Pretty. What does that mean to you? If you ask Maura, my 3-year-old, she’d tell you that she’s pretty when she’s wearing a dress. She’s all about dresses these days. Fortunately, she has all of her sister’s, cousin’s, and a few neighbor’s hand-me-downs, so she can literally go a month without wearing the same dress […]
Archives for May 2011
Wordless Wednesday: Prayers
I woke up today, hoping the conversation I had with my mom yesterday was a dream. But it wasn’t. My abuelita Julieta, my grandma, really is slipping away. We knew this time would come… Please keep her in your prayers.
Our Backyard Botanical Oasis Garden
My relationship with Backyard Discovery is in it’s second year now. Time flies! I’m thrilled to tell you that they recently sent me their Backyard Botanical Oasis Garden… Up until a few days ago, I was clueless about gardening. Just plant some seeds, water them, and ta-dah! RIGHT? I had so much to learn. What […]
Random cellphone photos
Oh, how I love having a decent camera on my cellphone now! It’s 3MP (not iPhone quality) but so much better than the 1.3 I used to have. I find myself capturing some amazing moments, since I almost always have my phone in my pocket. These are some shots from the last couple of weeks… […]
31 in 31
I turn 31 in 31 days. Okay, now it’s 17 days, but when I wrote this, early on the morning of May 2nd, it was 31. I start writing things on my iPad and sometimes they take a while to move on to the blog. Or they never do. The date of my actual birthday […]
Miss me? Well, I sure miss YOU!
It’s amazing how easy it is to stop blogging. 1, 2, 3 days without writing anything new turns into a week, 10 days, 12 days… in what seems like the blink of an eye. Today, as I stared blankly at my computer screen, I visualized my blog fading away into nothingness, neglected and eventually abandoned, […]
