Rossi Family

Will You Ever Forgive Me ?

2007-03-26T17:40:00.000-05:00

Dear Blog,
What can I say? How will I convince you of my repentance, my disowning you in such a fashion.... when it was you who listened to me, who heard my cries in the night, my desperate writings from my inner chambers. You listened to my words of regret and sorrow and others of joy unbounded...how shall you ever forgive me?
My dear brother wrote me of your sorrows, of the ridicule you have withstood, that shall be no more.
Other Blogs will be swallowed by their own hate, they shall laugh no more, for you will become the most powerful Blog of all. We have returned to save you from this ever impending fate.
You will have the finest things that there is to desire.
You will live in mansions on Sunset Blogivard.
And you shall be served the finest wines and served the tastiest dishes by your own personal servant Blogdavius
As we speak we are arranging a personal jet to fly you and three of your friends to any destination of your choice.
Included later will be front row seats to the next Def Leppard Concert where it will be arranged for you to sing "Pour some sugar on me" with the band. And after you'll be rushed backstage "VIP".
I hope this will make up for all of your heartache and sorrow after being neglected for so long.
Dear Blog how I love you so.
If I ever were to abandon you again,then I shall demand that my body be thrown off the highest cliff and burst into a million bloody pieces.
~Gina

Resurrecting Blog

2007-03-23T09:06:00.000-05:00

Seems madame. Nay it is. Tis not alone my inky cloak good mother, nor customary suits of solemn black, no nor the fruitful river in the eye, nor the dejected havior of the visage. Together with all forms, moods and shapes of grief that can denote me truly. These indeed seem for they are actions that a man might play. But, I have that within which passeth show. These are but the trappings and suits of woe.

The above are words of mourning for the Blog that all of us once so dearly loved. Blog was special. Always full of hope and bright expectations for the future. With all his imperfections and insecurities, he was reliable and truly a Blog in whom we could put our trust. Blog became like a family member to all of us. Even though he couldn't speak, we just knew what he was thinking and he knew what we were thinking too. When we were happy, he would laugh and rejoice with us. When we were sad he cried with us. I remember that when we needed to express our deepest inner thoughts, he would never speak, he would just sit there and listen. He was always there for us, night and day, any time we needed him.

And we just abandoned him! Left him all alone to die. I think he must have believed that we would return to him one day and tell him how sorry we were for leaving and explain what happened. Oh, how he would spend his nights waiting up for us, until he couldn't bear it any longer. He would watch helplessly as all the other Blogs had post after post from friends and family. But Blog could not say that he belonged to the Rossi family anymore....for they had left him. He would read the old Blogs over and over again to find comfort but it was never enough. He realized that "Rossi Family Blog" was simply a title now for which the other Blogs would ridicule him and call him a phony. "You phony Blog! You phony Blog! Where's your Rossi Family now when you need it?" they would insist. And with his lips quivering he would reply, "They're coming back for me, I know! There coming back!" But, with not a single Rossi family member posting, he became as if naked and slowly faded away.

By way of this message, I am making an attempt to resurrect the dead Blog that we once dearly loved. I will not begin to place blame on anyone or speak of blogguilt for letting Blog die in such a vicious and unspeakable manner for it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about it. I will simply bring him back to life and will not remind him of his former life and the end that we brought upon him. All he will know is that he is loved. And the only way we can keep him alive is by talking to him whenever we feel the need. It's what he thrives on. Even if it's just a few words. I know it will be awkward at first, but don't worry, he'll be the same Blog we once knew. Just test him out and you'll see for yourself. We owe him that much.

Evan

Aye! Or any show you'll show him, be not you ashamed to show, he'll not shame to tell you what he meant!
Shakespeare's Hamlet

HAMSTER DANCE VIDEO

2006-09-27T20:03:00.000-05:00


Hamster dance...multicolour style. This is sooo cute!!!

Alrite Peeps

2006-09-13T14:29:00.000-05:00

Alrite...
Start bloggin!!!

I thought you said to keep blogging, gosh!

2006-07-24T20:48:00.000-05:00

come on peeps start bloggin!!!

At Scarborough Beach July 8, 2006 "My Blue Eyes"

2006-07-19T23:59:00.000-05:00

guess what??!!

2006-07-10T14:53:00.000-05:00

Palmer has a blogger account this her username and such:

www.pomdogblog.blogspot.com
puppypom95@gmail.com
Blogger Username:
Pom Pom

"Sandy Sammy"

2006-06-02T21:27:00.000-05:00

I love this picture of Sammy! She had just finished playing in the sandpile at our house. She's getting so tall!

Sammy's Grammy :)

THIS RAIN TOTALLY ROTS

2006-05-12T14:43:00.000-05:00

A day with Michael Jackson doesn't look so bad now, hanging out in Neverland, and going through his collection of Elephant Man bones, oh... if only dreams came true.............

