Double-Half or One Ten without ham: August 2021

Tuesday, August 31, 2021

T Stands For HmmmT! CiTronella!

Hmmmmm!!!! (sorry for the title, lemons have no "T" and what is "T"radiTion without ThaT?)

I always thought, oh, Jamie. Those lemons all the time!!!

But now I tried Jan´s recipe (a bit - à la Jamie: "you can do it this way or do like you think!") - but I tried the lemons.

Ohhhhh, that fresh smell!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

And the taste!!!

Eat slowly or you´ll go nuts and eat it all!

Officially I´m a lemon-fan here now (but go away with garlic... brrrr).

Really - getting this new "boss" who kicked me out maybe was the best thing that could´ve happened!!

Adriano and I cooked our hearts out (well, he had no idea, but... - I LOVE the BOSE - as if my right ear was intact!)

Adding rice was a good idea, too.

Let me tell you:

For in case Ingo wants to try (he did not) I used that darn stinky Butterschmalz and fried the chicken to TOTAL death.

See. Steak has to bleed my plate a bit but chicken ... the driest it can get.

Put it out of the pan... you could see the rest of the chicken crust.

No more fat added. Jamie said... throw the mushrooms in!

They have moisture and they will get all nutty (as from taste. But who knows what they "think", huh).

They let out their mushroom-water and when you add lemon-juice, from a fresh lemon, oh.my.

Hear them sizzle!

Genarro often ends with "why I am SO good at cooking" and I had him right in my back.

You´ll start drooling!

Other than that I only used salt and pepper and, my....

It came out SO.YUMMY!!!!

See how the mushrooms shrinked over the process?

Just.Plain.Flavor.

After way over 40 years I really enjoy cooking now, it´s plain crazy.

Ingo tried so hard to make me enjoy cooking, but... like my lille Bro... I´m stubborn and needed to find my own way, it seems.

Funny enough... this is one of Ingo´s fav songs

Other... I ordered water-colors, but have no idea what to really do. I think Jeanie is really lucky, she´s not only talented, but...

I cannot even blame "Corinna" - I just have no one who´s into painting or anything arty. No real person showing and pushing...

More Ingo-pressie-pics to come!

Aw, well.... why wait, it´s a galore today.

LOL, the ones with "failures" always end up with me...

Half sticks out, yet... what to paint??? I have NO IDEA.

Despite I have...

Well, bare with me and maybe say, "hey, at least she´s not on stupid meds AGAIN!"

I will never do this again.

I have bad days, very bad days and good days, too, as likely we all do, huh.

Who knows what´s next.

Will we get Corinna under control, will I get a (proper) job? A crap job?

That´s the problem when you own your place and rent out, also.

You can be picky...

We got married for in case I die first, so Ingo gets it all without the taxes.

And now he "hates" me for using it not working for Maccas or such.

Screaming I have no job.

Yay. Hitting the five-o.... who wants to hire you with all the young peeps in line?????

You just wanna go to bed, give up and hide for good.

"Art"-wise, journal:

Made appointments for Ingo and had very nice people on the phone (I hate being on the phone).

Got cool school supplies for lille Niece and a new cam.

Big Niece said thank you via WhatsApp for her Birthday pressie! You might think an adult WhatsApp-ed you! The "Baby" is gone for good.

As this is for Elizabeth´s "T Stands For Tuesday" I show you, ta-daaa, another pressie from Ingo - Elizabeth, really!!! You make us buy cool drinks 😍

And Henry 🦁?

He cannot go with Lille Niece to her first day of school, thanks to Corinna.

We´ll send a parcel.

The "babies" grow up!!!

Monday, August 30, 2021

Love And... Love...

By no means I have any idea where I took a pic of this mural in Perth.

It was one of my last days in Perth in 2019.

We are all so stuck now.

My arm makes some sport impossible and love, oh, my... work for some is more fun - lucky those.

My T is on holiday and.. stays home.

He hopes for better weather, reckon no such luck, what a shitty year.

Again.

Let´s turn to love, wherever that mural was (Sami?).

This certainly is for Sami´s COLOURFULWORLD Monday Murals.

I think most of us go through rough times.

I get such stupid job-offers, it´s like.. you want to just lay down and cry.

Would you lay back and let me work on your teeth?!

Or even "better!" ... I am too sad to even tell.

Yet I get yelled at that I have no job.

Maybe.. oh, hell, I´m not that talented to make an income on murals - I leave that to the pros 😉

On the comment Tom gave to last post..

