's been a little busy. I don't know if I can do it." Mami (issuing a big, heavy ...
Places to go. Things to do. Kids to embarrass. =D
I've been keeping up pretty nicely with that whole taking one picture every day project. Actually, I love having my camera with me 24/7. In fact, I have it with me so much it's almost like a family member now. We're all seated at the dinner table, and one of the kids asks:"Where's your camera?" And it's weird when you blog (like I ...
Mi cama es su cama – NOT!
I got new bedding stuff for our room. It looks regal, yet jungly and our bed looks like the King it is with all the new stuff. (FYI - I got it online at Target) I don't know, but there's something about it being a new year that makes me want everything to be new. And it also makes me want to travel. New year = new ...
Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Six Hundred Minutes
I take photos every day. Every day.Okay, maybe not every single day. But most days. ;-) I took photos every single day of December, and it was pretty effortless for me because my camera was attached to me like an unusual black appendage growing out of my forehead. But this year, I'm determined to take a photo a day to document my year ...
