5 Things That Make Suburban Living Different Than City.

1.) First and foremost, you can DRIVE yourself around town without the worry of 100 taxis coming at you.
2.) There are a thing called neighborhoods… with houses and driveways.
3.) We actually make dinner at home, we haven’t ordered take-out in a LONG time.
4.) We have 1…. yes 1… Starbucks in our town.
5.) Big Al and Bug Boy have their own bedrooms. Along with Mommy and Daddy!

Goodbye NYC… Hello, Rhode Island!

Bug Boy’s 2.

Big Al is 1.

And Little B is due April 12th.

In a nut shell, that is why we moved.

I never grew up in NYC, I too… like my boys will be… was raised in Rhode Island. The smallest state, but nonetheless, a great state. After living in NYC for 6 years… my husband and I began to realize that raising a family there, without any of our family there, would be too much. No help. Nothing. Therefore, a need for a move was born!

I keep getting asked, “do you miss the City”… almost as if I had loved there since I was born and that this “foreign” place of Rhode Island is new territory for me. But… yes, I (and my husband!) do miss the City. I miss the busy streets, the never ending honking, the mini-marts open all night, the diner on the corner which served the best grilled cheese in the world… I even miss the hot dog vendors and the subways… something I never thought I would miss. I actually miss dressing up to go out… not that I don’t dress up here, I do… believe me… but here, which I love, I don’t go anywhere without my Ugg’s. In NYC, I wore high heels and tight jeans… here, I’m a bit more casual – which, I have to be honest, I LOVE!!

So… hello, Rhode Island. It’s good to be home. It’s good to have someone, whereever you are, know somebody in your family (or extended family). It’s good to DRIVE places without paying a cabbie. It’s amazing to live 2 minutes from my parents… 10 from my sister and 20 from my brothers. It’s good to have a coffee cabinet at Newport Creamery…. and it’s good to see that Nick, Ron and Pete Cardi are still at it.

And so… here we are… home again, loving the fact that I get to raise my boys in a state I LOVE!

Welcome to CYBERSPACE, Mama!

As I’m sitting here, writing my first BLOG ENTRY (welcome to cyberspace!)… I’m waiting here – with one ear glued to the door – listening for the familiar sounds of my 2 sons yelling “MOMMY!” from their bedrooms – a nice reminder that nap time, for the day, is indeed over.

So far, I hear nothing.

And still… as I’m sitting here, writing my first BLOG ENTRY (again, welcome to cyberspace)… I’m feeling the little kicks of Little B – due April 12th – in my belly, letting me know that he did – indeed – love the hot chocolate I just scarfed down!

Another day in the life of a Mom… not that I need to tell any other moms out there what it’s like, right!?

But this is very cool… to be here… writing… and knowing that in a matter of minutes my blog entry will be out there in the world for all to read… yes, this is very very cool.

And as I looked at all the other blogs out there… I began to wonder what I could possibly offer this “cyberworld of blogs” that would be different… that would stand out… that would make this something worth the reading of strangers. All I could come up with was something that I know very well… I know how to be a mom… mostly to boys, I will admit… I am still, as of today Jan. 23rd, 2007, girl-less (is that even a word?)… and I also know what it’s like to be a mother in the midst of starting a company – from the ground up… and the daily grind of “trying to make it all work”… and “trying to balance it all out”… which, as all of us mothers know is a never ending battle. I, for one, have never even tried to one up the other… what gets done in a day gets done – so I’ve been told by my own mother!

And so… I introduce my BLOG to the world… a Rhode Island mother of 2 boys… with another on the way… married to the man of my dreams… starting a company, Pinks & Blues… and knowing that I know some stuff out there that is worth sharing… after all, isn’t that what it’s all about!?

So sit back and enjoy…