THURSDAY 13

Not Friday

Here are things I like

This is the first time I participate at "Thursday Thirteen" so I take this opportunity to present myself in 13 § . Hope that's enough, otherwise I have to add another page.

First my life mottos :

§ 1.

I am apparently 63 years old, so says at least my passport and I suppose it's true. But and a but there is, it surprises myself as everybody tells me that I haven't changed and that I am still as "crazy" as I used to be 30 years before.

§ 2.

My family situation is very simple, I am married to an italian husband since 36 years, and it's still the same (I mean husband). We have one little son of 33 who is 2 m (6.6 ft) long and doesn't need a ladder, which was very useful when he lived with us.

§3.

My passport also says that I am german but I live since ages here in Belgium could have the belgian nationality but don't see why, as the laws are for everybody the same, so I decided to be an European.

§4.

When our family is together, we have 3 1/2 countries united around the table : Italy, Germany, Dutch and a mixture (my son, who is german and italian, with his length he needs to have two) The dutch is our daughter in law to be.

§5.

There are no language problems, as my husband and I speak german together, with my son french and when his wife to be is there we all speak english or everything together or everybody speaks what he wants for himself. No language problems in this family !

§6.

In our household there are also four cats. Very important and not to forget. There too is no language problem, as one is belgian dutch meauwing, the second meauws in belgian french the two others in english as they are both from London. So when we are all together we represent the future United Europe !

Besides Lisa, Pookie, Kim and Arthur I also have a cat collection of over 300 cats.

§7.

As it's already said in my profile I like to paint and am a leisure painter. Once a week I attend a painting group, where we paint, learn, and mostly laugh.

§8.

Since a few month I suddenly discovered that I like to take photos too. That came as I had to decorate my cat blogs (watch my discreet blog promotion) so besides the cats I started with other stuff too which I now publish in my Keyhole picture blog (another discreet sign).

§9.

My favorit things in life is getting fun out of all kind of situations and even problems. With humor everthing is easier to take.

§10.

I like to go out, visit expositions and I also like to travel and see the most of the world before I disappear in a coffin. It doesn't bother me at all to do round trips alone as for that I don't need anybody to hold my hand because it's getting in the bus, out of the bus looking at things, getting in the bus and out the bus to sleep in a hotel. Very easy and when you return you can tell everybody you have seen the whole country. On my list next on October 6 I will go to Turkey.

§11.

From time to time I go to Amsterdam as my son lives there now and like to go around and visit expositions or just sitting in the bus boats and look at the beautiful buildings surounding the canals.

Before I went very often to London, as my son lived there and after having visited everything to be visited as a tourist, even the queen (but only at Mme Tusseaud's) I started to sit down in Pubs and did drawings. That way I have been in more then 60 pubs, in and outside London and became almost a pub specialist. Is there any reader here who made more

§ 12.

I have a few very good friends, one even since I were 7 years old (!) and many others to go out with. I don't mention my better half, he doesn't like to go out anymore and is happy that I found victims to go out with.

§13.

I don't know if I have a good or bad character that you should ask first my husband (who will probably say very bad) or my friends.

I have to add that I discovered blogging, which I also like very much, only in April this year. I didn't even know what a blog was and had to look it up in Wikipedia. It all started when I came back from holidays in Egypt and looked for documentation about Egyptian cats. And from Egypt cats to cats and cat forums and then cat blogs and then to my own cat blog.

And now I am here !