My cousin Maria and I were inseparable as little girls in Cuba. Inseparable.We spent summers together on Varadero Beach in Cuba. We spent most weekends playing together as our families were very close. We celebrated every birthday together.We celebrated every Christmas. We were as close as sisters. Together. Celebrating.Inseparable. And then the ...
Lifestyle
Posts about everything going on in my life. Enjoy!
I create, therefore I am.
Okay, so here's how our morning goes: We all congregate around the next little advent box to be opened. Jonathan opens it, Lucy takes out the slip of paper and reads it. Questions follow. "What do you mean by: 'Find all the Santa and Christmas tree pictures'? They're for a Christmas collage. I'm so excited about that ...
Counting the days . . . or making the days count?
Today's advent activity:Churros, Hot Chocolate and The Grinch. I cannot even tell you how cool this whole calendar thing has been. There's already so much anticipation! They've already established rules: 1) They open each box together. 2) No peeking ahead. 3) They immediately tell Amy and Adam what the activity will be and ask them to join ...
Being present
I'm working on being particularly present this holiday season. What I mean by that is that I don't want to get so caught up in making Christmas that I completely miss it and fall down exhausted on the twenty-fifth glad the thing is over. Okay, so I say that every year, but really, my intentions are sincere. ;-) So I went over to the brand ...
Wasn’t that Allstate’s motto?
I know this photo has too much glare.And it's slightly out of focus.And it doesn't show my (ahem..) most attractive side.But let me tell you why I love it.There is a way my husband has of taking my hand, that makes me feel secure. He knows where he's going.I feel safe following his lead. That's why I like it. It speaks to me of our ...
Control issues
"Someone's got to take charge.And I usually like it to be me." ~ Marta =DWhen I was still a young woman and living at home, I started ...
What’s new?
Sometimes I'm really aware of where my creative leanings come from. I see a picture in a magazine, I notice the colors in a room, or I hear a song on the radio, all of which get me thinking and then sketching and then I find myself pushing to create something. So, here comes Thanksgiving and I'm not feeling particularly creative when ...
I am . . .
A wife.A mother.A daughter.A niece.A sister.An aunt.A great-aunt.Incredibly lucky to be related to all these beautiful and amazing women. =D ...
History, Geography, Architecture, and Design – Now that’s what I call a Field Trip!
Can I just tell you how much fun it is to go to Vegas? Especially (I found out) with my two homeschooled kids. (I LOVE going with Amy too because she and I always have so much fun and that's completely different, but that' s not important right now.) Lucy and Jonathan know stuff. (not at all implying that Amy doesn't, it's just more ...
We are fa-mi-ly . . .
I am the youngest of six. We are five daughters. FIVE. CUBAN. WOMEN. With five strong and sometimes (many times) opposing opinions. Which is totally fitting for Cuban women. I have a brother who lives in Texas (I sometimes wonder if he didn't move so far away because he got a little tired of living with so many Cuban women, but ...
