Now also on My Space

Okay, now the deal's completed. You can from now on find me also - and preferably - on My Space. I will try my best to keep it updated here as well, but you know already about my endless gaps time...

• Random notice: this evening we start taking the Japanese language course, for being on check this summer on our Japan trip (can't wait!!!);
• I'm at the fourth writing of the book (YES!);
• I should sometime start with the drawnings for it, but I never get the proper time out from the "normal" work at office...
• I miss all the friends I keep coldly in waiting - on facebook too - but it's not intentional, and I hope you trust me on that

I LAND YOU THE MYSPACE PROFILE LINK, SO YOU CAN ADD ME (I write it in english):

http://www.myspace.com/gallimel

what a gift!!! Thank You Micke!! :)

Since many asked for an update about my new look, I post this image which is dated 1st of January 2008 ;).
Yes, hair are completely bicouloured by now, after the decision of my longtime executing hairdresser (who still be the one in Florence, no matter if I live in LodiVecchio now: can't change him ;) and after all I visit my parents there every 3 weeks maximum!)
Ste is used to them and he likes the change: for what concerns me, I simply adore the twist. Even though I plan to short 'em down even more by the end of the spring.

Anyway, here we are : HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

Work as usual absorbs me a lot; we're planning travels for it in Romania quite soon, while on the "life" side many of our friends are keeping it up with *having babies* (SIGH...)

My mood is OK, or I'd better say, after yesterday evening, *very ok*.

That's when I got Micke's gift for the Xmas times....
OH MY GOOOODNESS!!!
There was a rich compendium of my better likes: a book that I know I will love to read in language, Oasis' "Lord Don't Slow Me Down" DVD boxset, the 3 compilation cds there were meant to be there and... then....... OH MY GOOOOODNESSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!

Kent 's latest album"Tillbaka Till Samtiden", the version of it with the special addition of the photographic book, their autographs and...(Micke, can I say again I ADORE you??!!) the transcription of the conversation Micke had with the guys in the band ABOUT ME receiving that all as present!!!!!
Can't believe it. Still.
I'm yet unable to properly verbalize my gratitude and happiness about this fantastic thought he had for me.I'm such a lucky woman.

Thank you so much :).

Lotta kisses, Meli :)

From Valle d'Aosta (Champoluc): Happy Year Ending!!

From Val D'Aosta's magnificently shining landscapes, and still thankin Marco and Vanessa (and their amazing friends!) out for the great experience together, let's take a look at Ste and I in quite "mountan-ish" look&mood in Champoluc, after an active afternoon among skiers and snow and right before a massive hot chocolate was in front of us both!

Well, actually he did take a tea and I tried a "Café Maison" (which is chocolate plus coffee plus amaretto liquor and covered in whipped cream...;)!) accompanied by a slice of sacher torte and a slice of choco roll cake, but there you go! We went at a choco place anyway all together!

Tomorrow we will leave to Tortona for being along Orni and Sara and cheer the new year: wish you all a fantastic end & start of the year, catch you in 2008!!!!

Kisses, Meli xxx

A bit late in timing... Happy Xmas!

Like usual I have made all the friends far away wait for my "timed-out" greetings for Xmas.

*Sigh*: I'm awful, I know.

Just wanna tell you all "Happy Xmas" and have a wonderful ending and even better starting of the Year!

I'm now in Florence, where this round we passed Xmas: yesterday we've been with all my dearest friends here; in two days back in Lodi, then a point at Alps in Valle D'Aosta and a New Year's Eve with Orni and Sara in Tortona, for a little change.

This incoming Year means particularly one thing: JAPAN!!!!!

We're managing the married life quite well, Stef and I.

All that comes will be blessed.

My best wishes to you all dears. Peace&Love 4 everyone. Meli xxx

I'm Mrs. Nicoletti now...

.. and I'm over the moon for it :).

We'll be plenty of time for all the descriptions, later on (included the good byeS to the no-married status...); we've got sun, we've got all the shining moods. Everything just went right.

We both cried at the altar ( I actually made the whole crew sigh out...); Don Massimo has been amazing, and I'm so overjoyed I can't properly explain that.

