tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-187214402012-01-19T14:09:59.662+01:00To share: (sher) 1)communicate 2)give out as one's portion or share 3)have, give, or receive a share of 4)use jointly or in common 5)have in common -vt. shared, shar'ing 1-to distribute in share 2-to receive, use, etc. in common with othersMargiananoreply@blogger.comBlogger2121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-64761489997404681512011-02-25T10:20:00.003+01:002011-02-25T10:34:35.906+01:00

...here we are after more than one year and a baby more.Everyday life, babies, FB and other things just don't help me to stop and write. Moreover I know there have been just a couple of friends reading this... but I am somehow affectionate to this pages and fail to delete its existence... so, here I am again (hopefully) and I'll try to write some more!

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-8170507973505492782009-10-12T14:28:00.001+02:002009-10-12T14:28:20.711+02:00

Ciao! Originally uploaded by margiana.Today is the first day of rain... there's a powerful rainstorm outside and it's windy. It really forebodes the change of season. I went outside and drove my feet in the wet earth and stayed there... still... in order to get this heavy rain and the wind. Friend Kathy once told me to do this... I don't remember if I was feeling sad, tired or what... I just

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-35874525045325319202009-08-03T13:04:00.002+02:002009-08-04T09:14:12.433+02:00

Flower powerOriginally uploaded by margiana.... every night, before falling into the dreamland, I would love to transform my thoughts in written words so that I could update my friends and loved ones on my everyday life... but the sleep catch me suddenly and the thoughts and desires just fade away without my will...The update could be short if I tell you that Gilda is growing, she's now crawling

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-24780603829696583122009-06-09T13:34:00.002+02:002009-06-09T13:59:00.597+02:00

Boston Red Sox FanOriginally uploaded by margiana.This morning Gilda and I took the bus to go to the pediatrician. Everything is perfect with her. Later we went to buy some fruit juice and potato chips since this afternoon friends will come for a snack. We got into this low cost shop where mostly old people and immigrants were. The economical crisis is hitting hard the lower wage band and life is

Margiananoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-27978329619454515912009-04-28T00:55:00.001+02:002009-04-28T00:55:12.461+02:00

Watch my back gal! Originally uploaded by margiana.It's late tonight... Andrea is sleeping in our bed and Gilda is asleep in my arms while I am watching TV. The sound of her breath is comforting and so her constant touch. Suddenly I feel in a dreamy world.... I see the images of the TV in the background but faded.... the only REAL sounds I hear are those of Andrea's heavy sleep, that of Monocolo

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-40064209289710254362009-03-31T16:30:00.001+02:002009-03-31T16:30:24.541+02:00

Blossoming Originally uploaded by margiana.... and it is still raining... and today I am really feeling blue. I need to get out of this house... but it's raining and raining and I don't have a car... and to reach the bus stop I have to walk and with the baby and everything else...it just gets too complicated for a woman who's already feeling sad.The house is a mess. I need to clean it and order

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-56912246339332035252009-03-09T11:58:00.002+01:002009-03-09T12:14:04.803+01:00

I can fly...Originally uploaded by margiana.It was morning, and the new sun sparkled gold across the ripples of a gentle sea.A mile from shore a fishing boat chummed the water, the word for Breakfast Flock flashed through the air, till a crowd of a thousand seagulls came to dodge and fight for bits of food. It was another busy day beginning.But way off alone, out by himself beyond boad and shore,

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-88982932101180079652009-03-01T23:21:00.001+01:002009-03-01T23:21:35.076+01:00

Proud Nonna of a young little lady... Originally uploaded by margiana.Ok, I can't write anything else if not of Gilda and my new life with her. Anytime I have some free time (hardly ever), I think about blogging something but nothing different from Gilda's world come to my mind.My mom had to come visit us for the week end... but she couldn't resist and came here last wednesday and today she took

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-28381432377429938382009-02-15T19:52:00.001+01:002009-02-15T19:52:08.548+01:00

OUT, again, AloNe Originally uploaded by margiana.Yesterday morning I fled from home.I have been awake until 3 am for Gilda's inconsolable cries... she finally fall asleep and I had to wake up at 7 for her feeding time... after that she got back to sleep. I was dead tired, devastated but ...Andrea was sleeping and Gilda too.A flash in my mind and I found myself already in the shower. I got

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-43474701222374712372009-01-26T16:36:00.002+01:002009-01-26T22:19:53.018+01:00

FeetOriginally uploaded by margiana.When I came out of the Operating Room where I was singing Abba's Mamma Mia and The Power of Love -Frankie goes to Hollywood- (that was on while they were giving me the c-section), I saw Andrea waiting for me outside and then the little Gilda. Andrea gave me the baby and put it in bed with me while they were moving us to the room.I saw Gilda and no matter how I

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-3721637008567915832009-01-20T14:11:00.002+01:002009-01-20T14:18:09.143+01:00

I don't know if I'll be able to avoid the transformation of this blog into a baby-facts-report.At this very moment my brain is occupied only by diapers, baby-baths, baby colics, nursing and baby clothes...The only other thing that fits in it is the Inauguration of Barack Obama as US President.Within a feeding time and another I am reading a book about how to "Carry" babies... how do different

