Day 23: My Favorite Book(s)

I can not pick just one book. Here are a few of my faves ~

Childhood Favorite:

Favorite of my teen years:

My recent faves (no surprises here):

Day 22: Something I wish I was better at...

Being a housewife...

Day 21 - A picture of something you wish you could forget

Umm...I forgot

Day 20: Somewhere I wish I could travel

It is probably no surprise that I want to go to Italy. In my ideal world, in addition to traveling around and seeing all our favorite people and places, I would love to have some time to ourselves to visit some of the places we never made it to. For example Cinque Terre. It's one of those iconic tourist spots that we never made it to. I was also really sad that I didn't get to visit the island of Capri. That was a place I read about before we went and then we never made it there. We also never spent any time on the Amalfi coast. I would love for us to be able to spend a few days just the two of us at one of these beautiful places.

Cinque Terre

Capri

Amalfi Coast

Day 19: My Nicknames

• In elementary school: Freckle face - didn't bother me like people thought it would, especially since my mom told me they were angel kisses.
• Amanda Panda - I've had this one on and off throughout my life and I've always liked it, since, as you know, the panda is my favorite animal. :)
• In 6th grade: Mandie - there were a million other Amandas in my sixth grade classes. I used to read books with the heroine Mandie so I decided to go by it. My mom didn't like it though and it only lasted that year.
• DinkyManda - this was the first nickname Bella, our niece, gave us. The boys always just called us Jeremy and Amanda. Bella couldn't quite say it, thus we were dubbed DinkyManda!
• Jeremymanda - for Dahlia, we are still just Jeremymanda. Whether she is talking to me or to Jeremy it's Jeremymanda. :D

Day 18: My Biggest Insecurity

People

That's right.

I am insecure around people I don't know. I am horrible at small talk and just don't know how to meet new people.

And people I do know...

I worry if they still like me.

I know it is crazy and I try not to, but, hey, you asked what my biggest insecurity is.

Day 17: Something that made a huge impact on my life

Italy

You can't live for two years in another country without being impacted.

The impact goes on, even five years later.

I love this picture because it shows the beautiful blend

of old and new that is Italy.