E' da un po' che non si vede il sole... piove, piove sempre! Così è difficile uscire un po'.... soprattutto con Elodie! E poi questa settimana Xavier deve lavorare un sacco.... =( Poverino lui e povera me! No dai, mi piace stare con Elodie, a volte però non me ne rendo conto!Domenica 18 gennaio Arielino è venuto a mangiare a casa nostra anche perchè i miei erano in visita ad Ancona. E Xavier ha fatto le lumache (francese!)... Io le avevo già mangiate, ma per Arielino era la prima volta.... non gli sono piaciute tanto... lui le ha mangiate stile panino... ma invece a Elodie sono piaciute tanto (Nella foto la sua espressione sembra dimostrare il contrario, ma è perchè poco prima aveva pianto per poterne mangiare una...)!
Quella stessa domenica siamo andati a Rimini (dopo aver lasciato Elodie dai nonni) ad un caminetto via satellite di Pres. Monson. E' stato molto bello, parlava della preparazione per gli eventi futuri della nostra vita e metteva in gran risalto l'importanza dello studio... Mi ha fatto venire una gran voglia di fare l'università, ma penso che per il momento sia quasi impossibile, e poi anche a Xavier piacerebbe molto studiare, ma qui in Italia avere e mantenere una famiglia, studiare e lavorare allo stesso tempo non è solo impossibile, ma di più... Al ritorno eravamo davanti a Cinzia e abbiamo scherzato un po' con lei facendo le luci, andando pianissimo ecc, ma poi appena in autostrada... la macchina o meglio la ruota dietro destra ci ha fatto uno scherzo: si è bucata e poi con la velocità praticamente distrutt
a. Ci siamo fermati nella corsia di emergenza per cambiarla, per fortuna si sono fermati due ragazzi, dei quali uno se la cavava meglio di noi nel cambiare le ruote, il quale molto gentilmente ci ha dato una mano. Siamo stati fortunati che sia successo alla ruota dietro perchè se fosse successo a una di quelle davanti sarebbe stato molto pericoloso... Qualcuno ci stava proteggendo!! Elodie poi ha fatto anche 20 mesi! Le piace molto scrivere o scarabocchiare... E' troppo bellina!
Per quanto riguarda la casa a Dovadola... il ragazzo a cui l'abbiamo affittata per il mese di dicembre alla fine ha chiesto di rimanere anche per gennaio... ha detto che il suo amico è partito e aspettava che il padre arrivasse per prendere su lui... Poi il padre è arrivato e dovevano partire subito, poi no il giorno dopo, poi ancora no, dopo due, tre giorni, poi ancora no, alla fine del mese... E intanto rimandava e rimandava il pagamento; più di una volta ha detto un giorno e poi il giorno e l'ora arrivavano e lui no... fino a giovedì 29 gennaio che come scusa questa volta aveva che ha avuto un incidente.... Ma nella sua storia ci sono troppi buchi, le cose non tornano! Giovedì sera allora, stanchi dei suoi giochetti (non ci rispondeva più neanche al telefono!) abbiamo deciso di fare un "blitz" nel nostro appartamento. Xavier è uscito dal lavoro verso le 21:15 e appena a casa siamo andati a prendere mio babbo che è venuto con noi per stare in macchina con Elodie... Siamo andati a Dovadola, ma loro o lui non erano a casa. Siamo entrati dentro con la pila (sembrava di essere in un film!) e abbiamo guardato le condizioni dell'appartamento... erano abbastanza buone, a parte la gran puzza di fumo. Nella camera i materassi erano entrambi per terra uno attaccato all'altro... dorme così vicino a suo padre o a qualc
un altro o meglio altra?? Comuque abbiamo aspettato un pochino ma non è tornato a casa... (erano già le 22:30) Non potendo rimanere di più, anche perchè Elodie doveva essere già a letto e Xavier si alzava presto il giorno dopo, siamo andati verso casa. Prima però ci siamo fermati al pronto soccorso per chiedere se veramente questo ragazzo aveva avuto un incidente, ma non essendo parenti non ci hanno potuto dare l'informazione. Siamo anche andati al ristorante dove aveva detto che sarebbe andato per pranzo, ma anche lì non ci sono stati molto di aiuto... Una volta a casa, il ragazzo che sembra, se non ci ha mentito anche su quello, che si chiami Gaetano Dagostino, ci ha mandato un messaggio dicendo che li stavano portando a casa dal pronto soccorso e che il giorno dopo potevamo andare per prendere i soldi... Ma nonostante Xavier continuasse a chiamarlo lui non rispondeva. Il giorno dopo poi ci ha detto che ci saremmo trovati domenica così ci davano anche le chiavi perchè dovevano partire. Domenica dopo le riunioni abbiamo chiamato, ha risposto una voce diversa da quella di Gaetano, che ci ha detto di andare dopo le 19 perchè doveva fare
