Jenn Martinelli Blogging in Boston
- At Baker Peak in Vermont with Cleo, August 2011.
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Happy Mother's Day!
Happy Mother's Day Mom! Here are some fun photos in your honor.
Note: several new pictures added today 5/9/2011!
Mom pregnant with me, sitting in their apartment in Manheim, PA. I don't remember this place, we moved to Maple Street in Lebanon when I was about a year old. Notice the awesome clock on the wall!
Mom showing off apparently her big pregnant belly and also a baby carriage. Please note you can almost see what's on the TV! I wonder what it was? Also, the bookshelf made from bricks and planks of wood - awesome. And that dual framed photo on the shelf still exists, probably still in that frame. From one of my parents' first camping trips. I THINK in Colorado.
And here are my parents with baby me, very soon after I was born. Obviously my mom looks young in all these photos but this one really strikes me - my parents look like kids! Like teenagers! (They weren't.) Crazy. Also, I love the t-shirts.
My mom holding me at Patrick's first birthday. Judy holding Patrick on the left as he attacks his cake. We grew up together and he is 4 weeks older than me.
I'm not sure what this event is, maybe 4th of July or Memorial Day. This is at the Murphys' too, looks like a picnic. I would guess this is about 1979. That's little blond me!
Here is Mom from our "girls only" vacation in 1994. This is at the top of Lily Mountain in Colorado. Years later I took Rob and Heather and our dogs Billy and Cleo on this hike in May but there was too much snow at the top and we lost the trail - never made it to the summit!
This is Mom on our trail ride on the same "girls only" vacation from 1994. We had a fun trip!
And of course here we are in Venice, from September, 2009 when my parents were lucky enough to be living in Italy. I have been dying to go back ever since. So many beautiful places, and delicious food and wine. Food is very important in our family.
Happy Mother's Day, Mom! I love you!
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Why you should visit this site regularly
Because I'm right about everything. If you disagree, I don't care.
What's going on right now
I swear, someday we will be done fixing things and moving in. Seems like every time we start something we find an unanticipated problem. And it's hard to find the time to work on this stuff. I made a Homeownership category on this blog but it is woefully out of date. I will try to keep it current, though. The process of fixing things and putting things where they belong continues.
We adopted two kitties from the Animal Rescue League of Boston in the fall of 2010. Molly is a sweet black and white/piebald kitty who was found on the streets as a stray. Katie is a torbie/Maine Coon who was confiscated in a hoarding case where there were 98 cats total. Both are great in their own way. Molly loves to cuddle like no cat I have ever known. She would rather be carried around like a baby or sleeping in your lap literally every second of her life than anything else. She's also a heat-seeker and regularly tries to march around on the stove while we are cooking. Don't worry, we keep a careful watch on her.
Katie is now enormous. When she stretches out she spans the entire width of our dining table. She still has a lot of kitten type energy and likes to play a lot. Luckily she easily makes a game out of a lot of things. Unfortunately, one of those things is our blinds. Which will need to be replaced. Her favorite toy in the universe is a plastic drinking straw. She literally goes crazy for them.
In Memory of Billy the dog
Best.Dog.Ever. 1995-2009.
Many of you knew or knew of Billy. We miss him a lot but his memory lives on, especially thanks to this blog.
Here are some favorites:
Some photos in honor of Billy's 13th birthday
In Memory of Emily the kitty
Greatest kitty in the world! 1992-2010.
Many of you probably have heard Emily stories. She was a sweet and funny cat who seemed to get more personality every year. Imagine how much she had by the time she was 17 and a half years old!
Check out this post to see links to more favorites:
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