cultivating me

These past few weeks I’ve been struggling with keeping the house together.  It seems no matter how much I clean, the mess just does not seem to go away.  It got me thinking.  I know other families whose homes always seem so clean and more importantly so much cleaner than mine.  I know I have [...]

We have a small room out behind the garage This room has been many many things throughout the history of this house.  My great grandfather was a dentist and he used to use that little room to see patients and pulled many teeth back there.  (I will always find that amusing) My grandmother used it [...]

This morning, like most mornings, I woke up at 6:15 and like most mornings the first thing I did was to I reach over and turn off the alarm. My alarm happens to be my phone and so naturally the next thing I did was check my email, twitter and facebook accounts.  WAIT….WHAT?!? Naturally that’s [...]

my sweet baby girl i know this is a few days late – okay almost a week! but you know, i think i still need time to properly come to terms with how grown up you are.  sixteen! wow – you are so grown.  almost a woman and yet i can clearly remember the day [...]

this video popped up on my att home page this morning.  i thought it was cute and i love hearing stories about the good things in life and about people who try to make this world a better place – even if it’s one smile at a time.  enjoy – and go make someone smile [...]

I wonder how much longer I’ll be able to call you that before you start to complain that you aren’t so little anymore?  You’re not you know – you are not so little any more Enrique -  you are getting so big.  I find it hard to believe that you are nine years old today.  [...]

Melissa @The Inspired Room recently made a list of 20 little things to Treasure in Autumn and asked others to play along.  It is hard to believe that tomorrow is the first day of fall.  Here in So Cal, the weather still seems very summery although it is beginning to get chilly in the evenings.  [...]

That’s me! and I have come to terms with the fact that no matter how old i get, I will always be his little girl. Happy Father’s day dad! I am so lucky to have had you as my father growing up. I know that we didn’t always agree – especially in my teens. Regardless, [...]

Just a week ago I married this man and I have come to the decision the I like being married. But, it’s not just about being married, it is about being married to Jerry. I really like being his wife. I love being able to introduce him as my husband – there is a joy [...]

how excited all 3 kids were about not just the wedding but about the fact that jerry and i were making ‘it official’ – they helped me count the hours and the minutes the completely relaxed feeling i had leading up to the wedding days before and the day of – it was a good [...]