The mini-honey moon in Barcelona has been fabulous, and we're gonna have picture album of it as well, soon ( we've got 200 pics of it in 3 days... when we will head to Japan for three weeks for the real honey moon next year, we'll be coming back with 3000 pics maybe?!?)

Anyway, by now, let me cheer you all.

I'm ecstatic :)

P.s.: Link on Facebook with marriage pics sent to us by Daniele (Ila's bro): what a quick delivery! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=23525&l=99932&id=559491334

Soon-to-be wife...

Okay...

I know, I know: LONGTIME not to be seen by anyone around.

Oh, well, you know, life just takes me into so many things, and time always seems to shorten down year after year, that walkin down the internet realms is just impossible.

But as September comes, a small update MUST be given.

On the 15th the BIG day arrives.

Marriage.

I know it's gonna be a rainy day... but I know it's gonna be the best day of my life.

I'm happy. I'm nervous... and for somebody in her 30's shouldn't be so... but I am.

Stef and I are gonna be "Tweety and Silvester" in the tables names, that we've chosen out from anime&cartoons of our lives.

But you're gonna be informed in videos and images soon.

A little more notice for welcoming baby Alessandro Sollazzo in the world!!! Monia and Mauro's baby will be baptized this Sunday, after one month of life, and can't wait to be there.

Check you all hopefully QUITE soon.

P.S.: Honeymoon will be in Japan next year, as we ran out of free days already this one: but we will leave to Barcelona (instead of planned Paris) for three days after the day. Just to have our time, as it's right and fair to be.

P.S. 2: I've gained weight, due to my darn allergia, but somehow I just don't care. Incredibly to be said (well, it's not like I'm fat, but generally women do care about their shape on their marriage days...) I feel like I've never felt better before in my shoes. Is that the power of love? Who knows... Stef gained it too, so I guess it's just my cooking talent ;)

Hugs everybody, catch you all as soon as I can get to afford it.

Meli.

Happy start of the new year! From Meli (and Ste)

Happy new year everyone !

This comes from Stef and I, here pictured out in the typical Start of The New Year kiss. We were laughing our asses off, as "CiccioOrni" and "CiccioSte" (Della) were joking about me being pregnant. Well, I'M NOT YET! Lemme being bride at least, please!

Yesterday evening we had as guests at our house Gulli and Stefy with the lovely and very messy little Serena... This morning I have a workin meeting in S. Donato Milanese, then in the whole afternoon... VALENTINA!

I could have taken my spare afternoon off to study for the Borghetto Concours, or just to relax myself, but I had promised to the lil kid she would have come around before her school was restarting, and you mustnt let down a promise, especially when made to a kid.

So... wish me TOO some good luck cheer, cos I'll be needing it in this demanding day! Meli :)

See You in 2007! Greetings!

In about one hour Stef and I (along Della, Nadia, Orni and Sara) are about to leave to re-create the typical "half of a week on the snow" (almost: this year there's no trace of snow there, yet) above Tortona's mountains to wait for the new Year to start, in cousy atmosphere with friends.

I wish everybody a serene time to farewell 2006 and to welcome 2007 in the happiest mood.

As ultimate imagine for this ending year I show you one of the pictures of my Second Master Degree, obtained this past 21st of December.

Stef was congratulating me after the very good result: you will see more and more in the new site I'll be building in the first week of 2007. Hugs!

Catch U all in the...new year!

Hugs, Meli :)

Happy Xmas and Happy Holiday Time!

Be happy with your significant ones during this holiday time. Catch You all after the celebrations and before New Year. Love, Meli

107 out of 110... not bad, in the end ;)

Wooooo-hooo!!!
I’m already awake, although yesterday the dinner with my family , Stef’s family and my stepfather and stepmother ended at night.
The day has been awesome… I did an excellent performance in the discussion of the thesis, I got wide appreciation out of all the Commission and even the Lady Teacher whom I was expected a very careful and potentially dangerous interest in exploiting my work to find some mistakes gave me an unexpectedly enthousiastic reaction. Even before asking me her question she showed a total confidence in my scholar skills, with this prelude: “You have done a magnificent job with this thesis”.
WOW.
Everybody was delighted… so I took the maximum of the points possibile out of the discussion, namely 6. Summed with the starting 101 up, I took a very flattering 107 out of 110, which is not bad in the end, especially considerino all the mess and chaos of “the double laurea thing”.