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-10607649106454914672009-01-13T19:52:00.001+01:002009-01-13T19:52:34.220+01:00

Peace Originally uploaded by margiana.I must say that peace is not so far away.... my mind is totally absorbed by this little human being that gives my spirit, soul and body everything I need. I can't stop to look at her, talk to her, touch her and relate to her during the whole day and night. I look at Andrea and still can't believe Gilda is the "product" of our love. She's too perfect!Of course

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-63617654636842559872008-12-30T21:25:00.003+01:002008-12-30T21:38:33.803+01:00

Today I had the 41st week fetal control and everything is perfect. Baby Gilda is doing good, she has plenty of liquid to swim in and I have rare contractions. By the way the hospital wants me in because their therapeutic protocol is that at 41 week+1 day the labor must be induced.I save you all my protests for this thing but at the very end I had to surrender to the system.Tomorrow morning I will

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-68238293084907403902008-12-26T09:28:00.002+01:002008-12-26T09:34:03.705+01:00

Waiting is hard! I can tell you and I am really not good at it.The thing is that every morning I wake up and think that it can be The Day... and I am overwhelmed by different and contrasting feelings... joy, fear, terror, happyness and so on.Can you imagine waking up and thinking that may be the day that will change your life? The day in which your first born child will be born, giving you the

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-48808037633116248492008-12-18T12:56:00.002+01:002008-12-18T13:04:25.565+01:00

It's always the same lesson and I don't want to learn! How am I so stupid?Over the years I have always fight with my impatience... and still here I am doing the same thing.I am impatient to see this little baby, her due date is still not here but it has been weeks that I am waiting for her to come out... without the slight respect for her from my side. I'm rude. I mean she has all the rights to

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-60910369835236720382008-12-14T11:37:00.004+01:002008-12-14T22:45:53.936+01:00

Last night I entered a long post about this dinner but Blogger kicked me out!!! So I'll make it short now.Yesterday I started cooking aroun 2pm and went to bed at 1.30am. Andrea helped me a lot and we had fun althought I was dead tired by the time I reached the bed.We cooked for 9 (the 2 of us included) and it's something I am not very fond in. I usually cook well for 4-6 persons but for more I

Margiananoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-3441156497128783202008-12-10T09:06:00.003+01:002008-12-10T09:12:16.206+01:00

It's incredible how impatient I am. I am so curious to see my baby at this stage!Every morning I wake up and listen to my body carefully in search of signs that will show me the way of the big event. I don't find anything. Later I move the curtains and look outside in search of other signs... no signs so far.I keep on talking to the little human being in my womb and she keeps moving... swimming

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-2738481319343386222008-11-30T12:24:00.003+01:002008-11-30T12:35:50.735+01:00

Grey rainy day again!I woke up after a restless night, turning from one side to the other trying to find the right position for a belly full of liquid and inhabited by a baby.I tried to do my best to infuse me a good mood.I had the longest shower with the finest aromatherapy soap, oiled my belly at best.... and had my latte with a slice of sweet bread and some ricotta spread with homemade (mom)

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-53863146820866694602008-11-24T15:24:00.002+01:002008-11-24T15:36:38.668+01:00

After a sleepless night where I read the second-last edition of Internazionale, I decided to wake up from bed at 6.20. I took a sample of Monocolo's urine to test and Andrea took it to the vet hospital (everything under control... we're just checking how his kidney stones are doing!).I took the longest hot shower possible. I had a cup of milk and bread with my mom's chestnuts cream on it. Checked

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-38663810684547380502008-11-18T10:18:00.002+01:002008-11-18T10:22:07.654+01:00

The sun is shining again, my dad left to Rome and I feel good again!Scared but good.Yesterday I went to visit a labor room in the hospital near my home (which is not the one where I planned to deliver but... nobody knows.And I could clearly hear loud screams from the nearby rooms... I was almost fainting!By the way... today is a Red Hot Chili Peppers day. Gilda is dancing!

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This morning I woke up with a strong headache, and a backpain and a pain in my hip. Of course, since I am 8 months pregnant it's all NORMAL, and I can't complain because something incredibly beautiful will come out of me.Before showering I weighted myself and found out strange numbers appearing on the scale... numbers too high to relate to my actual weight. I stepped down the scale and back on it

Margiananoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-38422004218081253162008-11-11T09:06:00.002+01:002008-11-11T09:31:09.001+01:00

Even if I am not American I followed the campaign for the election of the US President as well as the election of Mr Obama. I listened to his speeches and I liked it a lot.I heard him saying that US is still the Country where everything's possible and that"Americans sent a message to the world that we have never been a collectionof Red States and Blue States: we are, and always will be, the

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-85773769622853611552008-10-30T14:13:00.002+01:002008-10-30T14:17:58.646+01:00

Today we had the third and last ultrasound.Gilda is doing fine by drinking a lot of amniotic fluid while the doctor was taking the ultrasound.Her head is already upside down (I don't know how she can handle 2 more months like this:-)), and she weights about 3.850lbs (1,750 kg) that will be around 7lbs (3,200kg) when she'll be born which is good.I cried when I heard the heartbeat and when I saw

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-453779112768599322008-10-29T12:57:00.002+01:002008-10-29T13:49:55.901+01:00

I forgot how depressing a rainy day is.Today is one of those, rainy, rainy, grey, depressing, rainy days.I will go hide under the comforter together with my cat!

