We can’t expect everyone around us to be “normal” and extraordinary at the same time.

Peanut butter chocolate cookies!

Brazilian lunch!

Empanada gallega before baking

Empanada gallega after baking

The purpose of education is not to prepare students for a specific job, but to give them the tools to be able to succeed in their field, even as job descriptions evolve and change. We are currently educating students for jobs that don’t exist yet.

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He never gets on the bed, but he thought nobody was home!

Drinks? On a school night?

Lady had to have an emergency bath after rolling in some truly nasty stuff she found in the woods. She smelled so bad!

Still mad about the bath, but very fluffy!

Went to the grocery store to acquire the missing ingredient for tonight’s dinner. Can you guess what’s going on? I’ll give you a hint: I also got a jar of dill pickle slices.

The lard was for making Cuban bread. We also roasted the pork for our Cuban sandwiches!

Apparently my relaxing hobby consists of making a lot of work for myself

Lady had a dental cleaning today and they shaved both of her shins to put in her IV. She now looks like she has the boots with the fur and she’s quite miffed!

I made a cat pod and Lady volunteered to try it!

Shakshuka-ish chicken tikka with chili oil (aka leftover fusion)

I would like to let Walmart know that there’s a typo on one on their sponsored ads. It’s “lo tenemos”.

Sweet rolls on this nice fall morning!

Happy Sunday pocket friends!