FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

I started the week with an appointment at the bank. Now to get an appointment (by phone) count at least more than an hour before you get a human being on the phone and if you are lucky it's the right service. Finally after having spent nearly the whole morning on the phone I got an appointment for Monday ! It lasted 15 min, with the result that I told the girl that I am client since 45 years but now I am fed up with their mess, they had fused again but not with another bank but with the Post ! and suddenly without my agreement I found myself with an account at the post. I was really angry, went home, called my other bank, could come the next day whenever I wanted and I will transfer the money and close everything at the "messy" bank. Customer service doesn't exist there ! 

During our activity hour we had to color the Mexican way, skulls ! I refused, I have 20 years of painting lessons behind me and didn't want to go back to Kindergarten ! Instead I made with the material which was there two spiders which had a lot of success and are now hanging in a cobweb on the window ! We are still participating in the contest with the other Retirement residences, so the ideas are coming from I don't know who, but I think he or she should not take us for little kids ! The result is that a few don't come anymore and wait that this program is over. 

 my spiders for Halloween

and the skull which had to be colored !

Cat Rosie refused to eat the new food for old cats, that I had bought for her,  there was nothing to do ! She probably was offended to have to eat food for aged cats !  Finally she won and I gave the two boxes to the man who takes care of the castle cats. He was very happy about this good food. He said that 3 of the cats are 18 to 20 years old, have always lived here in the park, and have always been outside cats ! But they have a little house where the garden tools are stocked, with baskets, blankets cartons a real cat castle !

As activity was announced to bake Halloween cookies ! I didn't like at all to be in a kitchen and bake ! I have never baked cookies or cakes in my life and have no intention to start now ! Fortunately I had my bank as an excuse and disappeared to transfer my accounts from one bank to the other. I was happy to hear that I had nothing to do, they will do everything for me and the service was excellent. Of course I had done researches about this bank and the result was good. I hoped that when I got back home,  the cookie baking was over. When I arrived, the program had been changed and instead they played BINGO ! A game I really appreciate. Well, we will play it again, and I told our animators that I won't participate in baking or cooking ! I don't know why they all laughed.
 

Kim the animator has already decorated the entrance of the castle ! Now, for nearly the majority of the old residents had never heard about Halloween and were surprised to suddenly see  witches and spiders and other ugly things. I think I have to explain from where it comes and what it was at the beginning. 

We spent a nice afternoon, the sun was shining and I was happy to hear that the manager and her staff held their meetings in another room and not disturbing our games anymore. Apparently she understood that animation for us oldies is very important ! So my complaint was not for nothing, that her meetings shorten our game and coffee time ! Some residents are so lonely that they are waiting for our get together.

 

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HODGEPODGE OCT 3

1. Hey, it's October...what's one fun thing on your October calendar?

Nothing so far ! 

2. Thursday is National Poetry Day (first Thursday in October)...do you like to read poetry? If so, what's a favorite poem, or whose poetry do you especially enjoy?

Not anymore, Now I prefer quotes 

3. Tell us about something you've seen recently that could be described as 'poetry in motion'

is generally defined as "someone moving gracefully" that's the explanation I found thanks Google.

Besides my cat Rosie I see only a few young people move gracefully, In the third youth it's rather seldom, the bones have become stiff !

4. What's one song on your autumn playlist? Do you have an autumn playlist? If not, pretend you do. If yes, then feel free to share more than one. 

Ever since I accidentally heard this version of the song "Bohemian Rhapsody" by Freddy Quinn sung by Angelina Jordan, I like to listen to it especially now in the sad autumn season.

 

Nothing else or special comes in to my mind, I listen to music as background because I don't like to be in total silence.

5. Share a quote that inspires you this time of year especially.

 “But I miss you most of all, my darling / When autumn leaves start to fall.” — Frank Sinatra,

6. Insert your own random thought here.  

I've never liked autumn. Even as a young girl, I felt sad in fall and retreated into my shell. Later I suffered from seasonal depressions in fall, When it was diagnosed I felt better, I could understand why I felt so bad without any reason.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

 

Fall should arrive by now, but as the weather is so moody and does what it wants I am not sure if it respects the seasons ! No sign in view yet where I live ! 

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AWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 28

Brussels' lace dolls

one of my dolls

 

 

 

 

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WEEKEND SEPTEMBER 24

It was very windy outside and also cool I tidied up my wardrobe because I couldn't find my things anymore ! I am not an example of order in closets ! 

In the afternoon we met in the restaurant for a chat. In the evening I had a nice surprise. I was in the bathroom and suddenly the door opened (usually they knock) and a gentleman in a wheelchair rolled in. 

I told him kindly that he was in the wrong room and that I would push him back, but he didn't want to, he said that his wife was very nasty and he didn't want to go back! After I told him to call a nurse, I pushed his wheelchair in front of his door and told him he couldn't stay with me (what a horror) then I went back to my room and locked the door. Thanks God ! because 5 minutes later he tried again. I don't want to become a counselor for marital problems ! Since then I haven't seen him anymore. I noticed that the couples who live here are all, without exception full of hatred for their partners ! They avoid each other once outside their room and don't talk to each other while eating. It's real bad when one person is helpless and the other doesn't want to help.

On Sunday morning it was really cold for the season we had 3°C !! and it didn't warm up much during the day. Laure had invited me for a coffee and I had to dig out a winter jacket !! Fortunately it was warm enough in her living room because she had switched on the heating only this very morning ! She wanted to wait for the 1st of October with the heating, as it was the use in the past, but now as we have such moody seasons it's not possible anymore. 

I got a phone call from a lady from the police ! Immediately I thought that it was somebody who wanted to scare an old lady. Apparently my car was parked wrongly and my window open. I told the lady to try with another person, because my car is on a private parking and anyway what car is she talking about. She told me "white", there are lots of white cars on the parking, a big or a small car ? I thanked her and ended the conversation. But then I thought maybe I have left the window open, it had happened before, so I went to check. When I arrived at the reception there were a group of employees standing there laughing and when I approached they laughed even more. And then I realized what was going on, they had someone call me with a disguised voice! Unfortunately, I didn't respond the way they had hoped. At least we had a lot of fun and laughed a lot!

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