You can not decide your life. But you can make the best with what you have.
Thinking of what is, of the past, and where I am now.
And do you ever realize sometimes you never acknowledge the fact that so many people always wish you well.
Friday, January 27, 2012
Friday, January 6, 2012
A Day of Celebration!
"The adorationof the Magi"-
Italian Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna.
Italian Renaissance master Andrea Mantegna.
This morning I woke up realizing I had a very long list of items which I need to do, this year I made sure I wrote my list of Resolutions! I feel as though I am already so behind on my list!
What better day to begin, focused then today. I hear myself telling my son of amost five years old that he can accomplish anything and everything he sets his mind to, he just has to make sure he pushes himself! Now I begin to listen to my own words!
This day in Italy is a huge day of celebration- The Epiphany! This is what adults know this day as, but the children here in Italy know it as the day of the Befana. On this very morning they awake all wide-eyed to stockings full of candy, if they have been good, or black coal (a black sugar candy in chunks).
Growing up in Texas, this day was know as the day of The Three Kings, or the day the Magi/Three Wise Men arrived with gifts forthe baby Jesus. As a child, my mother referred to this day as El Día de los Reyes (The Day of the Kings). This was the official day in which our Christmas tree was taken down for the the year. Older, living in Los Angeles, California I discovered a bread in which every panadería stayed up late and awoke early in the the morning to finish baking this bread. Inside the bread contained a plastic baby, whoever discovered it in there piece would have good luck for the rest of the year.
It does not matter where I am in the world on this dayit is still special!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!
I am off to continue working on my list!!
What better day to begin, focused then today. I hear myself telling my son of amost five years old that he can accomplish anything and everything he sets his mind to, he just has to make sure he pushes himself! Now I begin to listen to my own words!
This day in Italy is a huge day of celebration- The Epiphany! This is what adults know this day as, but the children here in Italy know it as the day of the Befana. On this very morning they awake all wide-eyed to stockings full of candy, if they have been good, or black coal (a black sugar candy in chunks).
Growing up in Texas, this day was know as the day of The Three Kings, or the day the Magi/Three Wise Men arrived with gifts forthe baby Jesus. As a child, my mother referred to this day as El Día de los Reyes (The Day of the Kings). This was the official day in which our Christmas tree was taken down for the the year. Older, living in Los Angeles, California I discovered a bread in which every panadería stayed up late and awoke early in the the morning to finish baking this bread. Inside the bread contained a plastic baby, whoever discovered it in there piece would have good luck for the rest of the year.
It does not matter where I am in the world on this dayit is still special!
Hope everyone has a wonderful day!!
I am off to continue working on my list!!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
HAPPY 2012!!
So we are now a new year!
So many resolutions!
I have been sketching and creating! Now I am ready to begin listing my new creations in my Etsy shop, but first I would like to make room.
Beginining on
Thursday January 5, and ending on Thursday February 2nd everthing now in my shop will be on sale for 50% off!
Wow, now is the chance to purchase all those items you have been watching!!
Happy Shopping!!
Saturday, October 29, 2011
I Libri
I libri che mi lasciano senza fiato sone quelli che quando li hai finiti vorresti che l'autore fosse tuo amico per poterlo chiamare tutte le volte che ti va.
J.D. Salinger
Il giovane Holden
The books that leave me breathless persons who when they have finished you would like the author was able to call your friend whenever you like.
J.D. Salinger
The young Holden
J.D. Salinger
Il giovane Holden
The books that leave me breathless persons who when they have finished you would like the author was able to call your friend whenever you like.
J.D. Salinger
The young Holden
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
LIVING
So many people wonder why things may happen in their lives, the become bitter and decide that the rest of their lives will just be the same over and over. Many do not realize that they can change how they are effected. You can never change the past you can only create the present and therefore also the future.
One must take the negative and turn it to positive. This my not sound as simple as it is said but if take careful consideration of it, honestly what comes out of the negative? What comes out of the postitive? It can be said that the postive attracts the positive.
Somethings I always knew, some things I have only discovered now, at this moment in my life, I wonder, maybe is has all been something I have always knew. Limits are only set by each individual, you are the only person who can set your limits.
One must take the negative and turn it to positive. This my not sound as simple as it is said but if take careful consideration of it, honestly what comes out of the negative? What comes out of the postitive? It can be said that the postive attracts the positive.
Somethings I always knew, some things I have only discovered now, at this moment in my life, I wonder, maybe is has all been something I have always knew. Limits are only set by each individual, you are the only person who can set your limits.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Speak English?
I am so happy to share my new site with everyone!
For four years now, we have been living in the country-side of Italy. I continue to find it amazing how large of adaily influence the English language has on Italian life.
Whether it be TV, music, or film. The root of most if not all entertainment is English.
As an American I ask myself why would Italian people be interested in
learing the English language?
English is an international language, speaking english fluently
will boost your job perspects, and when one travels it is the international common language.
Facts:
*400 million people speak english vocabulary as a mother-tongue
*English is the most widely used languae for international business
*700 million people speak english as a foreign language
Click on any of the two images To Visit!
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
So much traffic and helicopters flying over our house!
Why was there so much traffic, helicopters, and security out the wazoo? Our little town of Pennabilli had a visitor on Sunday, June the 19th, 2011.
It was not ordinary visitor, it was Pope Benedetto XVI!
It was interesting to see the Pope in front of the church were my husband and I exchanged our wedding vows, and the church where both our boys were baptized.
It was a historical day!!
Piazza Vittorio Emanuele- Pennabilli
Domenica, 19 giugno 2011
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