Good evening at the 28th off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone, 

Today it's grey, cloudy and pretty dreary outside. Spring seems to be far away. It's even raining at the moment. 

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Easter, a lot off people dismay it because the war and the crisis this year. I don't say they're not right, I'm just saying I feel in an Easter mood. I have an Easter branch, and I purchased a few cute Easter decorations this year. I don't know if I should feel guilty about it. Today I even went back to the supermarket. To purchase the male Easter rabbit from a couple I purchased the female from yesterday. So today I own a male and female Easter rabbit set, dressed in vintage children's clothing. I fell for them, and they where not expensive. So I thought they where mine.

I bought it and had lunch in the supermarket restaurant, and treated myself to a slice off strawberry bavaroise cake with it. Just too good almost for an ordinairy Tuesday. In my defence: Lunch there is still cheap, good quality and affordable.  

This evening is for listening to 'Legend.' by Clannad. The theme CD from Robin off Sherwood. (A vintage tv show version off Robin Hood.) It's great music. It's vintage medieval style. What's not to love about it? And blogging a bit. If you can't have Spring out off itself, it's good to chase Springvibes a bit. Zaandijk is covered in daffodils these weeks so it seems. I think it's so nice they grow everywhere. Some people think they're a bit mainstream, but I love them siding the roads on the gras. Zaandijk is definetely the prettiest in Spring time. I can reccomend tourists to go in Spring if they wish to visit and see the place with daffodils and other flowers all over. It's pretty touristic, but if you really wish to visit for that antique 'Holland.' idea, go in Spring! 

I think it's just how you look at it. In my own Netherlands, it's often that 'boring old stuff all over again.' in my eyes. But when visiting Scotland a few years ago, I was like 'Whoa, I can't believe they really sell this awesome stuff in tourist shops.' Maybe it's how tourists look at us, but I doubt about it with our culture off cloggs, tulips and windmills. Scotland has cooler stuff in their tourist shops in my opinion. 

 It's cool stuff to give away as a present, though. My family thinks it's cool, and so does grandma and my cousins. I think it would be really nice stuff if I had friends or relatives abroad. Then I would really have something fun to send them, but I don't. I still don't have much people in my life. Except for family, fellow clients and neighbours who love me. 

I can't go too wild with presents these days, but I have been sending nice postcards to family previous week. Among which an Easter card with a cute baby chicken. Some people still send Christmas cards, but me, a card sender every so often, I even send Easter cards every year to my family. Usually short before Easter, but just one card to close family. (The people in my parental home.) Not to everyone, like I would do with Christmas. But just a fun card to the fam' every year. Yes, I'm a stubborn card sender. My family loves it. 

I was thinking, or it rather became a mindspin: What do we need during a crisis when trouble is big? Except for clothes and foods? If you can't guess: It's stuff for when we get sick. Like painkillers, (Paracetamol), tissues, a thermometer, cough medicine, and so on. I haven't been thinking about it before, but I tend to think I need to fix a medicine space somewhere. It might seem a bit weird when nothing is going on, but I probably will be gratefull to myself when I'm in bed with 40 degrees off fever. I'm not expecting another Corona pandemic, but just items you'd need when sickness hits you, when there's still a bit off money available for it. It's very handy, and a necessity in my opinion. 

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading!     

Good evening at the 20th off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone, 

This evening it´s raining cats and dogs. It´s soakingly wet outside, and the day was cloudy, depressing and grey. 

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Today was for baking three cookie spiced banana cakes. I have been making two common ones, and one in the shape off an Easter rabbit. 

Other than that, it has been the same grocery routine I follow every Monday. (The Easter Rabbit mold, by the way, comes from HEMA.) It's just that it has been raining today and it was a bit more depressing than the usuall. The banana cakes are for tomorrow games afternoon at de Boed, when they do a bingo with the clients. I have been making them becuase I had to get out off old bananas, and I thought the games afternoon would be the perfect occasion for banana cakes. I'm proud everything came out off it's mold perfectly. 

I filled my stock off baking supplies, but I thought it'd be scandalous how expensive everything is nowadays. It's not fun to bake anymore for a common household, or someone with diffrent purposes on their groceries than me. I have been capable to afford everything I needed today, but it was not cool for my supplies to have become this insanely expensive. I somehow believe everything will be even more pricey in the future. I'm so lucky I don't have a family to feed nowadays. And don't make these banana cakes the perfect gifts somehow to de Boed? I kept repeating it for myself: 'These are perfect gifts, I hope you realize.' To the problem I barely have money for gifts anymore. I don't have much to give, but I can bake for them. 

