Happiness

I used to collect these little " Love Is... " comics when I was younger. They would come in the newspaper and I would cut them out and place them in a now yellowed 80's photo album. I loved them! I still do! It's been translated into 22 languages- even Armenian! Love Is... - Love is getting up in the middle of the night and going to the store in your jammies to buy me some allergy medicine when I can't sleep because of allergies. -Love is sending us a very giant care package- a triple stroller on our doorstep- after we find out we are having twins. -Love is making a sweet photo collage of us twins together of when we were little as a Christmas Present. -Love is buying me a used clarinet and still having it almost 25 years later. -Love is buying me the CTR ring I have my heart set on. -Love is coming to my rescue when I am about that have my 4th baby and am in complete need of rescuing.  -Love is sending sweet handmade cards in th...

I love Pizza! Invariably, when someone asks what my favorite food is I say "PIZZA!" At first it was because that's what I had always said ever since I was 7 years old. Now, it is because it truly is my favorite food. Of ALL time! Here are my top TEN favorite Pizzas- not in order. #1.My Mom's Homemade Pizza. My Mom would make her own pizza, in two round metal pans, with self-raising dough that would take an hour to rise. It would take a long time to make, but whenever I saw that big metal bowl out on the counter with a towel on top- I knew we were either having cinnamon rolls (yum!) or pizza and either way, I was in HEAVEN! #2. Giovannis. In Santa Barbara. Pure Heaven. Picture this- a family of nine- 2 parents plus 7 hungry kids who only ever went out to eat at McDonalds (can you believe it?) or Taco Bell, plus a kind and generous Aunt and Uncle who have adopted us as their own, walk into a California Pizzeria. The smell? Pure heaven. The sound? Pans clanking, people c...