l'iniezione.... (noi stavamo già andando verso le 15) Così abbiamo aspettato. Verso le 18:30, il ragazzo ci chiama e ci dice che loro sono già pronti a partire, e gli rispondiamo che come d'acccordo saremmo arrivati comunque dopo le 19. Poi ci ha richiamati di nuovo dicendo che erano a Castrocaro a salutare tutti e che ci saremmo trovati davanti al Grand Hotel... e così è stato... ci ha imbambolato con le sue storie che poi ripensandoci avevano dei particolari che non coincidono tra loro e ci ha dato un assegno assicurandoci che era valido... ci siamo voluti fidare e abbiamo fatto male perchè poi oggi ci siamo informati e l'assegno purtroppo come sospettavamo non è valido e il ragazzo non ci risponde più al telefono.... Siamo anche andati al ristorante dove ci ha detto di aver lavorato, ma non era vero neanche quello... allora cosa è venuto a fare??? Chi è??? Adesso stiamo cercando di risolvere il grosso problema... ma perchè ci capitano tutti a noi??? Sicuramente da queste esperienze stiamo imparando molto: non ci si deve fidare di nessuno!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It has been a while since I have seen the sun the last time... rain, it's always raining! So it is kind of difficult to get out.... especially with Elodie! And this week Xavier has to work a lot .... = ( Poor him and poor me! But, I like being with Elodie, sometimes I don't realize it though! Lately, I've been quite taken by many things, particularly the Young Women New Beginning and the house in Dovadola .... But the most beautiful time is the time I spend with Xavier and Elodie, my potato! =) In fact, almost a month ago, for our family home evening we went to the "mall" in Savignano and then we ate at McDonalds. Elodie likes it a lot, especially the chicken nougats! It reminded me of when I was pregnant and in the first months I threw up everything, and that one day I went with Nancy to McDonalds to eat, so sure that I would have thrown up as always, but this was not the case! I thought that the throwing up was finally gone but no, as soon as I ate something "normal" I started to throw up again .... Since then I had already realized that this little girl likes a "different" food especially McDonalds! I am very happy of my family and I would never change them! (Even though sometimes Elodie makes me really become crazy!) Basically I spend most of my days at home with the potato, I mean, with Elodie, and I look forward to Xavier coming home! Elodie has so much fun with Xavier, when they play together they are so much fun! Unfortunately that Xavier can not spend more time at home .... But a little is
better than nothing! Elodie is growing, I realize that looking at the pictures .... and looking at her hair that is getting long and doing so many beautiful curls! I had curls too when I was little ... Elodie is funny and very smart and knows what she wants, even if she doesn't speak yet she can understand everything in both languages (French and Italian) and makes herself very understandable! Sunday, January 18th, Arielino came to eat at our home because my parents were at church in Ancona. Xavier cooked escargot (French !)... I had already eaten them, but for Arielino was the first time .... he didn't like them so much ... he ate them like a sandwich (with bread to not taste them)... but Elodie instead like them a lot (In the picture her expression seems to prove otherwise, but it's because she just cryed in order to eat one ...)! That same Sunday we went to Rimini (after leaving Elodie with her grandparents) to a fireside by satellite of Pres. Monson. It was really interesting, it was about preparendness for future events of our lives and he put great emphasis on the importance of studying... It gave me a great desire to go back to university, but I think for the moment it is almost impossible, and also Xavier'd love to study, but here in Italy have and maintain a family, work and study at the same time is not only impossible, but more ... On the way back we were in front of Cinzia and we joked a little with her doing the lights, going really slow etc., but then once on the highway ... the right wheel in the back did a joke to us: the wheel was perforated and becuase of the speed it was virtually destroyed. We stopped in the emergency lane to change it, luckily two boys stopped, one of them was better than us in changing wheels, and he was very kind to help us. We were fortunate that happened to the wheel in the back, if it had happened to one of those in the front would have been very dangerous ... Someone was protecting us! Elodie also turned 20 months! She likes to write or scribble a lot ... She's sooo cute! As for the house in Dovadola ... the guy to whom we rented it for the month of December, asked to remain for January ... He said his friend already left and he was waiting for his dad to come to pick him up... Then his father came and had to leave immediately, then no, the next day, then no again, after two or three days, then no again, at the end of the month ... Meanwhile he postponed and postponed the payment; more than once he said he was coming one day, the day and hour arrived, and he didn't ... Until Thursday January 29th when he found a new excuse: this time he said he had an accident .... But in his story there are too many "holes", things do not add up! On Thursday evening, then, tired of his lies (he did even no longer even answere
