Marcy Italiano's Journal

We had tremors!!That was cool. It shook the house! Kids slept through it of course but I thought a construction truck drove by. Y'know, those big excavators that rock the neighbourhood? I saw no truck. Wind? It's a little windy out but not house shaking...Then I got the news bulletin,...

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Got this in an email and thought it was interesting, especially since I just recently started eating it! LOL! If anyoen out there knows if this is bunk, let me know...ASPARAGUS -- WHO KNEW?This is from a friendMy Mom had been taking the full-stalk canned style asparagus that she pureedand...

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Just a reminder... let me know if you’re coming so we can count heads, and let us know what you need (vegetarians and sleep-overs!) See previous email for details. This is to all the people working in the Horror World... here is the official invite, let me know if you...

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Twin update! New pics: their first Craft Day, and 2010 family portraits: http://www.flickr.com/photos/tkitaliano/sets/72157624298849156/Also, we figured out how to make gluten free chicken noodle soup. :) Yay comfort food!Step one: Oil and chicken chunks in a pan, cook 'em up and set aside.Step two: Boil and cook rice pasta first. Rinse...

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If you've known me for any length of time, you'd know I have always been a picky eater. I am making a garganutan effort to try things that were on my NO list, or that I just haven't had the courage to try in my 36 years.Last week brought apricots...

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Hey all,Someone on my message board at Horror World wanted to know what my new book, THE QUEEN, was all about. Instead of a short summary (which is hard to write it you're not even done the book yet) I decided to post a short teaser.Wanna read it?Go here: http://horrorworld.org/phpBB3/viewforum.php?f=91...

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Not what you think, not really.I haven't been able to run in a couple of months. My lower back (and extending down my legs) is experiencing some "GAH! I've been shot!" kina pain. I've tried to push it and run a couple of times, including yesterday, and I'm coming up...

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Interesting things happening in and around town, plus a couple of other things that have caught my attention. I want to make note of some of them here, in case you're also interested:After the Ashes: Then, now, and the future of Mel’s Dinerhttp://imprint.uwaterloo.ca/2010/may/7/features/after-ashes-then-now-and-future-mels-diner/(We love this place, our folks love this...

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I know I know... more about food and shit, but this is a learning process and I feel the need to publicly discuss it. All. :P Because to be honest, I am agriculturally ignorant and hope to change that soon. Keep in mind, I'm not out to ONLY buy local,...

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When anyone emails ME about wanting to promote my books, I get a little leery. Does anyone know these people? I assume they're not legit right off the bat but you never know, eh? Here's the email I received:Fiction Can Be News…When PTA Promotes You!PTA is a full-service book publicity...

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March 14-18, 2011 G and I are booked to go back to New Orleans. We'll be staying at the Frenchman. The kids will be going to each set of grandparents for two nights each, and hopefully they'll be even easier to manage by then.It's going to be an emotional trip...

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Last night, during cuddle time before bed, Tommy, as he often does, threw his head back as hard as he could. He's conked G and I a few times each, pretty hard, I don't know how it doesn't hurt him back. This time he got me in the face, just...

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Kids are having movie day, so while Bambi plays I'm going to see if the kids will leave me alone with the laptop.Lately I`ve watched or been exposed to more information about the food industry. Mind you, everything has a slant and an agenda so I keep that in mind...

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Deaf Baby Hears for the First Time:http://bit.ly/b5s8XULook at that smile. :)Happy Friday. Have a great weekend everyone....

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To say "redecorating" would be wrong, we never decorated the bedroom when we moved in. I worked like a Donkey in April and brought in twice what I normally would. Yay! (Thank you to all my clients!) So, we get to do our bedroom. G picked the style. He wanted...

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Today I became an official Reiki Practitioner (Level I).Feeling energized and exhausted at the same time.:)...

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In the market for some bedroom furniture? We can't fit what we inherited: http://alturl.com/ehsmWe're looking for a new chest of drawers up to 5' W in black, preferably no taller than 3-4' tall. Hopefully we'll sell the old and be able to buy the new and come out even....

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Hi guys,Who here has time to kill? I have to scoot really soon, BUT I have a request if you're just hanging around.The kids were watching Looney Tunes today and the episode that came on was the one where mice explain how business works. I caught the part where they...

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Hey kids!Tomorrow night starting at 7:15, I'll be on the internet radio show at: http://www.blogtalkradio.com/league_of_extraordinary_paranormal_womenParanormal Women League Original Paranormal Radio and Horror Radio Broadcasting! The League of Extraordinary Paranormal Women is for Women, about Women, & supporting Women in ALL areas of the Paranormal and Horror/Sci-fi fields...

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Within minutes of each other yesterday, I read a LiveJournal post and a Twitter that was sent to me.The post:"That girl is breathtakingly beautiful!"ELLE Goes Curvy: http://www.youngfatandfabulous.com/2010/03/elle-goes-curvy.htmlThe Twitter:From "ToneItUp" @LizardTwits we love to jump rope!! ;) how did it go? Lately I've been trying to discover my own middle ground....

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Hi guys! I need techie help!I have an Acer Aspire One ZG5 with Linux. It crashed. In the past, Acer provided us with a downloadable file we could put on a USB stick, put it in the Acer, reboot and all was well. We do not have a CD to...

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It's always great seeing friends. Actually these days, it's great seeing adults. LOL! I've been socially deprived and I get even more excited now when I get to hang with my peeps.I shared a reading time with Todd McCaffrey, one of the guests of honour. He seemed like a very...

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Got this in email this morning and thought I'd share to brighten up this suddenly *snowy* April Friday... FOR THOSE WHO REMEMBER ..............Hollywood Squares: These great questions and answers are from the days when Hollywood Squares game show responses were spontaneous, not scripted, as they are now....

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In February I made a post about the SI Swimsuit issue. I intended to follow it up with an explanation. It took me until now to figure that out for myself.I think it was around 2006 when I posted about leaving Anorexia behind me. I was accepting my body. The...

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Here's the where and when for me at Ad Astra:Sat 3:00 PM Wynford Reading: Todd McCaffrey, Marcy Italiano Sat 4:00 PM Ballr. East Autograph SessionSat 5:00 PM Ballr. East ...

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