Pushing

My goal was 5 miles...did 4 last week! Jump started my metabolism! Did a mile all by me self this morning...the Princess over slept! Likely story...sounds like a chicken to me! Feeling ok...hope those new pills from the doc work! Got some orthodic inserts for my sneaks...boy! Less back pain, hardly any foot issues! Ahhhhhhh

Hope you all are feeling good....Di

Go Green!

Rainy day.....but none the less...Nadia and Diane we're out along side J and her surprise crew....screaming and cheering on Antonio and his fellow GREEN TEAM soccer players! They did a great job....slipping and sliding and almost tied, until the last quarter, when the Blue Team scored their 3rd goal! Bummer! Here's Thunder Foot in action!!

HEY, SUNSHINE!!!!

12 years, 5 hours, and 55 minutes ago.....Antonio was born! He wooed everyone (especially Mommy!) with his huge, bright, blue eyes, his chubby cheeks and his brillant smile!

Today, he is 5'4" (tall for his age!), thin and those baby blues are now a killer green...man can he still smile...just like the SUNSHINE!

He drives us me crazy sometimes....with the music in his head...but I wouldn't trade him for the world!

Happy Birthday, Paiaso! I love you!

Mommy

September 23rd!!

Who are those hotties??? AAAAHHHH.....the 80's! Bad hair, worse yet, bad fashion.....but enough reminiscing!

We have a special announcment! Today is Tia Cheris' BIRTHDAY!!!! So for your special day Tia, John and Nadia came up with a little poem:

Happy Birthday Cheri-Berry,

Hope your day is Very Merry!

Although your legs are Very Hairy,

It's okay cause, your've already found someone to Marry!!!!!!!

Make sure you celebrate your Date,

For today you're 38!

We love you!

PS: Her legs are long, not hairy!!! xoxo

Oh yeah!

Diane and Nadia started the mile morning jog this week! As you can see, it ain't easy getting sneakers on at 5:30 every morning!! But we drag each other along!!! Feeling better already!!!


Di went back to the doc this morning and she is smiling! Lost 2 pounds! But, have to take the cholestrol pill! Just too high...and diet not usually sucessful. So, a pill each night for 4 weeks, more blood work and then we'll see! No EKG this time and pressure was good! Yee-haw! Hope you all are feeling well today!

Inspired! Motivated! Delighted!

Wow!! To say the least!

I am not a sports enthusiast...well.....I am one hell of a U-13 boys soccer cheerleader! and.....I can get pretty loud cheering on the Capital District High School Girls Rugby Team too! But other than that....I don't think I ever heard of Jim Bouton (that's him in the photo)! A few weeks ago, John and I received an invite to hear him speak! We accepted...not because he's an well known ex-Yankees pitcher....because we had never heard of him before and neither of us know much about baseball! We went for the business networking and to hear what Mr. Bouton had to say about "Rounding the Bases: My Life as an Entrepreneur"! He was comical, articulate, passionate and sincere! He inspired, motivated and delighted me! His closing advice, while chewing a huge 3-finger grab of "Big League Chew" bubble gum (which he created and established) was:

1. Rake the field! (Just ask, we'll tell you the story!)
2. Have dreams!
3. Have fun!

What I know: I am good at number 2 and 3....I just need to rake the field more often!!

For those of you who don't know about Jim Bouton...he also wrote a very controversial book: Ball Four

Just wanted to share my high.....on my way to having fun...raking in my dreams! Di

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Just checking in to say hola! We hope all is well! We are all doing great! Diane is keeping busy canning and working in the studio! John keeps everyone laughing and is working diligently in the studio! Nadia is in her SENIOR YEAR of HS and taking: Advanced Placement Biology, Pre-Calc, Physics, Honors Spanish 4, Mythology, and Participation in Government! She is also doing an Internship in the studio with John. She hasn't decided on her final picks for college yet, but is still shooting for Med School! Antonio is in Middle School---6th grade and loves it! He is really enjoying playing co-ed soccer and is doing awesome! Notice the photo of the Tiki Bar??? For those of you too far away to indulge....John and Diane built it in the backyard this Spring while the snow was busy melting! John cut the palm frons off his tree in Jacksonville, FL when he moved back to NY in 2005 and saved them...no suprise there! The wood came from an old barn and John saved that for 6 years! All the paint came from the "oops paint section" at Home Depot! We go into production in the springtime!!! Please email your orders!

Stay tuned for some exciting news and photos!

Peace and love from us 4!