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-39911994245837975102008-10-27T15:27:00.002+01:002008-10-27T15:29:11.686+01:00

Chestnut foliageOriginally uploaded by margiana.Andrea and I spent the week end at my mom's hometown and went to pick up chestnuts.There was also my mom and brother there and we spent the whole Saturday afternoon in the woods.The weather was fine... not sunny but the perfect temperature. Moreover the long walk and the effort (at least for me) to bend forward several times to pick up the delicious

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-8814769294389361832008-10-01T18:16:00.001+02:002008-10-01T18:16:42.886+02:00

Stripes baloon. Originally uploaded by margiana.Yes, Gilda is my daughter's name! And this morning I had to see her with a short ultrasound that my gynechologist performed just for my own curiosity. She's the perfect size for her 28th week of life and is way overactive!I went out of the ambulatory and was very happy to know everything is proceeding just fine.For dinner we had a piadina with

Margiananoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-74935336581781484192008-09-25T10:21:00.002+02:002008-09-25T10:26:10.198+02:00

The cradle of love!Originally uploaded by margiana.I am now back in Bologna, and I accomplished a lot of things in Rome.First of all I enjoyed the last days of sun on the beach by taking long walks, smelling salty air and walking in the cold, clear waters of a September sea... That was so relaxing and refreshing!Than my mom and I finished our cradle projects and came out a success... at least for

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-67611678799689046422008-09-15T16:33:00.002+02:002008-09-15T16:34:45.645+02:00

New BirkiOriginally uploaded by margiana.Yesterday was our Second Wedding Anniversary and I can't believe time pass by so quick. But I like it until now.It seems that's yesterday that I was kinda nervous for the wedding and now I am kinda nervous for my baby girl to be born!Next year we'll be in 3.We didn't do much since Andrea is still fighting his fever but we went to church in the morning and

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-83238810291923070832008-09-12T22:05:00.002+02:002008-09-12T22:07:51.768+02:00

Bees around a flowerOriginally uploaded by margiana.One of the fetus of the previous post is gone. Gone. Just gone.The family is in pain and the hope for this new life is gone with him/her. No words.My friend has a cervical hernia and will hopefully feel better soon... well, as soon as they will decide what to do with it... but it will take time.Still I will pray for my other friend's baby, and

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-5248534505042042592008-09-11T08:22:00.004+02:002008-09-12T22:07:06.358+02:00

I have always had the feeling of being lucky and after I met Andrea this feeling grew into certitude.But there are days when I really feel that lucky plays such an important role in my life that I almost feel guilty for so much in my way.Yesterday I spent the whole morning at the hospital to support my friend who has been hospitalized because she has a tingling feeling in her right leg who is now

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-67289759060688061312008-09-09T17:47:00.004+02:002008-09-09T17:49:02.256+02:00

Mom and IOriginally uploaded by margiana.Here I am again.I am just going up and down through Italy, and I am actually enjoying it!I went to Colle for my cousin's wedding. Had to work most of the time because in this little village, weddings are really HUGE. The night before the wedding there's a big party, a serenade where the whole village goes... usually it is under the bride-to-be house and

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-36209547012496253422008-08-21T08:11:00.003+02:002008-08-21T08:29:21.839+02:00

So now... we did the second ultrasound and it was so much fun to see the little baby girl again. She has everything she needs and all in the right places, and I am a lot relieved now.I am doing good and energetic and this is a great thing since everything around me is falling apart and I am the only one able to put pieces together.Andrea and I got back from Rome and Andrea had some cough and back

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-20173250868987152362008-08-17T16:10:00.001+02:002008-08-17T16:10:57.785+02:00

Creepy Pacgirl at 21st week! Originally uploaded by margiana.It's official... I don't fit in my normal trousers anymore. I usually have very very large trousers in my wardrobe but I had to give up and got into one of those maternity dress shop. I was disgusted. Fashion is nothing accepted by mom-to-be... I have been very proud of my not gaining too much weight (I must thank the nausea of the

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-65372010217935169682008-08-11T19:22:00.002+02:002008-08-12T09:50:31.499+02:00

Margiananoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-36195983377783916142008-07-30T08:48:00.003+02:002008-07-30T08:51:09.838+02:00

I can now start the countdown. I am getting into the 20th week of pregnancy and can think in terms of weeks left.I feel like I have been pregnant for a whole year until now... but I hope I'm going downhill from now. I really hope!

