Hi and welcome to another #WeekendCoffeeShare post. I just had my soft drink of Dubbelfrisss and some Pringles for today. However, I can make you a cup of Senseo coffee if you’d like. I can also make you tea. A staff brought me some green tea without additional flavoring earlier this week, which I’m so grateful for. I love this kind of tea! Anyway, let’s have a drink and let’s catch up.
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that it’s still pretty white outside here. The below picture was taken on Thursday, but not much of the snow has gone yet. That should change tomorrow, as temps are supposed to rise above zero.
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that I’m happy to report feeling much better than I was earlier in the week. Like I said yesterday, I had some worrying health symptoms on Monday and Tuesday that were probably attributable to constipation (and possibly some stress too). Like I mentioned, the doctor prescribed me magnesium tablets. I’m feeling much better now. Not yet completely normal, but almost so.
If we were having coffee, I’d tell you that I got a wonderful stuffed bear from my husband as an early Valentine’s Day present today. I gave him an airdry clay heart I’d made.
My husband paid me a quick visit at the care facility on his way back from buying a trailer for his car. The trailer is truly huge for one that’s behind a regular VW car!
If we were having coffee, I’d share that my support coordinator told me that I thankfully no longer need to tell the staff several days in advance when my husband is going to pick me up. The reason they so far required this, is my one-on-one support. However, my coordinator and the manager agreed that it’s possible for them to schedule the staffing regardless. This is a huge relief, as especially with COVID and all, it’s hard to plan ahead.
If we were having coffee, I would tell you that today, my one-on-one support staff took me to a farm with my care agency where we could see the horses, goats and rabbits. Unfortunately, they were eating, so they didn’t show me much attention. I didn’t take my phone with me, so no pictures. That will have to come next time.
If we were having coffee, lastly I would tell you I’ve done a lot of reading and book hoarding lately. I will have to do another reading wrap-up soon. Let me say for now that I’m totally inspired to read more SciFi. I totally love the escapism!
That being said, I’d also like to moan (probably for the third or fourth time) about the fact that Amazon doesn’t accept payment methods other than credit cards for their digital products. This is really annoying, as I don’t own a credit card. I really wish I could benefit from their Kindle deals, but apparently Amazon doesn’t want me buying anything there. Okay, I could still buy physical products, but what’s the point? We have Bol.com for that, and I want Kindle books! *Whines.* Okay, I can still get the free ones, but well.
What’s going on in your life?
Amazon’s got a good gift card system, so maybe that would be a way around the credit card issue if your husband was able to get gift cards for you.
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Thank you. That sounds good. I’ll look into it.
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Hi Astrid, I did not know that Amazon had limits like you describe. I wonder why? I spend lots of time with my tablet and kindle app and science fiction. I like the idea that someone above mentioned of using gift cards, but my wife and I just discovered that they have a setup where my purchases were merged with her account (she has Prime and I don’t want to pay for it twice but now I get via her account. Perhaps some version of this between you and your husband would also solve the problem, but the gift card idea looks much easier.
Thanks for stopping by – have a great week.
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Thank you for the suggestion. I’ll look into that. Have a great week ahead yourself too.
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I’m glad you had a pretty good week and you do look warm and all bundled up in the snow.
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Thank you so much. 🙂
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Glad your week went well and you got out for some adventures! I’m picturing a trailer for a VW 🙂
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Thank you for commenting. I’m hoping I can go out walking more in the upcoming week, but I’m glad for the walking I did get in.
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We had a week of snow but it has all just about gone now. All that’s left is a pile in the back garden where my youngest made an igloo.
I am glad you are feeling better now and that your husband had a quick visit. x
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Thank you for your kind words. I’m so happy your youngest was able to make an iglo.
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What a lovely picture of you! We had quite a bit of snow but it’s all gone now.
I am starting to get back into my books again, I too love the escapism!
So glad to hear that you are feeling much better. Have a wonderful weekend. x
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Thank you so much for commenting. The snow is all gone here now too. In fact, temps have risen to 16°C here today.
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do you read using your phone? or your PC? which apps do you use for reading?
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I read using my phone mostly. I use the Apple Books app or the Kindle app for books I buy and Voice Dream Reader for books I get off Bookshare.
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