Don Quixote Adventures

Now picture me at the gym this evening on the treadmill.  I’m running, my heart’s pumping, jammin’ to my ipod, and breaking a sweat. I’m pacing myself and all is well….that is until I grab my towel to wipe sweat from my eyes. I must have covered my eyes a second too long because  I flew off the treadmill, lost my footing, and almost hit my head. How embarassing!!!  With my ipod swinging from my ears all I could do was get back on quickly and have a good laugh. Thankfully I didn’t hurt myself and was able to finish running.  Mental note to self : Do not cover your eyes while on a treadmill ever!!! LOL

****** I’ve decided to stop using my chidren’s real names in my posts and will address them as dd-Tinky, ds1-Cowboy, and ds2-Mater.**** 

A summary of last week:

 Mater started his Kindermusik class last Wednesday and we both had so much fun. He absolutely loved it and even gave his teacher Ms. Nicole a hug and sat on her lap when it was his turn to introduce himself.  Cowboy  helped pick up trash on base as part of his service project for Cub Scouts. My hubby and I watched I Am Legend and ate dinner at a place located in Vacaturno. The food was tasty and the dessert was even better. The school week went very smoothly as well. So there you have it….I can’t complain at all.  I’m off to bed now.

Ciao,

Stephanie

Oh, how I’ve neglected this little blog of mine!!!  My last post was in May 2007 and it is missing pictures in different entries. Time to clean up shop and start fixing things up around here. I’ll admit part of my absence here has been due to me struggling with homeschooling  and severe PMS on top of that. {I’ll save the topic of PMS for another post. } Life in Italy, otherwise, has been spendid. Since May we have traveled to Milan, Lake Como, Bellagio, Florence, the Island Procida, the Amalfi Coast, and we spent Thanksgiving in Paris. Every trip was amazing and such a blast for our family. I can’t wait for what this New Year has in store for us.  Here are a few pics:

Lake Como and Milan:

Learning how to make Margherita pizza on the Island of Procida:

Wine tasting in Benevento, Italy:

I’ll have to post more pics from our trips in the next post. I haven’t done this in so long I know there must be an easier way to post multiple pics at once. I like the slide shows from slide.com but I have yet to figure out how to put one on here. I’ll look into that tomorrow if I’m able to get around to it. There just aren’t enough hours in the day……  at least for me.

Stephanie

Last night we attended a farewell dinner for our sponsor who is moving back to the states next week.  We ate at a family owned restaurant and the food was fabuloso. The spread  consisted of  fresh baked bass, fried seaweed, fried minnows, steaks, marguerita pizzas, assorted pasta dishes, bruchetta, grilled veggies, antipasto, tiramisu, and lots of house red wine. Afterwards several of us went over to Dr. Lawsons house to drink limoncello and more red wine. It was a great night. Our friend Raphael, Trent, and I had to walk home since we couldn’t drive. I haven’t had that much fun in a while.

I did learn some stuff about our surroundings. Like I’ve been recycling for nothing because where we live the mob controls the trash pick up and all they do is come on base pick up all the trash and recyclables then they drive off base and dump it on the streets. I had heard about this before, but I still kept recycling because it made me feel good…like I was still contributing to saving our enviornment. 

Alas, Naples is beautiful with lots of history, but trash can be seen almost everywhere in some places. They even dump trash along the highway….it’s such an eye sore. Oh well that’s just life here….they don’t call Naples the armpit of Europe for nothing. Trash, mob, and all I still love it and feel blessed to live here! LOL

         Fresh lemonade anyone!!

American gas guzzler and a European car. Isn’t it amazing the size difference.

I just don’t have any words to express the sadness and horror I feel about this incident. What the hell is this world coming to!!! My thoughts and prayers are with those whose lives were cut too short, the injured, their families and the whole student body/staff. God bless them all.  

My goodness my PMS had me emotional today. Not in an angry moody type of way, but in a weepy sort of way. For example…..after much anticipation, the movie Bridge to Terabithia finally played here on base this evening. { I believe it’s been out for awhile in the states} So I’m there watching the movie w/ the kiddos when it gets to the part where Leslie drowns!! I knew it was going to happen since we had previously read the book, yet when it did I cried, & cried, & cried. Geez  it was as if  I had suffered the loss personally.  Then it dawns on me…..HELLO….it’s that time of month.  Aside from the crying it was an excellent movie. We really enjoyed it.