2009 in our neck of the woods.

I discovered that I can cook better than what I thought.

I didn’t say Pioneer Woman’s standard. The bar is pretty low in our home.
We took Anna to the movies and realized that she’s only interested in gymnastics. The movie is about to start and here she is, warming up.

My [...]

I’m thankful for the holiday season and for more awareness, less ego and deeper compassion.
I’m also grateful for dark chocolate, pasta with real butter and lots of ‘parmigiano’ and whipped cream with blueberry pie. I write whipped cream first because I actually drown the pie in the cream.
Of course my real sweet spot is right [...]

I don’t know what it’s like to be in anyone else’s shoes.
Walking my own path is difficult enough without trying to figure out what’s best for others. What I do know is that some of the hatred displayed on the internet especially in anonymous forums is disconcerting.
Rather than boycotting the web, I’ve [...]

Please pray for Shellie, Military Mom.
Her precious little boy, only 2 years old, passed away today.
Trisha at momdot.com has an address and info if you would like to send something or make a donation.
As another military wife, as a mother, I cannot begin to imagine the heartache, the sadness. Please keep Shellie in your [...]

Rant:
I’m so sick and tired of XXXX who pretends to look out for my ‘best’ interest and who’s instead trying to f…. me over at the first chance
Spare me the fake kindness or superficial polite emails. They mean nothing
I’m disgusted by those ‘friends’ who were silent and pretended nothing was going on when I need [...]

I wrote about this at Babble.com where I’m blogging for Strollerderby.
Pretty strange story….
Michael Yavorski, a Pennsylvania ice cream vendor, is worried his three-month sentence for fondling a 12 year-old girl could ruin his business. In fact, says his lawyer, Scott Wilhelm, the ice cream stand in Lower Nazereth Township could close for good because [...]

This week ‘an official evaluator’ informed me that my daughter Eva could have a learning disability related to her auditory processes and possibly including language.
She then added that perhaps Eva doesn’t have a learning disability. Maybe she’s too young and we need more tests to figure out what’s going on. Or maybe there’s something [...]

Growing up, I played ballerina games in my third floor apartment in Rome. I’d put a table cloth over my head to resemble long hair, and ran around my living room. This greatly angered our downstairs neighbors because I was making too much noise with my graceful jumps from couch to floor, from chair to [...]