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-40092649644764782192008-07-20T11:32:00.001+02:002008-07-20T11:32:49.316+02:00

I'm growing... Originally uploaded by margiana.I didn't want to upload this picture because it's an horrible picture, then I had to admit that it is not the picture itself but the subject!I'm growing! Growing larger and bigger, older for sure and maybe also growing a little more in spirit.Despite the regression of the first 3 months I now feel a certain spurt.In the first months I was really

Margiananoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-9331275781389538002008-07-14T19:12:00.002+02:002008-07-14T19:21:50.873+02:00

Here I am, back in Bologna!Back home! And today I am feeling good. I am almost scared to say it but at the end I'd love to scream it loud: I AM DOING GOOD TODAY!!!!Today I had a lot of energy... if I had up the energies of every single days of those last 17 weeks probably I won't reach the level of today... that makes me feel happy!I don't know if it will last also tomorrow and I decided to seize

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-75913338343844138942008-07-07T09:53:00.001+02:002008-07-07T09:53:47.430+02:00

Me waiting for a fruit juice! Originally uploaded by margiana.Ok so now... I am still fighting with stomach problems but no more vomiting. I know that those kind of details are of no interests for all... but just in case you want to know how I am feeling.Other than this, 2 nights ago I spent the night with the eyes totally open, no way to sleep... headache and stomachache were killing me so that

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-72546201221486751792008-06-26T11:33:00.002+02:002008-06-26T12:35:10.427+02:00

Finally I am able to read something. Unfortunately in my dark days at home vomiting, I wasn't even able to read. So I took with me in Rome a bunch of Internazionale, my favourite newsmagazine, and I am now able to update on the world's political, social, science, cultural latest.I am reading about Lebanon and its almost civil war, about McCain, about Italy and its rising racism, about the

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-1389247729953013082008-06-26T11:14:00.003+02:002008-06-26T11:32:12.649+02:00

It's a century I can't enjoy such a long vacation as I am doing in those days and maybe it will be the last one of my entire life!I feel like I am back in the old school days when 3 months of summer vacation started around mid-June and finished in September. I am not in the position of planning anything but I'll probably spend the next 2 weeks here in Rome with my parents.Bologna is the hottest

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-56830611246828653102008-06-13T14:14:00.003+02:002008-06-13T15:45:07.455+02:00

I wish I could write interesting things on the visit of your President Bush here in Italy having fun with Silvio Berlusconi or while he open his mouth visiting the ancient palace or such... I wish I could write good sentences on the garbage that is invading the streets of beautiful cities like Neaples or Palermo and how the organized crime is involved in all this.I wish I could write of the last

Margiananoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-15411217498748747972008-05-22T12:45:00.002+02:002008-05-22T12:57:04.422+02:00

I am afraid I'm starting getting boring.I don't have a lot to say since it's more than 2 weeks that I am buried at home.There are ups and downs but mostly downs since my nausea is killing me. Nausea and vomit. That's my swing... from the couch to the bathroom and viceversa.Today is a little brighter.Yesterday I went to the acupuncturist and this time he left me a couple of pins in my right ear...

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-39455879817855530932008-05-17T08:51:00.003+02:002008-05-17T08:58:12.640+02:00

My Mom came to visit for 4 days. The house is clean, the fridge is full of healthy and delicious things to eat for weeks, the garden is perfect, the clothes are all ironed and perfectly folded in drawers and wardrobe and I feel a little better. Is this what I'll became? Will I be such an infinite resource of help, love and affection? Will I be so caring and comforting? Will I be able to do so?

Margiananoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-73965038666911595722008-05-07T12:50:00.003+02:002008-05-07T12:53:48.486+02:00

Nothing fun until now... I am feeling sick every moment of the day. While in the class for the new job I risked to fall asleep thousands of times.I talk to other collegues who have been through pregnancy before and they all expose the whole crown of teeth in smiles and dreamy faces remembering theirwonderful experiences... so my only hope is that it must happen something thatwill make me forget

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-9264563375664112832008-04-30T21:06:00.001+02:002008-04-30T21:09:01.906+02:00

There's a draft of human being in my womb! Gulp! :-)

Margiananoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-70237593093563387172008-04-14T20:25:00.002+02:002008-04-14T20:28:09.283+02:00

It's better I do not comment. I feel my country will drown even deeper. No hope for any change. No hope for any improvement. I am disheartened. I feel bad.

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Visualizzazione ingrandita della mappaYes, back at home. We rested, unpacked the small luggages we took with us, filled the refrigerator with fruits, vegetables and yoghurt, cleaned the house and washed the dirty clothes... and I think I am ready to go back to work on Monday... there is only one problem that will absorb my relaxed soul and put me back into an emotional chaos:Political Election

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After 2467km and lots of food in our bellies and lots of beautiful places in our eyes... we are back home safe and sound.More in the next hours/days.

