Archive for Archive for April, 2007
A Little Time for Polly
“Pollyanna” just might be the best feel-good movie of all time. If not, it is dang close. I just loved Haley Mills’s cute little accent, the super-cool 60s chic outfits she got “now that she is a Harrington,” Aunt Polly’s hair when it was down, and that huge slice of cake Pollyanna got at the [...]
And, they say Americans
don’t have dialects!
Boh!
Think you know if you are an original Southern Belle or a tried and true Yankee? Well, so did I! (And, as it turns out - I was right…)
Take this quick quiz to see where you fall on the spectrum.
Score more than 84% Dixie?? Well, ain’t that the berries! We just two peas [...]
Peppe’s ‘Hoe’
No woman should ever be party to the following conversation with her true love…
Her: “Happy Six Month anniversary, sweetie…What did you do this morning?”
Him: “I am so tired. I spent all morning with my hoe!”
Her: “WHAT?!!?”
Him: “Yea, I am just worn out!”
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This was us 48 months ago. Forty-eight months and that hoe is still [...]
Love Thursday: A Man and his Harmonica
To say things have been hectic around my little hole in the boot would be an
u-n-d-e-r-s-t-a-t-e-m-e-n-t!
We’re wrapping up a new Red Guide at RCC which means pulling all-nighter after all-nighter and we are trrrrying so hard to put the final touches on Il Cedro. Almost forgetting today was Love Thursday, I planned to post about [...]
Gender Discrimination: Funny Things - Part II
I laughed out loud at the dinner table last week over something funny my Italian suocero said. Well, you may think the fact that I refer to him as my father-in-law and he calls me his nuora, when my impending marriage to his first-born is still (thank the heavens) seven months away, is amusing enough [...]
Three Things About Me Meme
Ok, it is official! I am a blogger. Why you ask? Because I have now been tagged twice. I have arrived! A few days ago, Erin tagged me to complete the Three Things Meme…so, here goes!
Three Things That Scare Me:1. heights2. snakes, spiders, and other creepy crawly things3. the thought that I will never learn [...]
Unconscious Mutterings - Week 220
Found :: Lost; as in Lost and Found, but really then I just think of the show LOST, which I have never seen - not even once!
Male :: Female! Wow, am I boring today or what?
Spoken :: Rules. I know it is really “Unspoken Rules”, but - it is what I thought of [...]
Love Thursday: One Year Ago Today
One year ago today I embarked on my Italian adventure. Well, actually, one year ago yesterday I “embarked”, but one year ago today I arrived! It is unbelievable a full year has passed, although thanks to the slow-paced bureaucracy of the Bel Paese, I’ve only spent 6 months “inside” the country.
Regardless, I think now is [...]
Funny Things
Funny things happen all the time in Italy, and sometimes there are things Italians do or say that are just too amusing to keep to myself. I am not advanced enough in the language to know if they are true lingual expressions or if it is just some funny Italian making stuff up. But, [...]
My Yellow Pup…
You know, kids really do say the darnedest things, and my nephew Cole is no exception. Whether giving french fries to Jesus, or composing love songs for his latest crush, the kid never disappoints.
It is no secret I was genetically disposed (and, well trained I might add) to become one of the country’s staunchest liberals. [...]
