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\nDeplorable-looking woman, who has grown her mother\u2019s nose and who sweated off her make-up, reviving with Guinness in Rome<\/em><\/p>\n

Sorry it\u2019s so quiet. I awoke this morning with a really bad cold\/sore throat thing going on and after doing the marketing realized I must be a little more jet-lagged than I thought. Who knew jet-lag was day-skipping? I certainly had more pep yesterday.<\/p>\n

I need to write a gracious \u201cthank you\u201d to my guest-bloggers, and ask you to give them a boorah round of applause. There were some days in Rome where I just didn\u2019t have time to check the site, but I never worried because I knew I had left it in three incredibly capable and generous hands. As soon as I saw Danielle passing out gum, and Dolly Parton video, I knew all was well!<\/p>\n

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Actually, I did worry about one thing: that you\u2019d like our guest bloggers so well that you wouldn\u2019t miss me at all!<\/p>\n

I hope that\u2013having had two weeks to make the acquaintance of the the inspiring Danielle Bean<\/a>, the shrewdly funny Simcha Fisher<\/a> and the warm, thoughtful Sally Thomas<\/a>, you\u2019ve developed an appetite for their writing that keeps you checking on them at their sites, and I\u2019ll surely be linking to them\u2013again and again\u2013from here.\u2019<\/p>\n

Did they completely blast to shreds the oddball stereotypes we\u2019ve seen of Catholic Moms and Homeschoolers? Good! That was the devious plan, from the start. As The Count used to say on Sesame Street: Ah-ha-ah!<\/em><\/p>\n

The gals might be shooting a few more posts this way during the week, closing loops and tidying loose ends, so it\u2019s not yet \u201caloha,\u201d but please join me in thanking them! Boorah! Or, as we say in Rome, grazie, mi amici, grazie!<\/em>!<\/p>\n

\nTrevi Fountain; yes, I wanted to dive into that crystal-blue water! Look at the color of the sky in Rome\u2013it is different from the New York sky\u2013it is jewel-toned and unforgettable.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"