Cubantime Calendar Countdown 2021 Part I

 

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

No se about y’all but for BB 2020 was a Blurb y 2021 a Buzz, como un bee, flying by y Babushka trying to be stingfree. So far, so good. Pero she must admit, the blogging has taken a bit of a back seat. Between acting, daily mini posts (IGrammy, Feibu y Tweety) and living, the New Year goal of monthly resumens (never resolutions- BB knows herself too well pa’ eso) Babushka's running on Cubantime. Seeing we’re halfway through the año, parece a good time to start playing Cuban Catchup. So ponte los cinturones Beautifuls, aqui vamos!

January-Enero

Started 2021 en Casa BB with Sweetie. A traditional mixed cultural cena of many items including lechon, sauerkraut, black eyed peas, shrimp, sidra and of course the 12 grapes to pop into our bocas at midnight , one for each bong of the clock, while jumping to each bong. Quee?? Cubanos do one thing at a time?  JU SO FONII!!

January 2

The next dia we started a new tradition, visiting St.Augustine with son MAC and his Minions. Of course a trip to San Agustin wouldn't be complete without a trip to the Busy Bee. Once all the senses were satisfied, off to meet la familia!

 So San Agustin will see BB and her Bunch again in 2022. 

ESO! 👍

Ok, not gonna go dia por dia, porque then it'll be Crisma by the time Babushka posts. 

Sooooo.... video con todo!!

Then Febrero- the month of Love.

And BB knows no greater love than love of Grands-

Except the love of donuts.

He had never gone inside the Dunkin.

Grandchild #5

Trip to the INSIDE of a Dunkin Donuts with BB.

Oh my. The variety... His eyes glazed over- just like the donuts!!

Took him over 5 minutes, 

but he picked two, and this was the verdict.

And now the month's video highlights-

March

Wow and Woah.

 Oh Google, JU SO FONII!!

Ya really shouldn't count the places/times BB and Sweetie had to stop for pp breaks...

And there Beautifuls are the first 3 months of BB's 2021.

Truth be told, seemed to take longer to write the post about them than to live them...

Babushka Besos a todos. Cuidensen.

Rain Rain Go Away Giveaway Hop! #SafeAtHome w/BB.

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What's the best way to act in times of turbulence?  Act like nothing is wrong or diferente. So since we can't hop outside, let's hop on the net- from blog to blog, in hopes of winning a cool premio.  Babushka's seen some of the other prizes, y estan BUENISIMOS!!

Aren't those Buenisimo? Now for Babushka's offering, a $10 Dunkin Donuts Giftcard.

Tried and true y very tasty- the options, not the card.  

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Wishing you Buena Suerte and fun on the hop Beautifuls!

BB2U

Winter is Coming Blogger Giveaway Hop! #BestGifts #HoHoHo

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No hay nada mas, nothing more that BB loves than sharing and giving to loved ones. 

 Quee?? JU SO FONII!! Even cafe and chocolate come second. (Pero si, it's real close) 

So here's another giveaway hop for y'all. With no further ado, start those entries going. 

These bloggers are giving away some really nice cositas, make sure to visit todas!

Aren't those Buenisimo? Now for Babushka's offering, a $10 Dunkin Donuts Giftcard. 

Tried and true y very tasty- the options, not the card.  

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Wishing you Buena Suerte and fun on the hop Beautifuls!

BB2U

Giveaway Hop- Super Stocking Stuffer . #GetStuffed

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Ok si, BB knows, we're still in Noviembre, pero pass up a chance to gift something to y'all? 

JU SO FONII!! Aqui is a wonderful hop giveaway with some wonderful prizes given by wonderful bloggers. Viste? Looks Crisma themed, but it's definitely algo to be Thankful for, so it does fit into Noviembre after all.  

And for BB's prize, a $10 Dunkin' Donut Electronic Giftcard. Porque everyone loves DD!

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Wishing you Buena Suerte and fun on the hop Beautifuls!

BB2U

Halloween Giveaway Hop- BB's Treat $10 @DunkinDonuts GC #SquadGhouls

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Now the fun time of the year is starting. Temperaturas are falling and good times, they are a calllin'! Por supuesto good times for Babushka must include fun, friends and food, and this post has all that y mas.  A giveaway hop to start the felicidad, and BB is happy to be a part of it. Not join in a fiesta?  JU SO FONII!!  

A $10 Dunkin Donut GC will be sent to the winner on Babushka's Baile, and that's just from BB! 

Ahora look at all the other Bloggers at this dance.  BUENISIMO!! Just click on their links and you can enter their giveaways too!!

Here's the link for BB's parte of the hop.

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Buena Suerte Beautifuls.

BB2U

Fantastic Father #Giveaway Hop - Happy Pappy!! #FathersDay2019

Hola Hola Hola Beautifuls!

