| 2/1/12 It is the beginning of February in Massachusetts and incredibly warm, in the 50s. I loved the cool breeze that touched my face as I walked out the gym. It felt like a splash of cool water. I had just finished my Zumba class and my body still felt warm from all the dancing. The weather was perfect. As I drove home I couldn't stop thinking of all the past crazy months. I have encounter so many new things and I've felt like I have been in a roller coaster ride, full of excitement but with long drops that would rapidly disappear and again unexpectedly I would go back up. It was fun, and I use the term 'was' because I now feel that I'm going on a steady ride once again. Not that I don't expect to be back on the roller coaster, but I know the ride will be different.
When I got home, I got off the car and just before I entered the house I looked up at the sky. I could still feel that wonderful breeze touching my skin. The stars looked beautiful. The moon was so bright and I could smell the mulch in my front yard. At that same time my father came to mind. My dad has been gone for 10 years but I still recall the bits and pieces of some great times together. Mostly the ones I spent alone with him. I grew up in Puerto Rico where the weather in my opinion is fantastic. Almost every night my father and I use to go out at night and lie on our backs on top of his car to look at the stars. I remember asking him so many questions. I'm sure half of the time he would answer whatever came to mind just to satisfy my curiosity. He would always tell me never to count the stars because if I did, I would get the same amount of freckles on my face. Maybe that is why I had freckles as a little girl. I tried, very very hard not to count them, but always ended up counting in my head. I never counted more than 8 or so, since I didn't want my face to be covered in freckles. Who liked a freckled girl anyway. When I wasn't asking questions, I would tell him stories. Not stories I read but stories I came up with. Sometimes we didn't say much, and we just lied there looking at the stars and listening to the crickets and coquis. Now that I think back, I can tell my dad had a lot in his mind. I now wonder what he was thinking about. I wish i had asked him more questions about himself instead of questions about the sky, the moon or the stars. I will never know what he thought of or how he felt when he was there with me but I hope it was good things.
After I walked in the house I told the kids how beautiful the night was. I then grabbed the camera and took a picture of the moon. Its probably not the best photo but I like it. I can see some detail. I hope we get more nights like tonight. I plan to take a picture of the full moon. That would be nice. Tonight was a beautiful night. A night of shiny stars, waxing gibbous moon and beautiful memories of the present and the past. :-)
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1/15/12After a long walk around the bookstore I came across this little book that immediately made the light bulb in my head go on. I am going to make a whole new gallery of photos with quotes :-) Still not sure if here or on my facebook page but if it is on facebook it will be public so people can share them. I'll keep you posted :-)
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7/2/11I'm so excited to announce my new Etsy shop. I am now working on some media mix art and having so much fun with it. I am going to be working on new ones this whole summer so I hope you get a chance to take a peek. Please visit my Etsy store at the link below.
Hope everyone is having an amazing SUMMER!!!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/emaisonave
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3/12/11 | About 3 weeks ago I traveled for the first time without my kids. My husband and I decided it was time for us to go on a vacation...alone. At first I had mixed feelings. The fact that I was leaving the kids behind and I was going to have fun made me feel guilty. In the other hand it was exciting to think I was going to be able to do anything I wanted without any limitations. The day arrived and with my luggage and my camera ready I left Boston. When I arrived to Puerto Rico, the fresh warm air filled my lungs and I knew the fun had just started.
The week I spent in Puerto Rico was amazing. The experience of being just a couple and heading to places we would never go with the kids was unbelievable. From crazy hikes and ziplining adventures to just simple walks in the San Juan streets, I loved every second of it. I took my camera everywhere, except on a couple of adventures. I wanted to remember every place and capture the beauty of every corner in Puerto Rico.
After this wonderful dream week it was time to go back to reality. I left the 75 degree weather thinking of all the amazing memories and the great photos I was taking with me. I arrived to Boston early at around 10am to a cold rainy and very busy city. I was sad that my vacation had ended but very excited that I was coming back to my home sweet home.
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1/27/11 | I wanted to share a picture of my tiny snowman. I had so much fun making him and sadly he melted away even though we put him outside. I used little pieces of tootsie roll for his eyes, a grain of rice colored in orange for the nose, a perfume bottle cap for the hat and a piece of fabric for the scarf. He turned out to be the perfect snowman and the smallest I have ever made. Only a little over 2 inches tall. I didn't have a ruler when I was going to take the picture but thanks to my daughter for using her finger we can still tell he is quite small. Let it snow!!!
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11/28/10 | We live very close to the woods....and this little mouse happen to walk into the wrong house but he was quite smart. I notice my 3 cats were running around the house, at first I wasn't sure what they were chasing but in a quick second I saw this cute little deer mouse ( I think is a deer mouse because it got those big eyes and big ears and have the white fur on his belly). I couldn't believe this little mouse was getting away from not one, or two but three cats. He ran as fast as he could, I jumped on a chair and in a matter of seconds the mouse disappeared over the curtains. I moved the curtains around and the cats looked everywhere but found nothing. After a few minutes of looking I figure the mouse must have gotten out of the house some how, maybe the same way he sneaked in. To our surprise after all of us (my husband, kids, my self and the cats) gave up looking for the little rodent, we see our oldest cat mimi climbing on the table and looking up. Yeap!! there it was, the little mouse somehow made his way up the curtains and was sitting right on top of the curtain rod looking at us and probably laughing at us. I ran, got my camera and was able to take plenty of cute photos. I guess I would like to end this blog by saying the cats were successful at catching that mouse but Noooo, this little thing, stayed there until we pushed him down, then ran and got away from the 3 cats again. After a lot of laughing, screaming and chasing, one of my kitties got the mouse and he was adorable. I didn't flush him down the toilet if that's what you're thinking...I went to the woods and let him go. I really don't think he is going to come back but if he ever decides to go to a house, I really doubt he will pick ours. Sorry little mouse...you are not welcome here... Cats Rule!!!
