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ONE WEEK!

one week from today, we will be landing in rome!  the panic is officially starting to set in...

max and i were able to connect through ichat today, and our italian family seems to have some wonderful things planned for my children and i.  a trip to florence, and staying in a b&b in the center of town (florence is where the academia is...michaelangelo's david) as well as a beautiful duomo and many many many other cool spots), a trip to the mountains, Sibillini Chain, in the umbria region of italy, and other surprises that max refuses to share with me.  i've explained i'm not good with surprises, but, still he will not share the rest of our itinerary...

today was spent doing laundry, finishing up studio work, as well as work done for the goss opera house.  the goss is a historical building in watertown that is being renovated by david and nancy-turbak berry, and being restored to its grand originality.  i've been lucky enough to be the photographer for the project...so, it's truly been a fun playground to play in.  if you'd like to see some of the images of the goss opera house, go to http://www.gossoperahouse.com

tomorrow will be PACKING.  i'm still unsure on how to pack all of the camera gear for the commercial work, the clothing, and  the teaching things that we will need for 3 weeks.  laundry will not be a problem, but, no dryer...max tells me 'it is far more romantic to dry clothing by sun in italy'.  this makes me laugh, because i think NO ONE will think it romantic to see our 'unders' in the sun!

our euro's arrived yesterday, so, our money situation is converted, and the kids are excited to see the 'monopoly money'.  i keep explaining this is REAL money...and not to be lost...we'll see how well this all works out.

back to work for me...keep checking our blog frequently, as we will try to be posting our adventures as they occur.

ciao,
h

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the kids and i rang in the new year together watching 'dick clark's rockin eve' which has somehow become a warped tradition with us...it also brings us closer and closer to the panic of being ready to go!

i feel much better now that our Italy Art Escape cards and promo brochure are done.  with rod speaking at ppa/wppi/ohio/connecticut, i really wanted to make sure my part of the obligation was handled, or at least the part i could do while in the US. 

thank you to those that let me know that www.evanscreativity.com is not working yet...it hasn't gone live yet, with the holidays it has been delayed, but i anticipate any day now for that link to be functional.  the Italy Art Escape section on the left side of the blog will take you to an online gallery that will give you the brochure that you will find on rod's site, so please view that until the time the link becomes active. 

tomorrow the studio reopens and i will spend the rest of the week with kelli getting our marketing and limited edition calendar figured out for the rest of the year.  i will try to have the www.kallhoffportrait.com site updated prior to leaving, so that all of you that plan your children's sessions around our LE schedule will have that in advance.

then it's the start of:  organizing, sorting, packing, reorganizing, panicking while packing...it's a vicious cycle for me!  you would think with all the speaking that i have done, that i would be a pro at this, but...NO.  i think it's the being gone for 3 weeks, and packing for the kids that has got me in a spin.  i have been keeping an eye on weather.com, and am pleased to see that rome has been averaging mid 50's in temps, so we just have to keep thinking 'layers'.

again, thank you that let me know about the link problem...and i encourage you to check out the stoncone album to the left side of the blog.  those images are from my trip in may, but will give you a peak at the city we will call home for our time overseas.