Watercolor Painting (Beginner/Intermediate)

I signed up for a Watercolor Painting class at Armstrong State University of Georgia. I'm so excited!!! I start my class Oct.2 for 6 weeks from 6:30pm to 9pm. The instructor has been painting for over 30years and has a gallery downtown. She also gives an advance class, which I plan to take next semester. My goal is to paint something for Siena's room. I'm not sure what I'll do yet but I will know when I see it. Of course, I'll post all my incredible, ground braking, show stopping art on my blog;) And you guys will be the first to see it!

Anyway, I hope everyone has an amazing and safe weekend!

Pizza Rustica in The Connect

Pizza Dan above:)

Pizza Rustica is featured in the local paper this week. The Connect is a local free paper that features events, arts, eateries etc.
I've included a link to the article. The article mentions the adoption as well.
http://www.connectsavannah.com/gyrobase/Content?oid=oid%3A1357


Hope you enjoy and if your in Savannah, stop by!!!

Pictures from Secret Pal

As promised, here are the pictures of the gifts I received from my secret pal.

I truly love them!! Thank you again!!

On the teddy blanket it says "My first teddy"

I'VE BEEN TAGGED...OH YES..GET READY

FIVE THINGS I WAS DOING TEN YEARS AGO
1. Just got engaged to my husband
2. planning my wedding
3. still planning my wedding
4. travelling allot more
5. working hard...still do

FIVE FAVORITE SNACK FOOD
1. Twixs...love'em
2. grapes
3. jello shots..just kidding
4. what..shots are not a snack:)
5. ice cream

FIVE SONGS I KNOW THE WORDS TO
1. lullabye by Billy Joel
2. almost any Elton John song
3. Accidentally in Love by the Counting Crows..come on sing it with me..come on, come on move alittle faster, jump alittle higher....you know the words
4. Pretty in Pink by the Psychedelic Furs
5. Life in one day by Howard Jones

FIVE THINGS I WOULD DO IF I WAS A MILLIONAIRE
1. Buy my mom a condo with a full time nurse or maybe I would do that for me.
2. start a college fund for my niece Lola, her soon to be sister from China and Baby Sienna
3. Buy a building for the pizzeria
4. have a kick ass party in Vegas
5. donate to the American Cancer Society in my dad's memory

FIVE BAD HABITS
1. Bite my nails
2. zone out when some people talk to me
3. drink coffee
4. watch too much TV
5. daydream

FIVE THINGS I WILL NEVER WEAR AGAIN
1. a heavy coat
2. my heart on my sleeve...to late
3. tye dye
4. the ugly black dress I wore to my dad's wake...I hated it!!!
5. stockings

FIVE THINGS I LIKE TO DO
1. have BBQ's with my friends
2. laugh with my husband
3. laugh at others with my husband..just kidding
4. talk to my mom and Baby Lola when she does Yankee roll call..not my mom, Lola:)
5. think about my dad, I can really appreciate him now.

FIVE PEOPLE I TAGG
1. JEANNIE
2. SEVENTH DIAMOND
3. JANET
4. LISA
5. MOM

GIFT FROM MY SECRET PAL

Thank you so much Secret Pal!! I love my gifts! This is my first gift exchange and I'm very excited. I would have posted a picture but my camera died. I didn't turn it off after I took the picture below.
The most precious part of this experience is my husband Dan. He was almost as excited as I was when I opened the package. He wanted to sleep with the blanket it was so soft:)
As soon as I get batteries, I'll post the pictures.
THANK YOU!!!!

THANK YOU KELLY

My friend, Kelly, sent the card and the vase to me via her friend who was visiting Savannah. They came by the pizzeria but it was closed:( We open at 4pm on Sundays.) I'm so sorry I missed them. Kelly, please thank them for me!

I really love the card with the little lady bug for Mia (it's on the lower right)

THANK YOU SO MUCH KELLY, YOUR THE BEST!

P.S. Love Mike's brown shoes and your pink ones are to die for;)

Happy Anniversary Love

On August 8th, 1998, Dan and I were married. We had an incredible ceremony held in an old Polish Catholic Church on the tip of Long Island, NY. Our reception was on a vineyard. We had a steel band for the cocktail hour, which was outside. The weather was perfect and so was the day. I remember the day before, my sister, brother in-law, niece (who was 26? at the time) and her fiance went on an antique merry go round just a few blocks from the Bed and Breakfast we all stayed in. It was so much fun, I hadn't been on one in 25 years and haven't been on one since.

Anyway, it was a great day all around. Although Dan and I have had our ups and downs, we love each other very much.

Dan always tells me - I love you more today than yesterday but not as much as tomorrow:0) Same here..........

Below is a passage from Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet, which was read at our wedding. The weird part is I picked it out not even knowing Dan had the book and it was one of his favorite passages. I guess it was Fate.

Then Almitra spoke again and said, "And what of Marriage, master?" And he answered saying:

You were born together, and together you shall be forevermore. You shall be together when white wings of death scatter your days. Aye, you shall be together even in the silent memory of God.

But let there be spaces in your togetherness, And let the winds of the heavens dance between you. Love one another but make not a bond of love: Let it rather be a moving sea between the shores of your souls.

Fill each other's cup but drink not from one cup. Give one another of your bread but eat not from the same loaf. Sing and dance together and be joyous, but let each one of you be alone, Even as the strings of a lute are alone though they quiver with the same music.

Give your hearts, but not into each other's keeping. For only the hand of Life can contain your hearts. And stand together, yet not too near together: For the pillars of the temple stand apart, And the oak tree and the cypress grow not in each other's shadow