I
absolutely have to apologize for being away from my blog for such a long time. We are
still here, though lots of things have been going on here. Since this is like a
mixed bag again, I’ll tell you first what you can find here today, so that you
can scroll down, if you want to. There’s a little bit about our gardening time,
some Tilda news, a little about Granny and Amy, what brought some unrest into
the house was an episode hubby had to deal with. I can only tell the very
general idea of it, hubby would go crazy otherwise. Towards the bottom I have a surprise from hubby for me.
Into the
garden
May has
been a very good time for us here, really busy, but pretty fine. First of all
we have moderately good weather, which means gardening time for Tilda and me.
So, we spent a lot of time there. Silly as it sounds to some, I do enjoy
digging in the dirt, all the spring smells that are back there after a dreary
autumn and wintertime, and I enjoy looking at all the flowers. My favourite
to look at was one of our apple trees, because I cut it to size early this
year and it was blossoming wonderfully in bright white. I forgot to take pictures of it until it was too late, but meanwhile some other nice coloured flowers open up.
Tilda
More
important than anything is what Tilda is doing. She is blossoming too, growing
and thriving. Her first tooth is there, which is visible proof of her growing
and becoming more of a character. If her pleasure in eating one of my wooden
spoons is an indicator, she’ll fall for ttwd later on. She chewed on one of the
wooden spoons so much over the last weeks, and still loves this. In addition
she uses it to bang at doors and walls or anything else that might make
interesting sounds.
She has
some real words for mommy and daddy now and she’s crawling all over the place
as well. Speaking with her has never been more fun, because she kind of obviously
answers. I love to watch her, especially as we have used some basic signals for
months and she does show ‘yes’, ‘no’, ‘hungry’ and ‘tired’. Hungry is a quick tummy
rub and tired is stretching the arms to the sides. :) We are playing a lot of
peek-a-boo and a version of pat-a-cake and a few other small games such as This
is the thumb. We play that in German and in English, because the speaking
melody and which of her fingers I wiggle are exactly the same. Tilda enjoys it both
ways and doesn't bother about language, she’s more into the physical sensation of it. :)
Granny
Thank God Granny
is on the mend. She is still getting chemo, but for now she can stay at home,
go to the docs every week for treatment and then she returns home. So, even
with the less brilliant days she still has, she is simply so much more back to being her old
self and we use our chances to see her. Being with her is wonderful, spending time
with her is such a gift for me and I love watching her play with Tilda. Hehe
and Granny and Tilda love playing with each other too, so the mornings are
awesome for all of us. I have written about Granny before and I think that I
have mentioned that she is very warmhearted and loves children. And now that
she is better again, she has glinting eyes again, which is so amazing and
beautiful. You can see much more of her liveliness than you could for quite a while. I am simply grateful for that and hope that it goes on like this. I mean, this year would be most awesome if only all will be good with her.
Leg up, or
I’ll tie you down, Amy
Well, as I
said, somehow this is a busy time. My best friend Amy has had bad luck and
sprained her ankle. This has been more than a week ago by now, so she is much better. But
for the first three days she could not really walk at all. Somehow this was
good for her, because usually she is pretty busy and suddenly she got a break
which I think she needed. So, I thwarted all of her attempts to be helpful and
stand up, hence the title. Saying something like ‘I’ll tie you down’ to Amy is
funny for me, because she is not into bondage, but I think I made it sound
convincing, at least she stayed on the sofa. :) Not sure if I could ever follow
through anyway, because she is one of the two most important authority figures
for me. … But playing with that was funny. :)
In
addition, her break was good for Tilda and me, because we could help Amy a
little while she recovered. She had her leg on a pile of cushions for most of
the day, I put Tilda onto her belly so that they could enjoy each other and
worked a little in the kitchen and did some of the housework. Oh, housework is
fun, and I love doing that for Amy, because in the past it was more the other
way round, she helped me, so I simply enjoy having a chance to do something for
her. Actually the best about the whole situation was to see Amy and Tilda play together. Unbelievable cuteness!! And we had plenty of time to talk, which was most awesome. I mean, we do
talk every day, but most of the week we phone each other, so these few days
were wonderful because we could spend a real lot of quality time together.
Manners
Hubby is
being busy again these days. He has had some troubles with a client from very
far away, nothing to worry about (I hope), but very annoying. Well, then again,
this guy pestered him and even tried to reach hubby at home; nobody knows how
he got our address in the first place (it was not me!). If anything, pestering
us at home is the best way to make someone extremely angry here. And hubby was
not in the house when this guy knocked either. But I am better than ever and
did not open the door, which shouldn't be a surprise with a rather massive looking man standing in front of
it. Last year, when I had this incident with the two women who tried to getinto the house, I had wished for a dog. We wanted to wait, to find out how I’d
cope once our little one was there. The matter is still not decided, but
someone knocking on our door who should not even know where we live is scary.
Mimi, my little dog, where are you?!
Anyways, being
intrusive is obviously a bad idea, because any business that might have
happened was stopped immediately. Hubby said sometimes he wished he could spank
this sort of people who are all money and no manners. :)
I'm getting old now :)
… And it
turns out that I need glasses, only for reading though, so that I won’t get
a headache and my eyes won’t tire that quick. Finally, after all these years I
can get an intellectual touch. :) At least while reading. Ok, here is another
little secret from long ago. Actually I should save this for one of the memes,
but now is a good time, so why not. During my studies I bought a black glasses
frame, sixties style, with plain glass. I never needed glasses before now, so they were only an accessory for me, but I
simply loved them for that reason … and I am still absolutely convinced that some
people treated me differently when I wore the glasses. The glasses gave me a
more respectable look it seems. Too bad I lost them. :(
Awesome news
So, hubby was hiding something, and tonight I saw the flight time for next Monday ... Why would he have such a date on his desk?! Well, I asked him, and spoiled his surprise unintentionally. :(
... My in-laws
will be visiting next week. Woohoo, this is awesome, as we haven’t met since their
Christmas visit. I am so happy to have them here again. They can see how much their granddaughter has grown in these few months, and we'll make it a great time. I can't wait to see them, because they are so incredible. If you are in need of in-laws that are welcoming, warmhearted and love you for who you are, well here they are. :) This is so exciting, and for me much better than last time, when I almost had a heart attack from hubby's way of surprising me. Only one weekend and they'll be here! Woohoo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have some more things to tell, but cannot do so now.
At the moment my hope is that life will not be too busy, so that I simply manage to blog more again.
Anyways,
wishing you a most wonderful weekend!! :)