Now I’d love to try up Phylosophy, after Social Science and Social Psychology. Let’s see. There’s always that perspective of coming back be part of the University stuff with my former mentor Professor Tarchi Marco.

Anyway, I’m totally grateful with everybody who supported me in this incredibly tough year. My friends Monia and Ilaria yesterday have been absolutely wonderful.

Stef is an angel. My unique, immense, infinite angel. I couldn't live without him at my side.

I know that 2007 is gonna be amazing, and I need it, after this kind of awkward year. Love everybody, happy Xmas, Meli :) (Double-doctor Meli ;))

No more Cannes, indeed

Yes, I'm in Florence... Trying to complete the preparation for this incoming Thursday.

Stef's parents will stay also for dinner, and along Sergio and Anna (my stepmother and stepfather) we will celebrate after the second Master Degree.

I'm exhausted, but the weekend in Lodi was lovely. I won 5 prizes out of the Rotary Clob "Adda Lodigiano"'s Xmas dinner (also some Thun stuff, which I love a lot), and had relaxing and sweet time with Stef and the friends.

We have decided then that we won't go at Cannes and Montecarlo for New Year's Eve, we prefer to renew the mountain tradition along Orni, Sara, Nadia and Della. We will go to France in 2007, instead. This is fixed up already :)

I'm unnaturally relaxed. I've decided with Stef to keep next year safe from volunteer things, charity, philantrophia and demanding stuff.

Next year is gonna be just me and him, friends and family. All the rest, in the end, never counts truly. And moreover, it distresses me in a way that 'm not ready anymore to pay.

Have all fun, I'll write again prolly after Xmas. (Do you like the new style? It's gonna be applied also at the new Italian blog version, and at the new Gallimel's web door I am ready to build in 2007 :) ) Hugs!!

Can't wait for 2006 to end...

... It has been in so many ways a year which has grieved me in too many occasions.

But from another point of view, it has matured me more than happier years have done.

This is me with Stef @ Gianmario&Laura's home this past tuesday, when we have celebrated with the local friends both Saint Lucia (that's usual to be celebrated around the Lodi area) and Della's 33th birthday.

It is being an usual hectic week; on sunday I'll leave to Florence to get ready to the thesis discussion on the 21st, then I'll get back to Lodi along my parents on Xmas' Eve.

For the new years eve we (me and Stef, prolly just the two of us as Della&Nadia seem to have not as many holidays as we do) will go to Cannes, to enjoy a sweeter climate.

I expect for this romantic break "the question".

I want a 2007 completely new and renewed. It's time to finally leave all the habits of past, and after next year's marriage, I'll celebrate the revolutionary purpose by cutting my hair. At 30, it's gonna be time.

Stef wants also that I start to give up to all my extra activities: charity, volunteer centers, all that has contributed to give me further stress and pain during this year especially. I guess he's absolutely right. So I'll do what he asks, and after the last events, I guess also with no regrets.

By the way, tomorrow is Rotary's Charity Dinner Time. I just want to win something, I'll take the boring extras like an half condemn...;)

Kisses, catch you after Xmas and so... have all a lovely and more than nice Xmas: I'm preparing the calendar as well. Kisses :)

Stable, Safe and...Noel-istic!!!

Hi there dears!

I'm back in Lodi for a few days, after spending almost three weeks away to complete my exam program for Social Psychology, which will give me my second master degree just before Xmas.

I'm late wth everything else: work, fitness, marriage plans, but I am happy and very up. This although I am as tired as hell, obvioulsy.

Stef on friday has done ITS BEST for me. Noel Gallagher was on Radio Deejay, the most important italian radio (he works for the sister television and media company) and although he hates Oasis and everything they represent for me... he stepped down, caught him, took pics for me with the cell phone and gave me his sign!!!

When yesterday I came back, he showed me everything, and revealed he had lied previously to me (I was suer he had done that, but he kept refusing...). I started to jump like a kid, and now I have the precious sign in my pocket :D

Tomorro, on Monday, Noel plays at Blue Note in Milan and stef said if he finds two ticket (almost impossible, it's late now) from the Radio People, we'll go.

