oh, boy. that's ours. not the snowmobile...and NO, he can't have one. but this place is ours. and i kind of really do not believe it.

2010 came and went and i didn't really keep good track of it. so, let's remember.
i kind of fell out of love with cooking. there were many things i wanted to try...but being a vegetarian and cooking for a carnivore had gotten on my nerves. solution for 2011??? he's just going to eat like a vegetarian more. and that's that.
i did learn how to crochet, which i love. this year i hope to improve and not have everything fall apart! it's doable.
i didn't garden as much as i usually do. i was gone a lot and we didn't really have a summer. i vow to get out there and plant, plant, plant this year.
i didn't read very much, if you don't count cookbooks! since i went ahead and cancelled the cable we both have more books in our future.
here's to a wonderful, happy, joyful year! i promise to be better. and more engaged.

3. carciofi alla romana. soooo good. my sister goes for the carciofi alla giudia...but the romana is my favorite. the ones they serve at edy, in rome, are the best!

2. i love the trees along the tiber. especially in fall. the tiber itself is beautiful to me. it isn't very clean looking and i probably wouldn't want to swim in it (!), but there is something mysterious and wonderful about it. i like to imagine what life was like, before those trees, and before the walls, when the people of rome would walk to the river to plant their gardens.
i love to walk that river, crunching the leaves beneath my shoes...and watching the changing light.

20 things i love about italy.
1. i love hearing the sounds of lunch (or dinner for that matter) being prepared. i love walking down a little street and hearing clinking glasses. the sounds of silverware and plates being collected. maybe a pot being banged around a bit.
it is such a comforting feeling.....that somewhere, someone is taking care, preparing a meal and sitting down with to share.
i won't even get into the smells........

i am finding this interesting. never thought she would get married in the church. she just reserved the church her dad and i were married in.....31 years ago. wasn't sure about the dress. then she picked a beautiful, lacy, old-fashioned one. and i got a bit misty.
she has taken to cooking lately. soups and roasts. salads. shopping, so they have good food around. going to the flea markets and stopping into her local goodwills. loving most every plate she sees.
i am now convinced they did indeed give me the RIGHT baby at the hospital.

soon he will have a real bathroom!