Dianne's Trip to Tuscany - Day 4

Today, Dianne was to go see Michelangelo's David.
Here is a link to a great website for more information on Florence and Michelangelo's David.

Dianne's Trip to Tuscany - Day 3

Siena/Montalcino:
Concert of Gregorian chants. Unfortunately, I'm not exactly sure where the concert is - possibly the Abbey of S. Antimo. But I will update when I get more information from Dianne.



Montalcino-famous for its Brunello wine

Dianne's Trip to Tuscany - Day 2

Today Dianne was to take a tour of the Siena/San Gimignano area complete with a cooking demonstration and then dinner. Can't wait to find out what they made and ate!
Above are some pictures from the Avventure Bellissime Website

Sisters' Week 2008

Well, another sister's week has come and gone - and so quickly, too. Sue and I started out on Saturday, April 26th at 4 am! We got to Clinton, NC by 4 pm but waited for Dianne to meet up with us before we oontinued on to Uncle George and Aunt Elizabeth's to stay the night. Unfortunately, Aunt Elizabeth has been ill and was hospitalized. After taking Uncle George out to eat we stopped by to see her. We also stopped to see her on Sunday morning before continuing on to Myrtle Beach. We stayed at the Deercreek Resort Condos

We did some shopping at Barefoot Landing, spend the day touring Charleston, went to the beach at Huntington State Park several times, went golfing at Tupelo Bay (I was the caddy), played mini-golf (hmmm... and who got the two hole-in-ones, girls????) and went to dinner at Drunken Jacks. We had such a wonderful time and we are already planning new adventures for next year's trip to Myrtle Beach like kayaking and horse-back riding.
Charleston:





Huntington Beach:



Tupelo Bay Golf:

Dianne's Trip to Tuscany - Day 1

My jet-setting sister :-), Dianne left for a week of touring the Tuscany region of Italy. She flew from Charlotte, NC to Chicago to Frankfort to Florence. She is staying at Hotel Chiusarelli. I thought I would do a daily update of her itinerary. I can add her actual pics when she gets back.



Picture courtesy of Hotel Chiusarelli

Happy Mother's Day

Mother's Day.....
Different families have different traditions and those traditions evolve as the family dynamics change. Growing up, My 2 grandmothers, my mother, my two sisters and I would go to the mother-daughter banquet or breakfast at either the Palermo, New Haven or Mexico Methodist Church. And we all got carnation corsages. There used to be a significance as to what color your corsage was but I can't remember what it is now. At our church, they would recognize Mom's: youngest, oldest, etc. It was pretty common for Mom to get recognized as the Mom with the most children since there were seven of us.

My mother and mother in law have been very supportive of me, my husband, Jeff and my children. I thank them for all the help they gave us, especially they early years of raising our children.


My first Mother's Day was 22 years ago. The day before, I gave birth to my identical twin boys 6 weeks premature. My husband bought my card before he even knew they were going to let those boys finally see the light of day (I had been hospitalized for 5 days.) I think back fondly of the gifts my three sons made in school for me. You do your best raising your children and hope that they are happy and successful in what ever they do. I can proudly say that I believe that my sons have achieved that.

Happy Birthday, Aaron & Eric!

Aaron and Eric, my identical twin boys turn 22 today. Oh, how time flies! Aaron graduated from Cayuga Community College with a Business Admin degree. He is currently a service tech for Mac-Gray in the Syracuse area. Eric graduated from NASCAR Tech. He works at Reymore Chevrolet and Lowes. And he races!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY, GUYS!!!