Weekends in The Country with Maddy Moo

FILL ME UP BUTTERCUP

I absolutely love this song. It reminds me of my college room mate Misty who used to love to sing it when we were getting ready to go out. I was talking to a friend the other day about what a crazy time I had in college-- there were some not so great things, but for the most part I had a FANTASTIC time. I don't remember lots of it...lots of this, and a little bit of that- but we rocked out....I have been feeling very nostalgic lately for these days and others even further back. Who knows why- I am not involved in a project and that is a problem for me. I need to create something new .... snaps for N who has created Lost and Found Hound for lost and recovered animals....recently I spent some time with my long lost cousin Kevin and he shared some k-nowledge with me....TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE YOU HAVE TO CHANGE YOUR MIND. This is very insightful and I am trying to do this- but it is harder than you think... to be continued....

IT'S FRIDAY IT'S FRIDAY

I have been horribly neglecting my blog - but I have a good excuse- all that is new in my life is an overwhelming amount of work.....YUCK! Last night as I was making tomato sauce - out of fresh tomatoes and various other ingredients I was wondering to myself it I would like to be a chef- low key - do cooking lessons etc ....hmmm I am so like Otis of K & S that it is incredible...except for somethings.. I mean I have two emotions - antsy and testy, maybe I am hyperactive, but if so I am the laziest hyperactive person I have ever met. I have no idea what I want out of my life, what truly makes me happy- besides Madison and champagne and dark chocolate..... I loved teaching and am sorry that I don't do it anymore - financial needs prevail, but hopefully one day I will find a way to make this professional valued by others in a more economical way. It's too bad I am not

1. Independently wealthy
2. Married to someone who is independently wealthy
3. In a situation where those around me are not concerned about money

However, this is not the case. I have to get back to work now as I my 60 minutes of lunch are up. Hopefully over the weekend I can catch up and put some more photos on from our Sicilian holiday.

More pics from the family trip

Eating watermelon at the OSTERIA DEI PAZZI in Florence

Hayes in the fountain at the Spanish Steps in Rome!!! (he was removed by an Italian Policeman!)

Family Trip to Italy 2007

Mister cool showing off in his Babbo's shades at the PAZZI


On top of Mount Etna in the midst of old lava flow - very exciting and exhausting (it was only about 104 ° that day!)


Feeling good in the stroller Night out with the famiglia in front of the Trevi Fountain

90210

Let's talk about 90210 for a minute - can I just say that either you were a Brenda fan or a Kelly fan
I personally was a Brenda fan and my friend Eliza was a Kelly fan--- blasphemy. How can you go for the
blonde, rich girl whose biggest problem in life is choosing a boyfriend - which she steals from her "best friend"
Of course, she pays for this in the end by

1. having her mother marry her geeky friend's father and having a late in life baby
2. overdosing on diet pills
3. becoming a victim of a sinister cult
4. becoming a crack whore
5. getting burned in a fire
6. stalked by her fellow burn member
7. shot in a drive by shooting
8. ????

It seems a lot, but as Brenda says, "if i looks like a duck and quacks like a duck..."

All I have to say is DONNA MARTIN GRADUATES!!!

All my bags are packed, I'm ready to go.....

Ok, so here I am Wednesday July 18th - only 3 days away from vacation and Maddy Moo is sick, I haven't packed, my cousin is arriving tomorrow, I feel naseuous , but I happened to catch a rerun of an old 90120 - the day that Valerie arrives, which cheered me up for a moment, the heat is out of control in Florence and I still have a million things to do before I leave at the butt crack of dawn on Saturday morning.