Mostly mommy stuff
We looked at a lot of houses in the last couple of months. We drove all over White Plains, Mamaroneck, Rye, Tuckahoe, Eastchester, Bronxville, Ardsley, Dobbs Ferry, Irvington and New Rochelle looking at capes, splits, ranches. We looked at houses large and small and were very depressed at what we found. Every house had something [...]
This is wrong, on so many levels. The real Sarah Palin.. shown here shooting animals with her kids.
Pablo completed the NYC Half-Marathon yesterday (with an injury). Matilda and I went down to Battery Park to cheer him along! Go Pablo! Stats: Distance: 13.1 Miles, 21.1 Kilometers Date/Time: July 27, 2008, 7:00 am Location: Central Park to Battery Park, NYC Weather: 70 deg., 90% humidity, overcast. Overall Place: 4511 Gender Place: 2989 Age [...]
What a difference a year makes. Last July, Pablo and I were interviewed for the New York Times Real Estate Section in a cover story about people who bought real estate in the city. The article was title Every Penny Counts and was all about how we scrimped and saved and scrimped some more so [...]
Pablo and I are planning a 3 week vacation in Spain in August. We are going to spend the entire time with Pablo’s family at the summer house. It should be great. We will be staying with Pablo’s parents and brother’s family — Jaime, Maria Jose, Ivan (almost 10 years old) and Elena (4). Pablo’s [...]
One of my best and oldest friends had a baby boy on Saturday. They named him Dalton (love the name), after his great grandfather. Dalton’s birth brought back alot of memories for Pablo and me. At first, the memories of painful labor and stress of sleepless nights came back for me. But after seeing him, [...]
We had our first heat wave last weekend and boy was it unpleasant. I don’t know the exact temperature, but it was in the high 90s. When you factor in the sun and the humidity, it was over 100 degrees. Matilda didn’t like the heat one bit and insisted on being air conditioned at all [...]
I’m happy to report that we are back from vacation at last! We spent a week in Barcelona with family and then we went to Amsterdam and Paris with Matilda’s grandparents. It was a fun trip, but tiring and we are all a little sick. Photos to come soon!
I finished the Dr. Sears vaccination book and I think it was really great. I really recomend it for all parents, or better yet, for pregnant women. Here are my final thoughts regarding the vaccination issue. I think that breaking vaccines up into the parts rather than doing them in combo shots is perhaps not [...]
As I am wont to do, I am now obsessed with vaccinations. I have learned so much is the last 12 hours. First, I looked up exactly what vaccinations Matilda has had. Here is the list: 2 Months Haemophilus influenzae (Hib), Pneumococcal conjugate, Diptheria, Tetanus, Pertussis (DTaP), Rotavirus, Polio, Hepatitis B 4 Months Same as [...]