I forget stuff. For example, I forget that other people have to work during the week. (I know. I know. But it still slips my mind.) So it surprised me today to find all these umbrellas at my beach.I forgot it was Saturday and it's Labor Day weekend. Oops. It was exactly twenty degrees cooler at the beach (84°) than at our house (104°). ...
Lifestyle
Posts about everything going on in my life. Enjoy!
How to measure success. . .
This was our first week of school.And I am sick with a bone-achy-feverish flu. (sigh)Coincidence? ;-)Don't know.But I stumbled downstairs and gave them assignments and they did everything that was on their schedules. Including this.We were thinking we'd get Jonathan a piano tutor this year, but it appears he has already found one. In ...
Beta testing
I do a lot of stuff. A lot.In case you don't already know, I have an online shop called CubaToGo! (see link on left side there). I am constantly getting ideas of stuff I'd like to wear on a tshirt or cap, or even on a sticker or a mug. Always related to being Cuban, because, well.... I am Cuban. (And darn proud of it!) So, I had ...
Walk. Don’t run.
The engine light came on in Eric's car, so he asked if he could take my minivan to work and meetings. (Of course, I drive a minivan. I think it's federally mandated in our county, but that's not important right now. =D) Before I had time to answer, Jonathan said: "Of course it's okay, Dad. We can just walk to school." Cracks me up ...
What’s wrong with this picture?
It's my same Lucy-girl in both pictures. In one she's starting Kindergarten. In the other she's starting High School. I can't tell which is which. She looks exactly the same to me. Deep breath. Heavy sigh. Welcome to our first day of high school. (I'll have this whole Kindergarten/High School thing cleared up by recess, I'm sure. My ...
No one mourns the wicked
We just recently went to see the musical, "Wicked." (Fabulous. I highly recommend it, but that's not important right now.) There are unconfirmed rumors flying around today that fidel castro is finally dead.My cell has been ringing off the hook and now this lyric from the musical keeps running through my head over and over: No one mourns ...
Someone loves me!
Aren't they simply amazing?? Eric came home with these today, planted a kiss on me and said, "I love you, honey." Aww. . . Someone loves me! or (a more likely scenario). . . Someone has a co-worker who just broke up with a desperate goof who has more money than brains and Eric obliged when she screamed, "get these out of my ...
Cuban Pride
Adam comes bouncing in yesterday in his goofy black Cowboy-Superman hat and wearing this shirt. Yes, it says:"Proud Member of the Miami Mafia."And he does wear it with great pride. He's twenty-one and for the most part, politics do not usually interest him or his friends. But because he's Cuban American and because his mother has ...
End of summer blues
School starts next week. Even for homeschoolers like ourselves. We need to get all our summer vacation relaxation in before next Monday. Because come Monday, boy, we are back to our regular homeschool schedule. And of course, you know what that means, don't you? It means we will have to leave for the beach at around NOON. =D (I ...
Que hay? (“what is there?)
WARNING: this post is full of Cuban euphemisms and obscure Monty Python references. Read at your own personal peril. I had my mom with me this weekend.And I swear she was on the phone most of the time.Because there seems to be imminent news that she (and all of the international Cuban community) is anxiously expecting. Eric (who is of English ...
