AWWWW MONDAY - WEEKEND DECEMBER 12

 

Breakfast

 

Twin sisters !

 

 

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On a Saturday I avoid to go shopping because there are always a lot of people. I prepared my post ordered 2 pullovers on Internet and in the afternoon we had the visit of Mr. G's friend. I had asked him to come over and help me to choose a Samsung smartphone, because mine is now 5 years old and Mr. G. finally accepted to take mine. 

So far he was completely against smartphones and pretended that he didn't need one and still used antique  mobile. But now when he saw how I could communicate with grandson Toby and his Dad and even with Mr. G's niece, he finally recognized that he needed one too and that he couldn't stay forever in the middle age !

We found the ideal smartphone for me exactly what I needed and then he did some work for us which Mr. G. can't do anymore and I have two left hands (for certain things)  ! We know J.C at least 15 years or even more and he is only two years older then our son. So I call him always my adopted son. The smartphone will be my Christmas gift and Mr. G. gets a new electric shaver.

On Sunday we got up quite late, this grey and humid weather plus the lockdown doesn't inspire you very much to leave your warm bed.

Mr. G. had his F1 and I escaped to Myriam.  

On my way I saw a burgler, 

He looked quite real but at a closer look it was a blown up Father Christmas. Myriam was as lazy as I am, we have no energy at all. We wanted to go to Brussels and look at the two big Christmas trees one on the Grand'Place and the other in front of the Royal Palace, but it was cold and it was so warm and cozy in her house, that we settled down on the sofa and chatted.

She also had no big tree but a lot of little Christmas decoration. 4

Christmas decoration

On my way home I stopped to take a picture of this Christmas tree on a place in Waterloo, which to my taste is the most beautiful !

Another 10 days to go and we will have our Christmas Eve, the two of us and as guest we invited Rosie, as we are allowed to invite one person ! 

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Our TV station made people hysterical announcing almost the end of the world only because the storm Ciara would arrive ! I had already seen the arrival  yesterday on a blog from a little island in Scotland where it had arrived and was already very strong, more then 145 km/h ! Everything is exaggerated in this TV station.

On Saturday it was only grey and humid and I met with a friend, she is the wife of my son's best friend and we wanted to have a little chat together only the two of us. We seldom have the occasion. It was very nice and we had a cup of coffee and a piece of chocolate cake. It's a very nice place and the only one in whole Waterloo and the little cities around where you can get a real breakfast (even an English one) from 6 am on ! Otherwise the poor tourists have to wait until 9 am !



and they have a big choice and a lot of success of course !

On Sunday we wanted to go to a special Garden Center which has also statues for the garden, to buy a buddha as birthday gift for a friend. The Garden center is about 20 km far from Waterloo. Already in the morning a very strong wind started and then I heard in the News that the storm called Ciara had hit the Belgian coast. About twenty flights operated by Brussels Airlines were canceled from Sunday late afternoon due to the storm Ciara. Just like other countries which had announced to reduce flights.

I didn't give up so easily and as agreed went to Nicole to pick her up ! But underway there was a lot of wind even in the city and sometimes hit my car which shook a bit. Maria didn't want to come she is quickly scared. At the end we decided to stay at Nicole's and



watched a movie. Around the house whistled the wind and suddenly we heard a big boom it was a very heavy flower pot with a palm tree in who was blown from one side to the other of the very large balcony ! As it rained we couldn't pick up the earth and had to leave it there.



Nicole's little cat was restless and had a strange expression in her eyes as if she feared something.



Later at home I saw a few damages on Internet and amongst the others also a picture of the street we would have taken to go to the Garden Center. Fortunately we didn't go !

Knowing cats quite good, it was the behaviour of Isis which convinced me finally to give up !