30 Jul 2026

PARENTING ....

 

  

“A two-year-old is kind of like having a blender, but you don’t have a top for it.”

 “The quickest way for a parent to get a child’s attention is to sit down and look comfortable.” 

 Why don’t kids understand their nap is not for them, but for us?” 

 “If evolution works, how come mothers only have two hands?”

 “Having children is like living in a frat house – nobody sleeps, everything’s broken, and there’s a lot of throwing up.”

 “Becoming a mom to me means that you have accepted that for the next 16 years of your life, you will have a sticky purse.” 

“Raising kids is part joy and part guerrilla warfare.” 

“Great parenting lies somewhere between ‘don’t do that’ and ‘ah, what the hell.’”

“A baby changes your dinner party conversation from politics to poops.” 

“One day I’ll be thankful that my kid is strong willed but that will not be today, not in this grocery store.”

“You can learn many things from children. How much patience you have, for instance.” 

 “All of us have moments in our lives that test our courage. Taking children into a house with white carpet is one of them.” 

“When your children are teenagers, it’s important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you.” 

 “Silence is golden…unless you have kids, then silence is just suspicious.” 

 “Diaper backward spells repaid. Think about it.”   

“I have just returned from a children’s party. I’m one of the survivors.” 

 “People who say they sleep like a baby usually don’t have one.”

 “Few things are more satisfying than seeing your own children have teenagers of their own.”

“Parenting without a sense of humor is like being an accountant who sucks at math.” 

   

28 Jul 2026

HODGEPODGE JULY 29

 

 1. What was the last thing you celebrated? 

Rosie's 19th birthday ! She got a lot of birthday wishes from the staff and the manager ! It was very touching.  

2 July 29th is International Day of the Tiger. Besides the wild animal itself, when you hear the word tiger what's the first  person-place-thing-whatever that comes to mind? 

That I want to pet it ! It's just a big cat, in German we call cats "room tigers" 

 3. The expression 'eye of the tiger' describes someone with intense focus, determination, and the drive to succeed. What area of your life are you currently bringing that kind of energy to? 

I am learning AI and try it out ! That takes a lot of energy especially for a person who has a lack of energy, but it helps. 

 Tigerauge Trommelsteine Ø ca. 30 - 45 mm

Tiger's Eye Gemstone: It is also the name of a smooth, brown-and-gold quartz stone that people wear or keep to bring courage, power, and clear thinking. I saw a lot of these stones in Egypt and bought a bracelet.

In Buddhism it represents strength willpower and clarity   

4. What was the last meal you cooked? 

I swear I have not Alzheimer yet, but I can't remember when or what meal I last cooked, for the simple reason that when Rick had to move into a retirement home because of his Parkinson, I had no time and no energy to cook for me alone, and even before when he was home for a 6 months, I didn't cook, I had other worries. I suppose it was 5 years ago and certainly Gnocchi with Tomato sauce and Parmesan cheese, which was a meal he loved. 

 Gnocchi with Tomato Sauce

5. Describe your July using exactly five words. 

Sick, weak, hot, cold, recovering,  

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I was happy that I felt real good on Saturday when my mini family stopped in Waterloo to visit me ! They came back from Italy and had a long way behind them. From the Toscan in Italy they drove 800 km to Metz in France where they spend the night and arrived here a little after noon.  

 
Grandson Toby had 4 cm more, only dog Leia was still the same, I shrank again 

here we are the 4 of us, the Lilliput wives in the middle 

 
We had a nice picnic in the park, nobody was keen to go to a restaurant, it was too hot.
Leia was the happiest dog of the world, as she could run around in this big park, and she did several rounds 


  

I dressed my two men with the help of AI into Body guards, so I feel protected, never ever in my life I have been so little ! I had always been a tall girl of 1,71 m and still am, despite the fact that normally people shrink when they get old ! 

 

 

26 Jul 2026

AWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND JULY 25





 

Linking to AWWW MONDAYS 

 

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WEEKEND 

After the nice warm weather on Saturday, today the temperature dropped by half today, and I had to change into warmer clothes because it was simply too cold.

From the window of my friend you have a great view on the original castle, it shows the little tower with a cross on the top. The building around was the castle when it was built. The part with the red bricks and balconies was added later, when the winter garden was transformed into the today's restaurant. As I have exercised to make old pictures new with the help of AI, I now try to create pictures by just writing what I want. Here I asked for a full moon in a cloudy sky and this came out !

and then a burning open fire
 

and then I asked for a sunflower field with a bench in the front. 

I was quite happy with my trials and finally the afternoon went by very quick ! Outside it poured cats and dogs,


 which gave me this idea .... and then the sun came out, just when I wanted to read a bit on my bed.