LOL the beetles! Sorry for the confusion. 

There was never as much snow as in The Eternauta in the city. In July 9, 2007, we had a little snow, most of it melted as soon as it touched the grown.

fascinating. Then this was even more disturbing.
During the heat wave the cats sometimes liked food directly from the refrigerador. And they were often lying in the cool basement.
Now it has 16-18°C and we are cold, lol. Also it is raining a lot. This is also normal for summer. The sudden drastic change in temperature from one day to another. I think in a week or two the heat will return. And then at the end of August, you'll look outside and suddenly it is autumn.

My mother has cardiac insufficiency and is better now,  but not well. She says she is well, but she still has problems with her blood pressure. It changes a lot from high to low. I hope her GP will be able to get her an earlier appointment with the cardiologist. Her medication needs to be adjusted by a specialist. I think her dose of beta blockers is too high.

And now I am transforming Micro's childrens' room into a teenager's room. To say I am almost done would be exaggerated, but one can definitely see progress. Maybe the little neighbour girl would like some toys and books, too. I plan to keep the special stuff for future grandchildren, lol. Like the best books, all the Lego, and some dolls. And of course the matchbox cars. I loved my matchbox cars and my husband loved his. Now we get them back.

I also have some beetles of different colours (two of them blue), but they have always been in the living room, lol. The kids were allowed to play with them under the condition that they are returned to their place on the shelf when they are done.
There is also a scull on this shelf.

@Dina: Happy birthday to your hubby!
I hope the cake will be delicious.

We finished our leftovers yesterday.
The whole weekend felt like an orgy. I can't remember when I stuffed myself like that the last time. It was also our wedding day yesterday and my husband and I went to a sushi restaurant. After that we just rolled ourselves to the sofa and stayed there until bedtime, lol. So, today I need to do something for my body. It will be some gymnastics, maybe some biking of the weather holds and then I promised Micro to help her with her room. Almost all toys out so that she will have the space for a new bed. The old bed will go to our new neighbours.
 

Hi, weird!

Just dropping by. It is hot outside. Finally the rains have stopped. The kids have school holidays and are being lazy.😉

We have started watching Andor season 2 and like it a lot.

My mother's birthday is tomorrow and she wants a cake, so I'll bake one today. Just sent Micro out for eggs to overcome the laziness.

I'm still not done with the dinosaur, but I hope it will be finished by next week. I am proud of the coloured stripes, looks almost like the back of an European Garden Spider (Kreuzspinne).

Mini wants to visit an art museum in Munich next week. She's an artist. Doesn't need much to be happy: just food, drink and art supply, lol.

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She knew she was pregnant when she set up the amulet linkage. She might have even had Harry at that point. In the amulet message to Thomas she told him to look out for his brother. Thomas had memories of his mother and already knew that he had a brother.

Oh, you might be correct. I just looked up the timeline. I always thought that she met Malcolm after her escape. Now it makes sense: she needed to escape and leave Thomas, because she was pregnant with a non vampire child in a vampire household.

~26-27 BSF: Thomas is given a pentacle necklace on his fifth birthday. His mother escapes Lord Raith.

26 BSF: Maggie LeFay meets Malcolm Dresden.

~25 BSF: Collin Murphy saves rookie CPD officer Rawlins from an unspecified supernatural creature in a dark alley, killing it with a shotgun full of rock salt. (~30 years before Dead Beat)

26 BSF, some time between August and October – Malcolm Dresden and his heavily-pregnant wife Margaret visit the Lincoln Memorial.

26 BSF, October 31: Harry is born. Harry’s mother, now Margaret Gwendolyn Dresden, dies in childbirth. She is murdered by a ritual entropy curse, courtesy of Lord Raith.

My thoughts on Harry being planned are from IIRC two comments somewhere in the books: I can't remember who said it, but it went like "what they bred you for" (was it Nicodemus or Dracul?) and "what he was meant to be" by Martha Liberty or Listens-to-Wind in Summer Knight. This implies that Harry's existence didn't seem to be random.
@Talby16: so, Thomas wasn't planned. What a relief.

Sorry for the double post. It wouldn't let me edit the original post.

Just wanted to add: I also wasn't happy with the ending of the last Dr Who episode. Like what:

Just as a side note, Thomas already has some magical talent. Here is a WOJ:
In addition, in the short story where Thomas has to fight in the Oblivion War, Thomas uses a tracking spell to find Harry and mentions that he (Thomas) views magic like a mechanic or a plumber (I forget which) whereas Harry views magic as a higher purpose. If Thomas does decided to pursue magic more it would be interesting to see his viewpoint on magic change.

Cool, thanks for the WoJ.
Yes, I do remember Thomas using tracking spells. This sounds as if magical ability in WCVs can only go to a certain level. Could be suppressed by the Hunger Demon. That's why I think, he might have magic, but not to which extent. But I am not sure if he has used his abilities enough for the magic not to "dry out", like it did in Charity.

Ok, Charity didn't use her magic at all for years and I think Thomas uses his more regularly, though only occasional tracking spells.

And yes, it will be interesting to see how and if his viewpoint would change if he can no longer rely on his vampire powers.

I am almost convinced that either Butters' sword will kill the Hunger Demon or that Harry will find a way to release only Thomas' human part from Demonreach, separating him from the Hunger Demon. This would mean, the Hunger would stay in stasis.

Either way, I think Jim will write it so that Thomas becomes human. I think, in Jim's opinion Thomas' character has become boring and it needs some "juice", not in form of a power upgrade, but as some sort of downgrade and to show his struggles in finding a new purpose and identity. Especially now that Thomas has seemingly come to accept his vampire nature and found a way to live with it.

Thomas in story has mostly been additional muscle with banter and family bonus and vampire troubles.
But there is so much more to him. All the internal struggles, the difficult family situation (Papa Raith, White Court, wizard descendant) makes him interesting, but this has mostly been in the background and only brought into light when it was important for the story. I think it's a pity: there is so much more to Thomas than just the pretty muscle with some deniable problems. Deniable is not my opinion, it's just how it feels to me that Harry sometimes behaves toward his brother. I was a bit shocked at his dismissive reaction to Thomas revealing that Justine was pregnant.

So I think, he will become fully human, maybe during his time of adjustment, he finds out that he has a little magical talent, maybe not. Maybe it's just weak like some paranetters.
And there is of course still the Justine situation: there will be grief, a search going on for the woman and the baby and who knows how this will turn out.

And then, but not too soon, he will find out that he was meant for Amoraccius from the beginning.

Thomas taking up the sword after becoming human is in my opinion the only solution for him to stay in Harry's world, to become "useful" again. From the story's perspective. 
The other would be becoming a wizard, but I don't think his talent would be relevant in future events, meaning the BAT, Outsiders breaking through the Gates and so on. But the Sword of Love will be.