My dad will be gone 1 month this Friday...my birthday. I miss him so much. At night I "hear" him walking around in the halls. I know it will get better and he is in a much better place with his new body and my mom. I just want to hug him and kiss him one more time and tell him I love him.

Oh my this sounds good. I am going to steal the recipe and try it when I return from New Mexico. I know my roommate will eat it but my father will not. Yummmmmmmmmm

Congratulations, Anastasia. I realize when we met it was on Yahoo 360. I had never blogged before and had no idea about the topics on which I would write. I began writing in response to your blogs, then got brave enough to publish my own blogs, and my poetry.... and you were very generous with your comments. You, Lakis, Constantine, and Stefania helped me get started. I love writing and was saddened when yahoo closed its site. I was thrilled to have you tell me about Typepad but really didn't write much. Now that I am retired, I write but basically for myself. I need to re-establish myself now that I have time to write. I miss all the comments but I know that is my fault since I did not spend much time on Typepad. I doubt I will ever reach 1000 posts and I am very proud of you...especially the one about our weekend in Cyprus. :) Congratulations to you! And thank you for getting me started with blogging.

Oh Dear Anastasia, the joy of our meeting was indeed mine. I have wanted to sit and talk to you for so long but it never seemed to happen. When Mesut said I should fly to Cyprus because we were in Izmir and it was so close, I thought I had died and gone to Heaven. My only disappointment (and his also) was that you did not get to meet him. He so wanted to be able to meet my wonderful friend who has always been "there for me". I loved our short time together and it seemed as if we have known each other all our lives. Next time, hopefully, he will be able to get a visa to Southern Cyprus and we can all enjoy each other's company. I love you so much and I too was masking tears. Thank you again for being so kind and generous. Alkis was a dream. I felt I knew him as well and the love I saw going between you both, gave me hope also for my relationship with Mesut. Thank you so much. I have such glorious memories but want to make many more. xoxoxo

Anastasia, I can do all those things you described because I was taught to do them, but I hate to clean. I do it because it must be done. I have thought of hiring someone to clean but it is so expensive and I would have to clean before I allowed someone else to "really" clean. We are currently working at putting our home back into order after working 28 1/2 yrs and letting things go. It is a chore for sure but it must be done. Grrrrrr! I wish I was rich instead of beautiful. Haha!

Thank you, Anastasia. I love you.

Oh how I wish we had cooler weather here. I love the cold and snow (not sure how my body would accept it) but here, Florida is the hottest place in the continental US. Today it was 85 degrees and humid. Unbearable for mid-December. I love roaring fires, warm blankets and cuddling with the one you love, with gentle music playing in the background. I especially like it with only Christmas lights and candles lighting the room. Hmmmmmmmmm Would I give anything for this scenerio right now.

Happy holidays to you, Anastasia. I love you, my dear friend and sister.

I am so proud of you, Anastasia. I love you!!! You are such and wonderful example. Now I must get my man to stop smoking. He says he is now listening to his lungs telling him it is time to quit.