Sunday, May 31, 2009

Prom, Italian Style



Sarah went off to her first prom Friday night. Sigh.

Thoughts?

My, little miss I cannot be bothered to dress neatly to go to school showed up looking like a glamourous flapper straight from the roaring 20s complete with feathers in her hair. I bet she turned a few heads. Sarah - Sarah who? I think, from listening to the playback, our comfortable little world that did not include boys has been put up on the shelf for us to long wistfully over and the time has come for Sam to brush up on his shotgun skills.

That sums it up quite nicely. Atta girls Sarah. You were the Bee's knees and it is none of our beeswax if any boy cashed in.....


Cheers!

Update

Finally, after over of week of radio silence - yes, my lack of blogging was because we were off the information super highway thanks to Telecom Italia updating the "centro linea" and throwing us off the grid. For an unbelievable 5 days we had no dial tone! Then, when we finally got back on  "the centro linea" our internet provider's inability to sort out the mess was, well, enough for me to dream of the efficiency of AT&T and the love of ol' Mabell. But, mysteriously, amazingly, after Sam threatened to cancel our contract with our internet service provider - Tiscali - our adsl signal is back. Hmmm. Strange, no?

Lessons learned from our week of phone ping pong trying to sort this mess out:

  • Always have a back up internet service if you have a home office and a blackberry is a mighty communication tool.
  • We are all, Sarah, Anna,  and especially me - internet addicts. 10 days of no email, facebook, messenger, Drudge Report, and Perez Hilton! We were at each other's throats, withdrawal anyone?
  • Threats work, really work.
Right, so what have we been up to for the last few weeks? Without internet, it is amazing, but life does go on!



The biggest "happening" was last Sunday. Anna celebrated her confirmation into the Catholic faith. The church was packed and Anna glowed. She wore heels for the first time and towered over us all. My baby, well, she is gone. 

After the ceremony Anna chose to have her party at the beach. On a perfect spring/summerlike day, 
we headed to Luna blu for lunch and a swim with friends. Perfect end to a perfect day!

Krista





Tuesday, May 19, 2009

Marcia di Chiavari




Ian, Jan and Sam after the Marci di Chiavari. 12 gruelling kilometers of jogging up and then down into Chiavari. Real sport for real men.

Feeling a bit peckish after that, Sam Sarah and I headed off into the hills of Santa Stefano d'Avento for a hearty lunch at one of those places that after you sit down, the food just appears... and never stops coming.Gotta love the senile old lady serving the food - sweet and complete with pink stockings! As she exited the kitchen, she just shouted the name of the dish and we pointed to where it belonged. Priceless. Then, after eating way too much pasta, polenta, scaloppina, fries - even dessert, for little money, we pushed ourselves from the table and hiked to a secluded "prato" with a stream and laid down a blanket. A little light reading then a little light napping...
and we were golden!

Thursday, May 07, 2009

Hey There Birthday Girl!


Quick post for my baby.....

I love you!

Happy Birthday my princess.

Mom