http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/ en Copyright 2008 Fri, 09 May 2008 11:42:46 -0500 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss My classes are over, my finals are done, and my stuff from my room at school is all over my living room at home. I’m glad to be home though. I have started work at the pool and have the sunburn to prove it and I just got my grades yesterday. My GPA went up (which I am very excited about) but despite the fact that my mind gets a rest for the summer I know I am going to miss my friends, my sisters, and the fact that there is always something going on. However, I love being home and hanging out with my family and seeing my friends at home and it is awesome to be able to talk to my mom and just sit down and watch a movie or play scrabble without worrying about what is due tomorrow in class or what do I need to do for the meeting next week. Summer should be interesting and senior year has come so fast. I feel like I was just a freshman and now I’m a senior and getting ready to graduate in less than a year. I hope it turns out to be a great year. http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/05/summeryay.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/05/summeryay.html Beyond SLU Fri, 09 May 2008 11:42:46 -0500 The Coca Cola Polar Bear!!! (I love those commercials) This building was huge!!!!!!! On our way to the 3D show and wanting to be Charlie's Angels In front of CNN Headquarters Checking out the weather maps for the Atlantic International flights at Delta The Spirit of Delta The engine is bigger than me!!!! ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/04/atlanta.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/04/atlanta.html Academics Beyond SLU Events Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:11:59 -0500 So it is St. Patrick’s Day and I have a lot to celebrate. I just got back from Spring Break and had an awesome time just chilling at home with my family. I saw my cousins and my aunt, hung out with my mom and dad, played scrabble, and ate lots of really great meals (and they were free). Oh and I got my laundry done which is a definite plus (to clarify my mom got my laundry done). The entire break my cousin who was very pregnant felt like she was going to pop but she didn’t…oh no…the baby decided it wanted to be a leprechaun so today (about two hours ago) we added Elias Steven (Eli for short) to our family and he is sooooooooooo cute from what my mom has told me. That’s ok I’ll be back home in a week for Easter so I can hold him and make strange baby noises and such. It’s hard missing things while you are away because sometimes it makes you feel a little out of the loop at least I do, and I don’t like being out of the loop but it’s something my family and I have talked about so they try not to make me feel like I am missing so much while I’m at school and I try to come home whenever I can (which with a busy schedule isn’t easy). http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/03/one_lucky_day.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/03/one_lucky_day.html Beyond SLU Campus Life Mon, 17 Mar 2008 08:09:31 -0500 Some of my lovely sisters Hangin out at Applebees (aka the bee) one of my many meetings...we need to be crazy sometimes too ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/02/soooooooo_busy.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/02/soooooooo_busy.html Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:05:48 -0500 The whole gang all Pirate-ed out ARRRRRRRRR!!!!! The floats were sooooooo big!!! ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/01/arrrrrrr.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/01/arrrrrrr.html Events Sun, 27 Jan 2008 20:17:06 -0500 My nephew Jonathan playing with Dad's hat. "Someday maybe this will fit." I love hugs from my niece!!!! Dad lets the Grandkids drive the boat Mike and Alex chillin at the dock ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/01/im_back.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2008/01/im_back.html Mon, 07 Jan 2008 19:18:27 -0500 So good news…I am finally finished with classes!!! Bad news…finals start Sunday…not fun. However, they only last until Monday and then I am free to explore Rome without worrying about deadlines and homework. It is really starting to hit home that I will be back in 7 days and it is a bittersweet realization. Bitter because I am leaving the most beautiful, wonderful place I have ever seen. Sweet because I am going back to my own home with my own bed and a family that I have truly missed over the past four months. I would not have traded any of it for anything in the world. I feel that I have changed for the better through this experience. It has made me more independent, more outgoing, and less apprehensive to try new things (food, activities, etc.). It has made me a well-rounded individual and has taught me the importance of being open-minded. I hope that these newly found characteristics will continue and that future experiences will have an affect on me because of what these characteristics. http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/12/finally_finished_with_classes.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/12/finally_finished_with_classes.html Beyond SLU Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:14:58 -0500 So good news…I am finally finished with classes!!! Bad news…finals start Sunday…not fun. However, they only last until Monday and then I am free to explore Rome without worrying about deadlines and homework. It is really starting to hit home that I will be back in 7 days and it is a bittersweet realization. Bitter because I am leaving the most beautiful, wonderful place I have ever seen. Sweet because I am going back to my own home with my own bed and a family that I have truly missed over the past four months. I would not have traded any of it for anything in the world. I feel that I have changed for the better through this experience. It has made me more independent, more outgoing, and less apprehensive to try new things (food, activities, friends with different personalities,etc.). It has made me a well-rounded individual and has taught me the importance of being open-minded. I hope that these newly found characteristics will continue and that future experiences will have an effect on me because of what these characteristics have taught me. http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/12/bittersweet_symphony.