The east coast has been through a lot this week; first an earthquake and now a hurricane. We’ve made our jokes about Hurricane Irene, but now seems the time to get really serious. This didn’t seem real until last night. I was sitting on the couch reading the last of Julie & Julia when Mike asked if I could help him move some things. We moved our patio furniture into the garage and made small talk with the neighbors about…
15 Facts About Me
August 2, 2011While catching up with blogs today, I found a post from a fellow blogger about 15 fun facts about her. I became inspired to write my own 15 so here we go! I have a fascination with the mafia. I know they are horrible, unmerciful, dangerous and dirty people, but the history amazes me. Maybe it’s because I’m Italian, maybe it’s the danger involved. I have read books, watched movies and television shows based on the mafia and quite frankly, I…
Amish Paradise
June 5, 2011This has been a fun and rather exhausting weekend. Friday I took a mental health day from work and went to admire the Amish in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. I had never been there before and my cousin, who has, gave me the grand tour. We arrived at Kitchen Kettle Village and did some great shopping there. We picked up treats at a meat shop, chocolate at a sweets shop, spoiled our dogs at a pet shop, found gifts and candies at a…
Julie & Julia
June 1, 2011Last night I watched Julie & Julia. Thanks to Netflix, I am catching upon all of the movies that have been recommended to me. This was on my list. It was adorable and Meryl Streep was great as Julia Child. I related to Julie Powell (Amy Adams). She was stuck in a dead end job, wanting to find some sort of outlet to free herself from everyday life. I have always considered myself an artistic person. I used to paint. …
Eat Pray Love
May 19, 2011Last night I rejoined this little website. You may have heard of it. It’s called Netflix. I had cancelled my account last year after not finding much use for it. My old laptop and wireless connection were slow so streaming was out of the question and I wasn’t watching many movies on TV. Since I got myself a brandy-new laptop and some speedy wireless, I figured I’d give Netflix another chance. I signed up through eBay and claimed $15 worth of…
Escaping the Noise
May 15, 2011We are having new siding being put up on our house. One more day and it should be finished. Yesterday morning I was home to listen to it. Mike left the house early to help my dad put the boat in the water and go fishing. I had a mental to-do list going. I sat down to write a letter and tried to keep my patience through all of the banging outside of the house. I couldn’t take it much…