Mom called from Dulles International Airport. She's flying to Italy to hang out with my brother Vincenzo and his family. She's taking a side trip to Switzerland to hang out with my brother Sweetums and his family. She'll be in the Old World for three weeks. Before she hung up, she told me, "Don't work too hard!" Mom sure is enjoying her retirement.
I wish I were as cool as she is. Bon voyage ma mère!
Me, too!
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Sweetums.....
ReplyDeleteBloody good name
Me, too!
ReplyDeleteYeah, she's hella-cool!
Sweetums.....
Bloody good name
It started out as a sarcastic comment by my sister but it stuck, because he actually is perfect.
Dammit. In '99 I was sure I had that whole lifestyle nailed. By '02 I was doomed.
ReplyDeleteAs the noted observer of life on the margins Jonathan Hemlock once noted, timing is the only forgivable social blunder.
And as registered by no less an observer of the human condition than Maxwell Smart, Secret Agent 86 with Control, "Missed it by that much....
Is she goona get a chance to go to Munich or Garmisch (my faves)?
ReplyDeleteHave a good time Mrs.B.
ReplyDeleteShe should totally visit that "Random Babblings of a Disturbed Mind" recipe blogger from Savoie, right down by the Swiss border. He tends to rant a bit but is a good sort underneath.
ReplyDeleteDammit. In '99 I was sure I had that whole lifestyle nailed. By '02 I was doomed.
ReplyDeleteAin't that a kick in the head? I, too, and most of our fellow Americans, was doing better back then, and used to vacation abroad once every year.
Is she goona get a chance to go to Munich or Garmisch (my faves)?
Maybe, my brothers will set the itinerary.
Have a good time Mrs.B.
No doubt about that!
He tends to rant a bit but is a good sort underneath.
But is he from a respectable family? **DUCKS**
She's lucky there's a chain of family hostels where she can stay for nothing.
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