I was out and about today, doing my thing, when I met a nice man. He had ordered a coffee refill at my fave coffee house and only had plastic.  We sprung for the $1.50 because no one should be without good coffee, he thanked us and went on his way.  A few minutes later I was chatting with the owner and the gentleman walked up and asked the owner how he knew these four girls in the picture frame.  I was standing there when the owner said, “This is their mom”. I introduced myself to the man I had just bought (the best ever) coffee for and found out that he knows my kids from Daddy night at the mall.  Every tuesday he and his wife and kids have date night at the play area at the mall, and every tuesday my girls have Daddy Date night at the same mall.  Anyway, small world, we chatted about the kids and what it takes to raise them these days, and how nice it is to put missing pieces of the puzzle together.  I had heard the girls talking about him and his family, and then to meet him so randomly was a neat treat.  So, my point in this story is, you never know who you are going to meet.  It was neat to have a great story for the day and make a connection with a family that has positively influenced my kids.  Let’s love each other and treat each other with respect. This world is getting a little crazy and scary, but if we can continue to treat others with dignity and class, everything will be okay.  That is my soap box for today.  If you have any neat stories about things that happen to you, let me know.   I thought this was pretty neat, and I think he’ll be a regular at my fave coffee house. (You all know which one it is!) In fact we are going to be having a big event there on Sunday March 1, from 2-4.  Check out the “What’s New” section of the site to get all the info. 

Until next time!

Keepin’ it OriGinal!  Gina

Hi All!

How crazy and busy our lives are lately!  Can you agree?  I run around with several “Hats” on each day. I wake up with my mom hat and run around getting four busy little girls ready for their day. That includes, as many of you know, hair, teeth, clothes, breakfast, lunch boxes, homework, show and tell, star of the week report, valentines gifts for the teacher and class party, the list can go on and on. Then run them all to their respective schools and play places, making sure not to get in a wreck as you help with the last minute homework that didn’t get finished the night before.  Ahhh!   Finally alone, I hit my local Daz Bog coffee house for my dark liquid energy and put on my work hat.  Then the phone calls start, the cases of cookbooks start flying off my shelves and the demos and book signings get scheduled.  It’s all a very delicate balance that ends with picking up the kids from their schools and play places, trying not to wreck as you hear about the day and rush home to plan dinner.  Don’t forget to stop at the bridal store to have them all try on the bridesmaid dresses for your sisters wedding this fall.  Oh, boy!  What a site, I told them they are all ELOPING!!!!  We rush home for dinner, bath and bed to start it all over tomorrow!

Anyway, life in my house is hectic and fun,  we wear lots of hats, my favorite hat is my sleeping cap. I wonder why!?  What is yours?   

Just your OriGinal gal, Gina

Ciao!

Hello everyone! After way too many months away, I’m back!  It’s been a busy time for us, but I’m happy to tell you that I’m here full time now and I get to tell you all kinds of great MOM stuff about our crazy days with kids and cooking and writing cookbooks and traveling. So stay tuned… I hope you will write me back and tell me what you’ve been up to as well!  Thanks so much!  Gina  (Still very OriGinal!)