...will I set my foot into a shop on the 23rd of December. I slept until eight today. When I got up at three in the morning, I found that it had started snowing during night. Not that much snow, but this was the first day hubby had not put a cover on the windscreen of my car, and temperatures had dropped, so that the snow was frozen. I had a cup of ( Read more... )

...that Christmas is near is the constant firing of bangers done by some idiot youths. It has started two days ago and lasts well into the night and will only stop after New Year's Day. To put it another way: We made it back, and I am trying to have a late nap, accentuated by loud bangs from outside. Hubby did the drive to Graz, we picked son and ( Read more... )

...that Christmas is near is the increased rate of people you haven't seen for a while visiting out of the blue. Yesterday evening, just when hubby took his man-cold out to a concert, a former neighbour popped in. She was lucky- daughter did drive to the airport with a co-worker, so no need for me to get up at three in the morning. Former neighbour ( Read more... )

For two days in a row I barely made it into my bed when hubby showed up, too. No Youtubing for me then, no Facebook, no nothing- I hate reading under-cover under a duvet as much as hubby hates me reading above the same. In the morning I wondered why husband mine did not leave for some shopping, as he does daily. He read on his tablet, and read some ( Read more... )

I admit that I have been lazying about this morning. Did all my bank chores (finally!) when still in bed, baked coconut macaroons and almost despaired- I had bought a new brand of coconut flakes which needed twice as much whipped egg whites than the one I had used before, and I had to separate two more eggs, the yolk wandering into the spaghetti ( Read more... )

...because there are some evening visits to do, so no time for posting late. Even the afternoon got taken by a flying visit of a friend I haven´t seen for ages, if only for a short hour. Since I was not able to do much the last week I will have to make up for missing meeting up with friends- gets traditionally done during the third week of Advent. ( Read more... )

And it started so well- granddad and Flavius got up at half past six, while Cassian slept until seven straight. Even then he did not go down to meet his brother but insisted on watching a short Christmas video. He is not picky, loves all topics, from baking to crafting to decorating. The younger of the two must have noticed footfalls in the bedroom ( Read more... )

Today started fairly uneventful: breakfast, housework, crossword puzzles were on my agenda. But then hubby decided to pick the boys up early, so that the menue plan for lunch had to be changed. Hubby got the easy part after lunch- he went napping with Flavius. I went upstairs with Cassian, who does not nap anymore. We watched some video clips then ( Read more... )

...that my body was in the process of falling apart completely- yesterday evening my right knee and heel wanted to play in the orchestra of pain, too- the medication did kick in. Which leaves me with sore elbows- still no fun, but I have to be okay with the fact that not everything can be repaired in one go. So I did two more batches of cookies- ( Read more... )

Today I woke early in the morning and felt like an old woman. A really old woman. My shoulders are hurting again. So do my wrists, and the ellbows have joined the club. Which makes doing chores complicated. This is by far the most annoying rheumatic boost I had for a long time. A call to my rheumatologist ended with a double intake of medication. E ( Read more... )