Wow! Has it been this long since I last posted? That's what happens when life takes over I guess, LOL.
This first page is a QP of course, I have no time to do pages in any other way lately. This picture was taken in 1998 when I went to visit my aunt Marisa (my mom's sister, which just happens to be my GodMother, my middle name is Marisa after her) in Aosta, in northern Italy with Nicky and my dad. My mom took this beautiful picture!

BIGGER VERSION HERE:
http://public.fotki.com/ebworld/personal-photos/scrap-pages/1990s/aug98.html


This second page is three pictures from our summer visit to the beach of my family in 1968. GASP-40 years ago! Yet another QP.

BIGGER VERSION HERE:
http://public.fotki.com/ebworld/personal-photos/scrap-pages/1960s/summer68.html

Two more pages tonight. Not that I had time to do them, but I feel so crappy... I've had this sore throat now for a month. I am ready to go to the doctor!

This first page is my BEAUTIFUL Mom Laura. This was just before she got pregnant with me! Summer 1963. This is a quickpage by SnowsMoons Designs.
Bigger version here:
http://public.fotki.com/ebworld/personal-photos/scrap-pages/1960s/summer63.html


This second page was a LOT of fun to make. First, I ran across to this 'Great Guy Spotted' frame by Cherswitz... so cute... and so true! Greg is the love of my life hands down. I knew it from the first time I saw him on a November day in 1984. I always felt he was MINE. My only regret is that it took so darn long for us to get together! We only got married in 2002, but, as far as I am concerned, it was meant to me. For us to survive divorces, kids and to find each other and be as strong as we are... it's nothing short of remarkable. Nothing will ever pull us apart. This fall will mark the 10 year anniversary of us re-starting our relationship after a 14 year hiatus.
I put this page together using a kit from Shabby Princess (Urban Kiwi Kit).

Bigger version here:
http://public.fotki.com/ebworld/personal-photos/scrap-pages/2000s/june022.html

Nicky's been home since his "accident". Sigh. He'll go back to school on Monday, he was in just too much pain. I am just about to go play Mario Kart for the WII with him as soon as I am done with this!
Isn't this picture amazing? I was 2 years old and I am in my grandfather's arms. He's my mom's dad. It's a RARE photo with him, I only have a handful. He died when I was 13 of liver failure. In this photo with us are my sister Lorena below us and to the side my cousins Esther, Elena and Ivo. I am probably closer to Elena right now, she's a sweetheart, she lives close to my parents so I always get news from her family. She just recently became a grandmother, imagine that! My cousin Esther's son Sabino lives and works in Australia, the handsome devil. I hear from Ivo's wife every now and again.

Bigger version of this picture here:
http://public.fotki.com/ebworld/personal-photos/scrap-pages/1960s/fall1966.html

I feel bad because my websites need updating BADLY, but this is so much more fun to do, and I feel so horrible today, I need something fun to do for me, LOL.

This photo I love. My dad and mom are holding me, and below is my older sister. This pic was taken in 1965, summer looks like, I was 1 and my older sister was 5.

Bigger version is here:
http://public.fotki.com/ebworld/personal-photos/scrap-pages/1960s/jul65.html

I could not go to sleep tonight before putting together another page. I probably won't be able to make another one for several days. The BIGGER VERSION of this one is uploaded here:
http://public.fotki.com/ebworld/personal-photos/scrap-pages/1960s/dec69.html

I used a quickpage for this one again, at 10:30pm, after the day I had, I thank God for the QP, I saved quite a few in the past several months, and I am happy I did.

This photo was taken in Christmas 1969. From the left is my dad, my nonna and nonno, my aunt Anna, myself and my sister. As you can tell on the table is the famous Panettone and my aunt had gotten me these cute sewing cardboard pictures, they were pretty cute. The strange thing is that I actually remember them, I remember her giving them to me and then I saw my mom in the other room thanking her for giving both myself and my sister some towels for our 'wardrobe'. It's tradition in Italy to start putting things away for when the kids get married, but at 5 years old, I remember being disappointed that instead of getting another toy I got towels for when I got married. I laughed at it the other day to my husband, look, I told him, I have 40 year old towels!!! LOL Too funny!

Here's another page that I've done recently. I've always loved this picture! I am fairly sure it was taken in Italy in 1967, in the back of my uncle's truck or van or... whatever that was! I was 3 years old in the 'hat' in the forefront, ain't I cute? The other girl with the hat is my sister Lorena, she was 7. The other kids are our 'american' cousins (as we called them) all close in age to us. From left to right, Lisa (6), me, John (5), my sister and my oldest cousin Mary (8).

I cheated and used a QuickPage for this layout. Ha Ha. I am fairly sure the quickpage is from the fabulous Sindiego's Scraps.

I am still feeling BLAH, worse than ever, I don't know what is wrong with me, I feel very strange. I hope I am not sick! But how sick is it that Carly got voted off American Idol? I cried. BOO!!