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My friends, my loved ones,
Things are moving along slowly at the apartment. I am grateful for Ti-Claude’s help in setting-up my IKEA bed frame, a job that took longer than planned, as we had to assemble the bed base one slat at a time! Thank you Claude with all my heart!
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| Bravo! |
The kitchen island from Wayfair arrived the next day, as did my mattress from Dormez-vous?
The following weekend, Mamie and Dieter came to help me organize the hallway cupboard packed with sheets, tablecloths and towels, the kitchen and hang frames. To better accept the hard labor, I made them discover my favorite restaurant in the area Pasta Casareccia. I highly recommend this place not only for their exquisite dishes served at the dining room, but also for the counter of in-house products such as stuffed olives, stuffed mushrooms, fresh pasta, takeaway meals and the Zeppole, an Italian pastry made of a fried ball of dough stuffed with ricotta, as well as the magnificent imported Italian tableware sold at a reasonable price.
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| Fiori de zucchine (delicious!) |
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| Antipasto misto |
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| Fettucini Porto d'Ascoli (the best!) |
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| Spaghetti alle vongole |
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| Spaghetti contadina |
I am finally seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, even if it is 37 degrees in the damn tunnel!!! However, when I keep all the doors and windows closed, the apartment stays cool thanks to the thick walls, courtesy of the 1910-building techniques.
Since August 13th, I am following a weekly shockwave treatment to overcome the calcification problem in my shoulders. The best way to describe the sensation: being hit on my shoulder 2500 times with a hammer! This is my last recourse, so it WILL work.
In the middle of all this, I started teaching last week. I am very happy to once again be among my colleagues, my old students and my new sweeties in their first year of high school.
Now that my life is less chaotic, it will be easier to take time to work on my novel, write my blog and go out and take advantage of the nice weather and good restaurants!
Big kisses to all,
Diane