Dog's World Day

Dzis jest Swiatowy Dzien Psa. A to jest Artù. To moj pies. Czasem rozrabia, czasem psoci ale w gruncie rzeczy jest najfajnieszym psem na swiecie! Milego dnia, Artù! :)

Today is the Dog's World Day. And this is Artù. He is my dog. He sometimes acts up, he's a brat at times but to put it in a nutshell, he's the best dog in the world! Have a nice day, Artù! :)

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Waitng.. waiting... + the Awards!!! : )

So today is THE DAY!!!! : ) We're going to have our Puppy, Artù home with us! : ) We're going to set off at about 4.00pm and we should be back home in the evening and I promise to post some pics of Him tomorrow : )

In the meantime, look what I found in Italian Vogue : ) Aren't the pics of Nicole Kidman amazing? You must admit they are. But no wonder, after all they were taken by Peter Lindbergh. I would look amazing too if he took some pics of me... Yes, I would. As for Nicole Kidman as an actress... well, I have very mixed feeling about her... hm.... I mean she sucked in "Australia" and shone in "Nine". Despite that, she's one of the most intriguing and interesting Hollywood personalities in my humble opinion. And the pictures try to reveal that.

Next, I'd like to thank London Girl for the Beautiful Blogger Award : ))


Plus another award from Julia : )



The rules: write 10 things that make you happy.

Here they are:

1. Hot chocolate in the evening when watching a film
2. Playing with Artù (I know I'll love it)
3. A nice make up
4. Receiving a phone call from a friend
5. Presents (giving & receiving)
6. Hot shower/bath
7. Watering my plants in the terrace when the sun is shining and smiling at me : )
8. Going to Poland to visit my Dearests
9. Shopping
10. Sleeping, it had to be on that list!

Once again: THANK YOU, GIRLS!

I'd like to pass both these awards to: Deva, Pen.ny and Ella : ) Enjoy!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone! : )

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Happy weekend!

I just wanted to show you the newest Italian ad for Ikea. It's absolutely hilarious, in my humble opinion, of course! As far as I know it was produced in Italy only and exclusively for the Italian market : (

Some help with translation: at the end of the clip one of the guys looks at his watch and says: "So, see you tomorrow" and the other one responds: "Yeah, I believe so". And then you can hear the policeman saying: "Hello!". In the end you can see the writing: "You need little to change things". The first background voice reads it and adds: "With Ikea it's really easy" and then the 2 voice shouts: "(turn off the) Lights!"

I'm going to do some dog-shopping in the afternoon : ) I need to buy some toys, the leash and collar, of course : ) Two weeks and Artù will be with us! It's high time we started the preparations! : )

And this is for Al. I don't know why but the first time I saw the clip and heard the song, I thought of you : )

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Rollercoaster.

I'm on a rollercoaster. Emotionally and physically. I feel elated and I'm walking on air one day and a bit out of sorts the other one. I am up with the larks on Monday and I'm full of energy the whole day and then on Tuesdsay I'm drowsy and would sleep the whole day long. Is it normal?

I'm happy because I'm finally doing what I like: teaching. Preparing students for tests and exams make me happy. Plus, I find time to go to the gym and meet my friends, to arrange things at home and prepare some good soups for dinner. Plus the dog : ) Cannot wait. By the way, thank you all for the comments on my last post. I'll post many pics of Artù, you can be sure of that.

On the other hand, I'm a bit worried about the future. I know the most important is to do what one likes best. But it might not be enough at times. Ok, I lost a job but it's not the end of the world, is it?! My Dad is freaking out about me being unemployed, without a "decent, secure" job that will allow me to have a good pension when I retire. So I start to reconsider. Is money that important? One's well-being is not enough anymore? I'm so sick of his constant asking me if I found sth. Yes, I'm looking, but no luck so far. I have been working for 4 years in the office, mundane, repetitive weeks, no time for myself, only day-to-day chores and tasks and don't want to accept sth just for the sake of my future. I want to cherish this time. I get by, I'm not starving. I'm earning enough to feel comfortable, I'm enjoying myself doing things I had never time for. I can take care of a puppy I have been dreaming of all my life. So please please let me be happy...

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Ok, so this is official.

This is Artù. And he will be ours. On March 6, Saturday : ) Isn't it beautiful? : )

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New Year Resolutions.

Foreword:

According to Oxford Dicitionary:

"reso•lution /rezlun/ noun 4 [C] ~ (to do sth) a firm decision to do or not to do sth: She made a resolution to visit her relatives more often. Have you made any New Year’s resolutions (= for example, to give up smoking from 1 January)?"

It's new year and it's time to set the goals. I like to do this kind of brainstroming in my head. The thing is it will be the first time I'm doing it on my blog, it is usually all clear and set in my head only but when the old year finishes, I barely remember what the list really included...

Therefore this time should be different. I will be able to see my list at the end of the year and check if/how many of the goals I managed to achieve. Let's see them together.

1. Getting a job.


Not any job. I want a job that becomes my passion and that I'm utterly enthousiastic about. I'm ready to work hard and dedicate myself fully to the assigned tasks but I want a job which is rewarding, not only economically. I want a job that allows me to grow mentally, to meet interesting, intelligent people, to simply enjoy the time spent in the workplace. I know it's a big challenge, especially nowadays. The biggest goal for me this year.

2. To have a dog...


...and be a good, responsible owner. I'd like to raise a dog which is good well-trained and tolerant and which listens to me and obeys me.

3. Look for a new appartment.

The one we've been living up to now is slowly becoming too small... so maybe it's time to look around. It seems easy... ? Maybe. The snag is that I really love my present appartment, and so my standards are really high... I mean I have a small, cosy flat with a medium sized terrace where I can spend my free time and read books or just sunbathe and I realise it will be hard to find sth similar... Yes, we are in Sicily, so the presence of terraces is not sth rare but usually they're surrounded by other buildings (i.e. other people's flats who are nosy, prying and have nothing else to do but staring in other people's windows, balconies and terraces...) How disgusting! The next thing is to find a flat with some green areas around. I miss going to the park. Yeah, but you have sea just around the corner. True, but being brought up in a semi-deatched house with garden and a park 200m away from it somehow left a trace... and now I miss it.

4. Go to NY.


I want to go to see if what I imagine about NY is true, I need to see the yellow cabs and the place where 2 towers of the World Trade Center were placed. I need to see the shops, the NY style and fashion, the people.

5. Learn touch typing.

You can believe it or not but I'm still using 2 fingers only when typing and I constantly look at the keyboard... Nonetheless, I make many errors and need to edit texts a lot of times before publishing or printing anything... I'll give myself a year to learn to use all 10 fingers and to increase the speed of typing. Then I'll post a video showing you my progess : )

I really feel this year is going to be a good one. I can see possibilities, I can feel opportunities. Sky is the limit. I wish all of you to have a wonderful year!

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