Tag: Family

May 17, 2024

So sad, my aunt has passed away

Today we that is my Mum and I had news from home in Vienna that my Aunt Larissa has passed away over night. She had been ill for some time and has been in hospice care for over a month now. They could not tell us how long she would be there but we knew it would be sooner or later that we have to say good bye. Larissa and I have not always been friends in fact we have not spoken for a while because I was offended by some of her words but we had spoken for a very last time in January this year and she spoke really softly and kindly. My Mum also said that she had always asked about me. We as a family are all working now together to organise that we all can come together in Vienna for a farewell. At this point I am really sad and I can’t really comprehend what has happened yet. So I better stop.
May 7, 2024

Feeling great

As you know I have left my old employment at the end of March and I had a lot of time to myself and to relax. I’ve used the time to have a great Birthday on the 3rd just with myself and my Mum. It’s been a really good time. Eating my favourite food, then some Gelato and enjoying my apartment. I can also say that all the anxiety and depression I was suffering from over the months that had been caused my my former team leader has now fully gone away and I feel so much more better. It’s been weeks of change, enabling a better lifestyle and enjoying the time with myself and my dog. At the end when you compare I moved to Whitley Bay 4 years ago I had an empty apartment and slept on the floor for weeks because the bed I wanted had a delivery time, look at my apartment now it’s fully done and carpeted, the garden is in a good condition and garden furniture. I’ve spent about 11K over the past 4 years in doing this place up to my standard. There is a lot I can be happy and thankful about.
September 8, 2023

From Hot Water Bottle to Fan

Ever since I moved from London to Whitley Bay some 3 years ago I’ve always felt cold at home. My home never reached more than 8 to 10C in the spring/summer without adding heating. Even with the heating on it’s never been more than 17c/20C. so quite cold and most of the time I used to sit at home around with two jumpers on or two pairs of socks or a hot water bottle or a blanket. Whenever I went to bed even during the summer I went to sleep with a hot water bottle to keep warm. A couple weeks ago a friend at work suggested to buy two Dehumidifiers one for the back and one for the front of the apartment. The two should solve the problem and you should get a warm apartment my work colleague said. It has worked miracles really. I’ve had those two dehumidifiers work day and night and in general I need to empty the water bucket twice a day and they are full each time, and the average temperature in the apartment went up to 20-24C without everything. No need for putting the heating on or sitting with a hot water bottle. Having grown up with Air Condition in all rooms ever since I can remember, I’ve not been used to the concept of Dehumidifiers in a home as an air condition filters humidity automatically and that was something totally new to me. But it has worked. the last couple nights it was so hot in the apartment I was sweating. That has never happened to me before since I moved here from London I was always cold. Honestly I’m rather hot than cold and I had to open the windows during the night and turn the dehumidifier off because google said it won’t work properly with the window open. It is one amazing experience. as I said I got two of them, one is sitting in my living room that works for the living room, kitchen and entrance hall and the other one is standing in the back hall and covers the two bed and bathrooms and the office. It cost me something in the £500’ds to buy them both but it was a really good investment and I expect my gas bill to go down as I won’t need to put on the heating in the evening as I had before. I always had the heating on even in the summer from 4am to 7:30 and from 7:30 to 10:00pm. At the same time saying that maybe my electricity bill might go up because the two machines are running almost 24/7. But I am getting the humidity levels down. when I started off the humidity was at 75% to 90%. Now it is down to 55 – 60% which is a great improvement.  How do you like my Blog? Please before you go leave a comment on my blog to let me know you were here.
August 30, 2023

Another Post today

Probably you’re getting bored but I must admit I think that no one really reads my blog except myself. But that’s okay it’s a great tool to express myself and to write stuff down that’s on my mind. It’s the first day of my annual leave and I already regrett I did not book more than 5 days off. But that’s something I can’t change right now… Some of you know that I’m part of a dating platform called Mutual. I’ve over time written with a couple ladies but nothing seemed to have been working out so I’m really thinking about deleting my profile maybe I am meant to stay single who knows but at times it’s really frustrating. There’s so much really I want to share but I guess I can share it with my blog. It would be really nice to have someone to go out with and do things together or plan things… we’ll never mind. As you know my Mum is visiting and I enjoy her being here. I mean at least my Guest bedroom is getting used and she likes the “Paris” room as I call it because it is furnished and decorated to remind me on when I lived in Paris. I too really like the room. It is small but cosy. However sometimes I wish she’d pack her bags and go back home again soon… But she is going to stay while her house is getting renovated in Vienna because she does not like the dust and noise from the construction work that is ongoing for at least the next 12 months. So lets hope they finish quicker than that… Guest Bedroom – Paris As I said the Paris room is a really nice and cosy room I like it a lot and it is the guest bedroom in my apartment. I think I decorated it okay… What you think? The black dress picture is an original design from a fashion company and I was lucky to get it. Then I found the Paris picture with the fall leaves and the Eiffel Tower light and the crystal ceiling light complement the room. I really do like it….  If you’re wondering what this blog is about, it is about me and me alone. Nothing to do with my business, or anything this is just my way to write things down to share what I think is