d the phone!) We decided to do a "blitz" in our apartment. Xavier came out from work around 9:15 pm and when we went to pick up my dad who came with us to stay in the car with Elodie ... We went to Dovadola, but they (or he) were not at home. We got in using a torch (it seemed to be in a movie!) And we looked at the conditions of the apartment ... it was quite good, apart from the great smell of smoke. In the room were two attached mattresses on the floor ... is he sleeping so close to his father or to someone else?? However we waited a little bit but he did not come home... (It was already 10:30 pm) Not being able to stay longer, because Elodie had to be already in bed and Xavier got up early the next day, we went home. But first we stopped at the emergency room to ask if this guy really had an accident, but since we are no relatives they are not able to give us those kind of information. We also went to the restaurant where he said he went to for lunch, but there too they were not a big help... Once home, the guy, whose, if he didn't lie even about that, name is Gaetano Dagostino, sent a message saying they were bringing them home from the emergency room and that the next day we could go to get the money ... But despite Xavier continued to call him he did not reply. The next day he then told us that we could meet on Sunday so they could gave us the keys becuase they had to leave. Sunday after church meetings we called, someone replied wih a different voice from Gaetano, who told us to meet after 7:00 pm because he had to do the injection .... (we were already going at 3:00 pm) So we waited. At about 6:30 pm, the guy called us and told us that they were ready to leave, but we said we were going to be there after 7 as we planned earlier...Then he called us back again saying that they were in Castrocaro to say goodbye to everyone and that we could meet in front of the Grand Hotel ... So it was ... he confused us with his stories, that thinking about it now, what he said, it doesn't make a lot of sense, many details don't fit together.. He gave us a check assuring us that it was valid ... we wanted to trust him but we did wrong, because today we went to change the check and, unfortunately, as suspected it is invalid and the guy does no longer answer the phone.... We also went to the restaurant where we said he worked, but it was not even true that ... then what did he do??? Who is him??? Now we are trying to solve the big problem ... but why we find all these kind of people?? Certainly we are learning a lot from all these experiences: we should not trust anyone !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! On January the 20th was the birthday of Arielino: 2
3 years old... Mamma mia, to me it seems that he is always 12-13, but not for how he behaves is that I stopped at that age for him, as I remained at 21 in my head! Wednesday evening (the 21st) Ariele and Xavier had a meeting at church, so after that Ariele came to our house to "celebrate his birthday." No escargot this time! We ate hambugers and watched "The mystery of the missing pages" (Ariele had not yet watched it!) I iron in the meantime! Yes, because I was super behind ironing so almost every day for that week I iron and I managed to iron almost everything! I am proud of me! =)
On January 26th (which, by the way, was the wedding anniversary of my parents +27!) in the afternoon we went to Dovadola to take our mail by Bruna (the neighbor downstair), because we were waiting for a letter from the bank about some changes we asked on our loan ... When we rang no one opened, I was about to ring again when we saw the girl who helps Bruna, with her two children; they immediately recognized us!... So, to make it shorter, Bruna has fallen and broke the femur; she has been in the hospital for over a month. Sometimes she does not remember things and people, but a person who she always remember is Elodie! We went to visit her at the hospital, she was very surprised and happy to see us! We found out that she's 92 years old! Mamma mia, she does not show her age at all! Now I don't know whether she is going to return home or what, but it will be sad if she doesn't go back to her home... Saturday January 31st after many phone calls, searching, stress, etc.. etc.. etc.. there was the New Beginning of the Young Women of the Rimini district: "A lighthouse in the night" At the moment there are only 3 young women, but we need to work as if they were 60! In Rimini there are really good leaders, Costanza is a great support for me and Sabrina! A person you can rely on! Mila and I went there earlier (I left Elodie with Ariele) and we were the first, luckily I had brought my keys! We began to put on decorations and arrange the computer... Then all the other came. The rehearsals were a disaster, and we didn't have enough time... But then the whole presentation came out very well! There were several people and the Relief Society had prepared a beautiful and good refreshment and there were very well decorated tables! It was just beautiful! We were all dressed with the colors of the YW values, including the new value: virtue, gold! We presented the YW organization and the Mutual theme for this year (1 Timothy 4:12). I hope that especially the young women appreciated and understood at least a little of all the things we talked about. Luckily there is Jenny Phillips that has many beautiful ideas which I then copy and translate! =) I love serving in Young Women!!!!!
Naomi
