At least we can somehow celebrate the start off Spring with fresh banana cakes. And I'm lucky with it. We are not alone in this world. I still believe in sharing, somehow. 

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading.   

Good evening at the 19th off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone, 

Today is grey, cold and cloudy. It's as dreary as the Netherlands can be. 

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They all loved my appeltaart. I have made their day and it was a perfect idea. I hope it doesn't sound like over-acting to you. Most off the time I'm more down to earth when it comes to my own performance, but my appeltaart was perfect and I'm a pretty good home cook. It's always a good thing to make those people happy. It's such a warm feeling, also to myself, to help and make others happy. Buddha is right when it comes to that. 

I have plans in that field, actions off kindness. It's just that it's a crisis and I believe I don't have enough money to perform them. I wish to buy a multipack off laundry wash from a good brand (On a sharp discount) and donate it to de Boed's give away shop. And I wish to purchase a barbie princess doll and donate it to the PostNL action at Bruna's (A local bookstore) to help children who are poor to a birthday present. They have a donation bin where you can donate a present to a poor child. I would love that. It's just that I sound like a politician: A lot off promises, but when it comes to making things true, I can't or won't or simply don't do it. 

I can see myself having more financial space somewhere around May. It's not funny, but I'm barely capable to donate or give at the moment. I don't even have money for small presents for my brothers when I come to visit this Easter. A lot off people don't do it and wonder why I do so, but there was a time where I could buy my family small gifts when I went for a visit. I love giving gifts and I believe it's good to give. It's just that in this crisis, I can't even purchase key rings with a stuffed animal to them if I would like. Care takers told me that I should think off myself, and put myself first these days when it comes to that. I just don't like it. I love spontaneous, heartfelt, well-ment (small) gifts for people every now and then. 

I have send postcards recently, so I feel like I don't have to do that soon (I also love to send my family postcards every often.) Poststamps are ridiculously expensive. I still have a few. But it's something I put money from my pocket aside for to still be capable to buy them. Poststamps are important to me. Important enough to keep on buying them, still. I have send people cards and gifts recently. It's no desperate need, and I can hold it up untill May. Still, I don't like to have to be sober with gifts. I have an emergency fund recently, but it's purely ment for poststamps, or when something happens and I need a bit off money for it. It's not ment for funny gifts. It's not fun to have to save up from gifts for me! I think I will be glad when it's people's birthday and it's legid to really give people something. The first upcoming birthday is at the 19th off June, so I still have some time to save it. 

The next thing I'm going to save up from, is winter clothes for next year. I already know I'm going to wear the same sweaters and shirts from this year, and what my Christmas '23 outfit is going to be: It's previous year's outfit! Like I told my readers, it's possible to do Christmas on a budget if you really need to. Everything is insanely expensive. I think I don't do bad on it. I'm lucky my family is a Christmas Sweater family, and not the sparkly chique outfit kind off family. But that's concern for later. I purchased so much sweaters previous December, it's a crime not to re-wear them. 

Other than that, I have no reason to complain. I have a few Easter decorations in my home, and I have an Easter branch I decorated with items I had still 'on the shelves.' It's a bit spoiled if I would complain too much. I'm going to wear a nice (soft green) shirt I have been wearing for three Easters in a row this year to Easter, and I'm going to wear some nice pink sneakers under it I still have. It's not hard at all. And I look my Easter- best this year. It's a crime for me to complain. Except for those presents. But maybe I should not promise anything to anyone. So I won't make them dissapointed in anything. 

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading.  

 

Good evening at the 18th off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone, 

Today was sunny and bright for a day in pre-spring. It's beautifull outside. 

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Today was for baking an applepie Dutch style. My messed up style. So, a bit off a mess on top instead off the classic fancy checkers. 

Still I decided it looks delicious, so it deserves a place on the internet. I'm already glad I didn't forget to eggwash this time. We will have it tomorrow with our afternoon coffee at de Boed, community centre in Zaandijk, the Netherlands. I'm pretty happy with this easy applepie receipe and it's handy to have it on hand when apples are cheap and I wish to make something fast and simple yet delicious. 

