Me and Natalia at The Ravenscroft in Scottsdale.First off, here's the link to the podcast where I am interviewed by a Child Temperament expert of whom I am a huge fan, Wendy Gossett, author of Your Child's Inner Drive: Parenting by Personality from Toddlers to...
I really love this quote by Maya Angelou: "I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” I have to be honest - this is nowhere near the type of wisdom that has guided the...
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...
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...