Through ten years of marriage, our family has been on countless road trips. From camping in the Everglades to cruising around Portugal we’ve spent hours sitting in a car going from point A to point Read More …
Strange things happen: difficult things become easier; effort becomes habit. I no longer smoke, nor drink alcohol or soda. At first, these changes seemed impossible and the withdraw symptoms, even from Diet Coke, were difficult. Read More …
I grew up in Brazil where women own their bikinis regardless of their shape or size. Except I am not one them, and so I embarked in this Six Pack Mami process where I am Read More …
But it’s not because I have been sitting around doing nothing. In fact, there is so much going on that I can’t find the time to update the blog! So here, in pictures, is what Read More …
Training for an IronMan is a long haul where you push your body past the point you thought you could. That is a lot of stress so every once in a while, well every once Read More …
Entropy leads my car to look like this at times I take myself too seriously. I don’t mean to, it’s just my default setting. I have two weeks left in my current job as a Read More …
It’s hard for me to follow directions; that’s why I am a terrible cook. I think I know better than the recipe … if it calls for one cup of something so delicious, shouldn’t one Read More …
Today, 140+ children rode their bikes or trikes on our first Trike-A-Thon benefitting St. Jude’s Research Hospital. The oldest of these children is six years old as I work in a preschool, and this was Read More …
I don’t have a sixth sense that intuitively detects danger; mine verges on paranoia that senses imminent catastrophe at any time. My anxiety used to be worst, and I now have many tools to use Read More …
I don’t believe in reward charts for children, but how about a chart for mami’s behavior? Okay, some background: I think children should behave a certain way because that is just the way they should Read More …
