AWWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND NOVEMBER 8

 

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WEEKEND 

It's still typical November weather and we are all looking forward that December starts. 

In the afternoon fortunately we made a game with just carton mugs and paper. You had to take turns building a tower with the cups and the paper. Most people managed two, some three, I even managed four, and our entertainer E. almost got to six before the tower collapsed. We had a lot of fun watching people try so hard and make funny faces.  

While drinking coffee, we exchanged the latest rumors that were floating through the castle corridors.

On Sunday it was rather cold and I didn't feel like bundling up and going for a walk in the park. Instead, I organized my photos and tidied my closet.

No one was there for our animation this time, although they are three.. Someone had messed up the planning. I have to ask why. But I suggested to everyone to come anyway, and we'd played UNO together. That worked out great, we had fun, and the kitchen brought us coffee and cake. The visitors watched us, and it was a cheerful atmosphere.

In the evening, I watched the news, but it's always the same miseries in every country, so I went to bed and watched Korean short films on Facebook. They're hilarious, always the same story: a rich man (usually the richest in the world) is looking for a woman who would love him even if he were poor. So he disguises himself as a poor man, naturally finds a girl, and after many twists and turns, there is a happy end. On top of that, some of the women can do magic, and there is also always a very wicked woman who tries to destroy the couple's happiness with her intrigues.

The old ceremony clothes are beautiful. A bit like the Chinese.
 

FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

This week I only went out on Monday, because I had to buy my Kiwis and some grapes, but I returned quickly home. 

Nothing special happened except that this week we only played games that really got our brains working! There were questions, professions, or finding things that started with, for example, the letter B. The funniest game was called "Yes or No," and it wasn't easy at all. We would be asked a question, like whether Sylvester Stallone was in the movie "Rocky," and then you had to avoid to say "yes" or "no," because then you lost. At first, I always answered "Maybe," or "I think so..." and then a "yes" would just slip out, and I had lost. Of course, we laughed a lot. The "yes" or "no" answers just came out automatically. It wasn't easy at all.

And while we made our brainstorm, Mimmi, whose brain had nearly disappeared played with a Halloween spider and fed it with her cake. Usually these residents are on the third floor, but she is an exception, I ignore why. As long as she doesn't sing, she doesn't disturb. 

Twice this week I walked around in the park which looked beautiful with it's colored pictures and I took these photos.

 

And on Friday I drove through the car wash and now my car looks like "new" if you don't look too close ! 

 

 

more participants at Susanne at Living to tell the Story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HODGEPODGE

 1. Besides Thanksgiving, something on your November calendar you're looking forward to? 

No, nothing special, November is a boring month, besides Halloween which was not celebrated very much here. In Belgium everybody run to the cemetaries to clean the graves and put flowers on them because it was all Saints Day. So on local TV you had the choice between graveyards and graves with or without flowers, while on another channel they celebrated Halloween with skeleton and graves .  Nothing will happen, unless I win in the lottery but I have never played in my life. 

2. Dictionary.com's word of the year is '6-7'. Huh? 

Is it even a word??? I had to consult the internet to find out it's meaning because apparently I'm old and this particular slang is not part of my vocabulary. Is it part of yours? According to the article I read, it's a viral term, more of an inside joke with an unclear meaning driven by social media.

What do you think? 

Dictionary. com says it's selection each year is a 'linguistic time capsule reflecting social trends and events, but they also admitted to being confused by '6-7'. Some say it means so-so and is sometimes accompanied by the up and down hand motion we associate with the phrase so-so.

What word do you think would have made a better choice? 

I don't understand the necessity to say numbers when there are words? I would say "Bof," which is the new word that especially the younger generation, but also older folks, use when they can't decide between beautiful and ugly. A beautiful hat can definitely be "Bof" if I don't like it 100%.

3. What's a food, trend, activity, or thing people love but you think is just so-so? 

The only thing which comes to my mind is "Mental health"   

It is very much in fashion everywhere, and in every country. I wonder what people did when they survived catastrophes, wars, etc and are certainly traumatized ?? There wouldn't be enough psychiatrists, psychologists, and yoga teachers to restore  their "mental health," especially since many people don't have any, even without dramatic events.

4. Are you a tea drinker? Hot or cold? How do you like yours and at what time of day? Do you like flavored teas or teas billed as calming, energizing, healing, etc? 

I only drink tea in Egypt which is called Karkade and is made from Hibiskus leaves.

It is not the Hibiskus we drink usually here, but with much bigger leaves, it simply tastes delicious, Cools you down in summer and when the tea is hot warms you up in winter, and contains many vitamins. 

5. The November Hodgepodge has always included a weekly gratitude question. Here's the question for today-what are three things that make your heart sing? 

My heart sing ? That's a difficult question, nothing makes me really sing anymore, not with the heart and not with my mouth. Sometimes I am happy when I have seen a nice Theater play or exhibition.

 

Mini Golf

or just the view out of my window

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

Unfortunately my mood is not on the top when I think that all these year end festivities approach. What will or should I do ? I wished I could go to Egypt over Christmas and New Year and meet my friends there. But there are  two obstacles: my illness and my old grandma cat, Rosie. There are plenty of people to feed her, but since she's now over 19 years old and has become so clingy that she's always checking to see if I'm there, I really don't know what to do. I'll probably celebrate here and then have a party with Rosie, a picture of Rick and myself.