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8/29/10 | Ok, here is the story behind this "Awe what a cute little mouse" or "Yuck, what a nasty little rodent".
I arrived home the other day to find out that my son and his friend somehow managed to let my cat Kiki out. All my cats are indoor cats so, yes we do get a little crazy when they get a taste of the outdoors. To make this story short and more about the mouse than my cat, I told the kids I would handle it, got some treats and called Kiki. She came out after 5 minutes from under our front porch, I took her, put her inside and when I came back out to talk to the kids.... there it was, with its heart ready to pop out of his tiny body. So terrified that didn't even want to move. The little mouse. He stood there, right in front of my face, right where I was about to put my hand. Instead of screaming or saying, "YUCK, get him out of here" I ran inside the house while screaming to the kids, make sure he doesn't leave....ok, now that sounds stupid, like they can actually tell the mouse, "ok buddy, don't leave because mom gotta take a picture first", anyway... I grabbed my camera, hoping he would still be there. I took the first few pictures about 2 to 3 feet away from him and the little thing didn't move at all, so I kept getting closer and closer taking more pictures, so many that my daughter said "you gonna blind him mom". So I stopped...put the camera away and got very close to admired the cute little nose, tiny feet, and those eyes that looked like tiny black beads. He was a baby. I knew why he was so scared, Kiki had chase him and he managed somehow to climb and get to where he was. My choice now was to either flush the poor thing down the toilet or give him another chance. My choice, yeap... I told my son to take him to the woods and let him go. I'm not sure if that was the smartest thing to do but it felt right. Although, who knows what happens at night in those woods, I'm sure he either found a good hiding spot or someone gobbled him up, either way I did something good, I saved his life or I fed someone a night snack.
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6/18/10I had to post this on my blog because I did learn about it from someone else's blog. There is a website that lets you earn 2 cents for every email you read. When I first heard about it I wasn't sure if this was true but I decided to try it anyway and to my surprise it is real. The downside is that it takes for ever to earn your money but since its free, who cares. Another thing you also need to be aware of is that you will receive tons of emails, what I suggest is that you create an email account specifically for this. If you want to learn more, here is the link Sendearnings.com Oh and one more thing, don't expect to get rich lol!!!
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9/10/09Today I experienced a few minutes of terror, and then thanking life for allowing me to experience those moments of desperation so I can be prepared. It is recycle day today and I went to my garage to put out the bins. Since most of my bins fill up quickly I always end up putting the rest of the recycled paper into paper bags. I was ready to pick my last bag when I realized there is smoke coming out of it. I stopped and felt my heart raising, looked but I couldn't see a fire. Then I hear a crackling sound and I think of the smell of fire. Now my heart is going 100 miles per hour and millions of thoughts running through my head. Then I remember we have a fire extinguisher. I run to the closet with lots of shelves, I know the fire extinguisher is there, somewhere in there. I look and look, and keep thinking of the bags burning. I can't find the fire extinguisher, I look again and this time my desperation takes over and I don't know what to do for a second, then I think.... since I can't find the fire extinguisher I have to remove that bag from the garage. If I bring it out to the street it will burn but it won't burn the house down. I run towards the garage thinking I could probably pull it with the broom stick if the fire is already to high. As I run into the garage expecting flames all over and my heart just wanting to pop out of my chest, my nerves taking over me but ready to act. I see nothing.... I walk into the garage and there is no smoke, no smell, no crackling. I look at the bag and its intact. My heart is still pounding hard but I'm feeling better now that there is no fire. I move the bag and I see the smoke again. Then.... I remembered. There is a trash bag next to it, and the day before I had vacuumed all over the house. I'm feeling silly now, there is the smoke, its just dust that is coming out of the trash bag as I move it with my foot. But what about that crackling sound and the smell of fire, well that's what the brain does to you when you believe something that is not even there. That shows you how powerful your mind could be. The crackling sound was probably the papers in the bag making noise when I moved it, and the smell, well that's my creative imagination I'll say. I thank god and then continue putting the trash outside. But as I'm doing that I'm now thinking... but what about if it was a real fire? What would have happened if the fire was inside the house and it was something I couldn't just take outside like I would have done with the bag? This is how life works, you are put in situations to make you think... to make you learn... to make you smarter. I went back inside right to the closet again to look for the fire extinguisher. There it was, right on the top shelf, hiding behind a bucket full of insignificant stuff. I pick it up and place it on the corner of another shelf, this time lower, thinking that if my kids ever needed it they can reach it, and in a place where nothing was blocking it. I could see it and in a moment of desperation, I know I was going to find it.
It was a scary experience although now I can laugh and tell my kids the story, but as I tell them I will remind them where the fire extinguisher is and show them how to use it, since I'm sure they have no idea. They know about calling 911 in an emergency but what about while 911 gets to them? I need them not only know to make that important phone call but also how to survive.
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 | Wow, that's a good scary story with a good ending lesson! | -- Anonymous, 9/10/09
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9/6/09 | I always believed that education starts at home and that is one of the reasons I want to share this website with other moms. This site its actually a child care directory for the Massachusetts area but it contains an "educational sites" page that I think all moms should take advantage of. I use these sites when I need to find projects for the kids I work with. www.maccp.com Hope you like it!
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