Successful Weekend.

Hello there,

this weekend we did a lot and the best is that we didn't plan any of it.
On friday while I was at work Connie texted me to ask if I wanted to see the Pies beat the Blues as she had a spare ticket for the huuuge match.
Straight after work we met at Connie's work and caught the tram/walked to the MCG.

We were pretty lucky to have an awesome weather that day, the MCG is open so in winter you easily freeze your bottom off and when it rains...oooh you can only imagine hehe.

Here is the sun that was going down behind the beautiful city of Melbourne behind us, while we were walking to the MCG :)

The match was goood and we had good seats close to the ground, the one thing that annoyed all of us was the drunk guys who started a fight with us girls out of nowhere?!?!

We were there with connies mum,lil brother,cousins and aunty&uncle as it is a family event. Going to the footy as far as I know has always been from the lil and older ones, it's not a place to get pissed at and abuse the hell out of who you want to. People like that should perhaps watch the match at a pub and not where they're surrounded by families.

Anyway...apart from them low "guys" it was fun as Connie and her Mum are the most passionate supporters I have ever seen, some times during the match i would actually look at them instead of the players haha.

After a long day and a good long sleep, Saturday started at 10am this time with my mother and Connie of course. We went shopping as my 21st birthday is only 13days away and I still had nothing to wear. We started in Brunswick where I found shoes I didn't really need, they were cute,cheap and only in my size...I wasn't just gonna leave em there lol.

We so gangsta and hip! haha

After having lunch in a cute lil French Cafe' we headed off to Highpoint, a big shopping centre in our area. There I finally found a cute white dress with sleeves which were the main thing i was looking in a dress on my hunt. I still have no shoes but we were so tired we just wanted to leave and go homeee.

Tired and out of energy we collapsed on the couch at home and did a Gossip Girl marathon haha, come on you gotta looove Gossip Girl!! We sure do :)

We watched it till it was time for dinner, which we had at a family friends house. Till dinner was ready we played with the lil kids ... we played with barbies! hahaha it was really funny.

After dinner we went home and watched Gossip Girl again till we fell asleep. zzZzzzzz.......

We had a pretty good weekend, the next big event for us will be Supafest which I would have mentioned in prev posts with all the awesome rapstars :)

till then...

xoxoDDF

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Y ear 2011!

Hello there,

this comes very late and delayed,but I'm sure you all know how crazy December can get

I hope you all had a great Christmas filled with love around your family or loved ones. 

To me it's become the one day of the year you can catch up with the whole family in one day, 

every ones lives have become just way too busy!

Being from a Italian background it was filled with waaaaay too much food, and I'm sure so was Connie's with her family.

Merry Christmas from DDF

This year for NYE our friends including us were a little slack with organising anything,

so we decided that it would be nice to spend it with our families which we both are glad to have done.

Connie went to her cousins house with all her cousins and parents, and I went to a family friends beach house. I loved it there because it's a little town where retired people stay it was very quiet, and it was exactly what I needed after a crazy time and year!

Even if it was good spending so much time away, I did miss my friends and Connie of course. So when I got back to Melbourne Sunday after NYE as soon as I got home,unpacked and by the time I got ready we went out.

First stop was Anglers Tavern which we may have mentioned a few times before, it's just a local place with ok crowd and music. The only bad thing must be the short staff on a huge bar, we waited for way too long.

Afterwards we went to Star bar that we haven't been to since April 2010 (My birthday).

I personally Loved the music and the crowd was ... meh,average I guess. Lot's of tall people for some reason,and blonds!That was a bit odd, but apart from that we had a fun night. Lots of shots and drinks were involved...oh what a crazy night.

When we got back home around 1am Connie and Me were not ready to sleep, so we played Whiz-Bang,   

one hell of a fun drinking game which perhaps will get its own post with other drinking games.

We ended it with watching Khloe & Kourtney in Miami until around 4am Connie woke me up to go to sleep. (we were on the couches which are way too small to sleep on)

Our countdown to our Europe trip is getting more exciting every single day!!

5 Months and 20 Days away!!

xoxoNelly

Cousin's Wedding :)

Hello my lovelies! I have missed writing to you all...

So I guess I should start with my apologies for lack of posting in the past month or so...

It has been a really busy time for me, and Nelly as well. So busy that we barely find the time to see each other, and have even less time for us to write here for you all.

