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Birthday weekend 2021
In less than 6 months there is another set of candles to blow out on a new birthday cake, so it is about time I take you back to this year’s birthday. That it was going to be again a birthday celebrated in Belgium was already a given as non-essential travel was not allowed until after Easter because of Covid. However, as the numbers were getting higher again it remained still to be seen if it would be a stay-at-home one or if I could make a weekend out of it. The weather forecast was also a typical one for the time of year with March showers. So while I…
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Homemade greeting cards
Last week my mother had her birthday and the day before my parents celebrated their wedding anniversary. I try to make the greeting cards myself each year. But depending on time and mood, it doesn’t always happen. However with the intention I set on my own birthday to send cards for every birthday during quarantine I couldn’t skip this year. Nevertheless I must admit that I didn’t follow trough on this for a couple of my cousins birthdays. The reason for this was that I either didn’t have their correct address or date of birth. If they read this I apologize to them. The question that remained now was which…
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Birthday in Covid19 lockdown
On March 29th I celebrated my 40th birthday. It was a birthday that before the Covid 19 pandemic was already weighing on me in terms of what have I achieved already and what I have to show for it. However the celebrations wouldn’t be any different than any other birthday. For about 10 years now it is tradition that I will go and watch a musical by myself. Sometimes I make a weekend out of in and sometimes it is just for one day and the other I will eat birthday cake with my family. This year it would have been a 4 day weekend at the beach town of…