As we leave behind the summer of 2010, here are a few musings on its passing. Goodbye to the first case of poison ivy I have ever had in my life. Goodbye to the non-stop bee nests I had to spray with God-knows-what type of pesticide so they wouldn’t invade my house and send my children screeching with fear. Goodbye to the little deer who ate every one of my hosta plants while staring at me and laughing. Goodbye to the annoying, (but VERY cute) family of raccoons who decided to build a house under my deck and ate all the Froot Loops, while evading the trap (also laughing at me.) Goodbye to the extremely annoying, (but VERY cute) birds…

My lawn and landscaping are the envy of the neighborhood.  Yes, I said it.   I don’t boast about myself very often, but this is well-deserved. 

Several weeks ago, as I was watching American Idol  (I admit it - I'm a huge fan), I was completely blown away by a performance by one of the female contestants, Siobhan Magnus. She sang Aretha Franklin's "Think". I've heard other contestants sing this song in the past - some better than others, but Siobhan? I have to tell you that I watched her performance and the critique afterwards at least a dozen times or more.

In my last posting, I spoke about my son’s room being transformed into a teenage ‘man cave’.  One of the tasks of this transition was to remove his desk.  He didn’t use it for homework and it was only taking up space.  Plus, it wasn’t really his desk.  It was mine from when I was a child.  I had it moved from Long Island several years ago because it is one of the few pieces of furniture from my childhood that truly meant something to me.

Sounds so formal, doesn’t it? Well, I promise this blog will be anything but that. I’m excited to begin this new way of communicating to you and I look forward to your comments and feedback. As with all beginnings, I thought I’d start with my own beginning, well, Frittabello’s beginning anyway. (Mine started way too long ago and there are space limits!)