Brandon's Puppy

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!

(And Happy Anniversary to my favorite crazy couple, Rachel and Jim!)

Baby update-23 weeks

I had an ultrasound yesterday morning, and am proud to say that the little bean is doing GREAT! He is approximately a pound and a half. Apparently he had the hiccups, and it was funny to see him boucing up and down on the screen, and simultaneously feel the movement when he hiccuped.

I have a doctor's appointment on November 10th, so expect another update in a couple of weeks.

The Piano Man's little girl following daddy's footsteps

Billy Joel's daughter is on tour.

Read it here.

Castro death watch, via Babalu

Castro may be dead. Or still alive. Who knows, but it sure is fun to try and figure out, ain't it?!

If, in fact, fidel castro and his aliveness are no longer lively, living or showing any hint of aliveness, then chances are that he may, in fact, be scientifically not alive and his aliveness may be a mere symbolic representation of what used to be his aliveness when it was alive in the scientific sense of aliveness. Certain trusted sources have made reference to this alive aliveness and its penchant for recently being non-existent, thus logical deduction and statistical probability and alogorithmic calculations conclude that the aliveness may be alive, but not alive enough to prove that its alive in the empirical sense of aliveness.

Read the whole thing.

Half-cooked

Here's me today, at 22 weeks and 1 day.

The exhaustion tomorrow is worth it

After a full day at work, and a 3 hour class, and a 5-month-along belly, I will be going tonight to Jazid's to see my friends Rhett y Los Borrachos Empeñados.

If I can do that, then you can be there too!!

Busy Boy

Hi, everybody.
I had a busy weekend.
I went to my friend Sophie's birthday party. She is one. She is so cute! I had lots of fun in the pool. My friend Beka was there too, with her little brother Andrew. My other friend Christian was there too.
I got lots of candy and gummy gum from the piñata.

Yesterday, mommy, me, Nina, Mikey, Maxx, Tia Sherri, and Tyler went to the pumpkin patch. That was a lot of fun! I rode a horsey, and Mikey and I saw butterflies in the butterfly garden. Baby Maxx had a good time too, here he is with Nina and Mikey. Tia Sherri and Tyler had to go home but Mikey, Maxx and me went to McDonald's to eat cheeseburgers. YAY! My favorite!
That's it, see you later.

Update on baby planning

Yay, one more thing off the list!

Baby Registry

Once crib is purchased, reorganize room/furniture

This week in entertainment history

Entertainment highlights during the week of Oct. 15-21:

1951: "I Love Lucy," starring Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, premiered on CBS.

1966: "Hollywood Squares" premiered on NBC.

1967: Smokey Robinson and The Miracles released "I Second That Emotion."

1973: "The Six Million Dollar Man," starring Lee Majors, premiered on ABC.

1977: Fleetwood Mac released "Rumours," one of the best-selling albums of all time.

1977: Three members of Lynyrd Skynyrd were killed in the crash of a privately-chartered plane in Mississippi. The crash took the lives of lead singer Ronnie Van Zant, guitarist Steve Gaines and backup singer Cassie Gaines.

1988: Bruce Springsteen broke up the E Street Band, telling them he wanted to pursue his own projects. They have since reunited.

1990: The country mother-daughter act, The Judds, announced they would no longer perform together because Naomi, the mother, had chronic hepatitis. Wynonna continued on as a solo act.

1991: Country singer Clint Black and actress Lisa Hartman were married.

1992: Madonna's album "Erotica" was released, one day before her "Sex" book hit stores.

1997: Elton John's "Candle in the Wind 1997" broke the record for the best-selling single of all time, just 37 days after its release. "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby had been the previous record-holder.

2003: Simon and Garfunkel reunited for their first concert tour in two decades, in Wilkes-Barre, Penn.

(Seen at the Miami Herald)

Cordial Invitation from the Pereiras

I got mine! YAY! Thanks, Rachel and Jim.
And thanks to this little warning, I was very careful opening the envelope. LOL

Planning for Baby

Even though we're still about four months away from the frijolito's arrival, there's still many, many things to do:

Baby Registry

Once crib is purchased, reorganize room/furniture

And between this, that, and the other, there's work, school, and the holidays coming up. Oh, yeah, and before baby arrives...Brandon's 4th Birthday. Oh boy...(no pun intended)

Two degrees revisited

A few months ago I wrote this in which I describe two separate instances where it's clearly evident that this city is not as small as it seems. Those two instances collided last night.

I received an invitation last week from Carlos Navarro, the awesome local artist who designed my uncle's wedding invitation, for his last Gallery Night at his current location. So I invited this fellow Cubanita and new friend of mine, who happens to be the wife of my high school friend featured with Val in the Miami Herald article I wrote about in April. (Didn't I tell you this city was small?!) I figured since they live in the Gables, and we were headed to the Gables, it was the perfect opportunity to catch up and hang out. Smart one, aren't I?!

We hung out at the gallery for a bit, then walked about six blocks to dinner at Bangkok Bangkok, a fabulous Thai restaurant frequented by Tere and her hubby. She reviewed it here on her other blog all about the goings-on in Coral Gables. This worked out perfectly, because I'd been craving Pad Thai for a while. We all started out with yummy spring rolls, and Eric, Tere and I had the Pad Thai appetizer as our main course. Ben had the Red Curry Chicken which smelled great, but I dared not taste for fear of burning off my taste buds. We had great conversation, ranging from the crazy way in which we found each other, to our children, to high school, to careers. Unfortunately, we had to pick up Brandon, and they had to pick up Max, so we parted ways around 10:30 or so. We'll definitely be hanging out again soon though. I promised them a meal, and so I must make good on that promise and cook for them. I think we'd better plan it before the Little Bean arrives though, or they'll be treated to take-out instead. ;-)

Godfather trivia!

I was watching "Inside the Actor's Studio" on Monday night, and Al Pacino was the special guest.

His grandfather was born in Sicily, in a town called:

Corleone.

When he was younger, his family did not call him Al, or Alfredo. They called him:

Sonny.

Interesting...

Cumpleaños

There will be a re-play of this in a few hours...

FELICIDADES, ABUELA!!

Next year, there will be 2 little boys on hand to help you blow out your candles. =)

Germy

Home sick today. Brandon's been sick since Friday. He loves his mommy so much he decided to share.
Be back later.