I just woke up from the best nap - the kind where you think it's a certain time but you realize it's like an hour later. It was much-needed because I had to take my mom to the airport this morning before sunrise. Mom told me that you can't "make up" sleep, but I...
4 years ago today, my dad died suddenly and my life dramatically changed forever I wish I could say that he died in a car accident or from a heart attack or after a hard battle with cancer... but it is, sadly, much more tragic than that. He drank himself to death And...
Regardless of the fact that I spent plenty of time on the phone with CenturyLink to schedule our internet being turned on when we got here, it was not ready. And not only that, but the work order was completely wrong so they had to create a new one.... and the wait...
A lot of people propagate the fable that you can't master something unless you start as a child. This, however, is completely false. As I have mentioned before, I didn't start playing piano nor speaking Spanish until I was around 23, but now BOTH are an essential part...
I remember when I was a kid being so eager to finally become an adult. To finally be respected. To finally get to make my own decisions without having my parents involved. I think Natalia is already getting there. It took 20 minutes to get her out of the driver's...
I love being near the water. This is the Puget Sound. We are on a public rocky beach in between low and high tide. On a clear day, you can get a great view of Mount Rainier. It's good to get away up here because our home isn't in Seattle proper, but in the woods...
We just barely got back up here a week ago and it's taken a while to get settled. Our internet is NEVER working when we get back, and this year is, no exception. Unfortunately we only have the option of CenturyLink or StarLink, but I can't justify the overheard for...
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...