January 16, 2007 » Days Of January
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This Saturday I read one of the nicest books that I came accross recently. It's Marley & Me by John Grogan. I saw it in one of the biggest bookshops in the city sometime in December and the excerpts on the back were telling me it was going to be a good one. So, two days ago, I bought it and read it in one evening. And it was not haha-funny at all. It was a great story of how a couple managed to build their life around what was a behaviour equivalent of my hyperactive parakeet (who will get a page of his own soon) and, spiritualy, the equivalent of the tree I grew up with; and how they were maturing together with their pet. So, well, I am recommending you all to read this book. So many books today were written without love, as horrible page-turners, for no reason but to make money and this book makes me smile, because I see so many examples of the rarity that is real love in it: love between two young people, love in a family, love for a pet who did so many good and so many bad things at the same time. Also, all the descriptions are very vivid. If you want to know more about this beautiful book, go to its official site. There are some photos of Marley the labrador himself and stories written by owners of other dogs.
I am really happy these days. I was broke during the holidays, now it changed and I got an opportunity to make myself and people around me happy. So, I decided to take my mom and dad out to the Buena Vista Social Club show on 05th February, while some of the original band members are still alive...and then, since mom didn't feel like going to a restaurant, I brought a huge pizza from Pizza Hut home. I also decided to buy mom something more precious and I found a nice pendant for a necklace at Swarovski....and it turned out to be a zip puller...here it is. However, the store workers told me that it can be a pendant as well. I liked it more than the one with two things and mom was delighted. She even cried. I am so glad that once, after a bunch of unsuccessful tries, I got her something she really likes. And making people I love happy. I also want to get dad something related to fishing or something for our family car (Ka-r:p), but it's easier to get gifts for dad as he says what he wants. Who knows, perhaps I will be able to take us all to the seaside this year, as we have not been on such a holiday since 1994.
From top left, clockwise: Hocki Jr, my Lush gift to myself, mom's gift and tickets for the concert and our biiig pizza!
Other reasons I'm happy...they're more of a spiritual kind, as I have realised material happiness was useless many times in the past when I had what I wanted and I was alone or extremely unhappy. Ever since the best day of my life, I've been smiling and I am not even used to it, my cheek muscles hurt me. It's someone's fault...and they're probably not even aware of how happy they made me. One of my main missions in near future would be to find them and thank them...without too much hugging as I'm known for nearly breaking people's bones when I'm hugging them...
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Iva - you write better in English than I can and I was born surrounded by it.
Glad to hear that you are so happy
Remind me if we ever meet, not to hug you.
Sarah xxx
(he makes me smile too)
That book sounds really beautiful. I might have to check it out. Thank you for the recommendation.
It is a wonderful feeling to make those you love happy. I am glad you were able to do that for your family.
Your entry was really touching. It is great to read that you have a newly found happiness. A newly found real happiness.
Hey babe, I'm really happy for you
It's been quite some time since I read your posts with such joy and happiness!!
Also, thanks for recommending that book!!
I'm so happy to read what I have just read...
And once again, we share the same opinion: "So many books today were written without love, as horrible page-turners, for no reason but to make money"... But the most dangerous part of that statement is that I see so much crap published today that it encourages me to publish my own crap without guilty feelings
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And sorry about not wishing you a Merry Christmas... I promise I had my alarm set to that (Christmas for Iva), but we happened to be on a one-day trip and then I totally forgot
(mea culpa, mea culpa, mea culpa... I have so much "stuff", just "stuff", in my head lately...).
But you know that I love you, right?
I just finished reading Marley & Me last week... and it made me cry and laugh. Great book!
Mmmm, pizza... now, I want a slice.