Thursday, June 25, 2009

Well, I'm off to Italy. I'm getting married!!

The past few weeks have been a nightmere. Visa rejection, 28 days to leave the country, suspended work status, tube strikes, postal strikes, emergency passports....you name it I've done it when it comes to bureaucracy. All in the name for love.

Well my illegal alien status stands and at this point I'm hoping that post wedding they will let me back into the country. I'll be camping in New York until my spousal visa is approved.

Wedding....Ian and I are very excited for the big day. We're driving down tomorrow, ferry, a night in northern Italy and then the farmhouse for a week. Check out Pian di Cascina in Casa Castalda, Umbria. We're delighted that many of our friends and family will be joining us to celebrate our nuptuals. A porchetta party will take place on the 4th of July to celebrate the festivities bringing American and Brits together on neutral land.

I'll keep you posted on my plight. A new journey awaits me and I'm looking forward...

Love Loyalty Friendship,
L

Monday, February 09, 2009

So note to self.....

when you get a new job and don't dry your hair in the morning and it's snowing so it never dries on the hour long train ride....don't dry it in the Dyson hand dryer that claims to dry hands in 10 seconds or less. Paul Mitchell and Jose Eber would be jealous of the rats nest that was created. I had to cut knots out of my Bob Marley hair.

also

when writing a colleague at your former employment make sure that you've typed the correct address for there could be a man matching the exact first/last name who instead of being your friends is the Legal Secretary (the big cheese lawyer) for our company of 70,000 people. And when he says, you have the wrong address, your response e.g second message (like the first wasn't enough) is...."are you mad?" because I think my friend is actually just a little upset for my delayed email, and then the realisation hits you and punches you in the face and gut...and a third email is sent which gravels for forgiveness.

and lastly

don't spill a pint of water on your new laptop in your new job...it may leave a bad and costly impression. But hey, those Dyson hand dryers sure do come in handy when getting water out of a battery and keyboard. How 'bout those Dysons?

Good people, good times.

p.s. the Legal secretary and H20 incidents occured within 3 minutes of each other.

Sunday, January 11, 2009


Happy New Year
She's not mine!
The New Year kicked off with the birth of my niece, Isabella Faith. For the first time, I was home to witness from very afar the birth of my niece. She was precious to hold, and even better was great seeing her older sisters' reactions. BAAABBBYY!
Home for 2 weeks, Ian and I enjoyed friends and family. We had our engagement party, hung out in Santa Barbara, wined and dined in Long Beach, took a trip down memory lane watching a Servite basketball game, found lions and snakes going wild in my niece Hannah's imagination and prayed for the warm sun to grace us before heading home.