roma

so i finally did it

a month and a half later

i uploaded my pictures from rome 

to my computer

now

if i only had time to edit all 700 plus photos

but alas 

i must work

so here are some of my favorite

actually a minimal amount of my favorites

due to the slooooow internet in my little italian village

if i haven't said it before

i will say it now

i love the colosseum 

it amazes me!

a candid moment of two of my favorite people

trevi fountain

another one of my favorite places in rome

a simple picture

yet it's one of my favorite

traditionally 

i am not a 'big-city' kind of gal

but 

there is something about rome

that i love

and 

despite it being a large city

i find myself 

dreaming about living in an apartment

looking over the trevi fountain

and

spending countless hours 

walking the streets

finding new wonders

and 

eating a lot of gelato!

more rome pictures to come soon! 

promise!

mail call!!!

you get the piece of paper in your mailbox 

that says

"please go pick up your parcel"

actually it's quite rude and says

"first notice"

you anxiously wait in line

with all the other hopefuls

you check facebook

you text whoever you think will listen

you do something to make the time go buy

then 

its your turn

you hand your "notice" over

and the mail clerk

slowly walks around

acting like he or she just started yesterday

and you wanna scream

"come on man! get my stuff! don't you know today is my day! i got a package"

then you get not one

but two boxes

woo-hoo

and it isn't dog food food!

yes we mail order our dog food

the pups have to have their special food

spoiled yes

and in those boxes

clothes!

a book!

 goodies!

and

coupons!

support the military!

find a military family living overseas,

send them your expired coupons!

all for you!

nothing, nada, zilch for the pups

ok, i admit i am jealous the dogs get more boxes than i do

my dad

sends me boxes routinely!

filled with magazines

snacks

tidbits of stuff

to make me feel like i'm still stateside

but today

was clothes

and i need clothes

but 

i was surprised with the bottle of cream soda

from pops

that had the whale in oklahoma on it

we use drive past that whale during family vacations

and the book

"think"

this book is hilarious

and just what i needed

after last month!

so thank you daddy

for all the time

money

and thought

you put into the boxes

they make my life just a little bit easier.

how many blondes does it take to change a lightbulb?

remember

{my mission}

well 

today

actually the past few weeks

i've been trying to change a light bulb

seriously folks, don't laugh!

but my kitchen light went out three weeks ago

thankfully 

it is summer so it stays light outside longer

and

i have a big window in my kitchen

my first attempt was to buy this

it's circular

and i knew the lightbulb at home was circular

and it was the only circular light bulb at the store

this was the wrong choice

the wrong 15 euro choice mind you

that's equivalent to about 18-20 american dollars

so i thought i would do the smart thing

and take the light bulb down

only to find 

that it has a battery!

this is my ah-ha moment

but then i forgot to take the battery to the store

at the store i had two options

and since both were relatively inexpensive

i bought both

and 

again

fail!

sorta

the battery fit

but the light just flickered

so 

kenneth said

"hun, i think it's the light bulb"

emphasizing light bulb

so i did the thing i should have done to begin with

i took the light bulb out

took it to another store

and 

found it!

however,

when i got home

opened the box

i realized it didn't come with batteries

but wait!

remember i had already bought some

and 

guess what

they fit!!

yay!!!

with a click of a switch 

i had light!

and 

to answer the question

it only takes one blonde to change a lightbulb

one very persistent blonde