Little Italy 25

[Rosa]

Greetings, Ciao , Welcome , Benvenuto

[Rosa]

Me thinks more is going to come out or be nascosto in the Bossi thing maybe the sh*t really has hit the fan.
I just need time to go and buy in Ikea I have 3 places where I need better bookshelves/ storage and also the crafty box seems to be getting bigger as they are doing more.
Franca have you decided what to do about the hols yet?
DD's are at an Easter thing so more tack coming home I am doing a whirlwind clean and have mopped myself to the computer so it has to dry !

[Rosa]

Happy Easter - qui non piove but the wind is cold. I am at MIL dh is in lavoro and so far SIL etc have not arrived ....

[Francagoestohollywood]

Ciao, I hope you all had a lovely Pasqua with nice weather and good food!

[Francagoestohollywood]

Oh Sputnik, have you now got one of those super organised hobby rooms you cansee on pinterest??

[MightyNice]

hello, just cartwheeling through to say hello and to see if anyone has any ideas for things to do/see in Rome that a grumpy and tired 12yo might enjoy? :( that she is not as impressed by it all as me

[Francagoestohollywood]

Hi Mighty, I am sorry that dd is not enjoying her trip to Rome .
i haven't been in Rome for ages, and I have no idea wat 12 yrs old might like...
I would have thought that rome met the tastes of people of different ages!!!

[BananaGio]

ciao tutte - quick hello from me as got parents over so been super busy. Hope you all had lovely pasqua. MightNice what kind of things would interest dd?

[MightyNice]

thanks, never mind, posted in moment of ARRRGGHH after a trying day of queuing for things

have tried to take her to places and things that she seemed interested in but think she has just found it all very tiring, and I suppose I assumed she would be as fascinated by it all as I was at her age - not a complete disaster, eg if she had a nutella deficiency before we arrived she is definitely cured now.

she seemed happiest in the Borghese gardens and at the zoo and when shopping, and watching tv in our room so maybe will try to resist the urge to drag her to any more churches/museums/piazzas and let her chill instead it is actually quite hard work being 12!

[Rosa]

Mighty hard one ...Hope you find a happy balance as its tough when you want to go see and they don't ....Especially when you know they will regret it when they are older!!!
Gio how great having parents over ..I am honestly thinking of a quick trip back but it is a case of fitting it in and finding decent flights.
Easter was wilth MIL ...passable but we had a lovley Easter monday in an agritursimo it was cold but thankfully it diddn't rain .....

[Francagoestohollywood]

Mighty I hope you manage to find a good compromise for the rest of the holidays.
Gio how lovely your parents are here!

We are having a glorious day, but more rain ismexpected tomorrow.
I will also be working this month in the children's clothes shop I used to work at 2 yrs ago. It will be a hectic month, with work, volunteering and all the children's activities... Not sure whether to feel anxious or happy!

[Rosa]

Franca you loved the shop - I remember , hope you enjoy it just as much and they give you discount !!!
Well I am going to the Uk next week as despite the fact that my father is doing ok there have been a few more ups and downs and I think that they could both do with a bit of nipotine so bit the bullet and booked. Dh is in agreement thank heavens but the prices were not as good as they could have been !!!! Plus the following week we have gym club in Piazza San Marco ..... Yes in the piazza!!! So if you go on the webcam on May6th there will be Rosa in the middle of 100 women doing 100steps ....along with minirosa and dd1 doing whatever they will be doing. Then its fine anno etc so it was now or wait til summer!
Thing is I have an order for 60 cupcakes and a big cake for Sunday so its going to be manic right up to we go......

[Francagoestohollywood]

thanks rosa .

Happy to hear you are visiting your parents, they will be so happy to see the girls, and the girls will be happy to spend time with their grandparents.

Have a lovely time! I am impressed by your baking business, how often do you get orders like this?

[Rosa]

When I get them it is always together !!!! We also have teh festa della torte a scuola friday so more baking for that. The 60 cupcakes are mini ones and so shouldn't take that long the bigger cake will I expect take 2-3 hrs but its soldi !!!
Today we have the communione and its raining hard .. I am on here loooking at the pictures of DD1 at a wedding when she was minirosas age to go and hunt out the clothes!!!! Dh has gonte to the church we are going later ....when I find everything.. I should have done it yesterday but time took over !!
VAdo Buona domenica !

