http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress Sat, 03 Jul 2010 20:37:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Hi everyone, Today is the 4th of July and most everyone is in the yard having hotdogs and beer  - my husband is in Mexico shooting on a movie.  Whilst he is English and usually lays low for the 4th, it would have been fun to have him here to go to parties.  ... http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=3 I love how Ellen Degeneres can make anything funny. She sees a fly crawling on her mirror and writes a comedy routine about it. I have seen three flies today - brought in by the dogs - and have yet to write one joke. http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=6 My brother Hal is coming to stay with us this weekend. He's on Parole, my nephew's on parole and my son is on parole.  No one in my family can leave the city without getting a travel pass from the the police.  In regards to my brothers and sister - I'm the only ... http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=7 Just got back from FLorida - so fabulous - watching dolphins, playing on the beach with my 2 year old and going on lots of boats.  My favotie things about the trip were what we didn't do - didn't make breakfast, lunch or dinner, didn't make my bed, didn't even wear ... http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=11 Just got back from Florida. Love that place - you feel so young cause everyone driving around is 100.  http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=12 Took my two and a half year old to the zoo today.  I thought it would be fun and he could see some new things. We saw zebras, sea lions, giraffes..... A chimpanize even got right next to the glass where we were squatting and kind of snuggled with us. All ... http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=13 I've given up so many things in my life. It all started with drugs - once I gave those up I couldn't stop. I gave up cigaretttes then alcohol.  More recently I've given up coffee, sugar, bread, dairy and all wheat products.  I basically live on chicken and vegtables with ... http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=14 My son's Birth Mother called me from jail on Friday. She wanted to know if I would put money on her account so she could get "store" while she was incarcerated. (That's what they call getting food inside) Since we have spent over 20,000 dollars adopting our son because she contests ... http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=15 Performed tonight at Max 10 - very way out with lots of performance artists in the show - and then me just standing still and reading - when many others had rolled on the floor, screeched, eaten something on stage shirtless or at least done a backwards summersault - I ... http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=16 Today was my youngest son's birthday - he is officially three. I'm so lucky to have three children who I get to be the mother of. Each child teaches me something - like how long I can go without sleep. Today at school we had a little birthday party for him ... http://andreaabbate.com/WordPress/?p=17