Little Italy 25

[Rosa]

Greetings, Ciao , Welcome , Benvenuto

[Rosa]

My cold is on going but I only have a blocked nose now not really any other symptoms. We have dd1 recita this weekend with cena at school and being a rappresante the organising is sooo much...Infatti my grandi can't manage red riding hood its too hard for them so I have to invent something else for them to say as we have been trying now for 3 days and its too hard !!!
How I would love a day on the sofa doing nothing can't see it happening though.... Homeland will look that one up . I still have series 1 of Glee to watch it was a presnt 2 years ago ...Is it worth it ????
DH downloaded me Pan Am - load of rubbish gret if you are ill and can't think but not what he or I thought it would be .
Vado ciaoooooo
HAd crappio weather yesterday with high winds and rain , today is about 10 degrees colder but sunny its getting more and more like the Uk every day !

[Francagoestohollywood]

Gosh yes, the weather has been englishized . Yesterday we had a freezing wind here, but today is a bit milder. On the plus size the sky is blue p, the air feels cleaner and the mountains seem so close, we can see the Monte Rosa and all its neighbouring mountains!

Yesterday we watched Attack the block, a british film about aliens attacking atower block in london and being faught by hoodies! Great fun.

[Francagoestohollywood]

Have no idea re glee rosa, never watched it. I am looking forward to mad men.

[Rosa]

YEs we have fab views of the mountains as well mi fa proprio voglia.....

[BananaGio]

of your mountain views. love Matt le Blanc as well Franca and am thinking of getting Episodes. Homeland fab - spy / who's the mole type drama without the excesses of 24 say. Agree with Pan Am Rosa. I had high hopes and watched it on Sky. Watched it all the way through but it was a purely an easy evening watch with lovely period outfits rather than the classy American drama I was expecting. And Christina Ricci was v annoying I thought and I usually like her. Glee is ridiculous but watchable in small doses if you can get past the whole random breaking into song and dance routines thing. Havent watched it for ages though,got very samey.
And there is my TV review of the morning
So excited girls, I was sucked in by the vodafone ad on every 2 mins at the moment and have got myself an Ipad on contract. Love love love it already and havent worked out how to use it yet! Any other Ipad users out there who want to tell me which apps I must get etc please speak out.

[Rosa]

I Lurrrve my Ipad with a passion ! I have the independant , telegraph and guardian on rotation , not the same time, my fitness pal ( too easy to cheat), Angry Birds, Kindle, weather, just about any free app that there is ......I don't like magazines though I prefer the real thing.....
Just been to a new dietician I will be starting next week ...eeek looks good though lots of food but no chocolate ..Bugger !

[Francagoestohollywood]

I have an ipad as well, and as much as I love it as a beautiful object, I am not 100% convinced, but mainly because I don't use it at its full potential.
My fav app is the bbc iplayer, we have subscribed for 1 yr. I hope that in time it will get more and more programs.
I like The Guardian eyewitness.
Dd likes the Harry Potter trivia app, Math Bingo, Puzzle planet and Mahjong.

I also have the kindle app, but haven't bought a full book yet. I'd love to subscribe to elle decor UK, but somehow it doesn't let me. boh.

[Francagoestohollywood]

There is also a lovely ikea app!

[Rosa]

Franca if you put Film plus I think it is called you can get Uk channels for free and its legal. I get BBC1, 2 ITV 1,2 Channle 4 and some others.. and cbeebies!

[Francagoestohollywood]

Hurrah!

[Francagoestohollywood]

Thanks a million rosa x

[Rosa]

Now that was scary.. no bang but house shaking, glasses rattling , grabbed the dds and debated what to do. we stood next to maestro wall that had been steel renforced . But then thought the steel would be worse if it fell on us . ( for the next one we have aplan!)DD1 was terrified and we just managed to get them cuddled up an hour later when the second one happened...more like wave though. Think is when looking at the terremoto sites there have been increasing ones in the Bassa Padana for the last few days ...un piccolo avvertimento in caso che??? Or maybe they don't want to scaremonger.... However that for me was scary.........

[BananaGio]

all ok Rosa? Just watching TG re quakes.

[Francagoestohollywood]

Very scary. We felt the one at 4, it felt it lasted forever. Both me and dh were just paralized in bed, not even able to talk to each other. I could hear the sliding doors in the kitchen rattling.
Luckily the dc didn't wake up.
So now, bombs in schools, terremoti, economic crisis, social unrest, wtf?

[BananaGio]

wtf indeed Franca! scary times. was there any damage in Milano?

[Francagoestohollywood]

No, no damage thankfully, just very scarey. I have seen the pics of all those beautiful places in Emilia, cavolo .
Any news about the bomb? I am not sure about the mafia being behind it. That poor girl, just no words.

[BananaGio]

the more i think the more i just cant see it being the mafia. apart from the chances some of their kids being in the school it just seems such a shift for them. are there still tremors?

[Rosa]

LAst tremor I felt was round 5 ish , like a wave there have been little ones, It was a co incindence but minirosa was in my bed as she came in at 1. I went into her bed so I was in with dd1 - so when she woke I was there mid you at that time Dh had shouted teremoto and had minirosa in braccio. I feel very sorry for those nearer the epicentre .
As for Brindisi if it is the mafia then as the investigations go on , prove will get lost, witnesses will withdraw statements etc ..... I hope not as it is just terrible why why why kids FGS... Unless the kids have parents who are involved but I diddn't think the mafia went for kids..... Whoever whatever they deserve the death peanalty for what they have done....

[Francagoestohollywood]

Another bloody tremor, 5 mins ago, while i was having a bath! Bastaaaaaa!

[Rosa]

Dh felt the one at 3-15 I was at dd 1 school and didd't feel a thing ... I hope thats it now as Every vibration in the house scares me.... Just the fridge starting off sent me in a tizz..... Bloody hell and agree BASTAAAAAAAAA

[Francagoestohollywood]

I have just (re) watched Deep Impact

[Francagoestohollywood]

Ok, the crappio weather is def doing my head in. I should have been outside shopping for dd's birthday/party and dh's birthday plus a good number of other errands, but no way. It is worse than in England!

[Rosa]

Forecast is rubbish as well... its wet and damp , dreary , windy yuck ... I should be changing sheets today or even this week sometime but teh foreacst look srubbish .. and next week as well FGS !

[Francagoestohollywood]

The sun is shining here right now... Boh!
Rosa, when you make cupcakes beforehand, where do you store them?

[Rosa]

In the freezer if anything more than 4 days ...iced of course . Or in an airtight tin. One made of tin is better than plastic... No idea why but they keep better. Mind you in my house they never last more than 2 or 3 days....!!!!!!!!!!!