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 ...
My Big, Fat, Cuban Family
Family is everything to me. I love them more than words can describe.
I’ve been busy.
You're probably wondering where I've been the past few days. I've . . . Traveled from Balboa Island to The Fun Zone on a ferry with my cousins.Left footprints in the sand of beautiful Laguna Beach.Visited the World's Largest Thermometer in Baker, CA. (Gateway to Death Valley - what a great touristic selling point!)Posed for a picture in the ...
Es pa’l jalo uin
It's not about the dressing up and getting candy. Heck, I can do that any day. ;-) It's that now we have put Traditions in place. And they must be respected.First it's the trip to the pumpkin patch to choose the best carving pumpkins and I always make them pose behind the cut-outs. (They were much more willing when they were ...
What would you take?
Adam sent this to me yesterday via his phone with the message: "3 blocks away." I recognized the intersection immediately. My friend, Kristen lives at the end of that street and yes, they had to evacuate their home and are safe and staying with friends. (Thank you, God!) The story is the same all around us. My nieces in San ...
It was so much easier when they were little.
Back then I just had to worry about feeding and clothing and bathing and nurturing and kissing boo-boos and keeping the cat from being choked. (=D) Today there are fires burning everywhere in So Cal. Everywhere. There is a layer of ash on everything outside and we have been told to keep our windows shut tight. I don't think any fire ...
Learning to say “I love you”
It's funny how our roles have reversed. I worry about making her meals and making sure she eats. I help her dress.I take her places. Yesterday we spent hours at Armstrong's Nursery. (I think I inherited my love for gardening from her.) We walk and examine every beautiful bloom. We are admiring the pictures of the bulbs and deciding together ...
Drama Mama
I did the math.(probably because I had math on the brain this week. =D) I have been a Drama Mom for twenty-two years. (I know. I've probably been a Drama Queen for much, much longer, but that's not important right now. =D) And I still clearly remember the moment Amy toddled across the stage in a tutu and wings as an angel in the church ...
Because I live in a Parallel Universe (in which ninety is the new fifty)
I often get asked these two questions: "Do you still have family in Cuba?" and "Have you ever been back?"The answers are yes and no. In August of 2002 we hosted a family reunion here in Mission Viejo. Three of my mom's four siblings were able to come - two of them traveling from Cuba and one from Miami. There ...
Aren’t I the lucky one?
I write a lot about my husband. And he truly is as wonderful as he seems. But let's just give credit where credit is due, shall we? He has become the man he is today thanks to this amazing woman:To my sweet MIL (mother-in-love =D), Nancy: Happy, Happy Birthday and . . . THANKS! "For the mother is and must be, whether she knows it or ...
Cheaters never prosper.
I'm so obedient. My friend, Nora, posted about her love for Scrabble which gave me an idea for our family game night. The snack, BTW, was my pastelitos de guayaba. ;-) So we got kind of psyched about our Scrabble game, and we pulled out the dusty old board. (Hey, it's actually pretty nice. Who knew?) Somewhere along the line we picked up ...
