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 ...
Lifestyle
Posts about everything going on in my life. Enjoy!
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 ...
The Dating Game or The Kevin Bacon Game (Date Edition) or . . . WHATEVER! Let’s just PLAY!!
I am making some Bacon-Wrapped Date Appetizers over at Babalú today (which got me thinking about other stuff in that really random A.D.D. way of mine, but that's not important right now). And I have a ton of other things going on in my life AND I'm also preparing to host My Big Fat Cuban Family here for Thanksgiving next week. So, I could just ...
What to pack for a Guilt Trip
I have to confess I've been feeling guilty.Guilty in that really deliciously tragic Cuban-martyr way. I haven't spent much time with my mom and visiting aunt. (Say it ain't so!!!) Because . . .I've only been shuttling my cousin and her husband All Over Southern California.And homeschooling my kids.And cooking gourmet meals.And running my ...
Giving thanks
When people come into my home I have a very high value for them to feel welcome and relaxed. I want them to feel like they are special and that they "belong" here. I don't know if I always achieve that goal, but I always try. This is one of the ways I show hospitality. I make and send invitations. For ...
My sweet lort
My Cuban cousins first met Eric about five years ago. They loved him immediately and, of course, gave him a nickname. (I think it's some sort of ancient mandate originally written into our constitution that all Cubans should have a nickname, but that's not important right now.) When they learned he was of English ancestry, that did it. ...
All funned out.
Oh yes, I did. I had that beautiful pastelito refugiado (that I picked up yesterday at Porto's , she said proudly). For breakfast! With a hot cup of coffee. In front of that delicious crackling fire. And I sat. And didn't speak. And just decadently read my book. And when the kids woke up they joined me. With their books. And there we sat. ...
Stuff I only do when I have out-of-town guests and then remember how much cool stuff there is to do around here.
Okay, so I could be thinking of really cool stuff I can blog about, except for I have other responsibilities this week. There's nothing like having out-of-town guests who want to see everything they possibly can in the few days they're here. So, I'm obviously not blogging,I'm being the quintessential Tour Guide. "Prima ...
