Some Sweet Nothings

Ciao miei amici!

Pssst!

Have you heard?!? Petey is organizing a molto romantico (very romantic) evening of dinner and dancing this weekend at New York's famous Rainbow Room! Naturally, I'm a little biased, but if you ask me, nothing speaks of romance quite like speaking in Italian. So, for all of you amore uccelli (lovebirds) who'll be at the Rainbow Room this weekend, I'm offering a short course in how to say romantic things in Italian to your sweet little biscotti (cookies).

La Lingua d'Amore!

(The Language of Love!)

Mia cara (my dear)

Amore mio (my love)

Dolcezza! (Honey!)

Vuoi uscire con me? (Do you want to go out with me?)

Sei bellissima! (You're beautiful!)

Vuoi ballari? (Do you want to dance?)

Sei qui da solo? (Are you here alone?)

Sei cosi figa! (You are so gorgeous!)

Mi sono proprio divertita stasera (I had a great evening)

Mi ami? (Do you love me?)

I'm in love with you! (Sono innamorata di te!)

Of course, miei cari amici, sometimes uno romanticismo (a romance) is just not meant to be, alas! If that happens, here's what to say:

Mi dispiace, non sei il mio tipo (I'm sorry, you're not my type)

Non credo che stia funzionado fra noi due (I don't think it's working out between us)

Sigh ... amore!!

Tanti baci!
Lucia

Friendly Blogger from a Blogger Friend!

Ciao miei amici!

La lezione di lingua italiana di oggi è:

(The Italian Language Lesson for Today is:)

Amici e Premi!
(Friends and Awards!)

I'm all bashful and a-blush over this little smiley-faced pal from mio caro amico (my dear friend), Dennis the Vizsla!

If you haven't yet stopped by to see Dennis and Dennis' Diary of Destruction, run right over there as fast as you can. Mia ragazza (My girl) falls on the floor laughing about a squijillion times each day over the utterly amusing musings of this molto divertente ragazzo (very funny boy) and his adventures with majik flying coasters, gophers and unusual methods of entrepreneurial financing.

I don't think there are many official rules for the Friendly Blogger Award except that the friendly thing to do (giggle!) would be to pass it along to some other amichevole (friendly) bloggers. So, without further ado, I am sending it along to alcuni di miei amici (a few of my friends):

Lilly, Carrleigh, Piper and Java , my new bloggie pals

Asta Urbanista because she's just so sweet and kind and always welcomes everyone

Tula Monstah, who makes me smile each time I visit her bloggie

Miei cari Italiani amici, Paco and Milo -- ti amo, ragazzi! (My dear Italian friends, Paco and Milo -- I love you, guys!)

Opy and Charlie -- and their mama and papa -- for all the hard work they do for DWB

I send this award along to all of you with plenty of Lunedi (Monday) mwah mwah mwahs!!!

Ok, now to other important Monday matters. I found this book in mia ragazza's tote

... and I immediately thought, santa vacca, lei sta scherzando!! (Holy cow, you must be kidding!) We are a uno cane casa (one-dog house) -- but could she be thinking of something, well, something MORE??

Tanti baci!

Lucia

At Last! (And I don’t mean the song!)

Ciao, miei amici!

Ho avuto abbastanza di inverno, ogni cane, gatto, criceto e umano amico,
(I have had enough winter, everydoggie, kitty, hamster and human friend,)
so I have been focusing my thoughts on spring for the past few weeks …

… and keeping my paws crossed that it would get here soon!

So ... la lezione di lingua italiana di oggi è:
(... the Italian lesson for today is:)
Segni di primavera!
(Signs of Spring!)

When I heard the birds singing this morning, I just knew: spring had arrived in mia citta! (my city!) I could sniff it in the air!
I ran outside like a blur to look for it.
This very stubborn tree STILL won't let go of last year’s leaves – santa vacca! (holy cow!) Talk about refusing to embrace change!! But I wasn’t fooled by it!
I noticed that lots of other plants in my yard seem to be getting ready for the season – like these bambini narcissi (baby daffodils). Awwww!
And here are some grande narcissi! (large daffodils!)

Mia ragazza says she thinks this is a flower called Arance e Limoni (Oranges and Lemons) that she planted last year. She is glad to see it survived our hard winter!

Affrettatevi, lillà!
(Hurry, lilacs!)


Mmmm! Ortensia canne da ultimo anno (hydrangea canes from last year).

Now, if I can just reach one …
Got it!

I hope spring shows up very soon for all of you, too!

Tanti baci!
Lucia

PeeEss: To Noah, Tess, Willow, Lucy, Opy, Charlie and all dear, sweet pals who are wayyyyyyyy down south, I hope your autumn is full of beautiful colors!

