Rebranding del Rey. Somos Consumer Reports Group #CRSalud #CRSponsored

"Babushka's teamed up with Consumer Reports and am proud to be one of their paid brand ambassadors; 

BB's personal opinions do not necessarily reflect those of Consumer Reports."

HolaHolaHola Beautifuls!

Consumer Reports, turned 80 this year and is reinventing y upgrading their look and way of communicating with el publico.  

http://www.consumerreports.org/consumer-reports/we-put-ourselves-to-the-test/

Happier colors, easier to follow grading, and social media everyone can understand.  En eso va Babushka.  In their efforts to understand the average reader and hopefully engage more latinos in the conversation, CR (that’s short for Consumer Reports) has asked some blogueras to enter their world. As ambassadors we have 3 Bella amigas de BB, Lorraine C. Ladish, Meryland Cuevas y Alexia Ramirez who will be sharing important information from CR. Then there’s the grupo Babushka is part of, the SomosCR team- the ones with lots of opinions.  Quee?? JU SO FONII!!! Pero of course that had to be for BB.  No pelos en la lengua pa’ esta Vieja Aventurera. Not only is it nice to be appreciated for being that way, Consumer Reports is sponsoring otro adventure by inviting all of us in the groups to visit their testing headquarters in New York . ESO!!

So a lot of exciting things coming for Consumer Reports, lots of great changes with new eyes y voces, pero the main mission and razon will remain the same.  There will be no advertisers influencing the integrity and hard earned reputation of the last 80 years; the end consumer has always been their focus and protecting them, the promise.  Hope you help us celebrate this Very Happy Cumples and follow the articles,posts, tweets y feibu shares -and tell us what you think.  Porque BB knows her Beautifuls. Tampoco tienen pelo en las lenguas. ; )

Platforms donde baila Consumer Reports

http://www.CR.org

https://twitter.com/SomosCR

https://twitter.com/consumerreports

https://www.facebook.com/ConsumerReports/

https://www.youtube.com/user/consumerreports

http://espanol.consumerreports.org/content/cre/es.html

BB2U

P.S.  La directora ahora de CR es una Cubana, Marta Tellado.  Casualidad por los cambios??  No se, pero si hay alguien who understands us and wants to know más de que estamos pensando es ella.

P.P.S. This post is being shared Cubantime. BB promises an update/recap in el futuro.

2013- Living a Life of Ecstasy

Que bello verdad?  How beautifully said, but not so easy to do. 

Last year Babushka had a similar "non-resolution". 

2012  New Year's-Resolution? 

So how did I fare? Did BB take life in stride, no stress, no aggravation or agitation?

JU SO FONII!!!

I'm a menopausal Cubana so surely you jest!  

But Babushka was more conscious on the whole and did remind herself (almost daily) that life should be measured by the journey and the living.  Hopefully this year my self reminders will be less frequent and this blessed outlook will be more natural to BB.  The moments of joy will be more apparent and forthcoming because I'll see everything as a reason for joy.  This is my travel itinerary for 2013, and be it in coach or first class accommodations,  the view and memories are up to me.

What are your plans for this years journey?  

Whatever they may be, Babushka wishes you a Bon Voyage.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

Happy Halloween Day 24 of SMCSF 30 day blog challenge

How BB used to feel at networking functions.

Hola Hola Hola My Beautifuls and a very Happy Halloween to all!!  

Queee??  JU SO FONII!!! 

Now you know BB's not going into the why, how, or shoulds of this very special day.  

Of course it's a special day- Babushka gets to buy BAGS of caramelo at a discount, and if all goes well tomorrow they'll be 50% off.  

Oh Si, a VERY special day.

; )

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

Playing with Pinterest - Day 22 of SMCSF 30 day challenge

Hola Hola Hola My Beautifuls!  Babushka here trying to become better acquainted with Pinterest.  I have so many cool things in my computer files I'd like to share, but apparently they have to be on my blog to then put them on Pinterest. Sooooo, be ready for random everyone.  Queee???  JU SO FONII!!!  Ok si, maybe that describes the blog completamente, but this post in particular.  Aqui va.

Now... on what board should I put them??

