random musings

.....miss blogging...life is getting in the way of blogging about, well, life.....

.....worrying about my son's health has left me a closet basket-case...ugh.....

.....so many ideas floating around in my head, can't concentrate long enough to write one down.....

.....must start re-defining what "normal" means for me.....

.....feeling incredibly sad for the people of Japan today...random devastation is a tough and bitter pill to swallow...gonna give to the international red cross...hope it helps.....

Freezing My Tush In Miami

It was 36 degrees this morning in Miami. Huh? This Cuban mama was officially freezing her big Cuban tush off! Mother Nature certainly has a funny sense of humor. Doesn't she know we So FL natives can't handle anything below 55? Well, at least I can wear my "real" winter clothes for one day ;-)

Have a great day everyone.

my five favorite examples of the written word

The Raven

Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good night

Cultivo Una Rosa Blanca

Invictus

Green Eggs and Ham

(and, yes, i am totally serious about the last one { :)}

sunday lunch on lincoln road

it's so rare for us to venture outside of our little coral gables that it felt like we were on a trip today. we headed to south beach and ended up on lincoln road. after strolling east and west (and shopping for jewelry at 'so good'), we sat down at a small outdoor tapas café called 'maya'.

i love the weaved chairs and enormous outdoor fans {so south beach}.



















a simple glass of water is all i need to keep me happy on a warm so fl day.

on second thought, having these two ragamuffins near me is much better than the aforementioned { :) }

happy sunday to everyone

Welcome Wednesday (Plus The Tale of Two "Locas"!)

A big "Thank You" to Kristin and Jaime from Take It From Me for not only hosting Welcome Wednesday, but for also spotlighting my tiny little blog (OK, so I was randomly selected for that, but I'm not one to look a gift horse blog in the mouth:-)

Instead of writing about myself, my family or my blog on this most auspicious occasion, I've decided to give you my take on what I fondly (i.e. irreverently) refer to as "The Tale of Two Locas". The two "locas" a.k.a. crazy women I'm referring to are Kelly from the Real Housewives of New York and Danielle from the New Jersey version.

via google images
The word "loca" is Spanish for crazy, but even though both of these women come across as nuts, only one of them is truly certifiable. That dubious honor goes to poor Kelly. She is in DESPERATE need of psychiatric help. She is seriously ill (mentally, emotionally, you name it) and is obviously not engaging anyone in the real world. Watching her on the RHONY was almost painful. I felt so sorry for her, and it became apparent to the rest of the cast that her erratic behavior is symptomatic of a much deeper psychological problem. Kelly is not a bitch, just a whack-job. Danielle from the New Jersey "Real Housewives" cast, on the other hand, is anything but crazy. She really is just a bitch, and an evil one at that.

Danielle is the sort of person that deserves every bad thing that has ever and will ever happen to her. I feel incredibly sorry that her daughters have to call this woman "mother". My only hope is that as soon as they become adults, they run as fast as they can away from Danielle and never look back. I could go on and on about all the things that make Danielle the piece of garbage that she is, but why bother. Anyone that watches RHONJ and has half a brain already knows that. So let's not mince words here because I'm Cuban and we always tell it like it is. Danielle is a worthless excuse for a human being and is breathing oxygen for no other reason than to spread her vileness every where she can. That doesn't make her crazy and worthy of pity. She is simply a person that the world, and her daughters in particular, would be better of without. It really is too bad that it was Dina Manzo and not Danielle that quit the show. I would've appreciated not having to subject my eyeballs to the sight of Danielle on a weekly basis.

And that's the way I say "welcome" - with a heaping dose of judgmental rantings. Gotta love us loud-mouthed, opinionated Cubans :-)