Classic Dutch appeltaart divers from American applepie. It's therefore I use the term appeltaart for what we eat here.  

I wish to bake people happy at de Boed. It's a crisis, all off us are mental patients with little money on hand, we are having a hard time in general. So by baking people stuff with their coffee, I hope to cheer up their day. I'm not a professional baker and I can't make fancy bake shop stuff. Still I hope I bake people happy with what I make. And it's my hobby. It's fun to bake things and I'm told I'm good at it several times. So it serves more than one purpose for me. Every once in a while I make de Boed something. I just hope I can make people forget their trouble, and the crisis for a while when they eat this. Usually it has that effect on even the biggest crank. So somehow I feel I should continue with it. 

I can't decide what to bake next week yet. I know I have some cute easter rabbit wrappers, so it's probably a good idea to already make something Easter themed for my fellow clients. 

I believe we are not alone in this world, despite it being a crisis. It's good to help and share somehow if you can. I hope I'm not alone in that point off vieuw. 

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading. 

Good evening at the 15th off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone, 

Today was pretty, sunny and warm spring weather. It's just been perfect for coffee in the sun. 

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I had bad news from the results from my bloodtest. Warning, this will be a medical blog. 

The prolactine (A hormone which helps women produce mother's milk.) is way up the ceiling in my blood. It's that high I'm going to hear from the hospital about it. The mental health office contacted General Practice about it, but they send me through to the hospital. It explains the wobbly feeling I have. Prolactine is something pregnant women with babies or people on mental health medicine produce. I don't know why they put stuff in it that causes that, but it's every effin time the same old song. This time I seem to do well on this medicine. I'm not depressed, I'm as stable as possible, and I don't feel too absent when it comes to it- That's not true, I'm still pretty much absent and a bit on my own and distant, but that's me, my trauma and my reaction to the surrounding. Not the medication. 

The result is something to bale about. I feel worried and threatened and it makes me act weird. I'm out off controll on this situation. Say, 90% off medication has this effect. It's NOT funny when you're mental and in big need off these meds. I think most side effects on mental medication are not funny. We need them, but the pharmaceutic industry seems a bit retarded when it comes to side effects. I'm going to hear from the hospital about it. 

I wish I had a teddybear off a man to cuddle up to each night, and to hug and kiss me through this rough period. But I don't have a man. And like we know, that's no option at this moment. Still I wish I had someone to hold on to and hold hands with. I feel so scared. I know what I wish for, but I can't get it. Being really wealthy means being capable to be with the one you love during rough times. 

This Wednesday Soup day I made de Boed creamy celeriac soup with bacon stripes. And it was very tasty and very much appreciated. I put in a lot off herbs from the pantry, and garlic, and leek and onions. Aside to Boursin Cuisine and cooking cream. I finished with a splash off lemon juice after I pureed and then added the fried bacon stripes. People loved it. It's been made with beef broth. We where out off chicken broth. Even the most picky eaters liked it. 

I'm a bit out off control, which also makes me unstable somehow. In the worst case I have to switch medication- again. I'm not looking forward to that. It's been hard to get on these and I feel mentally as stable as possible with it. It's not funny. I hope you wish me luck with it. 

Allright, that's about it- 

Thank you for reading. 

Good evening at the 11th off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone, 

This afternoon was pretty sunny, I had afternoon coffee in the sun. There's a forecast off more showers, whatsoever. The snow is gone so far. 

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This morning was for baking this forest fruit syrup waffle pie. We will have it at our afternoon coffee at de Boed, community centre in Zaandijk. Aside to berry sauce, I decided to adjust syrup waffles to the filling. I hope the combination will be a succes tomorrow. It's a try out, but people at de Boed already believe it's going to be great. All my bakings are beloved among them. The icing sugar hides the lack off eggwash, (I forgot) and the messed up checkers on top. I had the berry sauce left over in my freezer, and thought it would make the perfect pie filling. The receipe for the dough comes from 'Appeltaart bij Janneke thuis.' by Janneke Philippi, but I adjusted vanilla extract and my own selected cookie spices to it. 

And offcourse the filling is no appeltaart, but broken syrup waffles on the bottom, and home made berry sauce, thickened a bit with cornstarch on top. Actuall appeltaart will be next week, snow or not. (If I can afford, otherwise it's going to be something else.) 

