Hi, weird.

They finally started building the house in our neighbour's garden. It's one of his daughters who will live there with her husband and child. For now they have only prepared the ground. Yesterday I watched them set up a small crane.

Update swimming: the first lesson went OK. She is already able to swim. Self taught, but she taught herself wrong. Now she needs to unlearn what she has done all the time. And this is very difficult. Most of the time, she swims under water and just comes up to inhale. That's bad and already caused her to almost drown, do she has panic whenever water touches her mouth and nose.
So she'll have to work on her fear and she is willing to do it. Meanwhile I try to improve her technique. I even gave her homework. We'll see today evening if there is improvement.

Hi, so sorry. I forgot that I hadn't written a reply yet.

Spring is everywhere here. My mum is at home now and she is as well as she can be in those circumstances. Last week she somehow slipped and fell on her good side and hurt her ribs. I needed to convince her to let me drive her to the hospital. This could be dangerous, because she is taking anticoagulants and there could be bleeding inside or a broken rib constricting her lungs. This needed to be checked. Maybe there is a little break in one rib, but nothing serious. I am relieved. It hurts just as well. They gave her some happy pills and now she can sleep like a baby.

Tomorrow, I'm going to teach swimming to a grown-up woman from my village. She's afraid of the water, but we'll see how it goes. We plan to go somewhere where no one knows her. She asked if I knew a teacher for grown-ups, because usually they teach kids in groups. I knew of some, but they are all quite expensive, so I told her that I could try to teach her. And if that is not enough, she can still look for a real teacher. I managed to teach swimming to 3 kids and to one kid I taught a better style, lol. And I was one of the best swimmers in school. I hope, we will manage. For now I have scheduled 3 lessons. We'll see, if she needs more. And I am looking forward to the challenge.

Also, one of our cities suffered a terrible storm and was flooded. A few casualties and lots of troubles. We are making donations and taking relief measures.

Oh dear. What a tragedy. I hope the people are getting enough help. It is great that you are helping too.

We finally watched Dune part 2. I have not read the books (even when I've been known the story since I was a teenager) and I liked it, even if I found it a little long. On the other hand, hubby, who did read the books, disliked it. He said they invented a bunch of things just because the USA public won't like what would be too similar to a muslim peopla and a Jihad. He may be right. But well, at least I liked it.

I haven't watched it yet. Just the first one. But I have seen the other two adaptions. And I've read the books.
They were interesting but a little too political and focused on power and economy for my taste of fantasy/science fiction.
To be honest I only read them because of the cool cover art, lol. It was a big worm with his maw wide open towering over small humans. I just wanted to read about the giant worms and everything else was just filler.


My mother is in a good mood. We visited her yesterday. The clinic is located in the mountains which is always beautiful. She has an awesome view from her room. The food is fantastic. And it is only 1,5 hours from home. She has a lot of treatments during weekdays. She gets a plan for every day. She has almost no pain, but her leg is still terribly swollen. Though they say this is normal at this stage. And she has already met a nice woman she is hanging out with. By coincidence, the woman is her neighbour's aunt.


Cat Mona always shows her love through biting and scratching me. She doesn't do it to my husband, only to me and Mini. Micro gets scratched by all three cats, lol. Because she somehow pets them the wrong way, I guess. Mini says that she thinks Mona likes me best, because she always comes running when she hears me coming home. And she follows me everywhere when we are both in the house. 
Lisa always lies on my lap in the evenings, but she also lies on other laps, and Leonardo only cuddles with Mini.
I think Mona is a little crazy, but I love her.  🥰
***protects bleeding hand while hiding from cat***


The elections were ... no politics, let's just say, I expected something like that and we'll see how it turns out.


I have finished the no-romance book. It's a trilogy. The last one will be out in October. Yay.
The protagonist made a wish to an item which is fulfilling only one wish. She knew that and technically she would have had a lot of time to think about and plan for the exact wording of the wish in case she would ever have the chance to do it. Also she could have planned it together with her allies.
Then she made her wish and I almost facepalmed. And this was the end of the book.
She wished that "none of this would have happened" and that she wanted to be put back to "the beginning". And once I read that, my first thought was: damn, Harry would have phrased this better.

Does this happen to you, too? I mean reading a book and thinking of the Dresden Files. I immediately thought that she would not have made such a stupid wish that can be interpreted in so many ways, if she had had any experience with the Fae, lol .
I mean, come on: what beginning? The creation of the universe? None of this had ever happened? None of what. Stupid unspecific wish. But I guess I will see the fallout in the next book. Could be amusing in a sadistic kind of way.
I think I have told you already that the protagonist was acting stupid sometimes? This was one of those times apparently.
But still a good book. It was very exciting since the second half.

Nice find. Do you think she will one day replace Mab or the Winter Lady?

I think she is more suited to be Mab's replacement. The whole Winter Lady virgin thing would not be so nice for Lara.

@Dina

My mom is fine, thanks. She has less pain in her hips now. Her leg is swollen, but all looks well for now. Today she was allowed to get up and walk with crutches.

And no, it's perfectly legal. The house does not forbid it, as long as no one exaggerates. I guess, it's in their own best interest that the employees care for their own health.

And another good news. The first rehab application was valid all along and she can go there immediately after the hospital. That's great.

Canada sounds so awesome. I'd like to visit there too one day.



Mini's test run went well. She was very nervous on her first day. But by now she considers herself an expert in trains. The internship is very interesting and also fun for her.

My mother had her bad knee replaced today. I'm going to  visit her soon to bring her tablet so she can fight the boredom better. She also has several books and an e-reader. But better safe than sorry, lol. For now she is not able to get up yet. I also have to unpack her bag.
Next week she will be at home because something went wrong with her rehab application. She will stay one week at home and then she will be at the rehab facility for several weeks. I have taken the week off to help her at home. The original plan would have been that she would be taken directly from the hospital to the rehab location, like they did when she had her hip surgery last year.


To faith, hope and love. And weirdness!

Jim just posted on Twitter that it’s done. He’s gotta do some clean up and then send it off.

Just found a screenshot on Reddit.
Here's the link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/dresdenfiles/s/o3GKvIfRR5


***does the dance of joy***