::sigh::

Why don't y'all take a lookie at my Pinterest and let me know.

http://pinterest.com/bbabushka/

; )

Mucho appreciated.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

Oldie but a Goody- Day 5 of 30 day blog challenge

No, I'm not talking about BB.  Bueno, Ok, Si, I am but indirectly.  The title of today's post is just to let you know that this is in reality a repost of a post I did last year.  Queee?  JU SO FONII!!!  Of course Babushka hasn't run out of things to write/talk about.  Soy Cubana remember?  I ALWAYS have something to say.  No, this is a breather.  I really partied hearty my Bday month and I will be returning  Up North in The South today, so I figured I'd give us all a breakesito and a good laugh.*  Yes, I did check with the SMCSF and this will count, JUST THIS ONCE, because I'm adding to the prior post, and because they love their Babushka.


Fall Part 2  (originally posted on 12/7/11)

OK, so I continue my discurso on Fall. In case you didn't gather from the last post, this is my favorite time of year. The temperature starts dropping (of course that's up here in North Florida, in Miami? JU SO FONII !!! ), there's pumpkin pie and caramel apples in the grocery stores, the fashions are fabulous, and the holiday lights are beginning to twinkle in the darker crisp nights. Si, yo se, I didn't state the obvious, the reason Fall is called Fall. The leaves, they are a changin' colors and faaalllliiinnnggg, but that's not the only thing that's falling.

Let us go back to fashions shall we? Even though BB adooores fall fashions, I do concede there are possible drawbacks. Last week, BB went to apoyar-support- a performance given by fellow actors of the TWAM- Theater With A Mission troupe, and of course had to look every bit the distinguished diva that she is. The nightime temperatures were going to drop into the low 40's so out came the box of winter clothing and I picked my ensemble. My divine divaness decided on the flowered black fan, my BB headscarf, my black cape, a lime green turtleneck, a black background flowered see through long sleeved shirt, black dress slacks, black tights and black high heeled boots. I should have left the last two items in the box. Apparently the tights and the boots, as well as BB, had aged in the last year and the proof of that would be apparent before the end of the evening.

Now, I did notice the tights were not quite as snug as they should be- at least not in the right places. Oh they were tight enough up to the upper thighs and then it seemed the elastic powers of the poor dears could take no more. They just hung there, mid thigh. Running behind schedule (Cubana remember?) I rationalized that my pants would keep them up, so off my daughter and I went. Arriving at the location, I jump out of the car only to have my smarty 19 year old ask why I'm walking funny. She's sooooo lucky I had my hands in my pockets trying to hold up the tights and couldn't give her a good ::BOPASO::  with my fan...

I quickly found the nearest ladies' room and did what any self respecting nifty, almost 50, diva abuela would do. I undressed, put my granny panties on top of the now midthigh "tights" and put my slacks and boots back on before they became knee highs. If you're female I know you've felt my pain.

Bueno, para no cansarte, we watched the brilliant performance of our actors and in the glow of their well deserved applause they asked the rest of the troupe to join them on stage. A little background info here- my daughter asked why I was going if I wasn't going to be acting. I informed her that BB didn't always have to be the center of attention- to which she laughed/choked. "Mom, you can't help yourself- it's who you are, what you do." And y'all wonder why puberty ::shudder:: has left me shell shocked.

Continuing. I go towards the other actors and finding no steps attempt to climb onto the stage.  Notice I wrote attempt. Between the high heels, the midthighs-almost-knee-highs tights and my age, you can forget about it. My right foot was on the stage, with me trying to get momentum by pushing off the ground repeatedly with the left foot while sputtering "Ahem,hem,hem" to cover any creaks or cries from my joints and bones.

It was not a diva moment.

In all fairness, my 19 year old showed self control. She did not say anything until the ride home. Then the hysterical laughter shook the car windows.

"See? You can't help yourself- it's who you are, what you do."

Babushka Besos a todos. Cuidensen.

*10/2012  BB can laugh about this now.  Hope you did too.

; )

BB2U

Understanding BB- Day 2 of SMCSF 30 day challenge

Hola Hola Hola My Beautifuls!  I know many of you are here because of the SMCSF challenge and are wondering just what is this crazy-old-Cuban-lady Babushka all about.  Queee?? JU SO FONII!!! Ok si, maybe I should re title this as "Deciphering BB" because sometimes even BB doesn't understand what BB's all about.

