Good old friend..

Annd I am back ladies and gentleman, nice to still see you here after so long. I just had some rough times and now I am back, in a new year, with new ideas and new plans ahead. Short term ones, not to spoil life surprises of course.
Nowadays, still winter, my favorite season of them all, cold weather and white pictures everywhere, just the way I like it. And since I missed to write the Christmas and New Year stories, still I'm gonna tell a kind of Christmas story, about an old friend that's by my side since I was a kid. In winter or summer, whether I am gone or back home, he is still here, waiting for me and brightening my mornings since many many years. Presenting... my very own Christmas tree :)


Just to let you know, he lives in front of my house, in fact, he was planted here by my grandparents or parents, I don't even remember. He is around 20 years old, a little smaller than me at age, but more than 7 times taller :)) Yeah, you are right, that's me in the picture with the tree. It's clear that we grew little bit more than I was imagining when I was that small. He had a lot of space when he was young and little, in fact he's still young, just that he grew so much that the space is not enough for him now. But he is taking it very well and apparently loves us and got used to us that much...that he keeps growing. My dogs love him to, they can hide under his branches and chill in the hot summer days. He makes winter and season holidays more beautiful and all my mornings happy, cause I wake up with him in front of my window.
And as friend was telling me these holidays, in fact we don't decorate Christmas trees, they decorate us.

Old style happiness

Speaking about happiness, no person is happy all the time, the feeling comes and goes, and blessed are those who have it everyday, at least a little bit.

Well maybe some of you know the story, but I'm going to tell you my old small daily happiness, in my house, with my dad and a big old fancy record player, with an 80' Radio Europa Fm.
Sitind in the corner of the livingroom, in a comfty armchair, with large headsets covering half of the head, enjoying every song played on the radio and recording the "good ones" on tapes. One of the best "toys" in the house for small Oana.
Whenever I used to walk in the room, I could see my dad with his eyes closed, in a fluffy bathrobe, with his white hair and kind face, keeping the rhythm from the huge headset in his snapping fingers, enjoying the songs. I would sneak next to him, draw his attention, smyle and take over. That was my daily happiness back then.
And as a return in 2012, yesterday night flashbacks came around when in one of the usual bars to hang out, I found the old songs filling the place. God remembered the singers or the name of the songs, but thanks to modern technology and magnificent Google, it's enough nowadays to just write some lyrics and Google finds the song for you. Exactly what I did, ending up with below playlist.
And while sitting in the tall chair, in the late night, with a glass a beer in front and friends giggling around, I found myself .... extremly HAPPY ....