hey, it's a new year ;)

Wow, just realised that i have not written anything here since late last year, and now we are already February 2008. No wonder that I got a request from a friend living far away for some updates on my life. As so many times before i promise to try to start write some entries here a bit more often, perhaps this time it will work....let's call it my February resolution ;)

so a quicky before i go off for a shopping spee with vinnie in 10 minutes (i guess my resolution to try to save in on my food expenses by not eating out every lunch and dinner is being counter-attacked by having the time to go for shopping spees instead and then have a soup in front of the computer once back at work... hmmmm).

january was a nice month. a lot of things to do at work, not at all the slow coming back to work that i had last year at the same time, but now rather preparing project proposals, writing reports, meetings, and the most interesting and motivating for me - a promotion :))) finally one could say as i was promised that this would happen about 7 months before it did, but now i don't care anymore - i'm just happy to have a higher position with more interesting tasks and responsibilities!!

otherwise, january has been skiing at least once every weekend - twice in chamonix with beautiful conditions (fresh snow and sunshine!!), once in la clusaz where it was better than most skiing days last year but nothing compared to the fantastic conditions the weekend before so we were a bit grumpy ;), and a weekend in flaine which was really nice among friends and the portuguese maffia ;)) Last weekend was in chamonix at my cousin's place. Went up with her and her husband and two beautiful but a bit sick children on Friday evening, had some dinner and then spent a hour or two playing first a game of bowling and then many games of tennis on their Wii (and i thought it was a stupid boring old thing - until i tried and got hooked that is..). Saturday was a calm day with snow coming down outside, a sick boy who couldn't take a no inside, but who in between was lots of fun for playing, some nice moments with a baby girl in my arms (i got to give her the bottle at night - i love that, you feel so close) and lots of smiles from her :)), and an excursion to the norht pole! well, perhaps not exactly but it sure felt like it... then my amor came up saturday evening to join us for a homecooked dinner of boite chaude ;), some more hours of tennis (he also got hooked), and then a beautiful day of skiing in the sun on fresh snow sunday! a wonderful weekend among family - how to better spend your time off?

so that's it from me right now. perhaps some more info after the shopping to let you know if bought that beautful dress i saw yesterday from kookaï...