RANDOM THOUGHTS
Discovered a new granite spiral staircase yesterday. Sometimes I don't know which level I'm at. Everything here is made of stone, granite and cement. Robby is power washing
EVERYTHING. You'd think the Queen was getting inaugurated this weekend. Yes, this wedding will be going on all weekend. Today Prosperina and her daughter, Daniella asked
if I wanted to see her apartment. YES! Of course. I wish I could had taken pictures. The upholstery on all the pieces of furniture is so elegant. All new but I could imagine it
is styled after furniture of the 18th century. Prosperina (name means prosperous) is actually quite wealthy. But I heard it comes from her husband. She looks exactly like Carla who
is her sister. Carla is Robby's mom. Carla is your typical Italian mother-in-law. Bossy, overbearing and her opinion is the only one that counts. Miriam has so much patience. I don't think I would
be so understanding of my mother-in-law. Miriam is ironing right now. But it has to be done just so. Per Carla's instructions.
I took Sara and Sophia out in the carriage this morning so Miriam could get stuff done. So we went down to Casaletto, sat in the plaza and waited as long as we could before starting
back up the mountain so Miriam could have as much time as possible without the kids screaming for her.
Sophia is NOT a good big sister to Sara. She's always wanting anything Sara has. Like her bottle. Sophia will take Sara's bottle right out of her mouth and start drinking it! And
temper tantrums! Holy cow! About nothing at all. But Miriam hardly ever says NO to her.
Yesterday I made a chocolate zucchini cake that turned out really good. But because I have to use a round bottomed bowl for mixing, and I'm not used to this, the bowl flew off the
table and chocolate batter went everywhere! What a mess! So I had to guess what was left in the bowl and add to it to complete the recipe. But it turned out really good.
The electrical system is so screwy here. I turned the big electric oven on to do the wedding cake (Miriam had never used this oven) and of course it tripped the breaker.
A few days ago, Robby spent a couple of hours on the phone with the electric co. asking them to give his more power. Not sure how this works. But I guess they can turn it up
if they want. Robby gets frustrated when he tries to explain stuff to me when I ask him questions because he's not so good with the English.
The sheep are coming tomorrow. I love these chickens. I get 1 or 2 eggs daily.
The food: I'll have to list everything after this wedding is done. But one thing is they want chili con carne served at midnight on Sunday. Somehow this is an Italian
tradition to help those who drank too much to sober up. Sunday at 6pm is the wedding ceremony.
Miriam made croustades with her homemade jams. This will be for Saturday night. I know they're making eggplant parmigiana and sausage. Some of the food arrived today like
the olives and the wheel of cheese. Orange juice is served to the children. Fresh fruit salad will be served at some point. And gnocchi. But I'm not sure what stuff is for
Saturday and what stuff is for Sunday. Not sure I mentioned this but the bride (Elizabeth from Austria) is getting married on the 111th anniversary of her great grandmother's
wedding and she has her rose gold wedding ring.
I know all these thoughts are random but there is just so much. I don't know how to separate all this information. But after the wedding I will try to write just about it.
The groom is from Turkey. The bride and groom have a 7 yr. old daughter together. They spent a vacation here last November and said it was just so beautiful, they
wanted to have a true Italian wedding. So here we are. And Carla being the Baroness' daughter has to do it up just so. You wouldn't believe the people coming and going
through here cleaning every inch. We have people in the garden cleaning and power washing the stone wall! The only thing I'm surprised about is the lack of flowers.
There are a few rose bushes in bloom but all in all very little flowers out there. Don't understand that.
It rained this week for 4 days on and off. Doesn't usually rain at all this time of year. It mostly rains in the Winter months. Today it is beautiful. 23.5 deg. celsius. Whatever
that is. I think it's around 65 or 70. ok for now. Will write more later.
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