I am not ashamed of my mad coupling skills and I’m willing to share my coupling tips with you. The fact of the matter is that I have only a few simple principles that help me save 30 to 60 percent on my grocery bill every single time I shop and I’m happy to share […]
UPDATED August 1st, 2016 AN MTV PARTY ON A PUBLIC-ACCESS BUDGET Recently I was watching one of those “Sweet Sixteen Mega-Extravanganza” shows on TV. I guess I must have been shaking my head and rolling my eyes a lot because my husband walked in and said, “You know, if you don’t stop watching these shows, […]
I don’t know if this is true of Latinos in general, but we have a long tradition of bruja tendencies on both sides of my Mexican-American family. When anyone on my dad’s side of the family was going through a stressful situation (a bad breakup, job troubles, even health scares) my Mama Lola would always […]
Potty mouth at home? If your kids have one, it’s time to teach them, and yourself, about swearing. OH WHAT FUN IT IS TO RIDE Years before we became parents, my husband and I lived in New Jersey and commuted into Manhattan every day. One Christmas Eve, I was riding a crowded A train to […]
I admit it, I’m a “Fallen Catholic.” At least, that’s what a lot of people might call me. Though I was raised in the church and attended Catholic school, as an adult I chose to walk away. It wasn’t an easy decision, but it was the right one for me. Though there are many things […]
One of the things I love about my 9-year old daughter’s school is that they celebrate Women’s History Month all through March, with lessons, exhibits, field trips and more. I can certainly remember a time when there was no such thing as Women’s History Month. I can remember our American History teacher, Mrs. Delano, proudly […]
My mami likes to tell me about how, when I was a child, she’d have to make sure I took a break every day during the Christmas season for some “quiet time” by myself. It seems if I didn’t, the holiday hubbub would get to me and I would just start crying uncontrollably out of […]
Am I the only mami out there who feels that we’re being approached a little, um, differently this presidential election than ever before? Kind of like we’ve been the homely girl at school who got a makeover, and now all of a sudden the boys are falling all over themselves to go to prom with […]
Why did I do this again? We’re all guilty of it. And I do mean guilty. We all have those days where we feel like TERRIBLE sub-humans, unworthy of the title “woman.” Why? Because we just can’t take these kids and everything they bring with them for one minute more. It’s only natural. Motherhood is […]