Hm. My Brother. He has more strength than me... body-wise, helping me to move, carrying huge furniture.

But he also helped carrying our Dad in the coffin to the grave whilst I - if it had´t been for Ingo´s help I´d broken down, taking our Mum with me.

He always, also when our Mum was on the "cancer-train" was the strong one.

I helped against tears back then only...

I was there, but later HE was the strong one.

I do believe it isn´t about the sex but about the character.

And certainly... politicians.

Why do women get paid less cause they could or do have children?

Hello, politicians, you would not be there if women did not (I have no right, actually to say this cause I have none).

Thank you for the ...sad... comments on last post.

Some day we all be one. My old boss is proof of that.

Who stays with the kids in Corinna-times?

A man, my Brother, his wife drives 40+km to work each day.

Henry 🦁

In German "MUTTI" means "Mum" but this is beautiful tomatoes - Henry loves both!

To love and care, how about starting the new week like this?

With love?

BTW!!!! I used google translate for languages I do not know.

kwarkito I tried and succeeded reading in his language but he kinda "read" I had a rather hard time, OK I admitted it... oh, come on... I stopped speaking French over 20 years ago (and I´m a tad "proud" I still get it!) - Kwartiko suggested Deepl - it´s great!

I had such hard times understanding what Bertiebo says when not speaking English cause google translate comes up with the weirdest stuff. I thought of calling the police!

Kidding - but, really ... I thought she´s not talking about fuc#ing or such?!

OK, google translate gave me some laughs and made my brain work.

Take Deepl and don´t call the police.

To love. And understanding 🧡

Why ever someone leaves to work at 04:43 I´ll never get.

I took off 05:12.

Times. Money. Does it matter?

How about in your place?

Love and games should be it, right 🧡

Sunday, August 29, 2021

Muscle Woman

A "Wäscherei" is a laundry, also called a wash house.

Here at first I saw a woman working there.

Then a man.

Then (I kid you not) a ... dog.

Then it closed down.

Reckon the dog did a bad job.

I copied the title from Tom´s post from today.

I had my fights in the sector of women - and won some!

See... I had one female colleague, two on top who just served the dish, as to say.

All others were male.

IT somehow is still the male-sector here.

In German you have ... a male and female (and hello, yes! ladies first, huh?! When talking we chose the male first!)

"We", "us" (women) want the same rights and money for the same jobs as men.

Well! In jobs we can deliver the same!!

I do understand that men are mostly taller and stronger and "we" loose out.

I talk of office-jobs.

Or in shops at the cash-out etc.

Yupp. I mean I DID the same job!!!

And my boss likely gave me the same money, he was a "real" man.

But some dumbhead-women want (in German) be named according to their sex as in Kolleginnen und Kollegen.

If women were strong enough...
Took you a while to read this, not more info, though. Means simply colleagues.

And suddenly women do come first.

Kolleginnen und Kollegen.

Mitarbeiterinnen und Mitarbeiter.

Schülerinnen und Schüler.

I could go endless on this!

And third chapter latest in articles it´s "Kollegen" (male) - and THAT.IS.OK!!!

By golly. Don´t women fool themselves if they want this craziness?

I´d say, let´s change the rule altogether and say "Kolleginnen" then, but no. It´s just a longer written and read word.

Let us be ONE and that´s it.

My VW-"boss" (customer-boss) was my friend and I got what I wanted.

Next boss... Kolleginnen und Kollegen.

In the first two... you know.

If same in your language.. did you fight, too?

I´m a woman.

I want to be treated equal to a man.

I see that in German the female spelling is just longer but does not give more info other than... female.

And "we" want to be treated equal. Huh????

Oh, and. What about the Diverse?

Seriously???

Those ...??? dumbheads ????... lost me. If female, male, diverse, we´re all PEOPLE, HELLO!!

For some applications I am NOT ALLOWED to give away my sex or age or whatever.

Am I a robot?

Or... is this a good idea? Might even be, huh?

Three teamleaders and my Hubby said to me "you´re no woman" and they wanted to say, hey, you´re OK for us, no... (whatever).

If you use make-up - OK, why not, I use mascara, too, but that´s it.

Not the point, it´s MORE THAN OK to help yourself looking pretty for your partner!!!

Oh, wish Ingo would do that more often, too!! No mascara, please, though, and I don´t wanna see coloured lipstick or anything on your cheeks, either!

