Egg Bites! made in a pressure cookerBacon & GruyereI know I'm not a food blogger, but I have had SO many requests for my egg bites recipe over the last year that I decided to just post it online. And you know what's so great about me NOT being a food blogger??NO...
After almost two years into this pandemic, I managed to avoid contracting COVID... And then came OMICRON.My daughter got it first, apparently form gymnastics because she doesn't go to daycare. Jorge got it again right after her. (This was his second time...
I can't believe how fast the summer disappeared. We've been back from Seattle for a few weeks and I really just needed time up there to take a break from the regular hustle and bustle. Of course, living in a tiny house shipping container with a toddler presents its...
It's amazing how we've been enduring this pandemic over a year now, but life just keeps going on. It's been particularly hard on musicians, but we just adapt and figure out new ways to connect with our audience and to continue to serve.Once thing that - for me - came...
Me and Natalia on the plane to AlabamaI'm trying to figure out a schedule where I can take care of Natalia and still get my work done AND keep up with cooking and housework. I think I've finally accepted that I need two days in the house, then I can have three at the...
The Cathedral Organ pipes at SS Simon and Jude Cathedral in PhoenixI never knew that today was called "Easter Monday" until just a few days ago when I happened to see it in my Apple calendar app, already pre-labeled as a "holiday"Yesterday I played for 5 masses, one...
When I found out I was pregnant with Natalia, I was PISSED. I had just lost my Dad, had literally played for his funeral/celebration of life only a few weeks before.... and I thought I would just miscarry AGAIN. I was NOT excited. I was struggling to deal with all the...
These past three weeks have really been a whirlwind. We went in to the hospital to have a procedure done (called an ECV - External Cephalic Version) to turn Natalia from breech to head-down position so I could have a natural birth. But the procedure failed and...
Maybe I'm late to the game, but I finally held my first streaming concert last Wednesday, Sponsored my City of Tempe Arts in the Parks. I guess I just needed to get paid up front to have the motivation to finally do something live, ha. But it went really well, and I...