Here are some of the things going down in my life, that have been keeping me so busy - it started with my birthday, which i was busy all weekend spending time with Nelly and co, and just celebrating my life :)

The weekend after my birthday was the AFL Grand Final, I cuoldnt get tickets to that game so i was at Sidney Meyer Music Bowl, unfortunately we didnt win that game, it was draw and subsequently that meant we would have to have a rematch the following weekend. So the first weekend of October was also spent watching the Grand Final, though this time i got tickets and was there to watch my team win their 15th Premiership Cup :) but more on that at a later date.

Then this past weekend was my cousins Wedding which is what this post is about.

This isnt really my cousin. You see my Dad's family all lives in Italy except for one of his uncles - Michaelangelo - who my Dad loves and treats like his own father. Anyways, Zio Michaelangelo had two kids Carmel and Joe who both have kids older than us.

Zia Carmel is actually my second cousin, as she is my dad's first cousin, and her son, Andrew (my third cousin), was getting married on the weekend.

I know it seems weird that I would know my third cousins but my Dad is really old school and likes to stay in touch with his family. 

Anyways, this past weekend was Andrew and Janine's wedding. They married on 10/10/10 like 1000 other couples in Melbourne did. It was an amazingly beautiful day. 25 degrees Celcius and the sun shining all day long. The wedding was held at the Siren on Williamstown Beach and it was my families first beach wedding. Of course the rest of the family had much to comment on but i though it was a beautiful beach wedding.

Janine is a Kiwi so her family showed us some of their traditions and even did the haka.. it was amazing. i now know why people would get scared of that. And then the Italians sang the song from the Godfather (we're Sicilian, thats how we do things). There were a lot of emotional speeches, and it was great to hear things about Andrew and Janine. despite knowing they have been together for 8 and a half years i didnt really know them.

The night was fantastic! the weather was warm and so comfortable to be outside, and the music was excellent. They played old school, r&b and current music which made for the best night.

anyways here are some photos of the event. We didnt take too many since we were enjoying ourselves :)

With my Siblings - Dona, Alba and Nino.

Alba and I being silly with the camera :)

Dona, me and Alba - do you think we look alike?

Not the best of photos, but i love this shot of my sisters, myself and my Mamma.

Zia Adelina and Zio Michaelangelo with Nino.

The Four of us again. Look how pretty the beach was :)

What you cant see here is that right next to us there are people who are having dinner at the restaurant, completely seperate to the wedding. So while all the people on the one side were in their sunday best for the wedding, on the other side we had people in jeans and bikinis having something to eat. They kept staring at us as we walking to the restaurant, and we could hear them murmur "they must be going to a wedding" like Duh!

Janine and Andrew cutting the cake. After the Ceremony and photos taken on the beach, it was time for speeches and cake.

with my sisters again :)

Munchin Mikayla. how adorable is she?

My family with the Bride and Groom.

The Groom, His Mother (zia Carmel) and his Grandmother (zia Adelina)

and again :)

Totally photobombed my mum and brother haha.

Mikayla in her jamis but still partying!

Daniela and I hiding our double chins LOL. (she is Mikayla's mamma, and my third cousin)

We're so original :P

Okie Dokes, I think tahts enough for now.

Expect another post to come on Collingwood Winning the 2010 Premiership Cup.

bye bye my loves, Connie.

Happy Fathers Day

Hi all.

Hope you all enjoyed your weekends.

In Australia the first weekend of September is Fathers Day, and coincidently is the same week as my Dad's birthday. Usually the one present suffices, though two dinners are necessary.

This post is to say Happy Birthday and Happy fathers day to my Daddy.

Me with my Dad, and my Mum.

My long suffering father has three daughters and one son, and si constantly a pain in our necks. He always has an opinion, and would rather die than let us go out... but he tries to overcome all of that.

Contrary to popular belief he is a good dad. I mean how many men would just pick up a whole new life in a different country, away from their families, to raise their three Italian speaking daughters to Australia.

So once again, HAPPY FATHERS DAY WEEKEND, and a special Happy birthday to my daddy.

xoxo Connie.

My 20th Birthday in a Month...!

So my 20th birthday is next month... (I know I am getting so old now :S), and in the lead up to it I thought it would be nice for me to share some old family photos. Just the classics of course haha.

i will start with photos of me when i lived in Sicily, Italy, this are all pre-September '97.

with my sisters in Alba's cot. dont you love the fringe i have here?

this was in Rome in '96.

this is one of my favourites. me with my collingwood ball at only 2 weeks old. we had just won the premiership so mum was in the spirit, despite living in a different country.