Oopsy, wait, another PeeEss: Per favore (please), go visit Lilly, Piper and Carrleigh, a trio of Scottish Terrier cutie pies who are new to our bloggiverse. Now ... you all know I'm a smidgey geloso (jealous) of mia sorella (my sister) of another decade, Scottish Terrier St. Jinks the Good, but I have to admit, THESE three doggies look like they're going to be great new pals -- and lots of fun! Benvenuto, nuovi favulosi amici! (Welcome, fabulous new friends!)

Ciao miei amici!

March 17th is a day of many special things, so ...

La lezione di lingua italiana di oggi è:

Celebrare la Giornata!
(Celebrate the Day!)

Mia ragazza is sorry for the poor photo quality. I was so excited about today that I wouldn't sit still!

It's il giorno di San Patrizio!! Wear something verde! Special playbows to all of the Irlandesi doggies, kittehs, hammies and hoomans out there, including THEBuster, Persephone and Ms. Bailey Blue -- our Kerry Blue Terrier friends -- and Keeley, the Irish Terrier. And speaking of Keeley ...

It's Keeley's birthday! Buon compleanno, caro amico!

And (drum roll, per favore) ... it's our buddy Stanley's Gotcha Day!!! We're so glad you're here, dolce Goob!

Tanti baci!
Lucia

What a Weekend!

Ciao miei amici!

What a tremendously good fine settimana I had with mia ragazza! The tempo forecast predicted sunny skies and warmer temperatures, so on Sabato mattina, mia ragazza said, “Lucia, mia amora, we are going out for some fresh air and sunshine!”

Did she say "going out"???!?!?!

Mia ragazza packed up my leash, some snackies and my portable water dish, grabbed her sunglasses and off we went.

So, miei cari studenti, la lezione di lingua italiana di oggi è:

Andiamo il Parco!
(Let’s go to the park!)

Qui è un piccolo ruscello. L'acqua era molto fredda.
(Here is a little stream. The water was very cold!)

I walked along the edges of the stream , but I have a long way to go until I’m as good a swimmer as Paco e Milo and Dexter!


Aspetto! Ho scavato un osso!
(Look! I dug up a bone!)

Si tratta di un parco speciale solo per i cani
(This is a special park just for dogs)

Eccomi con i miei nuovi amici
(Here I am with my new friends)

Sulla strada di casa, abbiamo lavato l'auto. Mia ragazza mi permetta di guidare!
(On the way home, we washed the car. My girl let me drive!)

A pochi pollici più in retromarcia
(A few more inches in reverse)

Dopo aver giocato al parco, incontro nuovi amici e il lavaggio la macchina, ero molto stanco!
(After playing at the park, meeting new friends and washing the car, I was very tired!)
Vede il mio cuscino preferito giallo? Mi piace masticare su di essa!
(Do you see my favorite yellow pillow? I like to chew on it!)

Tanti baci!

Lucia

A Tasty Lesson!

Ciao, miei amici!
La lezione di lingua italiana di oggi è ...

... cose buone da mangiare!

La banana

Di pollo e verdure cibo per cani

Spuntini



Occhiali da vista

Scarpe e stivali



Burro di arachidi


Telefoni cellulari

Modanature in legno


Biscotti

Taccuino

Camicia

Mmmm ... let's eat!

(That means you, too, Lulu and Lacie!!!)

Tanti baci!
Lucia

Good Things Happen in Threes!

Ciao miei amici!

After weeks and weeks AND WEEKS of this kind of molto male tempo …




… I woke up to the sound of robins chirping in my yard!! And although it’s supposed to rain later today, I am pretty sure I saw il sole peek out a time or two already this morning, and the frigid cold is – poof! – gone from the air. I got so wildly excited that I had to sing (just call me Lucia Paw-varotti!!):

Other than this fantastico break in the weather, there are three other things to note today. I’ll do them in reverse order and save la cosa più importante for last. First, I’m going to see my trainer, Stacey, today. Yayy! I have to work hard, but I always have so much fun when I’m there! Second, because my “TWOsday” game two weeks ago didn’t work out so well (I was the first one to mess it up when mia ragazza dropped the ball on my bloggie last week -- booooo!), I thought I’d try something new:

Impara l'italiano con Lucia

That means, “Learn Italian with Lucia”! In every bloggie post, I’ll have some Italian words and their English translations, and will show you how to use them. I’m so over-the-top happy about THIS that I can feel la canzone coming on again!

Wait, wait, I need to calm down so I can give you today's term (uno momento, per favore). Ok, here it is:

Buon compleanno

That means, "Happy Birthday," and it's an eccellante term to learn today because of this THIRD and più importante item in my bloggie post:

It's Mason Dixie’s Barkday!!

Cara bella Mason Dixie, I hope you get lots of torta, gelato e regali, but mostly, I hope you get lots and lots of amore because you are such a dolce e buona amica!

Tanti baci!

Lucia