Sometimes it's a good idea not to eat the entire package off syrup waffles when you allow yourself one at Friday night. 😉 The day is sunny, but there's a promise off even more snow in the air, but I'm doing well.   

Allright, that's about it for now - 

Thank you for reading. 

Good evening at the 10th off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone,

Today the Netherlands was shook up by a blizzard. It's snowing and it has been snowing the entire afternoon. The streets where covered in a layer off snow this afternoon. As if something yells at us: 'IT'S STILL WINTER!!!!!'  

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This evening is for tea with a syrup waffle. It's snowing outside and ahead off me lays a weekend off doing little, except for baking a fruit pie, probably. I will do so on Saturday. I'm doubting wheter I will top it with checkers or do a pattern in the dough on top, with flowers done with a cookiecutter. The flowers will be a bit easier for me, since the checkers are always a little hard for me. I hope de Boed will enjoy my creation on Sunday. It's nasty weather this weekend, that simply asks for a baking. 

I decided, if next week will be snowy too, I will make de Boed a simple appeltaart (Dutch applepie) for next weekend. Nothing is as appreciated as that when the weather is bad. And practice a little with those checkers on top. Many a Dutch person can make it, I should be capable to do so too. Often I make myself away with it easy, by making apple crumble pie so no one will notice the lack off checkers. Next week I should owe up to it better, and simply give it a try. You never know. 

Somehow I expect the bad weather to last for some time. I'm thinking off not storing away my sweaters and goat wool socks untill I feel spring has truly started. Somehow untill after the first or second week off spring. 

Nothing is as sacred as my evening tea when the weather is all dreary like this. No matter how deep the crisis will be, I just have to have my tea in the evening. A simple heart enhancer, but it's good for mind, body and soul. And it's mind calming in the evening. 

Today was a bit boring. I had lunch with a left over off my mustard soup at de Boed, and I have been thinking out the Wednesday Soup for next week. Other than snow and seeking out soup receipes on the internet, little has happened. (Next week will be for creamy celeriac soup, with stripes off bacon.) 

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading.     

Good evening at the 9th off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone, 

Today was cold, grey, dreary and gloomy. In the evening, there has been wet snow. As if something wishes to tell us: 'It's still winter, everyone.' 

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Today we had the alderman from social business for a visit for lunch at de Boed, community centre in Zaandijk. Guess what they served siding the sandwiches? Well, yes, my Zaanish mustard soup. The alderman and Leviaan's entire management (CEO, two managers) and staff from the alderman pretty much loved my soup. We had a lot off important people for lunch today, and I made the perfect impression on them with my Wednesday Soup, which they had shoven to Thursday for the occasion. The intention off all off that was to let the alderman meet de Boed, and Leviaan, and share ideas for participating more, and involving the neighbourhood and the government more into Leviaan business and activities. It was quite important, but it wasn't for my soup if it failed. 

Other than that, I wish to reccomend a book to my audience. 

And the Dutch version, which I actually read: 

The boy, the mole, the fox and the horse, by Charlie Mackesy. I had it as a present from my mother this week. I just love it. It's and image book for all ages, and I have been really touched by the images and the story off friendship and the beautifull life lessons they share with us. It's just perfect for any sensitive heart. If you're into loud popculture, it's not for you, probably. But if you are sensitive, mature, and strong- and looking for some wise words, I would definetely recommend it to you. It's a work off love which is very stirring in my opinion. Those images really do something to me. If you are looking for something with great emotional depth, look no further! You're going to love it.  

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading! 

Good afternoon at the 7th off March, 2023.

 Good afternoon everyone, 

Today is cold, grey and it has snowed this morning while I was in the city centre. 

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Today I went to Action's to purchase a cake stand. It's just that they have already been sold out and I didn't have much luck with it. I had lunch at the small shopping centre's lunch corner, and I decided I wanted a slice off applepie and a cappuccino after that. So I did. I know prices are high, and the restaurant was almost empty. But the applepie was still a bit warm and I haven't had something that good in a while. 

Action's was out off cake stands. You know, a fancy glass plate on a pedestal. I thought it would be the perfect adjustment to my collection off tableware in case I wanted to serve something on it. On the internet, you pay quite a lot for these. I hope Action's will come back permanently with them. They seemed like quite a succes to me. I can price myself lucky I wasn't tempted to purchase anything else from Action's than what I came for. 

