I'm back soon :) Till then... love for the Year :)
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Happy Xmas 2005!
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This evening... the bloody boring Rotary Club dinner...:/

happy red holidays!

Hi there!! :)
Hope everything's fine for you all :)
Up above you see an avatar quite like the way I'll be this Xmas (I bought a dress just alike ;))
Xmas that I will pass in Florencealong Stef, my family and my gals :)

To obtain this, I had to agree in attending this evening Lodi's Rotary Club dinner for Xmas (I'll be dressed in long black with cover-shoulder champaigne like shoes and bag ;)): thing that I find *extremely boring* and absolutely unlike me.
I'm not upper-class, I'm not liking these kind of "all-rich-and-pretentious" kind of things....
But as we won't share Xmas with Stef's family (they go all in Puglia, connecting New Yearìs Eve time too, and me and Stef have not such long holidays to spend to be along them), me and Stef were someway bound to agree, and in fact, it's gonna be nice (for the people there, at least, at our table :))

This saturday I'll be sending and spreadin worldwide my calendars to all the friends :)
I will be also answering mails in apt way :)

Have all a great time till then :)
Hugs, red meli :)
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4 days in Florence.. starting in two hours ;)

Go Viola!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Viola RULE

So.. we are about to leave to my parental house (Stef and I) to be with my Mum&Dad (yesterday was my mum's BDay, and I have to be with her at least for a few days :)) to be with my Florence Creek and with Lil Davide on saturday, too.

Life's hectic and time never seems to be enough, but I am quite happy :)

I made the calendar and printed 50 copies, so I can share it with lovely people from all around web waves whom I have missed so much this busy year.
I am so sorry to have been this away from them (especially from the closest).. but sometimes in life you just can't avoid to choose and when Stef told me I had to dedicate to US my little spare time, I just couldn't say anything but "of course my angel".

If somebody hasn't undesrtood this, I guess they just didn't understand me, after all.

anyway.. house's all gold and red for Xmas :)
I love to see rooms coloured so!!!
I'll be also in Florence for Xmas and this makes me endless happy.

I just hope nobody's gonna be attacked by terrorists, and I wish people a Xmas in Love and Peace.

Things sometimes look so perfect, it seems quite like they have to be about to fall.
But I don't wanna bend to this sad thought so... let's go and smile :)!

Have all a lovely weekend. Catch you soon :) Meli :)
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we did meet lil Tommaso :)

Make your life musical!
Last saturday... All the countryside was under snow, and we pay visit to newborn lovely Tommaso :)
Micky&Ale are over the moon, and the baby's simply awesome, lively, and with such cute features he made me and Stef amazed, truly :)

We also went to visit Giacinta, and she's doing better: today or tomorrow they'll move her to rehabilitation therapy in San Colombano's Hospital, aso things may develop faster for the better :)

Snow's not here anymore, but it's truly freezing: my visit to Florence will be postponed to Immacolata's Bridge, due to working stuff and the chance I have to get Uni letter here in Lodi instead than not :)

Mamy&Papy will change their car in favour of a Musa at the middle of January, while I ma gonna get a better job position around the same time: I will pass from half to complete timing, but I'll have a better structure around, which make me very happy.

This week I have to send mails to ask addresses for teh Xmas calendar sending.. let's cross fingers I'll be makin it all ;)

I'll keep playin Madge's record all time along, though: she ROCKS!!!!!!

Hugs and kisses, Your Meli will catch you all soon again :)

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14th of November, 05: on the day of Marco's BDay...WELCOME TOMMASO!!!

Welcome Tommaso! Congrats to ale and Micky :)

The first son of Micky and Ale came into our chaotic world on the 14th... some more hours, and instead of sharing the date along with Marco (we went to a dinner for him) he would have done it along his father Alessandro ;)

What to say in such a beautiful occasion?
Just... JOY& Deep happiness :)
Shine on dear, and make your parents shining even more now :)

Congratulations... Stef and I are wearing all smiles :)

Catch you all soon: but next week, cos for a few days I am in Florence to take my allergic vaccines :)
Hugs, Meli :)
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8 mile of sore throat ;)

Feeling cartoonish today :)

Okay... yesterday we did not go to the dance class: Stef came hom very late and my sore throat just would not make me fine there.

