AWWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND JUNE 13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Linking to AWWW MONDAYS 

 

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WEEKEND   

On Saturday after lunch, the sun showed it's nose between two clouds and I used the opportunity to try to walk around our park ! To my great surprise I managed it and only had to sit down for a few minutes. Of course I was very proud. We could not sit outside and Kim had to change the program, he had planned to play ping pong, but we will keep that for next week when it is supposed to be very warm ! That's at least what the weatherman said. 

So we did a question and answer game, he gave us a letter for example A and we had to find professions, animals, plants, countries and cities starting with A.. 

Some were wrong and took US States for countries ! Was quite interesting. 

 

 

Besides that I am drowning in football (soccer) fever, even though I'm not at all interested in football, but since it's the World Cup, people are going absolutely hysterical. Even our restaurant is decorated with flags, and a Belgian flag was also found somewhere – I don't see any on our national holiday! The whole schedule, showing which country is playing against which other country, is posted here too! Luckily, the men don't talk about it too much, and we women anyway aren't interested. Huge screens have been set up all over the city so that no one misses anything, even on the street.

The shops are decorated and people are buying souvenirs like T-shirts, mugs, and plush toys. All the children outside are playing football. Luckily, Toby (my grandson) isn't allowed to play football anymore, as he's grown too fast and is now better suited for basketball. After all, he's reached 2 meters in height with his 15 years, and I'm sure he'll grow a bit more. I'll soon have to get a ladder if I want to give him a kiss.

On Sunday it was a little cooler but I did my duty and walked in the park, unfortunately only half then I had to go back. Unfortunately our park is in a terrible state with the roller coaster weather, the shrubs, trees, bushes have grown and the grass is so high, that I thought it would be a good idea to rent some sheep ! They had a lot to eat. 

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I thought this was an animal (from far) and now I discover that it was the robot to mow the lawn, it got stuck here.

 

 

The Belgian Football hero (or maybe not)

FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

The whole week  the sun has been acting like Trump, sometimes in a bad mood, sometimes in a good mood, sometimes yes, sometimes no – constantly changing its mind. No walks for me; the only thing I did was buy food for cat Rosie. She doesn't care about the weather, but her stomach does.

The days are usually  so similar, but this week we have gotten a bit out of rhythm. The rooms on the renovated 3rd floor have been occupied by people on the ground floor, which is being converted into offices, a gym, and space for the nurses and palliative care staff. 

My friend Jeanine is now living right next to mine in the room where the wine-loving Geneviève used to live, so I don't have to pop any more champagne corks at 9 am. I will miss her, but see her during our activities. She has shown me her room which is half of what she had before, but not small at all, is cozy, nicely furnished completed with her furniture and has a beautiful view out on the park.

So I often find residents who had forgotten their floor or, no longer knew their new room number, and wandered around the long castle corridors like ghosts.

I retired in my cozy room and spent time with Rosie, or I went to Jeanine and we chatted at bit, outside they were transporting furniture and sometimes it was quite noisy. 

One resident died at 101 and it is a real relieve for him, as he hardly could eat and then nothing anymore he lay the whole day in bed and stared at the ceiling. His wife was very happy that he was gone and didn't hide her joy, she told me that he was the worst womanizer in the world and had cheated on her with black girls in the Congo when it was still a colony of Belgium. She didn't have a happy life and was trapped as she had no money to divorce. 

Yesterday during our activity I had a view on Jean, a man who suffers Alzheimer and nobody knows why he is sitting the whole day in the restaurant. I saw him sucking on something, but didn't know what it was, and then suddenly I realized that he had the salt shaker in his mouth, and the salt too! I called Kim, who took the salt shaker away and gave him a glass of water to rinse his mouth.

The next morning I went to the responsible nurse and told her what happened. She thanked me and now he probably has to move to the 4th floor. It is too dangerous to leave him with our normal group. One nearly killed him, she gave him a cookie which he can't eat it would get stuck in his throat. He is only allowed to eat mashed or liquid food.

Jeanine is nearly settled in her new room and it looks real nice. I took a picture out of the 3 windows she has and saw Francine again pulling out weeds. She does it the whole day from morning till evening and always bent. It's a miracle that she walks as straight as an I.   

 our two terraces, a bit messy due to the rain 

 

working Francine 

 

Each free minute I am working on our old photos sometimes very old like this one below !
 

it is me as a baby and a toddler

and 28 years later us, before going to the Opera

At that time you had to be well dressed, today you can also go in jeans ! 

 

more participants at Susanne at Living to tell the Story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HODGEPODGE JUNE 11

1.  How would you define 'the good life'?

The one I had as a young girl and woman, then together with my husband, then as a family, a retired couple and now a new life (not so good) as widow. 

2.  What's the most used app on your phone (and are you proud of that)? 

I think that's Whatsapp, I mostly use my phone as a phone, and camera. But I am not proud, I find it normal. Besides that I always say that my whole life is in my phone !

3. 'Every rose has it's thorn', 'everything's coming up roses', 'looking through rose-colored glasses', 'it's no bed of roses' or 'stop and smell the roses'...which rose idiom best relates to something in your life currently. Explain. 

Currently I would say "Every rose has it's thorn". The time I looked through rose colored glasses is long gone, that's for Teenagers. I never had to sleep on a bed of roses and I am not patient enough to stop and smell at roses.

4. How do you feel about floral flavorings in food or drink (rose, hibiscus, elderflower, lavender)? 

If it is only flavor I hate it and I wouldn't eat or drink it, except hibiscus tea. 

5. Over the course of your life what have you probably spent more time pondering than anything else? 

I never pondered about anything. I'm very spontaneous; I would jump into the water and only then ask myself if I can swim or not (of course I can). Even choosing the man of my life was spontaneous. We saw each other for the first time and then stayed together for 55 years, 54 of them officially married.

 

 

 

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

 

I am still busy with the AI, and "bought" my new ball robe. My grandson asked me if I give them treats at least !