WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

 

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FAIRY TALES WE READ TO OUR CHILDREN

Many parents complain about the brutality in children's movies or books. I don't know what was worse, we grew up with this ! 

 

Fortunately, we didn't all turn into criminals; we took the stories for what they were—just stories. It’s probably no different for today’s kids with their Japanese heroes or other heroes.

AWWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 12

 

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WEEKEND 

On Saturday it was cloudy but enough to sit on our terrace. We did a Quiz which was rather difficult, we had to find out the price of an item or a restaurant before the Euro which was introduced on January 1, 2002. Of course we were all so amazed  how much prices had risen! Of course, salaries and inflation had gone up too. Some items—like TVs—were actually much cheaper then  before the Euro. The same applied to cars, radios, and, naturally, mobile phones and telephones in general. It was really very interesting. Many people thought it was due to the euro, but that isn't true, because the British—who kept their pound—experienced the same price increases. I always remember that when my son was living in London, we used to buy clothes and food there because it was cheaper, and we would bring him wine and other items that were much more expensive in London. That's finished long ago !

On Sunday it rained almost the whole day so we played Bingo in the afternoon.  Our activity team was off duty. It was again a stupid planning, at least one of them could have worked instead of giving all three the day off. So, Jeanine and I took over the bingo session. 

For the first time since I’ve been here, an argument broke out—simply because someone didn't grasp the game immediately; after all, the poor man is 91. A woman berated him and called him stupid. That made me angry, and I told her that when "she" is over 90, we will shout at "her" if she doesn't understand something right away. She calmed down after that. 

 

Then, a caregiver wheeled in a resident who didn't belong to our group at all; she suffered from dementia, took a bite out of the cake, and then put it back. Naturally, we tried to explain her that she shouldn't do it, but she just smiled and happily kept eating. Eventually, we called someone to take her away. 

By then, the mood was ruined, and the residents went back to their rooms. Oh well, it will all be forgotten by tomorrow. In any case, I’m not letting it upset me, and I’m staying out of these childish squabbles.