And my transport card had expired. I took a walk to the station to buy a new one, and charge it. At home I filled in a form on the internet to re-claim the money that's been on my old one. And that's been my morning. 

Edit: Some awesome music to end this blog with, otherwise you might think I might just have had a boring day. 😉

Jan Hammer- Crockett's Theme 

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading. 

Good evening at the 5th off March, 2023.

Good evening everyone, 

The sky was all cloudy and dreary. It's been cold and I'm thankfull for the invention off sweaters today. 

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What to fill this weblog up with? Probably the same stuff I fill 'em up with all the time! 

What have I done today? 

 

I started off the late morning with fresh coffee, with a splash off milk and a cookie I had left from a neighbour visit yesterday. Yesterday I had a neighbour visiting me, we had coffee with these scrumptuous peanut cookies covered in milk chocolate, and I had one left for myself for today. Coffee with a sweet treat, or at least a cookie, is part off classic Dutch culture. We know how to visit people for coffee, and having them over for a cup off coffee. It's habit that you chat along about life when you do so. It's merely something from the older generation, (You know, these young ones don't take their time for it often.) but since my neighbour is in her 70's, she's common with it and I'm surrounded by elderly people. I do well in having coffee with them at times. I think coffee with neighbours is a good thing. It was a cozy visit, and she's about to invite me to her place the next time. Elderly people like her are awesome. 

Today was for doing dishes and cleaning out my kitchen after coffee. I have been hoarding fancy lemonade glasses. I have been storing them in my cupboard. They are suitable to have wine without alcohol in it, too, and if I was allowed to do alcohol, these sort off drinks like whiskey would have suited them well too. It's perfect for an apperitif at my birthday. Despite me having my birthday in August. I purchased them a bit early on. But it's been a good purchase for that price. Good quality for cheap, I love it. 

My kitchen is glad with me. I have been leaving those lemonade glasses for a while on the counter. I have been lazy with them, but today finally felt like removing their stickers and storing them. I even have been cleaning my coffee maker. I have been in an uplifiting mood this entire weekend. 

I wish to end this weblog with good music, a timeless piece from Booker T. & The M.G's - Green Onions. 

It's the perfect classic to overcome a dreary Sunday evening with. 

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading. 

 

 

Good evening at the 2nd off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone, 

Today the weather was clear and cold. There is a forecast for snow next week, so I suppose the rest off the weekend will be cold. 

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Today the bus held a strike, so it has been a bit boring. Except for lunch at Spar's and a small walk in the neighbourhood, I did pretty little except for having coffee with the last off my fancy cookies at home. I can't afford them anymore since they have increased in price. I had three left and I had some coffee for myself this afternoon. 

I took a coffee picture off it. I'm the last one who they should allow to complain. I have nice cookies on stock despite them not being these lemon cookies. But it's fine either. 

I have been hamstering clothes yesterday. Somehow I feel clothes getting more expensive this year, so I have been purchasing some items for spring and summer. And I'm wearing nailpolish I purchased this week. Blue Papagayo by IsaDora. A shiny, purpleish dark blue. It arrived this evening. 

Usually these polishes sell pretty expensive, but I purchased them on a discount. I'm not poor. Far from. Poverty is having nothing to eat and freezing when there is snow outside. I'm one off the few lucky people these years who can manage themselves and who get by thanks to the government. No, I'm the last one on earth they should allow to complain about wealth. Usually I keep my look a bit modest to not to look too rich for most people. So no make-up and hairdye in a very natural shade, and I haven't dyed and cut my hair since November. Most off the time I don't wear nailpolish. But this discount was almost too good to be true. Just like purchasing clothes. I said I didn't want to do so untill Spring. But something in me told me to be ahead to even more price increasing. So it failed. But who knows- maybe next year I'm not capable to purchase them at all. It's good to have stocks off items on the shelves during wartime. Be prepared for anything, folks! You never know and this situation might even last about three good years. 

Just like today applying nailpolish, I also wore make-up today. Which should be in the headlines off the news since I barely do so. I have been right about Yves Rocher increasing prices, so at the very beginning off this year I purchased make-up on a massive discount from them, joking that I would make it my summer make-up if needed. Sometimes it's not funny being capable to foresee what's going to happen and being sarcastic. But I was right. And so am I probably with clothes. 