In Rome again. this was on the same day, but we decided to see the colleseum.

we were in Rome to get mine and my sisters passports and citizenships to come to Australia.

My dad was born here so we could get the Citizenships with no worries.

Here I am with my Nonna, Concetta. I was named after her, but coincidently my Mums mum was also a Concetta, so i was named after both and my Nonno who is Concetto.

This is the only Nonna I met, my mum's mum passed away when my mum was 17.

And i hardly knew this one, as i moved from Italy when i was 7, i barely remember her and Nonno.

Another of my favourites.

So hot in Sicily during summer.

you know my sisters and II had about 7 different variations of this bathing suit when we were younger. we kept some for memorabilia. they are so vintage, and what i love is the Micky and Minnie Mouses on them.

This was in Winter.

we went for a walk in Siracusa (where i was born) and my cousins, sisters and i enjoyed this little ride. how cute is it?

This was on my sisters 4th Birthday i think.

I love the chaos in this photo!

With my dad. i cant believe how much 20 years ages someone, but then i look at me... and yeah LOL.

Dona and I.

This is at Carnavale in 97. both of my sisters (in the miiddle) are wearing my hand me downs. hahaa.

Me, my cousin Chetto, my sister Dona, and my cousins Salvo and Samantha. just chillin'

michievous duo... this is when we used to get along for longer than 5 minutes.

This is on the roof of our House in Italy. I LOVE THIS PHOTO. definitely in my top 10 photos!!

This is on Carnavale in '96. for some reason most the town was dressed as Indians in the parade. i am here with my cousin, and my crying sister haha. she wanted to be in the parade but i was better than her LOL.

I just love my cousin getting the splinter out of his hand in the background. makes me laugh everytime!

Another of my favourites. i love the colours in this.

i believe this is when we went to Calabria for the day with some family friends.

With my mum in Winter! must have been cold...

Dont you love my mums perm?

Cheeky... literally LOL.

Oh god the clothes. with my sister dona

Dona, Alba and me on Alba's first birthday.

this night we were all really sick, even my dad and half the guests.

but i still had a good time, as usual! gotta keep on keeping on!

hahaha, i dont know what funnier, Dona bandage, which she got from falling on the balcony and hitting the railling, or the huge "mobile" phone in my hand. how times have changed!

At the beach. loving the sunglasses!

This is when having Alba was a novelty. she was only a month old at this point.

With my parentals in Campagna. my mum was already Pregnant with my sister Dona here.

With my sisters. such professionals already LOL.

i just love the outfits my mum had us in...

This was my last day at school in Italy. and we left for Australia 3 months later.

Alba looks like one of the Olsen twins in this photo. like seriously.

The girls :) this was Alba's first Christmas. she would have been 8/9 months old by now.

With my Nonno Concetto. this is my mums dad. i love him so much, and miss him. wish i lived close enough to visit him all the time, only a few thousand miles between us...

This is on my 2nd Birthday (in case the cake didnt give it away) with my Grandparents Concetta and Antonino. My brother and I are named after these grandparents. in fact my brother has the same name exactly. Women dont take the Husbands name in Italy, so i dont have the same name.

I LOVED THIS BED!!

it had like a tent thing that made it into a car, like a convertible rood. and as you can see the wheels say Ferrari, so you know i was so cool, i had my first Ferrari before i even knew how to say it LOL.

With my mum. i would have been like 2 days old.

With Nonno Concetto on his 70th Birthday. this was the last birthday we spent with him before we moved to Australia. I loved this dress i wore, i think i wore it everyday that year, since i had 2 springs and 2 summers. and NO WINTER OR AUTUMN! it was a good year weather wise haha.

This is Alba's first Christmas again. you can tell its Christmas by our clothes... LOL. ahhh thats the spirit haha!

This Carnavale my kindergaten/prep class all went as pencils... i was blue obviously haha. isnt it just the hottest suit ever??

And finishing this post is this cute ass pic of me on a ferry on our way to Calabria for the day.

so scared... and still would be! haha.

OK, well that's all i will show you for now.You will have to keep yourself updated for more photos before i leave my teenage years behind and begin my 20's.

xoxo Connie