FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

I had ordered a case for my Samsung tablet, it should arrive in three days, it still hadn't arrived and I had to ask why. Impossible to get a human on the phone, everything went by email. Finally I had enough and answered what I thought to a "no reply". Strangely, I got an immediate response. I should (again) fill out a form saying to return the item, so that they give me my money back and then order a new one! But how can I return something I have never got ? And this is the Company Samsung and not a public administration !

Since two years two trees had died in our garden and were full of large white mushrooms. I was typing on my computer when I heard a terrible noise. I went on my terrace and saw that men with chainsaws and other equipments had arrived and were beginning to remove the two tree skeletons.

It took them 4 hours to cut them off and just left a nice wooden plate in the grass ! Great work !

When I looked in the mirror I decided to go to the hairdresser. Although I live alone, with my cat who is not interested at all in my look, but only in her food, I always dress and don't stay the whole day in a pajama. I also put on some makeup I don't do this to please, I do it for myself. I just feel better then. 

My hairdresser is a young woman and is very interested in my travels, when she saw me coming she said, "hello, nice to see you, can you tell me something about the English coast ?" and yes I could.

and so I left. (not with the cat of course)

Yesterday I went to my neighbor Nicole, and found the other neighbour also there, so we had a little chat, I think they also feel lonely. But what to do together, One only loves running around and watch all sports on television, and the other loves cleaning. No way to get them out for an exhibition, or whatever event.

There are also the summer holidays and lots of people away. So I start to get bored and that's not good. I force myself not to let me go, but more and more I think that life without Rick is very difficult. I need a support and miss him more and more.

I tried to pull myself together and decided to walk from my apartment to the park ! It's really not far but apparently it wasn't my day. 3 times I had to sit on a wall and use my pouf. There weren't many people, most of them had already packed up and left, stands had been set up, and a tent for the singers and musicians and a dance floor.

Tomorrow it will be full here, it's the 21st of July the Belgian National Day. I haven't seen many flags, but our King making his speech in the News.
 

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FRIDAY's FAVE FIVE

1. A rather morose week lays behind me. It's still cold, grey and rainy, which takes us all energy and we have no force to do anything. Finally Nicole and I met in the Lunch Garden for a drink to see other walls than ours and talk to other people. Charlie the dog is such a charmer, everybody stops to admire him and then the conversations starts.

2. Easter holidays are still going on, so no aqua gym and painting courses ! There shouldn't be school holidays for vintage people ! Of course some of them are on grandma duties, which is in my group of friends not the case, their grandchildren are grown up and mine lives too far away and hasn't spent holidays alone with grandma and pa yet. If that will ever happen.

I finally could print out my flight ticket to the South of France, fortunately my flight is not from Brussels main airport which is still closed due to the heavy damages of the terrorist attacks, but I will fly from Brussels South. Some warm weather and sunshine will certainly do me good !

3. When I opened the shutters yesterday, I saw that something was going on just across the street.



There were several workers carrying branches and put them in this yellow machine and sawdust was blown in the truck. It was quite noisy and had certainly woken me up !



Then I saw a man on the tree across the street, and another on the weeping willow in our neighbor's backyard. They had done it together to get a cheaper price. I thought my neigbor would have cut the whole tree, but not at all, he just had let it shorten a bit, I see no difference ! Fortunately in case of storm it will fall on his house and not on ours.

4. My friend Chantal and I had invited Ilona for a lunch in "our" Chinese restaurant, to celebrate her birthday. It was real nice and the food as usual excellent. After lunch we really were not up to go home, so we went to the Brasserie "l'Orangerie" behind the farm which used to be the hospital for wounded soldiers during Wellington times at the battle of Waterloo. 



And as there is always something to chat, we stayed there for nearly two hours. Chantal lost her car keys and we had to go back and look after them, finally the waiter found them under the cushion of the leather sofa.

5. I checked my summer clothes, I have forgotten what I have, because this weekend I have to see what I will take with me to France. The afternoon I spent with Nicole explaining some computer stuff,