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/12/bittersweet_symphony.html Thu, 06 Dec 2007 09:07:35 -0500 The Alps for Thanksgiving Funny part... that car was dug out of the snow the night before Barricades to stop Avalanches Playing in the snow Look Mom... I'm a snow angel!!! Our Huge Snow Man!!! The snow fort The Alpine mountains are so pretty when they are coved in snow!! The beauty of a restaurant and bar attatched to a skating rink...eat and then skate!!! We stayed in the little town of Cervinia, Italy.]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/11/not_your_typical_turkey_day.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/11/not_your_typical_turkey_day.html Beyond SLU Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:59:55 -0500 The bridge of Sighs...Lots of canals mean lots of foot bridges and every one of them is artistic and beautiful...even the ones leading to prisons. The Campanile Gondola that had just dropped off its passengers who were taking a romantic Gondola ride by moonlight Gondolas are "moored" in the Bacino Orseolo Best Western Venice style...every room overlooks a canal!! Gondola with its passengers going under one of the many bridges of Venice Basilica and Piazza di San Marco Waiting for the water bus in the floating bus stop... that's right even the bus stops are on water and there's the water bus A Venetian snack for the train home]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/11/capturing_the_spirit_of_carniv.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/11/capturing_the_spirit_of_carniv.html Beyond SLU Tue, 20 Nov 2007 05:49:10 -0500 Il Vaticano e La Basilica di San Pietro The Sphere with Sphere in the Courtyard of the Pigna An ornately decorated gallery of the Vatican museums I wouldn't mind taking a bath in that!!! A mural of Italia Nuova Spiral Staircase which gradually turns from a ramp to steps Strapping Swiss Guard The altar over the place where St. Peter is buried inside La Basilica di San Pietro Marble engraved with ALL of Popes recorded back to Saint Peter]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/11/ho_visto_il_papa_1.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/11/ho_visto_il_papa_1.html Beyond SLU Fri, 09 Nov 2007 16:04:58 -0500 So I'm really hoping these people had insurance...this happened in the last eruption which was about 5 years ago!!! A Caldera which is another word for crater found about 7,000 meters up...I played in a volcano crater!!! The powerful yet beautiful Mount Etna located just outside the city of Catania Sara, Amy, and I inside the massive crater Me inside the Grecian Theater in a beach town called Taormina One of the Temples at Agrugiento A fisherman's boat in Syracusa All of us gathered for four course dinners every night and buffet breakfasts every morning. Waiting for a plane... so goes the life of the jetset!!! ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/11/beaches_to_volcanoes.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/11/beaches_to_volcanoes.html Beyond SLU Events Mon, 05 Nov 2007 16:36:02 -0500 ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/10/willy_wonka.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/10/willy_wonka.html Beyond SLU Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:22:57 -0500 I love trains!!! The view of Siena in the morningfrom my window at the hostel The hostel in Siena House of Saint Catherine of Siena Torre del Mangia Santa Maria Della Scala Inside the Duomo in Siena The Baptistry in Pisa The leaning tower of Pisa ...it's fate rests in my hands!!! The Ocean view from the train Visiting the statue of David Gold doors of the Baptistry at the Duomo in Florence ]]> http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/10/under_the_tuscan_sun.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/10/under_the_tuscan_sun.html Beyond SLU Fri, 19 Oct 2007 15:22:17 -0500 So it really starts to hit you how far away from home you are when you receive bad news. I talk to my mom via webcam on my computer and she told me that my Dad has to have surgery because he did something to his rotator cuff. Now I am really bad at anatomy and science and stuff like that but it doesn’t sound like the most routine injury in the world. While I know that my Dad is a strong guy and can pretty much make it through anything I can’t help but worry (it’s my job as his daughter). To top it off I missed my brother getting ready for his first high school homecoming which was a little sad because I have been there for stuff like that and this is the first time I am missing it. On days like that it is hard to be here… so far away from everything. You realize that life goes on even though you are not there and all you can do is think about the fact that it won’t be long until you are there again and know that there will be plenty more things to look forward to. You also need to tell yourself that you are doing something not a lot of other people get to do… you are not only seeing the world but you are EXPERIENCING the world and that is something that is incomparable and can’t be traded for anything. http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/09/missing_home.html http://blogs.targetx.com/slu/ToniRecca/2007/09/missing_home.html Beyond SLU Sat, 22 Sep 2007 15:20:48 -0500