Happy Homemaker Monday - 2 -

• The weather.....
  
  We've had snow, thaw, snow again, temperatures below -11 celsius, and last night: ice rain.
  This morning: it's 4!!!! Yes, +4 degrees! The world looks kind of almost normal again. Just a few piles of snow here and there, melting snowdunes and snowmen. It's grey, dull, and the layer of cloud is so think!!!
  
  I closed the curtains at 15.10 hours, because I couldn't see the keyboardd anymore.
  
  
  
• Right now I am....
  
  Very tired. I did sleep an almost normal night, but that also meant a lot of pain. Can't get rid of that now. 
  I had so many plans, so much to do...
  
  
• Thinking....
  
  About yes or not pre-booking the train from London to Basingstoke ... counting down now. We'll leave the 22nd.
  
  
• Feeling....
  
  Kind of lost. The pain blocks a lot of what needs to be done. I need some help, but it's not available.
  
  
• What I am wearing: 
  
  Training trousers, warm sweater with a knitted in nordic pattern.
  
  
• On my reading pile....
  
  The same book as last week.
  But I read a few chapters in another book... and scientific literature.
  
  
• On my TV.....
  
  About a zoo. Right now.
  Call the Midwife started again yesterday evening. It's the best.
  I also found out that they started Star Trek, Picard,  on sunday evening. 
  And every day In Aller Freundshaft during lunchtime. 
  So I am OK.
  
  
• Something fun to share....
  
  I have to think about that... There were some puns, wordjokes, but they can't be translated from Dutch to English...
  
  
• Blog hopping (newly discovered blog)....
  
  Like I said...not done last week.
  
  
• On the menu for this week....
  
  One of the food surprises, I expect. We have "Too good to go" here, meaning the shops sell what they need to throw away the next day.  You can apply through an app for a few euro for a surprise bag. Restaurants try to give you at least 1 meal. But you have to fetch it yourself at the end of their day. So we don't have much choice as we live too far from the city center. We had a try of the Worldkitchen two weeks ago and it was delicious!! Top-restaurant food... Yummy. Today my daughter will try one of the grocery stores... Might be bread, might be something else...
  
  On the list: pie, and there is enough for a few salad meals. And food in the fridge.
  
  
• On my to do list....
  
  Painting the pole that holds the stairs... Don't know how it is called.
  Changing a few things in the livingroom.
  Replying to the complaints person about a professor who plainly lied... and made mistakes. The professor wrote a reaction to our complaint, but it was too complete... taking into account nearly all legal issues... so she knows she is wrong. Well, I have dealt with situations like these before, so she won't frighten me. Knowing myself, I just have to wait until I am in the right mindset...or plain angry, and then I know the right legal approach to react, and find the right words.
  
  
• In the craft basket....
  
  Like last week: Piles of wool and other yarn, and enough boxes of miniature houses 1:24 for the next months. Last week I made another house.
  Thinking now if I want to make a sjawl for a friend... Right now I doubt if she will wear it.
  I'd better spend my time on preparing for the trip.
  
  
• Looking forward to this week....
  
  Moving around without slipping on the streets.
  Maybe better internet. We've got a new modem today. Will be installed tomorrow.
  Preparing slowly for the birthday trip.
  
  
• Looking around the house....
  
  I am happy I have moved the boxes with books to the other room.
  But there is still a lot to do.
  
  
• From the camera....
  
  Now I have to upload the other snowphotos!!!.. They will be here .
  
  
• Spiritual
  
  "Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless.
  Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor.
  If we lose that, then there is no future."
  
  Dalai Lama.
  
  It's what we see in the world today.
  
  
  
  Enjoy your week!!

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About *Syl

Syl: "Life is a chain of challenges. Sometimes the largest challenges are we ourselves. Facing life, facing others and facing yourself requires either a worryless attitude or plain courage. Most of the time it is dealing with judgement. Maybe life is about getting rid of it."