Let's hope we did not miss too much, and that next tuesday we can cope with the rest's talent ;)

I ended up watchin 8 Mile dvd, including the extras ;) I love that movie a lot, gotta say :)
Eminem's a very skilled fella.

My Fantacalcio with Gazzetta sees me down to 23th place, with Stef in at 24th. The reason?
The insane idea to keep Ibrhaimovic on my bench, and allow Suazo to share forwards duties along with Toni and Bonazzoli.
I KNEW it was a mistake.... SIGH!!! the 6 points I have of difference with the first would have been just 0,5 if Ibra were in.

ARGH!!!!!!

But it's gonna be a long ride: we have hopes.

This weekend I'll be in Florence, and the one after I'll be there again since thursday evening cos on friday 18th I have the vaccine for allergia and in the evening Monia's BDay celebration ;)

A long way.
Now let's get ready for boring work ;)

Kisses, Meli :) Your cartoon-type of devoted friend :)
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After Micke Stays... thoughts&words :)

Me and Micke on past thursday in Milan

So... all my plans and organization for Micke's coming at me and Stef got quite wasted by a number of events that have occurred...
The weather was not as good as I did hope, so the fog prevented me to bring him in Pavia...

Stef had to help Angelo the butcher in a thing about Angelo's wife (not time nor space to explain here....) so on Saturday and monday morning he couldn't be with us going around...

But no matter that, I am sure Micke had a lovely time :)
Me and Stef definitely did with him.
So I hope the meeting can be renewed and I also hope me and Stef will visit Micke in beautiful Sweden, cos I am sure the thing is worthy :)

I will prepare a description in pictures of Micke's stays, as I have already done with Oasis gig and as I will do in these two days so to update my site.

Work keeps haunting me so time to be online stays short... but ehy, things are fine :)

Stef will move from MTV to All Music and L'Espresso Group (Radio Deejay included) so new things at the window are expected.

I am 14th in Gazzetta dello Sport list in Serie A... too bad stef gave HIS name and his team's name to the one callin ;) but it should be all solved in the next days. Glory's mine after all ;)

Gotta go now.... enjoy all and be fine everybody :)
Hugs&kisses, Meli :) (the one who hopes to answer mails at least this weekend....)
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Such a Beatiful Day :)

Oasis!Oasis!Oasis!

So I need to update the blog immediately, although a proper review&description of the Oasis Day in Milan will be posted in my Online Music Magazine :)

Just wanna say it has been lovely.. we got up to the front stage, and so we could take very close pictures of them, and of the Coral too :)

Best thing has been Noel playing the Masterplan (I had that hope so strong in me I even predicted it and put the song in the Mp3 I took along me at FilaForum in Milan...) and Liam following that with Songbird :)

Both things were departures from the meant-to-be songlist :) they probably wanted to thank the crowd, cos they just looked and spoken amazingly of our response to them ;)

It has been a great day :)

I'll share more in the site of course, but you gotta at least see Liam as me and Micke did from our privileged position yesterday night ;)

CU soon :)
Kisses, Meli :)
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Tomorrow Micke comes to us :)

Po, Italy's largest river: isn't that a beautiful sight?

Hola everybody...
Yep, time's short as usual, but a brief update is needed :)
(oh.. I hope you like some of the pics I took from top of soon-to-be-built bridge over Po river...it inspires peace to me :))

Tomorrow I'll take Micke from Linate airport.. he will have to wait a bit cos I can't skip morning work at office.. but I ma sure he won't get lost... I just cros fingers that there won't be any fog... that freaks me out and I am already not that skilled driver... :P

I am sure it's gonna be a fine time together... Stef's a bit scared about his English, but he'll do well I am sure :)

Work keeps being a flash in the pan... : It's all about that work that we might have NOT lost... argh! which means MORE and MORE and MORE charge for me... Oh, well!!

