In 2011, after my second son was born a friend brought us dinner. She had made her Cuban grandmother in-law’s Picadillo recipe. It was delicious and I immediately asked for the recipe. Since then I’ve made these recipe dozens of times and I’ve tweaked it to fit our family’s needs but it’s still ultimately the same. I know there are…
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Favorite Books I Read in 2020
I’ll be honest, I’m not a huge reader but I try to read a few books every year. I’ll be honest again, when I say “read” I usually mean listen to the audio book. The Reasons I love Audio Books I can do other things and still learn or be entertained by a book. I can fold laundry and read…
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Explore Blue Jay Point Park
We’ve visited Blue Jay Point Park many times but apparently I’ve never share our adventures there. Recently we went on a cold January day with some friends and had a blast exploring the trails, playing in the nature playground and watching Christmas tree being turned into mulch. Unfortunately for us they were renovating their playground but we still managed to…
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Affordable Large Scale Artwork
Over the past few years I’ve been searching for large scale artwork to hang over the bed in our room. I had a hard time finding art that I like that didn’t cost hundreds/thousands of dollars. I like to have the option of switching out my artwork as my style/mood changes so spending a lot of money on artwork isn’t…
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A Day in Our Life (Stay at Home Edition)
Over the years I’ve tried to document our daily life through various outlets. I did a week in my life blog post back in 2008, 2011 and 2013 here on the blog. I also did a day in my life on my Instagram stories (saved in my highlights) a few years ago. Now that I’m making more videos I decided…
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