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Lunch in Montpellier Originally uploaded by margiana.This morning Andrea had a lunch with some guys from Dell, the computer company and I spent the morning by myself, walking and touring and eventually having lunch in a small restaurant in the beautiful square of St. Roche. Nothing more to say than the fact that the shrimps I ate were delicious and so the dessert. I had time to do my reports on

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-3950827012913214932008-04-04T22:12:00.002+02:002008-04-04T22:25:30.476+02:00

Les glicinesOriginally uploaded by margiana.Until now it has been all about flowers and colours... we've started our trip from Nice where we spent a jolly evening at the youth hostel and a great breakfast!! Other than this we toured the old city and its faboulous market. We later drove to Aix-en-Provence and Arles where we spent 2 nights. Arles it's a small town with lots Roman ruins. From Arles

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-57612299585074501642008-03-29T15:11:00.003+01:002008-03-29T15:17:49.951+01:00

As you can imagine the weather has a big influence on my life.And today is S U N N Y. That means that I am simply feeling good and full of energies.went to work and came back unharmed;ate quickly but healthy;cleaned the house;almost finished with the washing machine;ready to go shopping for food (we've got friends over for dinner...)ready to do the check-list for the trip....arranged everything

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-59589013670858875282008-03-27T11:22:00.002+01:002008-03-27T11:50:05.949+01:00

I almost finished to read the Southern France Lonely Planet Guide... and I think we're going to have a pleasant laid back trip on the road. I only hope the weather will be more clement than it is here in these days.I spent those 2 days off cleaning the house, taking care of the lawn that is not growing (due probably to the low temperatures) and relaxing, reading and planning the trip.But I still

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-57342997734355122372008-03-25T15:45:00.003+01:002008-03-25T16:08:01.168+01:00

I've been feeling busy lately. It's not that I have been busy but it's the feeling that kept me frentic.I feel like I have to do thousands of things... and I keep going around but I do not really DO things but only think about them.This really makes me feel tired. Also the spring that comes and go and tricks my mind.In the morning I ride my bicycle to work dressed like if it's winter: the

Margiananoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-73881936883089295472008-03-11T14:12:00.001+01:002008-03-11T14:13:57.334+01:00

I'm still alive. Everything is ok. I am only tired and cold and tired. Nothing more to say.

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-44661612917375883372008-02-18T18:56:00.003+01:002008-02-18T19:06:08.526+01:00

I just redeemed a b-day present. The day at the spa with the Oriental Kerara massage.I am like a jelly.... my muscles are butter and I feel like in a dream.... floating.It is such a beautiful feeling...I would have liked to see my face while entering the warm pool, or while under the hands of the masseuse.Oh what an afternoon!I MUST do it more often.

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-15520935623534554482008-02-11T17:36:00.001+01:002008-02-11T17:39:33.688+01:00

Hanging on a dreamOriginally uploaded by margiana.My life is calm lately... I enjoy my job, have lots of sewing, pictures-taking, home-decorating, lifestyle improvement, gardening/landscaping, and other more projects.I feel at ease with me, with who I am. I am practicing gratitude in the highest sense of the word. I notice a lot of lucky things around me and this attitude fills up my heart with

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-69352362878583585982008-01-31T11:39:00.000+01:002008-01-31T11:54:13.235+01:00

Finally yesterday I've been able to choose another Family doctor, since the other one was really not professional. Basically I spent my day at this new ambulatory which is not bad at all.The new Doctor visited me, auscultated my lungs and wrote down a certificate that says I can't go to work for at least one week and prescribed more antibiotics and syrups and things like this.So this morning I

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-30120640060847299842008-01-29T17:55:00.000+01:002008-01-29T18:29:37.953+01:00

Complaining... it's so easy today!Didn't slept well.Woke up too early.Foggy and cold weather.Started coughing while on the bike to work.Worked while coghing in the fog.Back and changed to go out for lunch with boring and noisy girlfriend (except for one) with shrill voice (Sarah, you know what I mean).Prepare the bread machine before going out. Look around, the house and the garden are a

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-91224538659129817692008-01-24T21:19:00.000+01:002008-01-24T21:22:17.999+01:00

Prodi loses the Senate vote. Italy is without a Government right now.I am worried for the stupid and shortsighted political climate in Italy.This really sucks!

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-42015238757127555142008-01-17T09:16:00.000+01:002008-01-18T18:43:03.057+01:00

I am sick again... such a strong cough and flu and fever. I am reading...war, invasions, revolutions, religions, ethnic groups, ethnic minorities, death, birth, family, friendship, traditions, violence, child abuse, women abuse, human rights, refugees, pain, strokes, poverty, extreme poverty, mud, dust, rain, sun, hot, humid, frontiers, borders, mountains, deserts, inequity, power, politics,

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-22586230404706800242007-12-31T18:25:00.000+01:002007-12-31T18:27:18.461+01:00

Buon Anno Nuovo to you all... may it be crowded of good news, happiness, HEALTH, love and joy! BaciGermana e Andrea

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-59866078805804665172007-12-29T20:34:00.001+01:002007-12-29T20:34:43.447+01:00

The music can sound too repetitive but the words are really touching. I like him very much.

