Laurie tagged me!

My blog friend Laurie tagged me to do this, I should look back at what my answers were a few months ago to compare! She and I have some funky things in common like that she and her husband are also a Laurie and Mike and the list goes on a bit! Since this process started, I've met 4 Laurie/Lori/Mike couples!!! And there are NO Laurie/Lori's in NH - It's not a common name (around here anyway).

Eight things I'm passionate about!

~ Our family

~ Trying to be the best person I can be

~ Creating a balanced childhood and family memories for my kids

~ Being aware of others and trying to help

~ Exploring how I can try to make a difference in this little world

~ AFRICA

~ Giving credit where credit is due; God

~ Designing spaces that will create spectacular meals and wonderful memories

Eight things I want to do before I die!

~ Visit my "homeland" Sicily and trace back my roots and meet family

~ Do humanitarian aid work in Africa (especially ET)

~ Live in CA, the hills of Santa Barbara and do weekend trips to Napa/Sonoma etc. for wine

~ Retire with ease and spend alot of time with our kids and grandkids (Sanibel preferred)

~ Meet El Rushbo (please NO comments on this one, it's MY list)!

~ Watch our children grow to be contributing, productive, compassionate human beings

~ Say "I have no regrets" on my 100th birthday

~ Take a vacation with my best friends

Eight things I say often!

~ Snoopy, NO BITE!

~ Go ahead, say it, one more time and you're getting a time out!

~ Are you kidding me!

~ No way!

~ KNOCK IT OFF (dog and child)

~ You're my best friend, forever, and ever, and ever

~ You just LEFT from work!!

~ Nick, did you do a bum toot!

Eight shows I've recently viewed!

~ American Idol

~ Essence of Emeril

~ GOP debate (No comments please)

~ Brothers and Sisters (please come back w/new shows already)

~ No reservations (Ghana - Anthony Bourdain)

~ Oprah

~ Moment of truth

~ Intervention

Eight things that attract me to my friends!

~ Loyalty

~ History

~ Humor (and plenty of it)

~ Acting like we did when we all first started being friends (Fourth grade)

~ Decency

~ Core values (same as the decency one)

~ They make "life" dissapear when we're together

Eight things I learned in 2007!

~ That my husband is more than fantastic

~ That I want my son to stop growing

~ That this adoption process would prove to change our lives in more ways than I ever dreamed

~ That sometimes people can disappoint us unknowingly

~ That it's time for me to learn and grow constantly

~ That Ethiopia will be an experience of a lifetime

~ That you can meet people and form strong connections with them before you meet

~ That men just don't get alot of stuff that women get

Happy Anniversary Mom and Dad!

Michael's folks, Bill and Janette celebrated their 26th anniversary on January 2nd, but MP and I finally took them out on Saturday night!

How young do they look? Seriously, too young to be grandparents!

And lastly, the "little miss" before we left the house...

For those who don't know me, I have NO control over that eyebrow and it has been my nemisis all my life! It's mostly up whenever I don't want it to be! Ugh! You should see our wedding album! :)

More weekend info. to come, but we are thrilled and blessed that they "up and moved" from NY to be here in NH closer to us and Nicholas! It's been six months and they're adjusting to NH very well - Yay!

Weekly Video Update-

How could I forget??!!??

You guessed it!!!! He IS the MAN to beat! Superbowl is coming.... can you say FOUR super bowl rings??? Not to mention the rest of the AMAZING undefeated New England Patriots team!!!

We're huge Pat's fans and are already prepin' for the game! Woot wooot! I guess I'm outta the "funk"! Not really, but this is a wonderful distraction! :) Pa-leeeze - look at this man that God created, he cannot be real! :)

More to come on the Pat's front since there's nothing else to blog about!

New post. No news.

There's nothing for me to write from the adoption front or anything else for that matter....

You guessed it, it's "funk" time again. I received the monthly notice from our agency today which stated that the wait time for our age group has been lengthened by an ADDITIONAL six months....

My countdown is done, finished, and basically, a bag of shit dust at this point....

So, anyone up for a party??!!?? Besides that, I am in a home based business that revolves around the housing market.... Yes, you guessed right, not good. Cash in some air miles and I'm on a plane to design you the kitchen of your life! :)

Boo hoo for me... Life could be sooo much worse and I DO know that. I'm just being a cry baby (not literally) and the list could go on. This is just a snippet of how I'm feeling this second which is probably going to change in a day (or less).

Correction!! And Just For Fun.... Everyone likes to see pictures.... so here's one of mi' famiglia... Mom, Dad, Michelle (older and in black, like you couldn't tell) and me! Sadly, this was on my 27th birthday, ehmmmmm, NINE years ago! :(