Lola goes mobile

I bought an iPhone. Yes, it's one of the gifts I mentioned below ;-)
I must admit that I love it... I'm addicted already.
Anyway it's likely that I'll write more now as soon as I learn how to type with two hands. I use only my right hand for now and writing a post takes forever.
Have a good day! We had an early
Start as Orlando woke us up at 5:30..,

I haven't updated the blog

for a long time and I haven't replied to your comments. Sorry about that. It's been crazy with very little time for myself. 

Things are doing well and I feel less stressed than a few weeks ago. I am off today and tomorrow (thank God!) which is great because next week and the first week of December are going to be hectic. Next week I'll be stuck in meetings and workshops while the first week of December I'll be on biz trip for 4 days. 

I'm so glad I am at home today. I worked this morning and then I spent time with Orlando in the garden. He ran and played and had fun without doing stupid things except for eating a small branch. Obviously he prefers running free in the garden instead of going out for walks on leash. However, he has to be supervised all the time even though he has improved a lot. No more stones, just branches and leaves (sometimes). Unluckily there's a cat who poops in the garden and Orlando... well, you can imagine what he does. Bleah.

December is approaching and I still haven't given serious thoughts on Christmas, Christmas presents and New Year's eve. To be honest, I treated myself, namely I bought some gifts... for me ;-) I guess we'll spend Christmas day here and invite over my small family while we'll spend boxing day with G's family. New Year's eve has never been special to us but THIS YEAR is special because of Orlandino and we want to stay at home with the him.

Anyway, we'll see. We don't have plans yet.

Since Orlando is with us, I am happier and more "balanced", if you can see what I mean. Of course there are drawbacks but the trade off is worth it. We sleep less but we do have him :-)

On a different tone, I'm reading a very interesting book which I highly recommend: The Biology of Belief by Bruce Lipton. I promise I'll write a post about it. 

24/7

I've been working 24/7 lately. I've achieved an important goal too so, even though I am starting to feel tired, things are doing well. I'm happy with the work I have done and it seems that my boss is happy too which is even more important, if you can see what I mean.

We need a break though. From work and from the "pest" who, by the way, will turn 5 months in a few days. My mum has kindly offered to look after him (read= live with him night & day) for a couple of days so we're going to a place that we love: Langhe. It's truffle time by the way so just the right season for a short trip there. Relax, good wine, good food and time for ourselves without "the baby" ;-)  I strongly hope the weather will be good otherwise the lovely countryside will end up being boring.

Orlando is getting big. He has dropped bad habits and picked up new ones ;-) Eating rocks is not funny anymore, what about branches? And cats' poo? Yeah! So, he's still on leash most of the time which I don't like at all. Due to his high level of energy he should run free for hours in the garden but we can't leave him alone off leash in the garden as he eats what he finds. We go out for walks and with treats he behaves better. He's still a nightmare when we eat though. Overall he is great fun and very attached to us. Perhaps a bit too much... independence is not a word he seems to like. 

Have a good weekend.

cheers,

L.

Fall

As Andy wrote, the fall (can't spell Autumn ;) is here. I wish I could spend a few days in Canada as the foliage is so great there. One day we went to a friend's cottage on a small lake. It was late October and wood was red, orange and yellow. Difficult to describe and to forget! This memory makes me longing for Canada. I spent the afternoon there, helping them fixing the roof (!) of their fairy tale-like house. I went for a short walk in the woods and felt, for the first time in my life, completely immersed in nature. The leaves cracked under my shoes as I stepped onto a path that was more familiar to wild animals than to me. When I stopped and realized that I could't hear the voices of my friends, I was worried to get lost  and eventually killed by bears. I had the feeling the nature was much powerful and wild that I had thought. It was time to go back. I didn't get lost but - if I think about it- I got lost in nature for a little while and it was scary & wonderful at the same time.

Where does journalism end and literature begin?

Enjoy.

Moby Dick

Want to read...oh, wait a second, hear Moby Dick?
Enjoy.

What's in a word?

Interesting short "lecture" by Severgnini.