It's Junio already. Y'all know what that means verdad? Time to celebrar a Fantastic Father in our lives, and Babushka's got just the thing. A GIVEAWAY!! Now, for our padres just one little regalito? JU SO FONII!!  A whole lotta love and a whole lotta presents. BB's giving a $10 Dunkin Donut Giftcard, and there are many other great prizes too. Looky here Beautifuls!

An InLinkz Link-up

BUENISIMOS!! 

So good, maybe you'll enter for yourself...  😉

BB's contribution:


$10 Giftcard to Dunkin' Donuts
un cafecito con donuts- can't get better than that!

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Buena Suerte Beautifuls, 

and may your Junio be Juntos with loved ones.

BB2U

2019 Giveaway Hop - BB's w/ DD!! #2019Hop

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It's time to start 2019 with new adventures and opportunities. For her parte, Babushka has joined a giveaway hop for primera vez, and she thinks y'all will enjoy it as much as she is.  A group of bloggers has joined together to offer a fun variety of premios- cada blogger picked out the prize she was offering. BB knew hers had to be algo she'd love to win herself, so what better than Cafe and a donut? Actually, with a $10 Dunkin' Donut Giftcard you can get more than that, pero whatever you get Babushka's sure you're gonna love it.

`Check out the other giveaways; BB's sure you're gonna love them too.

The Fantastic Week w/Fabi La Firey Y Fabulosa #FordFiesta

The Folks at @FordLatino lent Fabi to BB for a week to facilitate this story. 

 All opinions and happenings are strictly Babushka's.

HolaHolaHola My Beautifuls!

This little cuento was supposed to be on my Tumblr blog, PERO it turned out a lot bigger than first anticipated. Quee?? Ok si, JU SO FONII that seems to be the verdad on most of BB's adventures doesn't it?  Bueno, what was supposed to be un carrito to help Babushka with Babushkas Bebe's baby shower, in reality took BB back to when she was a baby.  Well, not really a baby, but when Bb got her first car at 16.  Bb (that's the adolescent BB) picked a stick shift, manual car for her first set of wheels; it was small, new, and oh the adventures in it! Si, BB got to re live her younger days, only now we're both smarter and looking better- just look at what Ford me presto.

The "we" spoken of is BB and this hot looking Ford Fiesta.  Of course being this hot, Babushka had to name her Fabi La Firey y Fabulosa.  Believe me when I say she definitely deserved the nombre.

The adventures began when the maravillosos de Prestige Auto dropped Fabi off at La Tata's.  

For some reason BB thought the world of stick shifts had stayed still- 

so needless to say, after 30+ years Babushka had a little demora starting things up...

When it was discovered how to turn it on, all was ready for Fabi to fly.

And boy did she fly! Truly took me back to my highschool years.  

Even the part about staying out late...

Friday- Day 2

Day 3

Actually, it went up to 100%, but Fabi was only Firey in color & espiritu- inside she was chillin.

In every sense of the palabra.

Day 4- Babushkas Bebe's Baby Shower

Was so busy,excited, exhausted, that I didn't take any fotos de Fabi. 

 Especially when I lost her keys...

always an adventure with BB.

Anyways, the day was for my daughter.

Bella verdad?

Day 5

Day 6 -Bloggin' Mamas Business

Had a business meeting to attend, and BB thought it perfecto that besides reminding me of younger years, Fabi actually took Babushka to one of my favorite places from those years. 

Hialeah Park 

To say it went well would be an understatement.  To say we look Bella- another understatement.

; ) 

And now we fly fast y furious to business meeting #2.

That one also went well at MMMM Wynwood.

Day 7

Fabi knows Fabulous, so we went to cheer on mi primo @RickyUbeda11.

And si, he truly is my cousin. His bisabuela and La Tata were sisters.

Day 8

#IKEAMIAMI  5 AM

Wow and Woah.  What a week.

Now you know Babushka takes public transportation when in Miami, or gets rides from kind friends;

 there was no way BB could have done most, if not ALL that was accomplished.  

Mil Gracias to @FordLatino for making this all possible.

Fabi- Fuistes Fantastica.

BB2U

p.s.  All grammatical errors on any Instagram photos BB blames on autocorrect. 

Y porque no? Everyone else does.

jehe

BB Falls for Pumpkin and #DDFuelsFlorida TWEETY FIESTA!!

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As you well know, Fall is BB's fav time of year; it's cooler, and time for the yummies to appear.

Septiembre is the start of the fall season, children are back to school and the pumpkin menu is back at Dunkin’ Donuts! New pumpkin menu items, including a new Pumpkin Pie Donut, and a new Frozen Pumpkin Coffee Coolatta, are at Dunkin’ Donuts, America’s all-day, everyday stop for coffee and baked goods.  Several popular customer-favorite pumpkin selections, including pumpkin coffees, lattes, donuts, muffins and more are all available at participating Dunkin’ Donuts restaurants nationwide for a limited time.

