Tan chula.

Just because she is soooooooooo beautiful! Its amazing to witness

the growth and development of my daugthter, I can't believe it.

She is becoming under my eyes, the most sweet and intelligent creature on earth, very talented, centered girl.

XXXXXXX my love.

O.k and in other order of ideas....I should re-take this blog, right? At least to post our experiences. I've been very happy and bussy these days. For example, last week we celebrated earthday and the 5th graders organized a nice fair at school, this beautiful young lady had a booth with a friend and they educated boys and girls with an animal game. The school-garden had a booth too and we invited an expert on seedballs (co-worker of mine), to show the kids an effective and better method of planting.

Just a week ago, the girls and I went to help clean up Chollas Creek and made restoration by planting native plants and getting rid of the invasive ones. -Very cool-

Also, we had the opening season of Vernetta's dance studio. As every year, the girls participated by dancing tap.

Guacamole, Obama?

Obama, Obama, RA.RA.RA. That was just a Mexican Cheer song.

I'm happily impressed by Obama's extended family, people of different "origins" but every body making one. So colorful, so rich.

And one more thing that reflects Obama rich culture is his food preference, that happens to be MEXICAN. But not what is common in this country, "burritous and taquitous". -No, pues- he likes the real thing. I just read he goes to Topolobampo, a Chicago restaurat owned by one of my favorites Chefs, Rick Bayless.

Rick Bayless is a researcher and creative of Mexican cuisine, so probably Obama has tasted better Mexican delicatessen that my self. So, Obama, -buen provecho-.

Feliz cumpleaños

Este año he visto como has crecido, aunque siempre veré a mi bebé en esa carita.
Te quiere, mamá.

My bag catalog

As many of you know we had the Winter boutique at School, Amy and I shared a booth with our creations, she made beautiful aprons and I made bags.

I suggested my girls to name each bag with flower names and plants, the result was really cute.

Up is Tiny Tim, which is now my personal bag.

This is Rose
Rosemary
Lupin
Ivy
Lavander
Almond
Blue Bell
Snapdragon
Blackk Eyed Susan
This wasn't named but I would call it Lilac, I made it as special gift for a 40th birthday.

By this time you probably are thinking, did she sell anything? well yes I did, but if somebody out there is interested I can make another one. Soon I'll post 2 more.

The story behind a hat.

I sewed a hat for Lauren's birthday as a present, after I failed making a backpack (for her too). That backpack project made me almost cry. Although it taught me how to put a zipper and how to use a very nice sewing tool called seam ripper, but it didn't turn fine anyway.
It took me several days to recover my sanity and start sewing again, in the mean time I learned she got from friends of her, one Obama's bag and other leather bag, which made me think to change my present to another thing that she could use, as a hat for her girl's soccer games. I used a fabric that she has told me she liked it, because I used it before on one of my girls poncho, a thick cotton that could make a "body" to a hat, I lined it whit a stripe cotton fabric and used an interfacing for the visor to stiff it a little bit.
She was very kind to post her hat to her fellows flickers. Thank to all of them who complimented the hat, although it is entirely hers, I'm happy people liked it and she enjoys it.

Don't think I'm dead.

No, I'm not dead. I'm still alive. I know I'm still on this planet, because I'm feeling things that I never experimented before, nothing to do with sex, drugs or another exhilarating stuff. It is called pre-menopause, I think.
But, yeah, I'm still here... And I don't plan to go anywhere soon.
A new beginning is about to start, after 11 years living out of the working world, I'll start earning some bacon, which put pepe very happy. -Aunque sea para mis chicles-.

The walled Maya port, Tulum and Coba, ruins under trees

It is hot today in SD, the girls and I just came back from my aunt's house in L.A, where I rested and had long fun talks with her. Now in "my" reality with no air-conditioning, a house that needs cleaning, a garden asking for water and my last effort to finish the planting that I wanted to do since last week, well I start to feel depressed....not to mention the sewing projects I not finished yet.
Anyways, feeling the mood of the heat I feel like just posting pictures from our Yucatan tour, about Tulum and Coba.

Tulum



Coba




I wish to have a cenote in back yard today. AND if you noticed, the date of the post is from a week ago, but I publish today. A week ago, I just wrote a title, prove of my madness these days.