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My post election sadness for my beloved Italy...
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A Smile for Springtime :)

A smile for springtime!

New Season, new appearance here to let everybody knows all's okay, (still hectic and very overloaded as for work, but anyway fine ;)), and to write some small update in this site.

My time's so limited the only thing I am able to update is this blog (unfrequently, though): I have tons of pictures from November 2005 to share, but I just can't see when or how I could find the space of time convenient to set up some sites album for the webpage.

Argh!

This weekend I am in Florence and something very lovely is planned by my friends: a sort of reunion with ALL of the former friends (males and females ) of our company/creek to share memories watchin pictures and films of our kids/teenage times :)
I LOVE the idea: 8 hours of blastin g laughing!!!
Love my people dearly ;)

Me and Stef have also bought a lovely gift for Davide who's getting 2 in two weeks :) I love to dress the lil boy!!! Can't wait to have sons myself ;)

On the "subject-with-no-sense-apparently" I see with relief that "Amici 5" (a famous (infamous?!?) tv show has closed its edition with a winner nobody could have predicted, but anyway somebody I am not sad has won (my two favourites there could have never won the league, conscious their own supporters would have blocked the others, causing damage to both ;)): the sad thing is that edition was on one side completely crap due to PURE TRASH behaviours.... on the other one though (maybe for the same reasons?) t was a total laugh and fun which I am gonna miss a LOT ;)
God, I' ageing... some years ago I would have never even though idiocities such as these!!!
One of my collegues at work properly lost her head (she's 30) over the one she calls as "Sweet Pet Raffaele" (one of my two choices along the actor affectively called "Satan Dianetti ;)"; really insane, considering these guys are 18 and 19 years old ;)
In the madness of all that, I found two amazing websites devoted to irony and fun (with brain). http://www.daveblog.net it's Daveblog, and http://www.freeforumzone.com/viewforum.aspx?f=32766 which is Nemici Forum: these two places have made me have hours of complete fun ;)

For that merely, I am even happy to have followed closer than ever Amici this year (and let's confess it, I DID like Raffaele, can't help that ;), and I would have loved his team with Andrea would have lasted forever, as they have from the start been my two choices for the leadership of the year.... *sigh*)

Okay, the clock reminds me it's time to get ready for work ;). Another normal day in normal Meli's life :)

Hugs :) catch you soon , your Meli :)

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February Thoughts...
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some lil update on Meli's Real World.

Okay.. who knows if the image is gonna be visible...

I'm updating this from office pc, just to let my friends know I am still okay.

Busy as hell, with lots of news... but as always lately (well..."lately" means at least the past 12 months, I know....) I have absolutely no time to be on internet.

I'm ready to newly get a further master degree, I'm having conferences to do again, I work and basically I have no way any freakin spare time.

I guess I will update my website not before April...

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Hope all is fine for you people.. know that I ma very okay. In my Real World Chiara is PREGNANT!!!!! All of us Florence girls are absolutely over the moon :)

Last week my parents were here... I did a conference and all went fine down to Tuscany.

I bought through wonderful ebay the original Adobe Standard 7.0, so my working commitments will be easier to do.

Two saturdays ago I attended to a new marriage up to Treviglio: it was lovely and.. international :) which I love a lot.

Can't wait to catch all online people... but it takes a lil while more, yet.

The Olympics are okay and in Italy everybody is starting to understand curling ;)

A mega kiss to you all, Love, *Meli* :)

Don't worry friends, I'm alive and kickin' well :)

Hi people!
Hi know that some of you have sent me mails a bit worried since after the Xmas/New years eve mails and sms (I hope they have reached all of you... in the mountain chalet where we did pass the changin year time the camp wasn't really good...) I have been not reacheble as I wished I would have.

I am workin&traveling through a few places and it's not easy to stay connected (also because of my laziness about it after a truly demanding work, I have to admit...); plus I am approaching to a changin timetables at work and I suppose till the middle of February there's no much way for me to do any different from past weeks.

I hope you're all okay, and that you're not too sad about my lack of communications. I'll get back the time lost in speeches as soon as possible :) .
I am missing so much you all :)

About new stuff... well today I'll get back to Milan, at late evening, and I hope train&tube&bus is gonna work okay, no matter the freezin ice around roads and tracks, and the mess we're currently sperimentating in Italy about energy.

I saw "Match Point", the new Woody Allen movie, the other day and I truly loved it. Then, to see again London, so beautiful and bohemienne like in that film, increased my wish to get back there immensively.

But I have to mind about the German meeting this June :) so I guess for this year my traveling for fun in Europe has to be contented with that only (which is much, as I am dyin for will of meeting back all the friends, Izzi and the others :))

Okay, time for me to go. I hope also to update my site soon and share the tons of pics I have from months ;) When I'll be back I'll have also the pics of the marriage me and Stef have to attend at on the 11th of February :)

Stay weel & supersonic :)
Kisses, Meli :)

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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