I keep fingers crossed. But anyway I'm already happy enough :D

Hugs everybody dears, catch you again as soon as I can :)

Meli

I'll get the second MDegree...

... not on the 17th of October, as I naively hoped, but on the 18th of December...
AAAAAAARRRRRGHHHH!!!!

I need to think "lightly" anyway so instead of some dark version of me I've chosen this Elouai Avatar of myself that my friend Chiara (the american one) has created sometime ago. (My english speakin crew can't truly understand the fine tongue-in-cheek meaning of it... "Meli" sounds in italian quite like "apple", better "apple trees"... That's why she has created this version of me ;))

So, my next two months outta be some infinite traveling in between Lodi and Florence, to get all that I need for the psychology MD.

I have already in mind some speeches which are gonna make me change job, but the BAD news is that this way I will change it way later than hoped. It drives me mad, the unorganization in Italian Ateneums...

The good news is that I am gonna use the impressive amount of free hours that my insane working schedeule in two years has gifted me (erm...) with.

The bad one is that I won't be with Stef half of my time for two months.

The BAD, BAD news is that I will start to organize my 2007 marriage two months later.

I hate offices at University. Period.

But I love you all der friends from everywhere. Kisses and catch you soon again :)

Meli

An update every 35 days? Ouch ;)

Ops... I did it again (sounds SO much like Britney, but nah, I'm different... :D)

So many days of silence, but it was not planned (as usual... it's never planned while it still happen so frequently!).

I've been down to Florence, to take my another Master Degree there (should be on October the 17th... cross fingers for me!) and to follow some Uni activities; I've beem touring around for work, and I have finally made my mind up that I wanna change job. I'm lookin around, and I hope to find some new thing in one or two months. It's gonna be a lovely day when I will leave my current place, believe me (revenge, sweet revenge...).

Other than that, I'm pretty okay: friends are okay, Stef and I are okay, and I even painted something new as you can see aside. First proper paint in one year and half... Denise would be amazed, I'm sure she is from Heaven, and I'm sure she drove my hands in executing her idol this lovely.

Well... what more...

Chiara's baby Sofia is astoundingly beautiful, and she's totally healthy and lively. What a joy to be seen... I wanna become a mother soon, but before that, next year there's gonna be the marriage ;)

So... wish everyone around a fine day, and with the hope (solely hope) od another passage here sooner than in 35 days ( *erm*...), I send you all my best hug&kiss :)

Meli :)

"Virtually" back from holidays ;)

I am actually still trick-trackening in rushing visits to lovely sites (real world ones, obviously...) but sadly I have wide the awareness in me the time of relax and fun is coming to end.

I lived lovely holidays: and I badly needed that: I needed to cut all links with things that were reminding me of office work, so I tried to never use pc (although Stef was having his laptop wirelessly connected to the internet...) and shorten badly down also cell phone communications.

That was easy cos this year Ilaria and Chiara went with us at holidays in Puglia (Chiara for the first week, Ilaria for both) so I had to communicate just with parents and Monia ;) and Micke, whom has (among brackets) had the finest of his holidays as well, enjoyin a massive trip all along Europe.

Chiara has become mother last saturday, so....26th of August 2006: WELCOME TO LOVELY SOFIA!!!!! This weekend we arrive in Florence to cheer the baby and the proud parents.

From Monday(better, thursday, as Monday will be crazy working day...) I will commit to all the e-mails I haven't read in a month, and more :)

Have lovely break till then, hugs and kisses, Meli :)

WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS, my friend....

And that's it: I slept 3 hours.. but I am happy (although I still hating our coach, most lucky man in the world I've ever seen).

I waieted 24 years, I creid 12 years ago, but not yesterday. Yesterday, penalties were joyful. And that was about time.

I'm pretty out of mind, and teh team is CURRENTLY stepping off from the airplane in Rome (we're watchin tv at work, yep).. I celebrate the will and the force of the team which has been made by MEN. Their will is the force. Although we almost never played any good football, we demonstrated the power of desire and wish.

