Welcome back to work!

Hi Olg, thanks alot for the phone call, sorry, as usual we were out. My first day was great!!! It's like I never left. I totally just started doing my work like normal, of course I got stopped a hundred times everyone welcomed me back and Managers of my department brought me a "welcome back to work" cake. It was really nice and unexpected. I'm a little tired because I didn't sleep very good last night, I guess subconsciously I was worrying about getting up on time and going back to work. I tossed and turned all night, I saw every hour go by....1:30 am, 2:30 am 3:30 am.....finally at 5:00am I got up. Then talking with everyone and explaining to some workers and doctors why I was off was a little hard.....Just having to remember it all over again, you know, it was a little hard. But the day all in all was really good. So, How's Meggie, everything in order in the new place?? Where are you off to next???

Posted by Nancy, April 30th 2007

My feet hurt!

Here & Now

Hi Olg,
As usual I am having trouble getting onto the BLOG. But its OK, since I am now hooked on FACEBOOK. I just wanted to tell you that this will be my last weekend as a sane person.YUP, BACK TO WORK MONDAY morning, GOD HELP ME!!!!! Oh I forgot he already did.....I'm going to have to learn to relax and just go with the flow. I think I'm just afraid of going back to the way we use to be, always rushing around. I know think positive. The good weather is on its way, the kids are older now and they are soooo much fun. I knew this weekend would come sooner or later. It would have been the weekend that I wanted to just relax with John and the kid before I started work again, but of course........It's the busiest weekend we have. Saturday we have Sandra and Jerry's aunts 90th birthday party and on Sunday I have a bridal shower in Grimsby. I have a feeling I'm not going to be sleeping much either. No, not because of John (get your mind out of the gutter) simply because of all the things that will be going thru this head of mine before Monday morning. Oh well back to reality. Hope you have a good weekend. Kiss Meggie for me.....

Posted by Nancy, Friday 27th April, 2007

Blogging identity crisis!

Should I write more about Paris and turn this blog into a travel guide?? Should I write more about my feelings and turn this blog into a personal diary?? Should I write more about my friends and turn this blog into a friendship statement?? All these questions because I think that this blog sucks. Ohhh I have said it! Well let me explain. I love this blog but I think ,it doesn't have a style! A precise style! It's lacks a definite identity. Like me! Or maybe this lack of style it's also a style??? I have been searching for my own style all my life...without success! And then, one day, I just gave up! I am like I am! Like it or not! A mix of many things. Same for this blog! I love telling you about Paris but also writting about my friends and family or about my feelings and sharing some of my fears and even writting some movies critics! In the end I have only changed "amiche e sorelle"'s look but for the rest this blog will keep this multifaced "style"... even if it sucks! Then you have to change a lot to remain your real self! Like it or not!

Family stuff...!!

Both Nancy and I we have been so busy lately that we did not find a little moment to write in our blog! So we would like to apoligize to our few but loyal readers for this absence! Nancy had to organize Maddeleine's First Communion : quite a big event in the Tarquini's tradition, lot of work, especially lots of food in few words a great day! Talking about me, during Meg's 2 weeks vacation in Italy I went to Frankfurt, fixed the house, did a lot of administartion "bullshit" and then spent this week end with my parents here in Paris. The weather has been so exceptional that we enjoyed long walk in unknown areas of Paris! Family, family for both of us! And a lot of organization before and a lot of cleaning after! And when it's over you are so tired but already looking forward to the next family "reunion"!

Wombat

Story will follow!

Heat around North Europe

Dimanche 15 April Paris
12 / 15°
26 / 28°
Journée la plus chaude - nous serons à environ 2° du record de 1949 (où il avait fait 30/31°) - temps sec et ensoleillé - le Marathon de Paris devra donc composer avec la chaleur... risque d'orages isolés en soirée sur l'ouest et le sud de la région.

Weather forecast expects 28° tomorrow in Paris! Summer temperature also in Germany (with a 29° today in Koln), Holland and Scandinavian countries. Meanwhile in Spain it's raining now for 3 weeks in a row; in Torino temperature below average! Maybe it's time to start thinking about this poor "earth" of ours...

Bird shit!!

Beautiful weather here in Paris! Meaning that the temperature is above 25 degrees! Amazing, we are just in April! Flowers, plants, everything is blossoming here in Paris! American tourists are walking in shorts & thongs, kids are eating ice-creams and birds are shitting on my head! Yes, correct! Yesterday afternoon, after work, Wouter and I went for a nice walk to the Tuileries. Weather was perfect and it was really lovely to stroll around beautiful Paris! We sat at this lovely cafe and enjoyed the the last rays of sun. Lovely, lovely! Wrong spot, though!!! These Old trees covered up an insidious animal! A constipated bird decided to free himself! And bleeehhh!!! A huge shit is dripping down my hair! Wouter is laughing is head off! Ohhh what the hell! I am laughing too! We ended up at Starbucks on Avenue de l'Opera and I had a huge Chocolate Frappucino! Gnammmi!!

Happy Easter......

Just wanted to take a moment to wish everyone a very Happy Easter.

I hope everyone will enjoy themselves, as we spend time with our family and friends.

BUONA PASQUA !!!!

posted by Nancy April 5th, 2007

The power of scent to create memory ....

Once I smelled Blaise Mautin's perfume created for the Park Hyatt Vendome I said "this is my perfume, this is me!" A mix built on woody, minty patchouli, somehow modern and classic at the same time. Excited about having found "the one" I called the Hyatt Vendome and asked how and where I could buy this perfume! I was given the number of Mautin's boutique and suggested to call to have some extra information. Which I did. A charming lady told me that each Mautin's creation was different and specially taylor made for his clients. Prices were ranging from 1500€ up! Silence! The dream was broken! I could never have a Blaise Mautin's perfume! I was given some hotel samples (bath gel & body cream) that I "still" use piously, in special occasions. Today is one of those special occasions. If diamonts are forever scents have the power to create memory!

Tre metri sopra il cielo!

It's official : I will never grow up! I still love teenagers movies and sometimes, just for a sec, I wish I was still one! After watching "3metri sopra il cielo" I sighed thinking how fresh and unspoiled love seemed when I was 18...! Now that I am 38 (yes, still for a couple of months!!) I know that love is much more that a fast heartbeating, but the "fanciulla" who is in me loves that feeling and sometimes (only sometimes!) loans for it! I don't know if you guys on the other side of the ocean can "find" this Italian movie but it was huge hit in 2004 and a sequel "Ho voglia di Te" is now playing in movie theatres! Riccardo Scamarcio, Step, is the teeenagers new idol and has been haunting some of my thoughts!!Told ya that I wasn't lying when I said that I would never grow up! So girls google him up and I can't wait to read your comments! All type of comments!