Tom has spent the last 6 weeks in hospital following his 3rd operation. He is now  going through chemo and radiotherapy again. Tom is terribly week, but we will celebrate his 50th birthday this Sunday. And I have a birthday wish for him:

Life is beautiful and miracles do exist! So please send Tom all the energy and love you have for his birthday.

A big thank you to all of you.
Milena

I just got tagged by my friend Kim from Savannah, GA. These are my answers to your questions:

What are you wearing now? jeans, shirt, light sweater, no shoes

Do you nap a lot? only when on chemotherapy

Who was the last person you hugged? my lovely Lady Milena

Novel or poem? novel

What’s for dinner? spaghetti with scallops, chillies, and chorizo sausage

What was the last thing you bought? scallops

What are you listening to right now? Reuben Wilson, Vinyl Junkie

What is your favorite weather and why? sunshine – because it makes me happy and warm and because it’s raining outside

What is on your bed side table? last weekends’ Sunday paper, “The World according to Garp” by John Irving, and ” 2666″ by Roberto Bolaño

What is your most challenging goal right now? staying alive and well

Say something to the person who tagged you Kim, we all need to get together and reminisce about the old times. When are you bringing your boys to Europe? I’m sure Robbie and Ben would get along great with Laura and Stella.

If you could have a house totally paid for, fully furnished anywhere in the world, where would you want it to be? in the Provence

Favorite vacation spot? southern France

Name the things you cannot live without? family, friends, good food and wine

What movies can you watch over and over? none, I like variety

What is your favorite tea flavor? Jasmine green tea

If you could go anywhere in the world for the next hour, where would you go? London for a quick shopping trip

Who is the most interesting person you have ever met? Irvin Shaw

RULES: 1. Respond and rework – answer the questions on your blog, replace one question that you dislike with a question of your own invention, add one more question of your own. 2. Tag eight other un-tagged people.

Having spent two beautiful weeks in the Swiss mountains during the holidays, I’m back online to wish you all a very happy and healthy new year. We had two weeks of gorgeous weather here, alas I was unable to ski since my field of vision has become more restricted. The girls had a blast, with Laura skiing like a rocket and Stella carving on her swowboard. Milena and myself took long walks in the winter-wonderland that is Klosters.

I’m going to have my next MRI on January 13th – a bit nervous for that one.

Cheers,
Tom

The operation went well. After 6 hours the flower was out and Tom awake again.

Love,

Milena