Today I will school you on how to read my posts and bring you up to speed on my family,some of my sayings, views on life, and whatever else pops into Babushka's head. Viste? There's the first clue in deciphering BB; I'm soooo random- or so it would seem.  If you like roller coasters you'll catch on in no time.

I write in my native tongue of Spanglish and I'm sure by now you've realized how colorful BB is. Well, so are my posts! They're usually words that have links attached and some of them refer to prior posts.  Go ahead, try clicking on the neon blue link, it'll take you to my very first post, Introductions. Que fun right?

 Now, my family:

My Trio- MAC, My Little One, My Eldest & La Gallina Vieja Sonia Guerra

Babushka and  La Tata

she's either 90 or 92

My silly fiance, Sweetie

and THE GRANDBABIES

El Dr. & La Princesa

Rinquincaya y PicaPica

BB's Sayings

BB2U = Babushka Besos To You

You ain't just whistlin' La Guantanamera = You ain't just whistlin' Dixie

::BOPASO::

ESO!!! = Exactly! or YES! or That's the way! or EXACTAMUNDO!

A BAILAR SE HA DICHO!! = LET'S GET THIS PARTY STARTED!!

And the main phrase/slogan/tagline of Babushka is also my view of life.

If someone doesn't see YOUR brilliance, you look at them, smile, and say-

JU SO FONII!!!


And that My Beautifuls is the Reader's Digest rendition of Babushka and her Baile.
  I hope you come back real soon because BB loves a full dance card.

; )

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen.

Very Honorable Mentions

The Exhibit & Product Halls during Hispanicize 2012 were chock full of vendor booths and chock full of coffee. (sorry, couldn't resist)  Needless to say I enjoyed visiting the hall at least twice daily during the conference , but my favs have to be:

GoDominicanRepublic.com 

My first husband (yes, there've been more than 1- here's the link-catch up!) was Dominican.

Ok, si, was my first husband, is Dominican, and the father of my two eldest children.

They are proud of their heritage and I'm glad of it.

   

Kiara Cespedes w/BB

Ministry of Tourism DR

I've visited the island and enjoyed it's beauty, food, culture and people.  Like this beautiful young lady they humored esta Crazy Cubana and made her feel welcomed.  BB will take her children to their father's homeland one day for the yearly "Encuentro"; I know they'll love it.

VisitOrlando

BB actually chased these poor Minions as they were going into an elevator. 

I was promised they'd return for a pic, and they were good to their...silence.

This one's for you My Little One!

They also gave us a chance to play dress up- Orlando style

 

Little did we know they were planning on doing this:

Babushka's at 1:08 w/cafe in hand. But of course. 

SOI TV

 Babushka unfanned!

You saw it here first- BB without her face coverup schtick, but nunca without her

"JU SO FONII!!!"

; )



Babushka Besos to all.  Cuidensen.

Right on Target

This post will be a silent post- no words just pictures.  Pero first, an intro.

 Queee???  You thought I meant  the whole thing sin palabras??  JU SO FONII!!! 

 Remember, soy Cubana.

This is my way of saying Mil Gracias to Target  and its' marvelous Team Members.

Hispanicize2012 wouldn't have been the same without your cool ways.

 

wonderful ambiente and fun place to hangout 

the calm before the storm


  





Oh si, a massage chair...

 

y BB relishing the possibilities!

Snacks



Could there be anything more perfect for this CubanChinese Babushka??

Salvation 



Mr. Bryant Freay



Ok, si, maybe there was something more perfect...

after 4 days of nonstop events and panels this was soooooo needed and appreciated.

I asked him how many marriage proposals had he gotten- he just smiled.

BB would have proposed to him herself, but then realized she could have given birth to him.

Retiro lo pensa'o.

; )

So what happened to my wordless post? 

Ok, esta bien-

I'll put my experience at the Target Luxe Lounge down to dos palabras, two words.

QUE RRRRIIIIICCCCOOOOO!!!

And for a Cubana, that's as close to wordless as you're gonna get.

Babushka Besos a todos.  Cuidensen