This past weekend (long one,I took friday free) I was in Florence :) Ilaria and Massy witnessed amazing Fiorentina at the stadium on saturday, sliding over poor Parma with immense Luca Toni (one of my player at Fantacalcio ;)) :) :) :) They're doing very fine :)

We went with Monia and Mauro catchin Benigni's latest movie: it's a very nice one: I was expecting something not that good (after that horrendous Pinocchio), but I was wrong :) It's not "Life is Beautiful".. but none could match again that one after all :)

I advice everyone in seeing "La Tigre e la Neve" :) It deserves :)

So... update's ended :)

Gotta get ready for work :) Hugs&Kisses everyone :) Meli xxxxx

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few hopes to be online this month...

Me and Monia in her kitchen :)

I was hoping to get some chances to be around these past week... lately my job has taken me a bit and it seems like everyday all my hopes to talk a bit here with you get wasted for sudden new duties...Unlikely my predictions, this week sounds as busy as latest ones... I think no chances to be actually around online till my friend Micke comes down to me and Stef... namely for two weeks more?

At work the connection got troubled by storms last week, so it's difficult to connect (although briefly) till technician won't repair all properly (and that's meant to be this incoming tuesday...)Patience, I guess, it's the only solution I have :)

Up above you see me in Monia and Maurro's house kitchen: it was shot ten days ago when me and Stef got invited for dinner while we were in Florence. Lovely house, and lovely couple they are :) . We should be back in Florence next week's weekend, but no more diners.. just exiting at evening :) with the others gals too I hope :)

Of course I haven't replied any mail yet.. apologies, but really I haven't got time, and as usual I hope to patch this as soon as possible (but no more days called for that.. cos every single time it seems things gather enough to break my good intentions...)

So... catch you as soon as possible, and when I will, me and Micke will probably have to tell you about Oasis gig in Milan on 30th of October, ok?Hugs everyboody, again :) :) :) Meli :)

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Week past in building areas around Northern Italy... COOL!

Me witnessing the towers above Po River, bases for the incoming fast railways upper bridge. almost 100 meters above water level :)

I haven't been quite online these past ten days, and you can see the reason above...eheehh:)
Although the look isn't exactly"cool fashioned", and make up is virtually untakeable (there isn't any, in fact), what you can see in the frame is one of the coolest things I've ever done in my life so far. Workingly speaking, and maybe not just.

I have been in building areas around Northern Italy to witness methods and Safety Procedures and how they are applied and implemented . My task will be, after creating a Safety manual for PSG, to make a number of wallpapers about these procedures. So I went to check real areas along Stef's father and the team, to have a clear set-up in my mind.

Here I was up above Italy's largest river, River Po, onto a tower build to create the support for the future Bridge.
You can see the twin tower behind me.
We were almost 100 meters above water and you could see all the landscapes around.. amazing :)

I have many pics but they are needed for work, so I have no idea what can I show so far.
There will be a couple of the landscape in my Life Pictures section for sure, when I will update the site (I think in November) , but not much more than that.

So, I am quite taken and I fear there won't be space for art sites for a while more, unfortunately.
I miss that... but I have just too many things to do for work: and I am loving each one of them :) so it's all okay :)

I have to answer mails this week, and I am sure I'll make it between today and tomorrow... this past weekend I was in Floreence along Stef and we've been hosted for saturday dinner by Monia and Mauro :) there are pics of that too, you'll see all sometimes soon :)

I miss my kids at volunteer centre, but taking my therapy at gym place for incoming allergic vaccines, it's hard to find more than two spare hours every five days for them :(
I am sure soon I will make it back there too, though, takin a convenient space of time to be more helpful, as I wish :)

in three weeks Micke comes.. can't wait :)
yesterday I miss on MTV an Oasis special... I have to catch it again this week so I can show it to him :)

Tonight is dance class ;)
And with this (surprise, surprise...) I let you go: catch you soon again :)
Hugs&kisses, your Meli :)

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Time for fallish routines... and my mail system was gone!

Waiting for Fall Dinners...