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-58633564584639977202007-12-20T09:24:00.000+01:002007-12-20T09:33:46.655+01:00

Maybe I found out why I was such a dormouse in the last days.Yesterday I was going to get out to do some errands when I felt suddenly dizzy and warm. I thought it was because I woke up at 3 to work in the cold night but then I felt strange... it was fever.So I decided not to go and I lie down on the couch hoping to read something. But my eye bulbs hurted so I just rolled up in a couple of

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-21267560780800646072007-12-15T18:36:00.000+01:002008-11-19T11:48:11.237+01:00

You say "to sleep like a log", we say "to sleep like a dormouse".I am really a dormouse lately. I don't know what it's happening, maybe I am simply into hibernation. Maybe it's the cold in the morning that once at home, after the shower transforms me into a sleepy, red-cheeks, comforter-lover girl. I don't know what's all about... I feel like if I live with a jetleg! I wake up at 4, I work in the

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-12576529780294246022007-12-13T15:35:00.000+01:002007-12-13T15:37:52.840+01:00

NYT writes about Italy. :-(

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-52406464191949236272007-12-12T20:57:00.001+01:002007-12-13T09:41:44.430+01:00

WinterOriginally uploaded by margiana.Had a week end in Val di Fassa, on the Dolomiti Mountains. One of my friend owns a small home in Moena and decided to take a break from work driving 3 hours to reach the snow.We stopped in Bolzano for an Apfelgluehwein and a small visit to the Christkindlmarkt. On Sunday morning we woke up early, had breakfast at home and then went out for a 2 hours walk to

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-65542335271096499742007-12-05T23:06:00.001+01:002007-12-05T23:08:09.090+01:00

Strike a pose!Originally uploaded by margiana.I've got good Angels in my life!I've got old friends with whom I share grudges and memories of a past life or acquaintances with whom I entertain small talks.I've got new friends, people who wants to know me or are interested in my 'world', those who see me as a good girl, those who always criticize me, those who I listen to and those who patiently

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-90785723396068142522007-11-26T15:30:00.001+01:002007-11-26T15:30:31.900+01:00

Hands Originally uploaded by margiana.... hands shaking, clean, dirty, wounded, sensitive hands.... cold and warm hands... united, slender, stubby, horny hands... left and right hands, clapping hands, hand in hand, hands up, hands off... lots of hands. I like hands! I am happy hand in hand with my soul mate:-)

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-22901541997577917092007-11-23T18:09:00.000+01:002008-11-19T11:48:11.451+01:00

We ate everything you did... turkey, stuffing and mashed potatoes with gravy, sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, corn, green beans, pecan pie and pumpkin pie... but above all... we also had the time to remember to count our 'blessings' and to be thankful for everything we have and don't have.Happy Thanksgiving!

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-47651110192782471602007-11-22T09:54:00.000+01:002008-11-19T11:48:11.578+01:00

I finally did it. I woke up early, Patty my friend picked me up and we both went to the laboratory. I passed the visits and finally I donated my blood. The blood they took me is going to go to the neonatal intensive care unit. I feel good!

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-29083031814117502752007-11-21T12:12:00.001+01:002007-11-21T12:13:47.215+01:00

Is it relax or what?Originally uploaded by margiana.This picture represents well what this last month has been for me: relax, total abandon to the pleasure of home and 'family' life, sleep and read and cook...From december I'll get back to the full-time.I am happy, since I really need extra money but I still think that we should do something so that in the whole world, everybody could work and

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-37450657265464728472007-11-15T17:49:00.001+01:002007-11-15T17:53:54.097+01:00

Smile!Originally uploaded by margiana.You are probably used to read me grumble about everything, from politics to personal complaints... but now you have to know that I feelTOTALLY HAPPY!Yes you read it right: TOTALLY HAPPY.... TOTALLY AND FULLY AND GREATLY HAPPY!I don't know how to explain this but I am HAPPY, I'm afraid to have an HAPPINESS DISEASE. I am uncontrollably happy.It's like if this

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-29747737525502693792007-11-11T20:30:00.000+01:002008-11-19T11:48:11.760+01:00

I just finished to watch this movie and I have been reminded of how lucky I am to live in this sick country! Sometimes, what we need in order to easy our anxieties and frustrations, is simply look at the neighbour's grass and see that our is greener!Other than this statement, I don't feel particularly happy to know that in a so-called-democratic country like the US, it's so difficult to get cures

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-89878053723729003202007-11-09T16:36:00.001+01:002007-11-09T17:37:52.159+01:00

FALLing into you...Originally uploaded by margiana.Today's windy.I should rack those leaves... but I am hypnotized by their moves...... a cup of wild berries infusion, an homemade blueberry muffin, the cat in the basket, the good Radio Città del Capo playing.. and me watching the leaves go by.... feel the Fall...