Instead off going for loud and bold fashion, I decided to go for more timeless items which could withstand a change in fashion for a while. (If I'm correct.) It's too expensive to follow the latest trends. So I'm not into the 00's girl who went to the bahama's kind off trend. I did purchase some items in red and yellow, however, since these colours make me happy. It's good to still wear clothes that make you happy somehow these days. And which suit your personal style. 

It's not been handy off me not to care about my clothes at all last year, and go by in weird items that looked a bit frumpy and very outdated. In my defence: I was depressed about it and I simply didn't have the prescence off mind to prepare for a crisis, and purchase items before the increasement off prices would hit in so hard. As long as my clothes where clean and comfy, I didn't care last year.  I went by as pale and weird as some psychiatric granny ghost. This year I want to do it diffrent since I snapped out off my depression, but it may seem a bit unthoughtfull in these expensive times. If I look at all those cute Bahama items you where supposed to wear last year... Really, what was I thinking? It may be a bit unthoughtfull, but maybe I'm just in time to purchase items before we get even more screwed and it will be even more expensive. Well, at least I was washed and clean last year in summer. But my looks made no sense. And I purchased some summer nailpolish ahead. Which is a cool thing for this summer. Nail polish stays good for a while, so chances are I'm going to wear it again next year, and the year after that. 

If you wish to withstand bad times, think ahead and make plans. What are you going to do when NATO is really going to send troops to Ukraine, and they will mobilize, and they will ask you and your beloveds to truly fight? It's good to overthink that as a possibility. I'm not telling you this as a joke. I'm downright serious when it comes to this. And better to have stuff on your shelves, than being empty handed. So I cheer for people who invest in multipacks off as much as possible for the best price they can find. It's not a bad idea to fill 'em up with showergel, shampoo, conditioner, bodybutter, toothpaste, toothbrushes, laundry wash, laundry softner and so on. I'm jealouse off people with regulair body sizes who can fill their closets with multipacks off underwear and plain t-shirts these days. It's a good idea to be prepared. And be well prepared as this might take a while. 

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading.       

Good evening at the 1st off March, 2023.

 Good evening everyone, 

This morning was misty and cold, as the banks off the river Thames in London according to the rumors. It's been that typicall. Cold, grey and misty. But the mist made place for a cold yet sunny day. 

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Today was for dessert making instead off soup making. They asked me for a dessert instead off soup, like usuall. It was a nice set off off the usuall. I decided I wanted to make apple cherry crumble. And it was a succes. The receipe came from the dessert bible by Rutger van den Broek, my baking hero. The dinning room was pretty crowded today. And I'm so proud off myself it was a big succes again this evening. People loved their dessert tonight. It's been something diffrent than the usuall, depressing bowl off vla we usually eat. 

We had it served on a pastry plate with a scoop off cinnamon ice cream. I could harvest compliments all over. It's been perfect for after dinner tonight.

And it's been easy to make. De Boed is struggling with being short on staff, but an apple crumble is so easy for me to make, I don't need help from anyone with it. Soup is a bit off work on the other hand, which requires a bit off help sometimes. I told them if they are short on staff again, they can let me make this on Wednesday and it's cool with me either. Apple crumble with cherries sure has been the high point off our day. It's been a good idea. Today we where not as poor as the streetbricks for once with this as our dessert. 

Warning: Something medical. 

I also had my psychiatric health nurse visiting me. They don't have the results to my bloodtest yet. She told me we would discuss them today wheter they where good or bad, but there is nothing so far. I would not be suprised if there was something, to be honest. On the other hand, they would have contacted me if there was something wrong. But maybe it's a bit early on for results. 

Tomorrow I will have a day off from swimming. But the bus company holds a strike so I can't visit the market in Zaandam. I have to come up with something diffrent to fill my day. Otherwise I will have a pretty boring day tomorrow. I got the money from my hospital adventure back, so I have a little more space for spending, though I have the feeling it's not a bad idea to be a bit sober with money these weeks. It can come in handy to have it when it's needed. You never know. I'm thinking about spending my thursday either cookie baking, or reading. 

Allright, that's about it for now- 

Thank you for reading.