From the life of Nicholas:


I took a hot stone massage workshop this weekend. I learned how to use hot and cold stones to do a fabulous massage. It was enjoyable to both give and receive massages and the heat of the stones is fabulous. I sunk into the stones and let the heat soak into me. I was totally content in the world for that space in time. I am going to use stones as much as possible in my massages and look forward to making people feel delicious with them.

Sheila and I went to New York recently. I was glad to see Inocencia and be in her welcoming and wonderful new space. I even had a good time traveling and shopping all over the city, which I usually hate. One of the coolest things we did was visit the Chapel of Sacred Mirrors. This is a combination art gallery and spiritual center. I really like Alex Grey's work because it combines the physical and the spiritual in a very visual way. Please click this link to check out some of his art http://www.alexgrey.com/



We also went to Madison Square Garden to try to find the bricks that Poppi built. We are not sure if we saw the exact stones or not but we felt his presence and were happy.

We had a fabulous time hanging with Sheila's family at the birthday party (especially Kim and Pech) while it lasted. We had quite a crazy adventure, and I learned (not for the first time) the value or keeping calm regardless of the situation.


When we came back from our whirlwind trip, the car was fine, we came home and our kitties were fine. We felt great what else could be wrong? We were soon surprised to find a lake in our hallway. There were gallons of water to greet us in a very mysterious place. Needless to say after we got over our initial shock and surprise we had to go to Winn Dixie and rent a rug cleaner to vacuum up all the water.

We are continuously having adventures and being surprised by life. So we are trying our hardest to enjoy ever minute of it, and hope you are too.

Sheila here...

It's been a couple of day since either of us last posted. We've had a guest (Erika) come and stay with us for a few days until her dorm opens up on Saturday. She's from Indiana and it has been quite enjoyable so far getting her used to the subtle and not so subtle differences about Miami and it's overwhelmingly Latin culture. So far she has one word, sí. "Yes" and "no" are good starts, I would say. Since we had an incident with pepper, or rather too much pepper, in spinach dip on Friday, I think yes and no will help make ordered food more palpable :).

Speaking of Friday, it was Mimi's big birthday! I'll let you guess how old she is now, though I must say I know she doesn't look a day over 25. I told her she is "aging" gracefully. I swear I'll be carded for the next 10 years. Here at work, our male volunteers (grownups) are constantly regarding me like I am a high school intern. At first it annoyed me greatly. I was quick to tell someone that I was a married woman and therefore not too hot on hearing, "come here little girl." But I cooled my heels, learned to smile sweetly, and address them in such a way as they would not confuse me for a teeny bopper again. In any case, I can only hope to look like my parents when I hit 50. Ok back to the birthday! We went to the Hard Rock Casino and Village (pictured at right). We went to a restaurant called Jazziz. The featured performer was Ms. Nicole Henry and boy could that woman sing. She was full of energy, pizzazz, and flavor. She kept the audience laughing in between classics like, "Georgia on My Mind", "Get Here If You Can". The food was pretty good, though as I mentioned earlier, there was an issue with the spicyness of some spinach dip that Erika ordered. I teased her and told her that down her she'd be apt to order pepperjack sauce, hold the pepper. Funny thing is that I find most Cuban food (the majority of food) bland. My family spices up everything! Even our popcorn that we munch on late at night is laced with lots of cayenne. Erika wasn't pelased with her food one bit. But the whole ambience of the place was really nice. After watching a water display similar to the one at the Bellagio (though definitely not on that scale), we went to party. The club had an interesting decor, but the DJ was no Kid Capri. He'd play old skool classics that would have people jammin' and then throw on Mariah Carey. After an hour Erika and I left. We were dead tired, though ERika moreso. Who in their right mind sits on a bus for 30 hours....tsk tsk tsk. I am still clowning her about that.

So I have 3 days left at my job. I am so looking forward to school I could jsut scream. However, I am alittle nervous too. I feel my ambitious nature bubbling to the surface, as if it ever really left, and I am already thinking of projects to blow my teachers' minds. Hehe, I'm being honest. I am always keeping a new project in mind. In fact, I am already thinking of a redesign of this site. Nick reminded me that I have sites to complete that actually generate income, so let me not get ahead of myself. In any case, let me wrap up my work stuff. Tata!

Sheila here...

Nicholas and I went away to New York this past weekend and boy are we glad to be back. With the exception of the time spent walking the street of Manhattan with my godsis Ayanna, reconnecting with family, and going to the best gallery ever: Chapel of Sacred Mirrors, the trip left a WHOLE LOT to be desired. Everything is an adventure though, be it good or bad. We live and learn...and then we stay in Florida.