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Sono Shelia! To sum up...I am a mom that adores her little one, a navy wife and I gal that just loves her family and friends..Oh and this small little obession I have with Italy! I am a lover of all things Italian. The food. The people. The shoes. The clothes that I will never be able to wear. The 4 hour mid-day breaks. The slow life. One day I will live there again. And when I do you can bet my lens will go everywhere with me. Because that is just what I do- document. I document everything. And that is what you will find here on this blog. My journeys in life. The day to day happenings here at the studio. My little one and all her glory. And of course images galore!!

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California Dreamin’

Tuesday, November 17, 2009 Posted in Uncategorized

With Christmas just around the corner, (Yippers check the calendar. It is here. Already!) I realized I never shared the news.

Depending on who you are and how you look at it. It’s good news. Or it’s bad news.

Bad news for the man that sits oceans away from his family for yet another 10 months.

Bad news for the wife that doesn’t get to see her husband for yet another 10 months.

Bad news for the little girl that doesn’t get to see her daddy for yet ANOTHER 10 months.

Good news for the wife and the daughter that doesn’t have to move yet again to a new land where they know nobody and their husband/daddy leave without notice for the upteen time.

Good news for the friends and family that want that wife and daughter to hang around and be an active participant in their world.

It is all about the way you look at it.

I am the wife and Emmy is the daughter. And the new land that we are not moving to is Bahrain.

Instead. It is California Dreamin baby!

Life is all about your attidude. While I could dwell on the fact that it totally sucks that by the time we are a family again 20 months has past, I am not.

Instead we are rolling with it. Come August we will be in Sunny California hitting up Minnie and Mickey’s place, chasing the birds on the shores and taking it easy as family of 3 and possibly four.

And I personally can’t wait to take this road trip again…..