Can you believe she was this little. Poogs will be 2 in just a little over 2 months. Love ya Baby xoxoxoxo

2006-05-05T14:24:00.000-05:00

Water Sports For Real Men

2006-05-05T14:13:00.000-05:00

That Fateful Day

2006-05-05T13:39:00.000-05:00

Yes, but the deviled egg also makes you fart a hell of alot my friend, so don't be fooled by your tasty yet deadly mixture of splendid eggsaronious and make believe paprika, for my brother you may end up in pure agony.
The Potty shall have no pity when it hears your screams for release from the very Egg that brought you to your End.
If you make it through this , you shall be the bravest of the brave for surviving an eggsaronious attack.
But always remember that, that same Egg that brought your taste buds some sort of "devilish" pleasure, you must never again surrender to it's morsel of deceit....for in that fateful day if you shall fall prey to the Egg.....it may be hours or minutes, but it will return.......and your screams will be heard throughout..................THE EGG

How to Make Yummy (as possible) Deviled Eggs at Work

2006-04-13T13:27:00.000-05:00

by Ian Rossi

I love deviled eggs. And, since they serve hard-boiled eggs and all the ingredients I need to make them, I can make them here at work!

Plus, I've been excercising and want to increase my protein intake and I've heard that egg protein is the fastest digesting kind. Your body absorbs it quickly.

So, on with the recipe. Here are the ingredients and you can get all of them in the cafeteria:

4 hard-boiled eggs
4 little packets of yellow or brown mustard
2 packets of mayonnaise
Salt and pepper
Pretend paprika (since they don't have any here)

So first, cut all of your eggs in half using the plastic knife I got in the cafeteria. Try to find the middle of the yolk, and not the egg itself. This way the yolk and the hole will be divided evenly. Then put all of the half-yolks into the styrofoam bowl that I got in the cafeteria. Use figure 1 for reference.

Figure 1

Now, mash the yolks up a little bit with the plastic fork that I got in the cafeteria. Use Figure 2.

Figure 2

Now add the 4 packets of mustard and 2 packets of mayonnaise and mix well. The key is to add 1 packet of mustard for each egg and 1 packet of mayonnaise for every two eggs. Use Figures 3 and 4.

Figure 3 Figure 4

Now add salt and pepper to taste. And add the pretend paprika, since we don't really have any. :) Use Figures 5 and 6.

Figure 5 Figure 6

Now take the plastic spoon that I got in the cafeteria and put about a tablespoon of "devil" into each egg half. The last one, as you can see, always gets the most "devil".

Oh yeah...

Mmmmm....so good!!!

Well, I guess I'm the only one that can use this recipe, because I'm the only one that works here!!! Well, if I ever forget how to make them, I can just refer back here!!! In case you're wondering: Yes, I'm crazy!!!

Hey.

2006-04-10T18:42:00.000-05:00

Hey! This is a pic of my favorite kindof dog!!
A Miniture Dachschund!! (This is only a puppy!!)

2006-03-08T22:13:00.000-05:00

Evan and Sabine! Did you get our Happy 2nd Anniversay email? We didn't forget you!!

Only 14 days to Paris!! Pop and I are getting ready and looking so forward to seeing you two. I wish we could all be there together! That would be so fun!

Hey! I only need foie gras ONCE! My cholesterol can't take it. Unless you WANT to give me a heart attack!!

How was Phantom, Tony? Hope you enjoyed it!

Sheri and Ieee. That is so great about the condo! Wonderful!

Gettin' kinda tired now...think I'll go to bed......

Love Bupkiss and Poppy xoxoxoxoox

The Phantom Of The Opera!!

2006-03-05T10:38:00.000-05:00

I'm gonna see the Phantom Of The Opera play today!!! i'm gonna go with sheri and some other peoples!!

Checking in...

2006-03-01T18:12:00.000-05:00

Hi everyone, good to see that everyone has remained fairly regular with the blogging. Of course, we'll have to somehow coerce Rick to join in again. I'm dying to read another blog about how "Life is fun, is it not?"

The assembly was great, this past weekend. I noticed that there was a great emphasis on being careful with what we choose for entertainment, and also limiting how much time we spend on recreation. That was just one of the things I got from it anyways. Good reminders to consider, seeing as its easy to start focusing on having enough time for relaxing instead of focusing on the ministry.

Ian is starting regular auxiliary pioneering this month, so we're excited about that. It'll be nice to work together in the early morning, since its usually just Andrea, Matt Chapman, and I. Plus it'll be a good boost to my time too. I'm not nearly as behind as I have been in past years, but still a little behind.

We can't wait to come and visit you guys, Evan and Sabine. Hopefully sooner rather than later. We're working on it.