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-14268082306672395782007-11-06T12:33:00.000+01:002008-11-19T11:48:11.937+01:00

I wake up and watch outside... in the backyard the Parthenocissus quinquefolia is now changing colour everyday. Every single leaf has a different nuance of red, brown and orange. In the middle of the wall the green-yellowish leaves of the wisteria keep on climbing around. The green grass is now hidden by the foliage. I prepare my dark wildberries infusion and drink it in front of the window

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-63161207040868153082007-11-05T09:47:00.000+01:002008-11-19T11:48:12.108+01:00

My life is coming out a lot lighter in those days.... Yesterday for example we woke up late, indulged in bed for long, had lunch together and at 3.30pm I went to work. At 8.15 I was already back home, had a piadina in our favourite piadina-place and then went to the cinema to watch the last Ken Loach's movie: It's a free world...For those of you who don't know Ken Loach or never watched his

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-55189398917584018472007-10-30T19:39:00.000+01:002007-12-13T10:44:42.985+01:00

and IT'S PERMANENT!!!!! Germana is happy today!:-)

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-89666608072908773132007-10-24T20:06:00.000+02:002007-10-24T20:21:53.816+02:00

Thanks to Miss Sarah who let me know this, I have been into a pumpkin fever in the last day.Last week I bought a pumpkin ('zucca' in italian) to put in the vegetable soup I do from time to time...but this time I bought a bigger one... just in case my imagination would have needed it.My imagination is not working properly lately so I rely on others to help me survive this period.We don't cook a

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-87844948329706973072007-10-22T12:20:00.001+02:002007-10-22T13:10:47.380+02:00

Sick Monocolo!Originally uploaded by margiana.Well... lots of things happened in the last 2 weeks. After the great adventure of Ferrara that helped me to turn on my uni-neuron brain... other things are happening to shut it down or mess it up.My friend Julie and her little baby moved back to Utah. Her husband is going too in November. She decided to go back home after a couple of years here in

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-11975368411911279492007-10-09T16:28:00.000+02:002008-11-19T11:48:12.317+01:00

Last Friday was my day off and Andrea took a day off too to join me for an extra day in Ferrara.Internazionale is a current affairs magazine that I read since probably 1994 or 95. I used to read it while at the university and later I became a subscriber when I left the Univ.Then too much busy and could not read a whole magazine in a week while always working in travel agencies...It's a couple of

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-6570425208022768202007-10-03T13:47:00.001+02:002007-10-03T13:50:05.078+02:00

Hanging on a dreamOriginally uploaded by margiana.After working 12 hours a day in the last 2 days, and not sleeping well at all, I am now back from work and will enjoy my bed for a couple of hours.I am 'living' a little to quick lately, not having much time for me. I am also suffering of P.E.C.S. (Pre End of Contract Syndrome) which affects me every 6 months, and I can tell you that it is nothing

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-49104555957486582252007-09-28T11:03:00.001+02:002007-09-28T11:06:10.514+02:00

Mediterranean sea bass in a day of anguish!Originally uploaded by margiana.This morning I woke up with anguish in my heart. I had bad dreams in the last 2 nights... would say better NIGHTMARE. I am touched by what is happening in Myanmar and for other things touching our family... Moreover I still don't feel at my 100% and feel weak by the antibiotics cure.Today I work at the so called 'central

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-53375012285098934072007-09-27T17:27:00.000+02:002008-11-19T11:48:12.522+01:00

"In support of our incredibly brave friends in Burma: may all people around the world wear a red shirt on Friday, September 28. Please forward!"

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-58314668251606803142007-09-25T17:58:00.001+02:002007-10-03T19:50:45.574+02:00

Lonely dog over a blue sea...Originally uploaded by margiana.I have been sick for almost a week now and I am not completely ok.. but I will go to work on Thursday, if not I will also upload the pictures of the Mexican trip!I am aware I don't have the ability to be concise but I couldn't help to upload so many pictures. And this is the same period of the year in which our honeymoon took place and

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-55812618861245685372007-09-22T17:40:00.001+02:002007-09-22T17:40:14.602+02:00

Greek lunch Originally uploaded by margiana.... I find myself in a perfect September mood. I am sick at home with my throat on fire... but am slowly recovering. I have more time to read and to listen to the music and my thoughts fly away. That is how I end up filling to-do-lists and aims to reach!Am I ready for the leaves to fall? Ready for the changing colours? Ready for the rain and the cold?

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-18402730493790891312007-09-18T17:46:00.001+02:002007-09-18T17:49:31.249+02:00

HandsOriginally uploaded by margiana.I haven't been able to write on the blog lately... had a lack of inspiration or...worse... a lack of 'sharing-feeling'..but I hope I am 'recovering'.I spent most of August working and double-working, plus trying to soothe wounded hearts... That's all! No vacation, no days off...We finally found 2 days to hide far away from here, shut down cell phones,

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-24704280176773515862007-08-01T09:11:00.001+02:002007-08-02T09:37:04.407+02:00

Altarcloth, Friar and DoorOriginally uploaded by margiana.Last Sunday we went to Monteveglio, a small medieval town on the hills around Bologna. Monteveglio is famous because of the Regional Park of the Monteveglio Abbey and its naturalistic sites, and because of the Abbey. The characteristic village is really impressive. By the way we went there because at 6am there was a concert in the Abbey of

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-14015099192102166642007-07-20T13:37:00.000+02:002007-07-20T14:43:16.409+02:00

Last night we attended the reading of a book written by Davide, a friend of ours..The reading was organized into a restoration laboratory and the environment was pretty charming.What a pity my camera did not worked, I would have taken a lot of pics.By the way, we drank and eat a lot and enjoyed the reading of this funny romance...Of course we bought the book 'Colpa delle balene arancioni' and

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-68594645328552460582007-07-19T18:04:00.001+02:002007-07-19T19:12:52.047+02:00

Waiting for the sun!Originally uploaded by margiana.What do you think I am doing other than working?...just sleeping.That's it.I do work, attempt to faint, go back home and sleep.When I baby sit the twins I also try to sleep on the bus.That's all... I sleep, wake up to go to work, eat and sleep...

