Auntie, Sister. Grandmother, Great-Grandmother,
Mother and Wife of German Descent
I've lived in Australia since 1959 together with my husband Peter. We have four children, eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren. I started blogging because I wanted to publish some of my childhood memories. I am blogging now also some of my other memories. I like to publish some photos too as well as a little bit of a diary from the present time. Occasionally I publish a story with a bit of fiction in it. Peter, my husband, is publishing some of his stories under berlioz1935.wordpress.com
“Son Martin rang from Melbourne at night-time. This call was diverted to our interim mobile phone that Telstra had sent us to use while our landline phone was out of order. This mobile phone had no ringing sound. Instead a computerised female voice always announced to us when we had a phone call.”
This shows that our landline phone had been out of order and how it was replaced with an interim mobile phone that had no ringing sound but a computerised female voice!
Beneath I show what I copied about computing. I am very, very advanced in years. I am not out to learn everything about computing. Could not some Computer Experts perhaps spacialize in helping some of the very aged population? All sorts of people are trained to help the aged in thei homes. I am on an Age Care Package. It would be so nice, if a person that has a very good computer knowledge could come along to my house to set me up for good with everything that I need for good computing. Otherwise I just waste my time with guessing games. That is very frustating indeed.
Computing, also known as computer science, is the scientific study of algorithms, data processing, and information systems, encompassing various subfields that explore the theory, design, and practical applications of computers and computational systems.
Key subtopics in computing include algorithms, data structures, programming languages, computer architecture, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, computer networks, cybersecurity, and human-computer interaction (HCI). Algorithms are step-by-step procedures used to solve problems and process data efficiently, while data structures organize and store information for easy retrieval and manipulation.
Programming languages enable developers to communicate instructions to computers, facilitating the creation of software and applications. Computer architecture deals with the design and organization of computer systems and components to optimize performance and resource utilization.
Artificial intelligence and machine learning explore the development of intelligent systems that can learn from data, make decisions, and perform tasks that typically require human intelligence. Computer networks involve the study of data transmission and communication between computers and devices.
Cybersecurity focuses on protecting computer systems and networks from unauthorized access, data breaches, and cyber-attacks. HCI examines the interaction between humans and computers, designing user-friendly interfaces and improving user experience.
I reblog here some great memories from 2014 in September. This is soon going to be ten years ago!
Kaum zu Glauben!! I can hardly believe that so much time has elapsed since then. In seven months I am going to be on a cruise. My daughter Monika booked yesterday a three bedroom cabin on a cruise ship called ‘Carnival’. The cruise is going to last for nine days. I am going to celebrate my 90th birthday on that ship. How exciting!
My internet does not work properly. This is why I have not published anything for a while. If I cannot find anyone to put everything in order so that I can use my computer without major difficulties then maybe I’ll have to give up using my computer. How on earth can a computer expert come to my house? How do I find an expert.
My social life goes now better and better in an old fashioned way! Technology is just not for me anymore. At least I can still use my landline phone!
I have better bowel movements since I started taking MOVICOL I take it first thing every morning. My morning routine includes a cup of tea, a banana and some other fruit. After a wash or shower with nice warm water I get dressed and hopefully can go for a little walk. Later on I usually cook myself a nice breakfast. Often this nice breakfast is enough to have with it a second breakfast (Brunch) as well.
What do I do over one week? A normal week goes like this:
Mondays I get three hours home help, that is the home help comes at 9,30 AM and leaves at 12,30 PM. Tuesdays I do in the morning whatever I feel like doing. Wednesdays I join a STABILITY EXERCISE class at CITOS Bowling Club, with coffee and talking after the class and sometimes lunch at the Club as well. Thursdays my daughter Monika usually picks me up to take me out for lunch with her grandkids. Fridays I go to the CITOS CLUB again early in the morning. Sometimes I have have a lunch special again at the Club. From 2PM on I play SCRABBLE and Rummy with some of my friends.
What happens on the weekend? Saturday/Sunday I usually have totally to myself unless a family outing has been planned.
To have to be ready at a certain time, I find demanding, since it takes me up to two hours to get ready! I do everything so very slowly and often keep running out of time. But I am very happy that I can stilll live on my own.
Tomorrow, Monday, the 12th of February, is the funeral of my neighbour Barbara, who passed away on the first of February.
My home help stays with me until 12,30PM. This is the time when I’ll be ready to be taken to the funeral which starts at 1,30PM in Kiama. Two of my very kind neighbours are going to take me to the funeral.