You might have this one *huge* question in your mind right now: why did she tell us she would have replied our mails if she wasn't going to?
Well, I actually did.... only to discover thanx to phone calls with my Florence mates none of what I have written (and sent) reached any of the supposed targets.
Another "updating" of tin servers?
Probably.
But this service honestly sucks.
Today it seems to work, but the point is as regular life of fall has started back, I have time for "senseful" mails only at weekends. So... this incoming saturday, crossing fingers no more mail troubles will occur, you should get your answers.

What's goin on here?
Well... lots of gym training.
I need to be perfectly strong for the incoming allergic vaccines.Which means 1 hour and half at least every day (Ban Sunday ;)): I will force Micke to come with me at Litium club too cos I can't suspend the activity when he visit next month.
Talkin about that.. do you see people in this picture? there are the girls I usually have the pleasure to hang with at Restaurants around (there's all the male sides as well, but this pic is better ;)): well, next fixed meeting should be on the 28th of October for Gianmario's 40 Birthday.. but I won't be able to get in as Micke can't stay home alone... and I can't ask nobody to pay 200 euros for a dinner (yes, that's the prce of Restaurant we should get in...).
Mmmh.. Stef wasn't happy about this *little* problem, but he will have to deal with it smoothly.
And after all maybe everything will be postponed:) That's be my option favourized.

Another mess at work... tomorrow I will probably have to stay more at office. But everything should go fine enough :)

Fiorentina's triumphs are ongoing.. but I fear on Sunday evening against Inter (in Milan) we might meet our first competitor able to win over us. Still a great team this year, with an excellent trainer :)
My FantaChampionship goes well enough too and it has to do with the fact I have Viola Players in it ;) (*pride of Florentinian* :) )

Talkin about Florence stuff... I would love my mates from there coming here in Lodi this weekend, but as I haven't yet heard any call about this, I fear it won't be makeable, so we are gonna postpone THAT too.

Miss my town&people.. Florence is amazing when Fall starts... but I get there first weekend of October, so all is okay :)

Hugs everybody,
your Meli :)xxx
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meli, the cat lover...
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Brief Update: he took me at Latin Dance Class in the end ;)

I couldn't answer e-mails yesterday cos evening turned out as Stef did hope for: we started the Latin American Dance Class at Litium , and contrariwise to my reticence the evening was absolute fun.

So beside the training at gym place every Tuesday we will try to learn how to dance together for the incoming four months ;)

Work should be easy this week, which is fine enough, considering next week is looking to be overdemanding instead :)

Well, it's all for now... Mails will be written this evening as Stef's got his football game along the guys here, and I am gonna watch Doc House Medical division instead :)

Tomorrow is Madagascar :) The cartoon ;) of course :)

Catch you soon, bye bye, Melixxxx

Today all starts back!!!

Starting Regular Life 4 real... Bye Holiday Feeling!

Hi there!
The weekend in Florence has been rejuvenating :)
We've passed a wonderful evening (till 2 am to be correct) at Ilaria and Massy's, along with Chiara and Marco and Vale and Francesco.. Monia and Mauro weren't there due to a brief holiday they took.
It has been just amazing :)
They should all come back in Lodi to pay us a visit in two weeks hopefully :)
Vale and Francesco found a house in Campi Bisenzio :) :) :) :) :) :)
I am so happy for them.. now we all have a house to share with our significant others and that's amazing :)

My long road to allergic vaccines starts properly today (effects of the gone past vaccin are already here, that's why I am starting to be weak&stuff...): yesterday I signed up at the local gym place called Litium and today I start the training that will bring me in perfect shape to the end of November, to get a massive vaccine dose that should save me for one entire year this time.
Stef and I try this evening also to the Latin Dances.. this of course if Champions League won't constitute too heavy call on him ;)

Micke fixed his flights and he will arrive and leave from Linate, which is way better than Malpensa :) :) :)

Yesterday Stef got hisoperation to erase the "nei" (can't find the translation in my head now.. those black spots you can have on skin, smoothed or in relief... the ones Marylin Monroe was famous for at the side of her mouth? that thing ;)): so now he walks with two medications over his face ;) No trouble.. two days and all's gonna be okay :)

Work goes... normally :)
I start back at volunteer centre also from this thursday :) three days a week by now, then we'll see.
I am already pretty occupied, in fact. But I wil answer mails today, this is solemn promise :)

Hugs and kiss everybody :)
Melixxxxxx
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Weekend in Florence... :) *happy Meli*

a smile...as I am goin to Florence in minutes!