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-71376909366576431152007-07-13T11:19:00.001+02:002007-07-13T11:25:41.752+02:00

The Circus - Charlie ChaplinOriginally uploaded by margiana.A friend of us came to visit and we had a good dinner at Il Tinello right downtown... under the Two Towers.After a good conversation we had a walk in Piazza Maggiore where there was the projection of The Circus by Charlie Chaplin with the music played by the Orchestra of the Municipal Theatre of Bologna and directed by Timothy Brock

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-54609461019518896642007-07-06T11:04:00.001+02:002007-07-06T11:09:49.877+02:00

Faces - John MarleyOriginally uploaded by margiana.It's been a while since I don't write in here... but I have been exhausted in these last 2 weeks. The combination of work and heat simply knocked me down. In these two days off I am trying to recover.Last night Andrea and I had a very pleasant evening. We had dinner at Rosso San Martino and then a walk in the ancient Jewish ghetto, still one of

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-80597202906362942312007-06-22T18:55:00.001+02:002007-06-22T19:03:50.350+02:00

Marciana MarinaOriginally uploaded by margiana.My Spice-Girl-friends and I got back from our 'girls vacation' yesterday.It has been perfect... like all our vacations. We enjoyed the driving to Piombino and then the ferryboat to Portoferraio. We ate a lot of 'schiaccine' and drank a lot of water, enjoyed the beach and the swimming pool but the key-words of this trip was 'eat and relax'.We ate good

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-68838574426583443022007-06-07T10:29:00.001+02:002007-06-07T10:31:27.215+02:00

Engine number 1 clear to start up...... or not?Originally uploaded by margiana.There's not a lot going on in my life in these days if not... working, getting soaked to the bones because of the constant rain, cleaning and trying to survive a confused schedule to manage 2 different jobs, an house, a garden, a cat and an husband... plus friends.I'm looking forward a 3 day vacation with my

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-57046252151442475152007-05-23T16:58:00.000+02:002008-11-19T11:48:12.722+01:00

This morning I had to go to work at 4am since there were a couple of special charter flights to Athens because of the Football Champions League Final fans.I woke up at 3 and while riding the bike to work it also rained a little so to raise the percentage of humidity in the air... By the way, at 11.15 I was already home. I had a shower and then had lunch by friend Patty.After lunch Patty, Fabiola

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-57683673973517420852007-05-21T17:15:00.001+02:002007-05-21T17:15:48.976+02:00

Cherries Originally uploaded by margiana.We finally picked the cherries. Unfortunately the blackbirds ate most of it and we got just a little... but they tasted good. I worked in the week end, but it has been good. It's hot but a little windy and working with this weather is good.... I wish it could be like this the whole summer... but I guess I'll melt before the end of june.By the way. On

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-260745961390359342007-05-11T15:23:00.000+02:002007-05-11T15:49:25.268+02:00

My Spice-friend and I decided to become donors of blood. There are several reasons for this:in Italy blood supplies are really scarse;we can get blood tests for free;they give a coupon for a free-breakfast;you can stay home from work and being payed anyway;It all started because of the good cause; then we all found out that we needed a blood test for one reason or another; we love to have

Margiananoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-91757227440181316822007-05-08T18:35:00.000+02:002007-05-08T18:36:34.604+02:00

...Hopefully!I just started cleaning my clothes with my new washing machine. Hurrà!

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-63703459385579996902007-05-06T16:13:00.000+02:002007-05-06T16:36:19.552+02:00

I was in Santorini with Andrea and had a little walk by my own while he was looking at dolphins from a cliff. I walked some 200 mts from him and the landscape was a lunar-volcanic view but with white earth.Around me several tourists and local inhabitants... also a seaside holiday camp with a lots of baby girls barely walking because of 2-3 years old, all dressed with pink swimsuite.I was looking

Margiananoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-18985620891826130722007-05-04T10:13:00.000+02:002007-05-04T10:25:48.679+02:00

Ok, the washing machine is here and we put it in its place. It is beautiful and has all the tools and programs that an old 12 years old one doesn't have. And I was anxious of washing the pile of dirty clothes I accumulate in the last week... the problem is...: it doesn't respond to the program. The knob is probably broken inside and it doesn't work how it should.I'll call the costumer service and

Margiananoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18721440.post-67497793623041301222007-05-02T13:13:00.000+02:002007-05-02T13:17:40.600+02:00

No way. The washing machine is still not here. It had to arrive on the 30th and Andrea and I made shift to stay home but... nobody arrived. This morning I called the courier but they can't tell me exactly at what time it will arrive and I have to go babysit in an hour.Argggggh!Moreover I still did not signed the contract with the airport (the contract is not ready yet... I don't see the

Margiananoreply@blogger.com1