Did you know? Dunkin’ Donuts offers guests one of the largest varieties of pumpkin food and beverages of any national restaurant chain. Want to know more about the ready-for-fall Dunkin’ Donuts pumpkin menu and other DD offerings?

 Join in the fun with all of the Dunkin’ Florida regional Twitter handles including: @DDCentFla, @DDNeFla, @DDTampaBay, @DDSWFLA, @DD_Gainesville, @DDPanhandleFL & @DDSoFla, our host @JoscelynRC and co-hosts @ClumpsofMascara, @MakeitAllWork, @paulabendfeldt, @teachme2save and @BBAbushka for the #FloridaRunsOnDD Twitter Party on Thursday, September 26 from 7-8pm EST!


Learn about the latest news brewing at your local Dunkin’ Donuts at the oh-so-virtually yummy event and RSVP to be eligible to win $500 worth in mGift prizes via the Dunkin’ Donuts mobile app!

Party Details: 

What: #DDFuelsFlorida TWEETY FIESTA!!

When: Thursday, September 26, 2013 from 7 to 8 PM EST

Where: Twitter

Hashtag: #DDFuelsFlorida

Who to Follow:


Host: @JoscelynRC 
Co-Hosts: @ClumpsofMascara, @MakeitAllWork, @paulabendfeldt, @teachme2save and @BBAbushka
Moderator: @DDCentFla,@DDNeFla, @DDTampaBay, @DDSWFLA, @DD_Gainesville, @DDPanhandleFL and @DDSoFla

Prizes:
Up to $500 worth of mGifts (mobile gifts), i.e. virtual gift cards via the new Dunkin’ Donuts app. (Virtual gifts can also be received via text, email and Facebook Connect).


RSVP:
To be eligible to win prizes, you must RSVP, be 18 years old or older and actively participating during the Twitter Party. RSVP at: http://twtvite.com/DDFuelsFlorida

This is BB's 1st time Co-hosting a TWEETY FIESTA; the S Sisters couldn't have picked a better one! 

Cafe, Fall, Pumpkin and Dunkin' Donuts.

 ESOESOESO!!!

Hope to see y'all there.

BB2U

Tala HA si - Here We Come!

At 9 p.m. Wednesday, July 31, Sweetie drove into Miami.  At 5 a.m. the following morning Babushka was driving to Orlando with him and my 7 year old grandson.  Here started my week with  El Dr.- an adventure I look back at with smiles, laughs, and gratitude for family, cafe, y multi-vitamins.

Of course from 9 - 11:30 pm we had to shop for supplies.  Queee???  BB go on a trip without her Popa purse full of snacks? JU SO FONII!!!  Pobre Sweetie had never gone on a trip shopping spree with Babushka PLUS he had never had children, so add the supplies needed for that to our spree.  Talk about baptism by fire!  Don't know if his eyes were bulging because of the long hours he had driven or because of the final shopping tally.

The next morning El Dr. was so excited about his trip to Tala HA si, that a 5 a.m. wake up call was greeted with smiles and no objections.  His dad said we should have videotaped that as proof during the school year that he WAS capable of waking up early.  Now BB, though just as happy as my grandson to be going back home to Tala HA si, needed some extra energy, and since breakfast is the most important meal of the day...

Ok si, maybe not what the nutritionists would prefer we have, but between the sugar & the fresh cafe, 

I knew the drive was going to be sweeter on every level.

Now El Dr. tried to follow suggestions to sleep

but instead kept us entertained and awake with questions and stories.

Not sure if it was excitement, or the knowledge that he had a captive audience, but the child didn't stop for 2 hours.  De veras.  We clocked it.

And we loved it.

El Dr. brought a new dimension and meaning into our lives and routine. 

Imagination, curiosity, and innocent, loving, never ending energy.

Questions that took us by surprise by their depth and honesty.

Stories that had us smiling, sniffling and stupified.

Grandparenting- it ain't for the slight of spirit.

Camping/Sleeping in our room in Tala Ha si

Matter of fact, when I asked the newly initiated Sweetie how he liked being called "Grandpa"  he said-

"I liked it.  I think I'm gonna be a good one."

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After a week of full time grandparenting,

El Dr & BB think so too.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

P.S. Tala HA si  is how El Dr. pronounces the city of Tallahassee, the capital city of Florida. Not quite where BB and Grandpa Sweetie live, but close enough.

P.P.S. This is the final post on my week with El Dr. Go back and read Part 1 & Part 2, because you know you can't get enough of my grandson's cuteness.  ; )