thanks, carol!

last week, i was too busy pet-sitting for my neighbors while they were vacationing in italy to do much blogging. late on sunday, jeremy and logan came over with armfuls of delicious gifts for us: primo olive oil, mushrooms, an impressive bottle of wine, a miffy puppet for ky, a pretty bottle stopper... and then jeremy seems to be holding something back, which is not typical jeremy fashion.

"here." he says, handing me a bag of pasta. i look at it and laugh at the shape of the noodles. "nice. what trip to italy would be complete without it!" i said. "it's not from us. it's from my mother-in-law. she saw it and insisted on getting it for you." i laughed a lot harder.


so thanks, carol. thanks for my phallic pasta, it'll really make for a presentation on my lovely fiestaware. i'm glad that i don't scare you (and janet, and lauren's mom) away. :)

ciao, baby.