January 2010

Nothing could get in the way…

January 30, 2010

Cara Mamma the Elder and I had very specific tasks today:  our make up trial with J, and a trip to holy grail of shopping:  Tysons Galleria to find a dress for the mother of the bride as well a quick peek in the shoe department for “wedding” shoes for me. Now—one needs to understand [...]

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The truth…

January 30, 2010

..is that I am not a calm bride.  I say that I take things in stride–but really, I don’t.  I worry, I get anxious, I make the lives of Rocket, Cara Mamma the Elder, Papi the Brain, and even Red–miserable as I get all worked up about things over which I have absolutely no control.  [...]

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Catching a Butterfly…

January 28, 2010

My morning started with what seemed like a dream induced request from a sleepy and somewhat medicine groggy Principessa.  As if it was as easy as picking up milk from the grocery store, she asked me as I left for work, to “catch a butterfly” for her and bring it home when I came back [...]

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Making the most…

January 24, 2010

Principessa is now two days post op from her tonsillectomy. The event came and went, as much does with her, sans the fanfare or nail-biting.  About 45 minutes into her recovery, she was telling stories to any nurse that would listen while chomping down on her purple popsicle. Armed with morphine, she even started to [...]

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Here we are…

January 22, 2010

…in the waiting room, at the hospital. Today is the day that Principessa bids adieu to her tonsils.  The question of the day yesterday was what would happen to her infamous strep throat and infection causing tonsils once there were taken out–and could she keep them in a jar?  Ah yes, the curiousity of a [...]

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Everything I am not….

January 18, 2010

These pretty much speaks for themselves.  Principessa looking through a microscope, with a key board in the background. Oh and the running pic….notice that I am behind her taking the picture because she is zooming along (faster than her cara mamma).  Ah but then…just when I start to wonder if this wonderful child is really [...]

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So much for a quiet relaxing evening…

January 15, 2010

…. as I thought that all was well with the world….and that Principessa was happily playing with her barbies I went to check in on her.  It was then that I became witness to a crime. You might wonder…what does a pair of nail scissors have to do with a barbie.  If you look very [...]

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A special day…two months and counting…

January 15, 2010

Thursday January 14, 2010. A regular Thursday—nothing particularly special about 1/14/10 in history…..it was however, an important date for many reasons: Two months from now- Rocket and I will be exchanging vows. Hopefully the good weather from today bodes well for the same day in March.  Sun is welcome but not necessary— 50 plus degrees [...]

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Stepping Out

January 12, 2010

I did it. I took a step that was so not “me” this evening.  All day my stomach was just a little uneasy, my drive home was filled with trepidation, and then one foot in front of the other—I took the final step—into the dance studio…for Zumba class. I had heard about Zumba… and was [...]

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Wedding plans alla Principessa

January 10, 2010

Principessa has formally announced that she, as an adult, will be marrying one of her classmates- “P.”  She has laid out the details of the wedding in what could be a stand up comedy act. The synopsis:  She will be wearing a white dress with a crown and curtain on her head.  Her guests will [...]

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