Dallas - house!

After Cincinnati, I went to go visit my folks in Dallas for a week.
It ended up being perfect timing, as my Mom ended up having some
surgery and I was able to play "nurse" that week. So, sorry again to
all my Dallas friends I didn't get to see. I'd planned to hang out a
bit more, but alas, it was better that I stayed at home with Mom and
kept her company. Keeping her IN BED was hard enough! She doesn't
know what REST means.
But it was great to just have a week of "down time" with her and Dad.
My last day, I got a facial peel, thinking it would be no big deal. I
was majorly out of it for the plane ride home and looked like a
scalded lizard for a week at home. Nothing like arriving home to your
newly-wed husband and telling him "don't touch me!" Poor Tullio!
But I look fabulous now - no more old icky skin and sun damage! And,
yes, I am now being even more religious with the sunscreen. The
Italians don't understand us melanin-deprived people... They just
think that if I TRIED HARDER, I'd eventually tan. ;-)
Off to educate the Italian public...
Oh, and one of the best things I've done these past few weeks was - I
signed on a new home!!! I've bought a big apartment built in 1899 in
the Citt' Turin part of Torino and occupied by only one family. It's
a total re-do, but we're looking forward to the renovations! Can't
wait!! Wish us luck!