[Rosa]

Well it wasn't a wash out and it was ok. However I can't get my head round it all it just seemed very over the top like another battesimo pranzo, torta bonboniere etc which I suppose it is really. However a 9 yr old getting, a cellulare, laptop, digital camera, nice watch all in one go just seemed troppo I mean she has the lot now ...... Well rain forecast today again ....

[Francagoestohollywood]

wow, that is a lot of present for a 9 yrs old. I don't approve btw!!

It stopped raining a bit here, quite depressing, really. This afternoon I am working and this morning I started a knitting course! I hope this time I learn something (and most of all remember what I learnt!)

[Sputnik]

That's crazy Rosa, but it seems pretty standard these days.
I am back from Easter, we stayed with my parents then drove to Cambridge and did a day in London, it was manic!

[Rosa]

Glad you had a good time Sput - Only been to cambirdge once but it was a lovely place. I am flying MOnarch on Saturday haven't used them in years worked out cheaper than Easy Jet !

[Francagoestohollywood]

Hello! I am a bit of you all with those trips to the Uk, I miss it! And Cambridge is lovely, I spent a whole month there in 1987!

I've had a very hectic day, and I also had my first mammography, all is well, but you can't help feeling a bit tense while you wait for your turn. Apparently I have very "young" boobs ... .
Took the children to a friend's party and ds got one of those farting cushions as a regalino from the host, which has become his fav thing. Help!!!

[BananaGio]

at farting cushion Franca. DS finds nothing funnier than farts. My brother bought him a fart machine and it was favourite toy for a long time...
at your day in London Sput, really fancy a long weekend there. Hope your trip goes well Rosa

[Francagoestohollywood]

Banana, you can send mastergio here, ds can teach him how to make farting noises with the help of 1 hand and 1 armpit

Looks like it will rain again soon. Aren't you all knackered by this primavera? We are all struggling in the mornings.

[spaghettina]

ciao everyone, just marking my place, hoping to "drop in" more often.. although with work, daily life and what seem like constant trips to Puglia/UK and/or house guests from both sides of the family, time is not on my side!
Still in deadlock with DP about our future and the pressure is still on to move south but I'm waiting to see how our couples counselling goes...meanwhile we'll be down there for the whole summer, even longer than last year it seems.

Anyone got good ideas for where to find a short-term apartment let in Puglia (not holiday homes, just an affordable flat)?

just read back over the thread, Franca's list beginning and ending in Berlusconi made me smile (bitterly..) as did the impressive list of hi tech comunione presents your daughter got, Rosa! Am sure we will go through the same (if DD chooses to go through the prima comunione..) - I'm still recovering from the OTT christening "banquet"!

MightyNice, hope your DD ended up enjoying Rome at least a bit. My mum used to drag us round museums and churches and it did get a bit much but I thank her for it now :D

[Francagoestohollywood]

Hello spaghettina, good to hear from you.

I've no idea re the flats in Puglia, where exactly are you looking? I think you should probably contact local agencies?

I am off to pick up the dc, as they are at friends'. Predictably, it rained massively at 4.30 when they got out of school...

[Rosa]

Hi - Its just rained here as well not massive but it seems to be pretty damp outside. Well done on your boobs Franca I think I am due a check soon as its every 18mths - 2 years I believe at my age.
Uk I am hoping for a good time but the weather forecast isn't that good and parents are having a tough time so I think I am going to be overloaded on but seeing as I am over here its only right I get my share !
Spaghettina hi, re flats in Puglia I would start wth say Casa.it and maybe take it from there. It was my nipotina who got all the gifts if t had been my dd then they would have been sequested !!! Far to much for a 9 yr old even if it is par for the course. DH has already said when its dds turn it will be a small celebration with the 4 of us , pizza and gelato !!!!
Been baking ....domani its a big day have so much to do its a worry .. Thankfully dh is at home so he can run round after the dds.....

[Francagoestohollywood]

Rosa, the doctor told me to alternate mammography and scan until I am 50... boh!

Good luck with all the baking my dear, and I really hope the minirosas will light up your parents days when you are there.

[Rosa]

When I go they do both together anyway will see when I go to gynae next month ..I must remember to book . !!!!
Cake done ....2 sets of cupcakes in oven wish I had another cake tin...getting a boit overloaded with it at the mo...Will be better once I get the booked ones out the way, then just have to do some for dd cake day at school..... Oh and Pack !!!!