Author: Mary

Twitter Updates for 2012-06-02

  • Bus stop – no kids. First day of summer! http://t.co/Ec6pLVos #
  • Nice of Lamar's to give me agree donut for my anniversary. (it's free donut day at Lamar's.) http://t.co/8JxlPzms #
  • Refresher course at Black Cat Bistro- I thought that usually required summer school. http://t.co/S6YvZ0xZ #
  • Great iPhone Quest for Stan looks to have come to a successful end. Ask for the story if you have an hour to kill. #crazytecherrors #

Happy Anniversary

Today is my 1st Anniversary. I had no idea that I would ever say those words, but life took me in a new direction. It’s been a great year, with a lot of changes, but very few real issues. If being married is really this easy, I’m not sure where the work part comes in.

Much of the credit for that has to go to Stan, since he makes me want to be a better person every day. Thank you for all you do, husband. I look forward to many more.

One Year Ago Today…


Italy Day 12, but more importantly – Wedding Day.

It was a lovely day – everything went off well. Our transport got us into Florence on time, the wedding coordinator had beautiful  flowers and the guitar player was great, the location was unique, the ceremony was fun, and the post wedding gelato was a perfect end. The owner of the Villa created a lovely wedding lunch for us, and everyone got a well deserved afternoon nap.

Italy Day 11

From our villa outside Florence, we drove to Pisa, about a 45 minute drive. Margie found a very close parking lot to the Field of Miracles, and after a quick lunch, we were walking around the Leaning Tower and Camposanto.

Dave and Katherine climbed up the Tower, with a girl whose family could take the heights.

The Duomo from the upper level of the Baptistry.

Italy Day 9

Margie had set up a tour for us of the Ufizzi Museum and the Accademia Museum (where the statue of David is kept). We drove to the train station and took the local train into Florence (way better than trying to park).

We walked up the street to the Duomo and the took a right toward the Uffizi (where we were meeting out guide). Stan and I had reconnoitered Florence a bit the week before on our paperwork excursion.

All tour guides have to have something to wave in the air.

We were not allowed to take photos in the Museums, but on the Loggia outside the Palazzo Vecchio is a sculpture area.

Italy Day 8

On this day, we picked up our rental cars, packed them up, and headed up the Autostrada toward Rome and Florence. We picked up Dave’ parents at the hotel at the Rome airport, and then navigated our way to our hill top villa outside Florence, Villa Roncavisi.
On the Autostrada.

The Villa