March / April 2020 birthdays

March / April 2020 birthdays

Having your birthday in March 2020, that was quite to be called a strange or unique period. Also add April, many countries are still in a (semi) lock down and the measures for our country have been extended to April, 28th. How is it like to have your birthday in this period? Having a birthday party like you’re perhaps used of probably isn’t going to happen, at least not in this period. I had my birthday on the 30th of March and in my case, I really had no need for a great celebration in this period.

My birthday was on a Monday, thanks to the leap year, so let me go back in time here. A year ago I already had decided to celebrate my birthday on the Sunday before. The fact that the leap year was skipping Sunday for me so that my birthday will be on the least pleasant day of the week, did not came over to me as a blessing.. I immediately knew: Monday the 30th is going to be just a normal day for me.

I want to thank everyone for the lovely birthday messages! 😊
Red Tom Hiddleston image from Hiddlestoners FB Group.

There wasn’t really anything going on in our country in the first two weeks of March, the news hadn’t really hit us yet. So I had the beer for my birthday bought already. Then when the measures came, I knew I couldn’t celebrate my birthday. That was before the 3 persons & social distance measure came, but like I said: it just didn’t feel right. Also I realized that it didn’t meant I couldn’t do anything. I just needed to be a little creative and that I am. Everyone not part of our own household I sent a message about the cancelling. But to have a bit of a nice weekend, I filled the weekend with smaller things. I knew it wasn’t possible to meet up with all people who’d normally came to my birthday, better to take the safe before the unsafe, but I ‘selected’ a few people who I wanted and COULD see. On Saturday night I had a Disney Plus movie night with my two best friends. We watched Frozen 2, which was added to Disney Plus earlier because of the Corona crisis and did a small movie quiz (one my friend had gifted me for my birthday.) And because we’re still in the mood for another movie after that, we watched the original Winnie the Pooh film. It had been years ago since I last saw that film and it still amazes me how the old classic Disney movies were put together. I especially enjoyed to see the moments again in where the characters were going from page to page and when Tigger could go down by using the letters of the page as a help tool, the interactions between the characters and the writer/storyteller. I think the main reason I got inspired to watch the Pooh film was because of the Teddy Bear (because of the children still have a little healthy thing to do in the fresh air now that they can’t go to day-care/school or play on playgrounds) hunt that are now organized in many countries. From our window Winnie the Pooh and Paddington are on the watch, and if the kids are lucky they’ll see a bonus ‘plush’ namely our Labrador.

On Sunday, the day I was actually going to celebrate my birthday, I enjoyed a small brunch with my family (household) and on the background all kinds of my favourite music was playing. In the afternoon we had home baked cake and in the evening we toasted with wine (or beer). It was a great day and for me that was enough. I doesn’t need to be so extensive year after year. Also my wallet was happy with that, since my 30th birthday is next year!

And then it was Monday, my actual birthday. Like I said, this was more likely a normal day. I’ve had my birthday weekend. Did I still feel like it was my birthday on Monday? Yes and no. I appreciated all happy birthday wishes, when I read them I really felt like it was my birthday. On the other side, also a part of me did not have that feeling. That hadn’t anything to do with the corona virus by the way. Some birthday wishes had “Despite of corona” in them, but honestly, the whole weekend I’d let go of that, hadn’t given it much attention and had my focus on the positive things (everything that gets attention grows, remember). (There was another private reason) But it just was fine the way it was. I did some writing, was able to watch an episode of one of my favourite tv shows: Hawaii Five-0 (sadly in America this weekend the series finale will air, sad to see this ending!), enjoyed a glass of wine (it was still open from the day before). All very casual, cosy and that was all I desired for a birthday!

I mentioned Hawaii Five-0 above. It was the episode 10x15, one I truly enjoyed to watch (just like the one from last week that was more focused on Eddie the Labrador, even though that one was a bit sad). Here's a video of the end scene of this episode I was talking about. Now tell me, perhaps without knowing the show, do these two sound like a married couple or not? 😏 (Even Eddie the dog sees that😉)

That was it for today,

I hope you all stay safe! And for everyone who has a birthday coming: Happy birthday and make the best out of it!

Healthy greet & digital hugs,

x

Nicole

Think purple, think positive!

Think purple, think positive!

Purple, the colour of spirituality, the colour of passion, inspiration and fantasy. Purple, a sensitive colour but also a magical one. Purple, the colour born from mixing red and blue. The colour of freedom. The colour of the crown-chakra and also a different shade belongs to the third-eye (I‘m not offended if you have lost me here..) The colour of equality. Shortly said: it's a lovely, feminine inspiring colour to use for writing! You can give a colour a lot of meanings, but if you love and appreciate it, it's one of your personal colours of your life. 

It‘s quite a simple picture, a purple pen resting on a small notebook that has nothing more written on than a date. I could have just left it there without sharing my thoughts about the colour purple. That surely had made the picture less interesting or better said: pointless. But I didn't because one thing I‘m succeeding in doing much more often lately is focusing on the positive things. You can find those positives everywhere, in every small thing, even such small as a pen. And in certain circumstances the negative thoughts have found their way to you earlier, but you‘re the controller, you‘re the boss! Control them, turn on the switch. Ask yourself these questions and let your mind do the rest: How does this thought/situation make me feel? And how can I change it into a positive thing? And let go! There‘s no negativity written in this notebook, I can tell you that.

Hiddles!

Posted by Tom Hiddleston on Instagram

Also a very positive vibe it‘s the moment when Tom Hiddleston posts a photo on his social media. That‘s a vibe being send over in his whole fandom by one simple click. Just look at that smile! Doesn't that just magically make a smile appear on your face? Also the drawing (probably made by one of his youngest fans?) also got me overflowed with happy and 'aww'-thinking thoughts!

Let‘s continue on the cute factor, shall we?

Pictures by K9Horn (IG page)

The Betrayal trio at the Broadway Flea Market, doing a raffle for charity. Personally when I‘m choosing a charity to donate to, 9 out of 10 it will be a charity that helps animals. Animals, how big or small they are, they got feelings too (the dog below surely shows how he feels for Tom Hiddleston haha) and they deserve to live a happy life. 

If the term 'police dogs' is one that gives you mixed-up feelings, than just focus on how much a police dog actually means for the safety (and the safety of our inspiration Tom Hiddleston, yeah I've seen pictures of the large numbers of crowd during the stage door!) For my education of Animal Caretaker I've also did an internship at a place where dogs were trained to become police dogs. It was quite the experience! Because of my physical condition, I couldn't do much myself. I mainly took the calmer dogs such as the labradors out for walks. You grow to attach them quickly, I probably don't have to tell you that! I‘ve got a Labrador here and well, he‘s just the purest soul. Dogs, they are truly our best friends. Just look at this one:

This dog was given a great treat namely, Tom Hiddleston! Look at his face, how happy that made him feel. Now if that isn‘t a positive way to end this blogpost.. 😉