Sometimes we both run around in old clothes.

Sad.

But I don´t need to feel I need "muscles" to be a woman.

Sad thing is, though... most male bosses still here in Germany (and who knows where else) pay a smaller salary for the same job to women.

Sorry, this had to get out, "~~Bloggerinnen and Blogger~~" dear blog-friends.

Henry 🦁

Henry... do we still need shields?!

Can´t we be but PEOPLE?!!!

Pic from dear Ella, who takes a break.

Geeeez.

Wish we could be as one

Yes. Two posts again, Care for Freddie´s P, scroll down or look here, it´s funny 🤣 - I think...

Freddie´s "P" & Poo (I´m) THAT Auntie

I did ask.

And did step. Twice... 💩💩

I did!

Twice.

At least! ASK!!! Didn´t step in four times, learned to LOOK DOWN!

Ask....

What my Big Niece wants for her Birthday.

Didn´t get an answer.

So. She got a book.

On poo.

The whole process of doing a poo.

"Kacken". 🤣

LOL. Bet next time she´ll tell me what she wants!!!! 💩

The guy at the store asked if he should wrap it and I said, no, I wanna read it first.

Fun and interesting!

Added some more, of course (not poo! though... fake-poo would´ve been fun!!!), and also something for the Wee One.

I sent it via mail.

And guess. That "baby" has a cellphone now and said thank you via WhatsApp.

Freddie (from the book Freddie Mercury A to Z):

Henry 🦁

You saw him beside the book on a bottle 😁

Saturday, August 28, 2021

Bloody Serious

Pic on our fridge.

"The first love you get from the toy-store. Blood... not - DONATE BLOOD"

My cam thought.. yes, it has a life on it´s own!!!! - It thought it´ll add the date. I hate that!

We sometimes fight...

Elizabeth today came up with some very important artwork.

Just have a look here.

Sadly I cannot donate blood no more (I´d be asleep for two years!) but I did often and once needed some, as did Ingo.
It´s a giving and taking, and soooo glad we can ... or could... do this!

Here they used to let you donate at the university and offered healthy food.
Now they come in a van and... Mc Donald´s feeds you up.

Yes, Maccas!!!

I mean, really?!

Maybe that´s why I got so very, very tired - like really, two weeks till I was back to normal, I tried a couple of times and no.... you cannot walk home and avoid that "food"!

They make sure you go in there and eat!!! (They park right in front and have a person in there as "supervisor"!!!).

Hm. Guess I´m really getting old?

I do my training, I am fit, but giving away half a liter of blood now leaves me sleepy for a long time.

(Well, out for a pic, but back in!!)

Back in the day, at Ingo´s Granma´s place in the village, we hopped on our bikes, drove to the school, donated, waited, ate (healthy food), hopped on the bikes again (push-bikes, you know, the ones you work with your legs....) and went uphill like... just like that.

That was it. We´d donated, we lived on.

Pffft. Easy.

Now... when I see the truck... I feel guilty.

But really... maybe it´s my issue with the thyroid?

Should I try again?

After all...

We are/were life-savers... and got saved, too...

(I donated some more years but really felt soooo darn tired. So... "bad")

How about you, given, gotten? And no matter on which side, I see enough people here who stand in line in front of the truck waiting to donate.

Well. Pre-Corinna 😢

Well, maybe all huge Maccas-fans 🤣 who brave(d?) up?

Henry 🦁

We live in good times, actually!

And yes, two posts again today, meet Freddie´s "O", if you like.

And know your and your loved ones blood-types...

Freddie´s "O" & On The Way

Freddie (from the book Freddie Mercury A to Z):

My Mum had a friend from Spain and every time flinched when someone pronounced it wrong, Barcelona.

She gave that to me. Mispronounce that city´s name it hurts as bad as when someone says Can-berra missing the Bra-thingy.

Henry 🦁

Love this album... And Montserrat Cabbalé was so sweet with Freddie.

Friday, August 27, 2021

Freddie´s "N" & News

Corinna, you suck, but we fight!

I braved up for a ride.

This, though...

But for some...

And an inviting crown... still no!

Looking on here seeing...

But the siblings are there for the kids, of course!

Freddie (from the book Freddie Mercury A to Z) has some other news And a book:

Henry 🦁

They will get better, the news!

(the weather likely not so much - though my T is positive. On the weather, certainly only! He has three weeks off, last working day today, wish him luck! He stated it WILL get warm!)