I have discovered the MAN Gattuso (the player still unseable for me), and I have discovered Grosso's tale: 5 years ago he was in FOURTH division. That's a raise up, indeed.

Cannavaro, man of the 100 games in the National team, deserves a monumental scuplture of himself. He erased my doubts about him, and now I praise him above everyone else.

Italy today is happy and feels like a real Country: sometimes I am sad, about this. I wish we would feel as one for things way more important than the World Cup. But gotta live with what reality gives, innit?

Hugs everybody, and thanks to Micke and Pete :)
Kisses, Meli :)

July! and we're at the semifinals!! ARGH :|

Hi there everybody!
July starts, and August with its promise of fun and moreover relax seems nearer than ever.
One last month of work, and then the first five days of August, before I will leave to sea&holidays, I PROMISE I will update my English Webdoor. I should have this weekend, but we were almost melting by heat and then I preferred another plan, namely relax and attend along Stef to a party barbecue done by his former collegues at MTV.
*pure fun* :)

Yes... I know... I should name the fact Italy's in the semifinals of World Cup: but I have a dignity, and I couldn't celebrate something that SO FAR looks totally undeserved. Let's see tomorrow against Germany.. I faint at the perspective of hoorayin a team made by so many people I despise, first in row, that massive asshole of our coach.

Let's see: all I know is that in the end, my Italian blood will prevail, and if we WOULD WIN (I don't think it's probable...but maybe that's the secret of our luck? Who knows...) I am gonna end in a car doing carousels all over the country... :

This weekend I am in Florence... I miss my foreign friends and I should visit the overboard boards... I have to pack Micke's gift and I have to buy a Puma Italy's shirt. To be in tone ;)

Big hug everybody, you're always in my mind and heart even though I always seem absent from the web.
Love, Meli :)

tonight I WON'T cheer for Italy's team...

Hey there!
I don't have much time, but I am here happy to comment at least one fact: Today Italy's team starts its World Cup of football, and I am so loathing half of it, especially the team manager that I am gonna yawn on my couch all night, hoping even Ghana is gonna beat us.

Can't help myself, and maybe this will change later... but truly, I don't have any will or wish to cheer the azzurri's tonight.

I'm hating our national tv, thankin God we have Sky at least to see the games.

Work is the usual bitch, and I'm having caos in other activities I normally follow... but it's all fine anyway, I'm living it with phylosophy. At least I do try that.

Word of the day should be *harmony* but it sounds and it's going more like it's actually being *mess*.

A mega kiss to everybody, especially my people at the forum from the world... I miss you all guys, and in July I PROMISE I'll getting back at ya too :)

Meli (Thanx Chiara for the Elouai's dollz of myself... they're so cute ;))

Back again to Florence...

With all my dearest friends away to take a precious tan (Monia and Mauro on cruise to celebrate their first year as married couple, Ilaria with her parents in Sardegna, Chiara too taken with the pregnancy, but as well on the beach in Viareggio...).
I could have reached Chiara at least, but my allergic sympthomes can't allow me actually, plus yesterday marriage drowned me down heavily (7 hours of eating stuff... God I won't eat for a week!!)
So I just can rest in preparation for tomorrow therapy. I miss my Stef who's remained in Lodi...
Anyway I'll be again in Florence next week to see also the newborns in the family, so I'll see my friends certainly. They'll be black and I'll be white as usual, but I'll take the rejection of tan with Zen phylosophy ;)
See the picture, in fact :)
I have also created an account in http://www.splinder.com so I have actually another italian blog account, but to be honest I can't see how I could spend time in there, having practically no time for my personal site, and spending time updating Denise's Site for Raffaele exclusively cos Denise deserves this. Can't break a promise made to her, you can understand me of course. She would be crying down tears from heaven, if I would disappoint one of her last requests.
When I was younger though, my energies were undoubtedly stronger, and way more than they are now.
So, I better leave to customize some stuff.
Just one last note: the programming on tv now that sundays are matching summer is PATHETIC. An ongoing series of crap broadcasting... I wanna Sky in my Florence house too (yeah, we have the digital decoder, but no way I am ever gonna see any Mediaset Praemium. NO WAY.)

Have everybody a serene sunday evening,
catch you soon , Melixxxxxx