A couple of days ago I tried out a motorised scooter in the shopping center. I came to the conclusion that it is not practical to use it for going in the shopping center’s lift. Often there are just too many people standing near the lift, and there is not enough room to turn this thing around without getting into some danger of bumping people. It was much easier to go along the ramp!
I could probably go along the footpath from A to B near my home and be very quickly at Dapto Mall, at Dapto Swimming Pool, or at one of Dapto’s Churches. The question is, could I use it for Public Transport?
I just noticed that granddaughter Natasha sent me some pictures that she took yesterday. They are pictures with me and great-grandson Nash. Unfortunately I do not know how to copy a picture and insert it into a WordPress blog. Somebody would have to help me with that!
Lady Chatterley’s Lover is the last novel by English author D. H. Lawrence, which was first published privately in 1928, in Italy, and in 1929, in France.
What was so controversial about Lady Chatterley’s lover?
The book was also banned for obscenity in the United States, Canada, Australia, India and Japan. The book soon became notorious for its story of the physical (and emotional) relationship between a working-class man and an upper-class woman, its explicit descriptions of sex and its use of then-unprintable profane words
Here is the official trailer of that movie that I watched yesterday:
Nov 4, 2022Connie, born into wealth & privilege, finds herself married to a man she no longer loves. When she meets Oliver, the estate’s gamekeeper, their secret trysts lead her to a sexual awakening. She faces a decision: follow her heart or return to her husband and endure what society expects of her. Starring Emma Corrin & Jack O’Connell. Directed by Laure de Clermont-Tonnerre.
I am looking forward to start the Stability Exercise Class again. The class is at the CITOS club today at 10 AM. After the class we stay for coffee with a bit of nice talking.
I thought yesterday Dapto would have no electricity for most of the day. But the planned outing was cancelled. They are going to do it some other day. It has to do with mantaining the aging power lines.
My deck looks good at the moment for yesterday after the rain I busied myself with sone good sweeping away all that water. I love doing this. It is so relaxing! Of course I do it very slowly. I felt good staying on my own yesterday. Spending a lot of extra time in the kitchen as well as on the computer was good. So, so I managed to write several longer emails to keep in touch with some family members. Among other things a trip to Sydney visiting daughter Caroline and son-in-law Matthew might happen soon as well as a meeting with granddaughter Lauren and her friend Aaron. Actually, I received a very nice email from Lauren yesterday and answered it straight away. I haven’t seen dear Lauren for several years, but hope to meet up with her soon. It is not so easy to keep in touch when everyone is always very busy. There seem to be less and less old people left that I can keep in touch with on a regular basis. So, this is the way it is, that old retired people are getting less and less. Still, most of us do not pass away early. We live longer and longer than ever before.
It is so good to see the younger people being adventurous and keeping themselves very busy. I an happy to stand back now and do a lot of reflecting about old times. So far I still have great memories about my life. When I cannot remember something all that well anymore, I like to look up what I have written about certain incidents and may have published in WordPress. I look and look for a special blog. I seem to remember that I had published a blog with pictures about a lovely outing many years ago. So, why is this blog not there anymore? I take hours wanting to find it. But it is just not there anymore!
I am happy that I managed to walk a lot these last few days, well whatever is a lot for me. On Sunday I had this walk to the pool and back. Yesterday, on Monday, I had my homehelp coming in the morning as is usual on any Monday that does not happen to be a Public Holoday. So I had dear Summah with me yesterday. I always enjoy her presence. She is such good company and does so much for me during the three hours she stays with me. Yesterday she dropped me off at 12,30 to get my hair done. I have a hairdresser’s appointment every four weeks now. It is so good to get my hair washed and blowdried by my marvellous hairdresser. Yesterday she did a bit of haircutting again too. Also, there is always a lot of talking going on at the hairdresser’s. I find it is good for me to find opportunities for some talking. So, my lovely hairdresser did a good job again. Her shop is not far away from the Shopping Center at the Dapto Mall. So I could easily walk to the Mall with my rollator to have some lunch at a cafe called the shed. The other day I had looked at a blog of mine that was about ten years old and where I mention a nice meal I had in Berry with Peter, my husband. We always loved a trip to Berry. As a meal that day we both happened to choose Eggs Benedict with lovely crusty rye bred. Yesterday at the shed I daringly went for Eggs Benedict in rememberace of that lovely meal at Berry. To my surprise I did get exceptionelly good Eggs Benedict served. They were as good as the ones that we had in Berry the way I remember it.
Yesterday was an extremely hot and humid day. So, I was happy to stay for many hours in and near the the Shopping Center, doing a lot of walking as well as a bit of shopping. After an exhausting day I took a taxi home. After a lot of sleep, I feel refreshed this morning.
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