FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE & A BIRTHDAY

I can't believe it that it is 3 years that he is gone forever. Time flies by so quickly. In one way this is good, I never want to live the last 4 years with him again ! It was hell. 

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This week was a taste of almost summer. The sun shone every day, and I suddenly started remembering things that I had simply tucked away in a corner and forgotten about. First of all, I had to sort out the banks; they still had the address of our house. I somehow thought that would happen automatically. Most things, yes, but some, not. So we arranged for an appointment on Tuesday, and I enjoyed Monday with my first sunbath. I was still dressed warmly, of course, but the sun shone so beautifully on my face. It felt really good. Tuesday I settled everything with the bank and when I came back I stated with pleasure that they had done an Ester decoration !

amongst several games we also played ping pong, unfortunately the tables were a bit small and not long enough. One Lady who is a bit crazy claps in her hands and laughs out loud all of a sudden, believe it or not this lady had been Champion of Belgium in Table Tennis ! Each time the ball flow over the net and then its own way, she claimed "and I have been champion of Belgium !" We comforted her and told her that she still plays very well. 

Kim who entertains us had a very good idea, which I thought was a very bad ! On his program was WII playing. Fortunately I knew what it was and had also played once bowling, but for all the others it was just Chinese, they had never heard of it and when I told them that it was played on a computer screen, they all wanted to escape, but curiosity won.

I couldn't believe it ! They all played very well, some had strikes it was just amazing. And the fun they had was unbelievable ! My bowling ball always rolled towards the left side and I never got all keys.

Even in wheelchairs it went well ! 

Chantal who always carries around her plush dog, had fallen and ever since she has lost a bit her mind. Yesterday she escaped and a friendly neighbor in the street brought her back. Now we have all to pay attention that she stays in the park. She also came at 3 am in Jeanine's room and wanted to lay in her bed ! J. brought her back and locked her room now. Hopefully she will heal again. 

Each day I walk around the park (not the whole, it is too big) and then sit on a bench and scrabble until 3 pm when our games start. 

 

 

The little house where the castle cats live, there are 6

 

Signs of spring in our park

and our cheerful group, always ready for new adventures, handicapped or not !

more participants at Susanne at Living to tell the Story.

 

 

 

 

 

 

HODGEPODGE APRIL 10

 1. What's a lesson you've learned from a mistake?

Be more careful with making friends

2. Do you salt food while you're cooking or let diners add their own?  What's a food you think must be salted ? Do you like pepper? 

I prefer to salt a little bit, and let my guests add salt, that's easier then to take the salt out again. And egg has to be salted. I like pepper, but it depends on what.

3. What was the last gathering you attended and what did you do there? 

I raked my brain if I ever attended a gathering, but can't remember any.

4. Your favorite shade of purple? What's your favorite purple flower? 

 I am very ignorant in flower names, but I believe that this is a Hortensia and I like this purple shade too.

5. Share a favorite spring travel memory. 

We never traveled in spring, rather in autumn to escape the cold. But I have been several times visiting a friend in spring, who lives in the South of France and I loved it, because I was living in her family and she showed me a lot. She came then in August to Brussels and loved the North.

6. Insert your own random thought here. 

I have no special thought, it's nice that at least the sun is shining, because if I see and listen to the News, I think how is it possible to have voted for a sick man ? for me he suffers from Narcissistic personality disorder which is a mental condition characterized by a constant feeling of superiority (megalomania), a need to be admired. I think I don't have to mention a name.

WORDLESS WEDNESDAY

 SPRING HAS ARRIVED !

“Spring breathes new life into the world around us.”

 

 

more participants here, and Image-in-ing

AWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND APRIL 5

 

Linking to AWWW MONDAYS

 

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WEEKEND  

We had a very nice weekend ! The sun was shining, it was warm and we did a Quiz sitting for the first time this year on the terrace, which was always too cold, because in the afternoon it is in the shade. But this time it was OK and we raked our brain to find the words.

The restaurant was already decorated for Easter and the decoration was really cute !

The young people were gone, and we missed them. It was so nice to mix the different generations ! 

On Sunday it was still very sunny but the temperature had dropped and it was impossible to sit outside.

I spent the whole morning to get my "YouTube" back, it is connected with a little box to my TV. First I thought when cleaning the room, the plugs were loose, but it wasn't the case. I squeezed myself behind the TV to read the brand of the box. With that I googled and what I got as answer .... the Google Chrome had been updated and things had changed. I only had to do a restart. I was very proud that I had found it all alone, I had asked my son but he couldn't help me. 

In the afternoon we played ping pong and laughed a lot, because we all hadn't played for years ! There were also some visitors and they played too. When it was my turn, I managed to hit Chantal right in the face with my ball! Luckily, ping pong balls aren't as hard as bowling balls, and she only laughed, so did the others. Anyway we had a lot of fun and that was the most important. 

Our visitors were also impressed that even the few in a wheelchair played too. 

One of the students came on Sunday, he had loved his stay with us so much that he came to play with us again. I found that really nice.