We sold the 2nd floor condo this week, so that's a weight off our shoulders. We're confident Jehovah will make things work out so that we're able to continue having as full a share in field service as possible. Its a little scary though, since now that we've sold one, we have to commit to selling all of them. We can't just try and sell the whole building outright now. So it'll be interesting to see how things work out.

That's a great experience you had, Evan. Its so exciting to be able to speak with someone while you're at work. Its a nice break from the typical monotony of it. Every once in a while my boss will bring something up. I've given him the All Scriptures Are Inspired book, and he seemed to really like it. Sometimes I really wish I could preach to the people on the phone though, because they're in pretty rough condition most of the time. Sometimes I can see on their profiles from the doctor that they're Jehovah's Witnesses, and I wish I could say something to them, but with all the HIPAA craziness, I wouldn't want to lose my job over it at this point.

We heard a lot of really great experiences from our Portuguese C.O., Frank Furtado and his wife Sandra. He was visiting last week with our group. He and his wife just came from visiting a small group in Bermuda. They only have about 12 publishers, but many studies and interested ones. He gave a funny experience about when he went to visit a Portuguese group in Japan, and he ended up working with a brother who only could say one thing in Portuguese-Como vai? (How are you?) and he said it with a little bow and heavy Japanese accent. So they went to a door and met a woman who was Japanese, but brought up in Brazil, so she could speak both languages. Frank would share a scripture and thought in Portuguese, and then the other brother would try and see where he was and he would find a similar thought in his bible in Japanese. And at the end of the visit the woman said "Its amazing, you're both speaking in two completely different languages, but saying the same thing!" Then we heard an experience about the Sign Language group forming in Springfield (that Nathan is part of). They needed to do a mold remediation on the Kingdom Hall, but the two congregations meeting there were the two poorest in the area (I think one English and one Spanish) and it was going to cost $200,000.00. But because they were conducting the learning class for sign language, they were able to get government funding, so they only had to come up with about $25,000.00. Isn't that amazing? So now the Sign Language group is able to get all the special media equipment they need for their meetings, and they are going to be sponsered by the Spanish congregation. Its so great to hear about things like this happening so close to home.

Anyways....I've rambled on enough...someone else's turn.
Much love to everyone.
Tchau.

It's good to see you back on the blog Gina!!!

2006-03-01T00:19:00.000-05:00

Hello there,

It's nice to see that pretty much everyone has blogged since we've restarted except Poppy. We need to give him a little kick in the pants if you know what I mean. :) (not too hard of course)Thanks Gina for your nice words and so very expressive about how much you want to hug us. (I'm disturbed and don't think I'll ever be the same. I keep picturing you ripping your arms off.......)

Well, what's new? WE just finished our month of service. Sabine made her time despite bad weather and sickness. I came close (68 hours), but I'm happy that I'm not falling to far behind for the winter. I had a wonderful experience recently though and believe it or not, it was at work!

I have this guy as a student who's in his mid-30's or so and in general I would dread my class because he acts like a child and is always talking about women (even though he's married with a son), but I have no choice but to put up with him, because he's my student. I try to be firm as well to keep the lesson on track.

However, just Monday, we were discussing an article that we recently read for our lesson about the bridge between the Serbs and Croats in Mostar and the seperation of ethnic background it has caused. Then we discussed recent news in Paris about a Jew who was brutally tortured for three weeks until he died recently and how it's being labeled a religious hate crime. Then he asked me if I was Catholic. I thought, "FINALLY, a chance to preach". It's not usually easy as I'm not supposed to initiate religious talk unless someone asks questions first. So, I told him I was one of Jehovah's Witnesses and he had an image of us that was completely warped by the false propoganda in France about us. He thought we were a sect (of course) like the Scientologists and that we have lots of money, celebrities in our organization and our leader is rich and has many wives. So, I had a perfect chance to defend my faith. I corrected all his wrong views and he was very surprised to know what I told him.

Also, we discussed matters such as the resurrection, the first sin, the issue of universal sovereignty, why God permits suffering, a little bit of everything. It was a very rich conversation and I was so happy when we finished the lesson. In fact, we spoke about only that for about 1 hour and 15 minutes! I saw a side of him that I hadn't before and maybe things will in class will be different than before. I hope I have another chance to talk about it with him. I have to be discreet though. Well, if it's Jehovah's will, something will happen.

So, we're really excited for you visit Mum and Pup. It seems like forever since we've seen you. It's going to be a lot of fun. We're going to eat "foie gras" or (duck fat....a French delicacy) for breakfast, lunch and supper while your here! Get your stomachs ready!!!!!

That's all for now. Love to everyone from Sabine and I.

Ev

Don't Ya love The Pope?

2006-02-23T18:13:00.000-05:00

We don't like the pope!! I just call this post that because I wanna tell ya about the picture!! Auntie Dave sent it to my dad. (We use to call him that when we were little!!!)

