Randomness Saturdays

Can't believe is Saturday again.....where the whole week has been? LOL

♥ Just found out yesterday that Gabriel school finally hired a teacher that will start on Monday. I'm hopeful that she will do a good job with my son, but somehow believe that it's too little and too late. We'll see.

♥ Gabriel felt better today, so we brought him for his soccer game. This is him greeting me. He's doing a much better job staying in the game and I'm sooooo proud of him. One of the other mom out there cheering asked me if Gabriel even stop smiling: I answered "I hope he will never do that!"

♥ Michelle is getting over her cold also and will be going to the pumpkin patch in a couple of weeks. So excited, would be her first with the school.

♥ Watched 2 animation movies this week that I really liked: One is "Igor" and I loved it because talks about how it's possible that a "nobody" change things and save the day. And the other one is "Space Chimps", was also great because talks about true friendship and I loved one little character in there that has an impossible name but she's funny because her head lights up and she sing when she's scared. Way too cute.

♥ Tomorrow is exactly a month since my mom and sister went back in Italy. Feels like a whole year to me and I've been thinking to them a lot. And when I miss my mom, this song always come to my mind, I hope you'll enjoy too.

I'm back too!

Well, from Atlanta anyway.

I got my mom and sister on the airplane and drove back home in a miserable state all by myself.....America doesn't look the same without them by my side.

I'm trying to cope with the fact that I miss them at the point to feel sick, I try to think at the wonderful days and moments spent together. I promised myself that I would be happy and grateful that they came instead of sad and lonely when they'd be gone.
But I guess I can't. I'm not strong enough.

I wonder around my house, their absence is so heavy and I fight with myself to not cry.
Then I stumble in something......my sister forgot a pair of her shoes in the bedroom, my mom left her favorite hand cream in the bathroom, their bed still warm, little homemade meals frozen in my fridge for my enjoyment.....and I can't help, the tears just start flowing down, a knot in my throat and the minds goes back......Then I open my eyes again, feeling silly for crying and missing them so much. They're home with my dad, got back to their things probably missing me and my kids too.

And I'm alone again!

Trying to get the control of my emotions and pick up the phone so I can talk to them, but the phone call never last long enough, I have to excuse my self and go hide my tears.......

I guess we never grew up enough to get out of touch with the family. Friends come and goes, but family always stay there for you, no matter what, no matter how many miles away you run or how much time goes by separated.....Miles...do they have to be 10000 miles away? Wish all the land in the Earth was closer, distance just an emotion in our mind, money just useless paper and love the king of Earth.
But than I could also wish for no more hungry people, no war and no cancer. I'd be greedy don't ya think?

I promise to share with you some glimpse of their visit here with picture and all. I think it will help me cope with the fact that I miss them so much. In the meanwhile, if you have other suggestion for me to get over this withdrawing, I'd be grateful :)

A picnic...well kinda!

With my mom and sister here with us, we decided to take a trip and go to Ponce De Leon on Saturday to have a wonderful picnic.
We cooked, bought stuff, load the car and off we went.
55 minutes later we were there and by the time we unloaded the car and start eating, rain started to fall so heavy that we had to leave :(
Thundering and everything too :(
Very sad indeed! But we can't stop laughing thinking that our picnic didn't last more than 5 minutes!!!!
This is a pic we took all 3 of us while in the car waiting for the rain to calm down

Gross I know!! We had to wait almost an hour sitting in the car to get out of there, since the rain was so thick I couldn't see pass 10 feet....yeah that bad :(

Not a bad day all in all, just definitely not a picnic kinda of day!

New kid on the block: Kristy Lynn Jewelry

Always In My Heart Hand Stamped Necklace, $28 by Kristy Lynn Jewelry

Busy week for me this one, since tomorrow is my little girl birthday and I'm up in my arms making her little gift to find here and there tomorrow in a little treasure hunt. But while the shirt I'm making for her is cooling I wanted to take few minute to show off a nice that Michele at Sweet Irie discovered: Kristy Lynn Jewelry
When I visited this little shop I couldn't help but thinking: OMG the perfect stop for Mother's day gift and for all you personalized jewelry needs!

Mother's Day Hand Stamped Necklace, $25 Kristy Lynn Jewelry

No wonder Kristy is being so successful even tho she's around Etsy just from few months: her jewelry are very well made, her pictures are inviting and she has products to satisfy every needs....even for your pet!

Dog Bone Hand Stamped Tag, $10 by Kristy Lynn Jewelry

Let's get to know Kristy a little bit more:

"I am a stay at home mom, I have been married for over 13 years and together we have two daughters 10 and 6 years old. I love giving and receiving personalized gifts and have found it difficult to find just what I want in the stores or online. So I decided to start designing and making my own jewelry. There is nothing better than designing a piece of jewelry with someone or something specific in mind and then seeing their reaction as they open it. All of my pieces reflect my life experiences, love and inspirations from my daughters."

Born To Skate Hand Stamped Necklace, $25 by Kristy Lynn Jewelry

Do yourself a favor and visit Kristy's shop: I assure you, you will find the perfect gift for that person-hard-to-buy-for in your life!

Last day: Double trouble giveaway!!

And the double trouble giveaway is coming to an end!
If you haven't entered yet, please do so or you my loose the change to win the set showed in the picture above, the gorgeous Paris wrist key chain from Sweet Irie and the crocheted black earrings from Crocheted Little Things.
If you already entered, well thank you! Michele and I really enjoyed reading all the nice comments and stay tuned because we're close to see the winner :)

Also I'd like to announce another giveaway that I'm sponsoring for Every day Moms, a nice network site for moms of every age and from every place.

This time I'm giving away a pair of sweet baby girl slippers!

I hope to see you all there!!!

Another Blog award!

Boy, Have I been busy with my blog lately? But working hard pays off as I'm here today to receive another blog award from my dearest friend Michele at sweetirie!

This time is the "friends award" and that's its meaning:

"These blogs are exceedingly charming. These kind bloggers aim to find and be friends. They are not interested in self-aggrandizement. Our hope is that when the ribbon of these prizes are cut, even more friendships are propagated. Please give more attention to these writers. Deliver this award to eight bloggers who must choose eight more and include this cleverly-written text into the body of their award."

So, my job is to give this blog award to 8 deserving blogs and their owners will do the same! Here my picks:

BStauffDesigns
TheEclecticElement
ShopIndieOnline
The Briden Bunch
Mom Giveaways
Indie Discounts
Etsy Giveaways
Laura Trevey