Bella Mia

 This is my angel...my beautiful niece. 

I have had the pleasure of watching her while my bro and sis were in Jamaica this past week.

I am one lucky Zia.

  AM I NOT?

So good to be home.

 I have moved before, but not like this move.

 You normally work through the endless boxes,

 but when your rebuilding after a house fire and move into your home still needing to grout tiles, install doors, remove construction debris and plant gardens its tiring to say the least.

 But we did it!

I can't move, my back hurts from all the shoveling, cleaning, garbage removal, oh and did I mention my brother went to Jamaica and I watched my 7 month old niece on top of all that. I was running on pure adrenalin. 

I wouldn't change my last 2 weeks for anything....

SO HAPPY TO BE HOME!

Monday April 30,2012

Today we move home.

 The stairway to our heaven

 The doorway to our new life

1 year and 2 months after our fire...

                                                       We're coming home.

Drywall, mudding and sanding...OH MY!

Once the drywall is complete we're starting on the painting, tiles and floors.

It's all starting to come to life

This is my house?

PINCH ME I MUST BE DREAMING!

The Littlest Hobo

We are all about silly rituals in our family, things we do our special way, weird not normal and strange to most.

But we enjoy it, like... garage sale hunting Saturday's (it's a family affair).

Our nightly games of hide and seek, and ninja even my teenager's must play.

"Picking" which I will dedicate another blog to.

Our new ritual is waking up early Sat and Sun and watching a mini marathon of The Littlest Hobo reruns.

We're obsessed, I just can get enough of it, its nostalgic and I still cry at the end of every episode just like I did when I was a kid.

What's even cooler is it was shot all over Ontario from the big city of Toronto to the country side of Wellington, Dufferin, Halton, Caledon.

I hope you sit down with your family, enjoy and fall in love with London the dog a.k.a Hobo.

Laugh at the crazy hair styles and clothing.

Recognize the town they shot that episode.

Just like we do

My Sister In-law...

Have I ever told you about Laura?

She's my sister in-law and a best friend, she married my only brother and I am so lucky to have her as part of my family.

She just blessed me recently with my first niece Samantha Daniela DiMatteo.

There will more about Samantha in another blog, because this one is all about LAURA!

Laura is Beautiful, funny as all hell, smart, witty...

She makes you feel so good when you first see her, she will always flood you with lovely compliments.

And notices everything new or different about you.

I know what your all thinking "well so is my sister in-law" but did your sister enter you in a contest and win you a trip to THE MAYAN RIVIERA?

So one morning after a very hard and depressing week around 7am I wake up to the phone ringing, I'm thinking "oh boy someone calling this early can't be good".

I answer the phone unwillingly...."Daniela its me Laura" (my minds going a mile a minute, thinking something wrong with Samantha...) "Don't hang up" I entered you in a contest at CHFI and you won a trip to the Mayan Riviera." I respond "what are you talking about Laura don't play with me...when the radio host from CHFI responded " Daniela your sister in-law Laura wrote us an essay explaining the hard year your family has had, and you won the trip."

She did this for us...she unselfishly loves us so so much and was so empathetic to our hard times.

I LOVE YOU LADY LAURINGTON!