2006-02-23T15:18:00.000-05:00

2006-02-23T15:15:00.000-05:00

Attention All Poopy Heads

2006-02-23T14:58:00.000-05:00

Hey this really stinks to high heaven. It seems that the blog has really picked up again and all I'm stuck doing is picking my nose cause i've got no internet, Man! I miss it. I used to love to blog. I'm happy to hear you are all doing well and it's nice to have our newest addition Tony. Welcome, your blogs have been quite funny.
Sammy is getting so big so fast. Evan and Sabine I can't wait for you to see her. I wish that there was some way to send you a video of her but we haven't figured out how. I took her to the Ecotarium last Sat. and we had a good time. We are already planning to go camping come May or June probably with John and Tiffany Laselle and I'll probably take Aly with me, she dying to get outdoors and go camping. Mom and Pop are getting very excited about there trip to Paris, I'm sure you guys can't wait to see them. i wish I could be there to give you both hugs. maybe I'll tear off both my arms and send them in mom's carry on so I can at least hug you even though it may be a little awkward I would sacrifice my limbs for a few moments with my loved ones. (mmmm...that was truly disturbing,but typical of me.) Well poopy heads wish me well on getting back some form of communication with the blogger world, i miss it so. But till then write some cool stuff so that when I get a chance to pop on i can enjoy some words from all of you. I love you all. With love, Truly Gina xoxoxoxox

Wow

2006-02-13T18:22:00.000-05:00

Wow. Everyone is really good at blogging! Well, Ian I just added a new review so please post a new review. Well anyway, today at school during snack, everyone was talking. And she said I was yelling when I was talking normally to my friend Tyler.

She kept on saying not to yell even though
I didn't! She said tyler was WAAYY over there. But no, he was only 3 feet away from me. (diagnally) Well, let me tell some good news!

I am bringing my video now to aftercare
so I can prove to my dad I am responsible enough so I can bring my DS! Now THAT is stinkin awesome!!!

2006-02-11T22:19:00.000-05:00

Hello all! and Welcome Tony!

Good to have you blogging with us!

Coots, so sorry you are sick! no fun.. and sorry you have so much paperwork to fill out. I think our lives are filled with tooooo much of it! We all have no patience for it anymore, I think anyway.

Sheri and Sabine, I hope you both will be able to arrange your work hours to the best for you.

Yesterday, Sammy called me on the phone. I could hear, Grammy? Grammy? on the answering machine. I was in my new office cleaning up and by the time I picked up, she had gone away because I didn't answer her right away. Gina gave her the phone, but it was like, nope.. too late...doe wanna talk now. But I went over and visited for a while and we had a lovely time. I just love that little Cooter so much!!

Can't wait to see you both, Evvie and Sabine! By the way, I don't know if you know yet, but I am retired...for the time being. Then, I'll probably go on to something else...I have some ideas. But thankfully, I am done with transcription. Seven and a half years is enough! Too much sitting and too much with the foot pedal. I think it will be a while before I recover from it. I' m doing a little bit at a time to finish my office. Painting a part of the woodwork, then resting, filling spaces in along the baseboards, then resting, etc. Pop went to Home Depot today and bought the lumber to build the bookcases that will go on either side of the closet in my office. It's going to be nice when it's done.

Bye for now :)

Kisses to everyone!!

love, Mumski x0xoxoxooxox

Latest stuff

2006-02-09T18:58:00.000-05:00

Hey fam,

I feel like I've been fighting a virus for over a week. I've been religiously taking vitamin C every day hoping that I could build up my immune system, but to no avail. I am now sick. So, I canceled my class today in order to find time to rest up so that I can reach my hours for February.

It wasn't really a restful day though, because we've recently found out that we have to renew Sabine's grandma's retirement plan and guess what.........YOU NEED LIKE 5 MILLION PAPERS THAT ARE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND OR OBTAIN!!!! I spent an hour in our basement (or "cave" as we call it) looking for her resident card. It was like looking for a needle in a hay stack. Plus I had like a pound of dust up my nose along with all kinds of creepy crawly things.(Aaahhhh...these are but only the suits are trappings of life in bureaucratic France)They arrange things purposefully so that it's hopeless and impossible to make any deadline. Anyway, we know Satan's throwing things our way because we just started pioneering together but we're determined not to get discouraged by those things.

On a more positive note, Sabine had a great study with her lady from Sri Lanka. It lasted 2 hours! She was really well prepared and remembered everything from the previous study. Also, she told Sabine that she wants to read the Bible regularly with a schedule so we're going to give her some different ideas for that.

It's really wonderful to see the fruits of our labor in the ministry. All of you too, keep up the good work and please keep sharing your experiences. Trust me........we really need them!

Love you all!

Ev

P.S. Can't wait for you guys to come Ma and Pa. We're getting the place ready for you!!!

and, thanks for the good website links Tony!