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Regenbogen:
--- Quote from: Dina on August 19, 2024, 11:05:19 PM ---Enjoy! :D
*old person rant ahead* --> When I was young, there were not movies to see in the car. You could watch the landscape, sleep or learn to entertain yourself with some game or, later on, with a book.
In all truth, I have no problems with kids watching movies now :) As long as they are not awful ones.
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LOL, before I had Micro, when Mini was still young, I always kind of looked down on people who had fancy equipment for entertainment. Guess it was envy, lol. Now I have my tablet, usually for choir only. All our songs are there in the Google drive. That's great, because we have about 1000 songs and we always either had to plan ahead what to sing, or couldn't sing something spontaneously , because most didn't have the notes. So sometimes we brought everything. Meaning two big and heavy folders minus the folder with Christmas songs. Around Advent time we had 3 folders. And books.
Now everything is on the Drive and I bought a bigger tablet so that I can see it on one page.
And there is free WLAN at the church and the buildings belonging to it. Yay. So no downloads needed, only when we sing elsewhere.
This tablet can save a lot of data. And now I download movies or series to not have to endure the constant complaints of a bored child
Dina:
Yes, tablets are awesome! So very useful.
Enjoy your trip :)
Regenbogen:
Maen. I hope you are all well.
We are back home.
It was a fun trip. Though there was no time to go swimming in the lake. But we managed to paint our own plates and bowls. Mine has some music notes and colourful cats playing with them on the outside. And when I was almost finished, I decided to put an octopus inside at the bottom. This way when you empty the bowl, the octopus will greet you, lol. I am very excited how they will look when finished. They will burn the ceramics and then send them to us. It will take 3-4 weeks.
And we met with some relatives. One at the pottery market and my husband's stepmother and his aunt and uncle at their home. They live about 10 minutes away from the lake on foot, but as it is all mountains, you have a beautiful view over the lake and the little castle that's there from their terrace.
We were staying in a nice appartment a bit removed from the lake with three double beds. Very cool and not too expensive in comparison to some others. Next year the kids want to stay in our usual apartment on the 7th floor again, because it has an elevator, lol. I will need to book early then.
Today in the morning, cat Lisa woke me up, because she was hunting something in my bed. It was a dark round shadow of about 2 cm. At least that's what I saw without my glasses. I was actually glad, I didn't have my glasses, that way I could almost convince myself that it sure was only a big fly or some piece of fur.
I got up to give her the space to deal with it, so I'll never have to see what it actually was. But when I came back with my glasses and the light turned on, she hadn't dealt with it, and I saw the remnants of a big spider in my bed. I am glad it was already dead.
And she must have gotten it from inside the house. Yay.
It is good, that the cats take care of the insects inside, but please don't bring them into my bed, thank you, Lisa. :o
Dina:
Welcome back! I am glad you and your family enjoyed it.
I loved the idea of the octopus. The idea of creating the plates is so original and exciting, please let us know how they turn out.
I laughed while reading that the selling point for your children was the elevator. As someone born and raised in an apartment, I can't imagine the mindset.
The story about Lisa and the spider is the stuff of nightmares for me. I have an aracnophobia, which is not extreme or debilitating but it is not so weak either. With age I became more used to it, I think my fear peaked around my teenager years. I am glad Lisa took care of the spider and of course I hope she stops doing things like that in your bed. Also, sorry, I need to say this, it is my job. Spiders are not insects. In any case, I suspect with 3 cats in the house, insects and spiders are in trouble in your home, which is always good news for the human persuasion :)
Regenbogen:
--- Quote ---Also, sorry, I need to say this, it is my job. Spiders are not insects.
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LOL. The biologist is speaking. Of course, you are correct, I forgot about this.
I am arachnophobic, too, though similarly to your experience, it has become less as I aged. I also learned in my childhood not to show my fear if possible, especially not around the boys, because they would put spiders into your backpack or in your clothes just to hear you scream.
I also can't explain and don't really know what it is that causes my fear. I used to watch different sorts of spiders to find out how it is triggered. And why I feel instant panic at certain spiders and just some shudder at others. I think it is a combination of how their legs look and how they move. Also how big they are and if they are sporty or chilled, lol.
I had another spidery incident at work yesterday. Some 2 cm spider walked toward me while sitting on the toilet. I had to blow on it to make it turn around. Then I jumped over it. Great. And poor spider. I hope someone finds it and puts it outside. Sometimes the poor things are in the hospital's basement. A long way back to freedom.
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