Kitchen, Art and Chicken . . . Oh My!

Seems like summer has flown by! Tomorrow Michelle comes back from her three-week vaca in the US and for some reason that seems to make it official! Summer is over!

Our full staff will be back and working, busily preparing for the fall wedding season! We’ve got nine weddings before Christmas comes, so once we start with our events in October, time will fly! We’re hoping that between now and then we will also try again for Pablo’s visa and be able to spend our first Christmas - and our daughter’s first Christmas ever – in the US together with my family! Everyone say an extra prayer for us – we’ve been waiting a long time for this!!!

So what’s new this week with us? Here goes . . .

Our doors are finally on our lower kitchen cabinets (knobs yet to be put on!) but we are beginning to see what somewhat resembles an actual kitchen! Most of you know already that I’m not the cook in our family, but I have put some serious sweat and tears into designing and decorating this kitchen – and it’s Pablo’s turn for some serious sweat while he whips me up some yummy ravioli, apple pie, mashed potatoes (all my favorites, none of which are too healthy!) Hmmm . . . that may explain a lot. On the other hand, maybe he could just serve up the cuisine sans the serious sweat. Here’s a peak at a little part of the kitchen (upper cupboards and backsplash yet to appear!):



We’ve also purchased our first art for the walls! Yes, hard to believe, but we’ve been in this joint since December and not hung anything on the walls (most likely because they weren’t painted!), but last weekend we finally found something we both liked, bought it and hung it all in the same day! Quite an accomplishment for us! So while this may not be too exciting for anyone else besides us, here is our first art . . . and then Soph and I standing in front of our first art! It’s all about the first art (and my new haircut)!



Speaking of hair, Soph’s is out of control the past week or so. It seems like some of her baby hair is rubbing off a bit and the part that is staying has grown and definitely has a mind of its own. So Michelle sent me a few pics of these babies a while back with a little message that said “And you thought Soph’s hair was crazy . . .”



Well, I do believe my daughter can now give those beautiful babes a run for their money. As we walked out of her pediatrician’s office the other day, she rubbed Sophie’s forehead and said, “I LOVE the modern hairdo.” Here’s Soph (and her hair) with Dorian, one of our employees/friends:


And last but not least, a little anecdote from our homelife:

Pablo and I take turns feeding Soph and putting her down for naps, and once Pablo emerges from her bedroom, I often ask, “How is she?” And he’ll answer, “Sleepin’ like a rotisserie chicken.” I never paid much attention to that – I thought maybe it was just a ‘Mexican thing’ and I wasn’t getting it – until the other day that I walked by a Pollo Feliz stand (Happy Chicken!) and saw the chickens spinning around and around in the oven. And I realized, I don’t think it is a ‘Mexican thing;’ I think my husband is just being a smartass!

So I paid close attention the next time I put Soph to sleep and sure enough, her sleeping position is quite similar to that of a rotisserie chicken! So now anytime I see her in that position, all I can think is “sleepin’ like a rotisserie chicken!”



Good night! We wish everyone sweet rotisserie dreams!