Yeah, it's early sat morning and Stef and I are ready to go to Florence for the weekend :)
I will see my parents after holidays and my beloved Florence Creek has organized a mega evening "all together" :)
I am blessed in having the friends I got :)

I updated my site... here http://www.angelfire.com/me4/gallimel/meli_interactive_albums.html you can find the three sites dedicated to events in my August holidays, namely the Gran Canaria time, the time in Puglia and Elli and Luca's beautiful marriage (the picture above is taken from there, in fact :)).

You can visit and leave comments under the pics if you like :)

Ah, yesterday Micke and I settled finally the time of hs coming to our Lodi's house :) 26th of October to November the First :)
It's gonna be great to have him in our house.. and then we will go to the gig, which is always a great plus :)

Ah, if you wonder, yes, I still worried about hijacks.
Every morning I wait for 9 am to pass, and realizing they didn't make any Milan Tube collapse with a bomb-man...
I know it's unrational... but I guess my emotional side just can't take current events without fearing the ignote.

But ehi... I still fight that.
They can't have my soul. At least they can't so easily.

Wish you all a great weekend.
:) I will answer all emails this incoming Monday :)
Kiss&Love, Meli xxx
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End Of Holidays... *sniff*

Summer is gone... Why Can't I Turn Back Time?

Hola Everyone!
I shouldn't use any of my Spanish likes actually to celebrate my gone away summer time... In fact, the only BAD situations in the weeks away have been linked to Canary Islands experience...
Nothing *that* bad, but bad enough to trash my "hopes-for-perfection" referring to my past (sniff!!) holidays.
But I'll have time to describe all the "sections" of my month away in the picture albums that I will prepare this week in my site.
I have about... 400 pictures ;) (200 are just for Luca and Eleonora's marriage and batch party...eheh ;)).
Anyway, I am back to work, already stressed...
But everyone's got to stand work, we know.
I am terribly touched by Katrina's fury, and sad for all those who've lost their lives and health and wealth too in the hurricane's tragedy.
It seems that horrors never stop.

I just share the pain around, innerly and widely.

PS: after so many years, I got the chance to read BOOKS this summer.
7 in 3 weeks is not bad.
My pick of the year so far is the AMAZING book by Alessandro Piperno "Con le peggiori intenzioni" (sorry for english speaking buddies... the title means "With the meanest/worst intentions").
Absolutely amazing piece of writing: witty, modern, groovy, cynical and so very 2000.
My advice to everyone.

Catch you soon :)
Bye, it's good to be back :)
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Bye for August!

I still at work... 10 hours so far!

We're preparing this big offer to Italian Railways.

I would love to do some Sudoku online, but I am honestly unable to think...my Chief sneaks and lurks so I cannot really do entertaining operations here.

I am tired.
Stefs tonight goes out to play football, and considering I am struck here probably another three hours I won't see him at all today.

This morning I told him I fear everytime he leaves to work.
But then, it's true life tries always to take over on fears: I just read on NME online and MTV Italian site Coldplay will be back in Italy, in Milan and Bologna on 14 and 15th of this incoming October.
I felt immediately I want to get there.
I know a big gig is a perfect trial for a carneficine from terrorists but... I wanna go there.

Let's see, okay?

We're planning also the BIG Board Meeting at Sabine's in Hannover next June... and that's alwso something I would never miss out.

People have to come together... right now!
To fight that sudden scare, that terrible feeling of losing confidence in everything we were just taking for granted merely some months, or years, ago.

I just wanna live... No, it's not any Good Charlotte's quote, be sure. It's just how I feel.
It's hard but we have all to.

Hugs from "still-at-work's-desk-Meli"