On Wednesday night the husband and I went out to dinner here with his clients that I had never met before. We arrived early and ordered a couple of drinks – the bartender made some sort of pineapple, tamarindo martini…
Archives for May 2013
Passport SUCCESS. Alternate title: The first time I had something good to say about getting Mexican passports
My girls were born in Mexico. This means they have both Mexican and American birth certificates and Mexican and American passports. Unfortunately, their Mexican passports have to be renewed EVERY YEAR until they’re 3. This means, we make our annual…
Um, great idea.
Lila’s birthday is coming up. (She’ll be 17.) Here in Cabo there are exactly three or so different themes that are sold at our local stores: Hello Kitty, and two other ones I forget. (My memory is amazing.) So I’m…
Selflessness.
In memory… With heartfelt thanks. —
Bravest kid EVER.
So, Lila’s been having ear, nose and throat issues since forever. Chronic ear infections, coughs, runny noses, more coughing and more ear infections resulted in what was the BEST.SUMMER.EVER for all of us [note the sarcasm] when Lila got her…
Fabulousness
As you know, Lila has persistent and chronic ear issues. At this point, after a two-week swim class hiatus, she’s back. In all of her glory.
WHY are my chocolate chip cookies flat pancakes?
{No picture to accompany this post. Yet} So once again, work and life are getting in the way of my blogging. Blech. And I’ll be honest, last night I needed to bake chocolate chip cookies. I should have been blogging,…
On helping…
Oh friends, I can’t watch the news or see the images about the devestation in Oklahoma. The people, the elderly, the families, the children. Do something super-easy today — text “Red Cross” at 90999 and donate $10. Super easy. And…
…On life.
I’m working on being in a better mood because lately I’ve been off my game. There’s value in being truthful on the ‘ole blog because life is life and it’s not always pretty instagram photos and happy status updates. It’s not always…
Happy Birthday, Two Pretzels!
It’s true. Today is a big day. May 17th marks the 7th anniversary of my blog. [insert cheers here! But no clowns. Clowns are terrible.] Yep, I’ve been writing this blog for SEVEN years of my life. This is actually…
On aging.
Vicky from the Real Housewives of Orange County BEFORE… Vicki now. (Article about Vicky here.) I highly doubt I’m going to “grow old gracefully.” In fact, I think that’s a lie younger people say to older people to annoy them. (Ah-hem……
Very important “news”
I’m disappointed that Bill Hader is leaving SNL. I know, I know, “Saturday Night Live is horrible… and dated… and old…” [NO.] But see? My Dad liked SNL and I always watch it because he did. I’m loyal. Stefon is leaving….
