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The backlash in the US is increasing the Republics just lost a Texas House seat in a ruby red distract that was =17 for Dear Leader in 2024, people
are pissed and organized, the March No Kings Rally should be interesting turnout wise, I have joined a political action group and we are having a
protest Saturday...
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Eddie RUKidding
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Well done Plook- hopefully free and fair voting will still be allowed in the US, after Dumps latest moves.................
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I hope that too. I never ever thought I could be concerned about whether or not I'd be allowed on the streets of the US with my standing - but I may
be going to the States later this year, and as Carnaval season approaches my costume of the Statue of Freedom is nearing completion. I had the idea
two years ago, when I had a bad place for the parade and held my hand high whilst making photos just so I wouldn't be looking at necks all the time.
Might as well incorporate that into a costume.
'Course with my posture I mock everything I try to look like. And as a symbol of the USA may not fall in favour with certain growds I was
contemplating coming as a "greey" Statue charging exorbitant amounts for post cards and photo ops. Or I could say I seek asylum. Whatever.
I'll also be attending carnaval in Oeteldonk ('s-Hertogenbosch) which has a very lively and unique carnaval tradition. Basically instead of costumes,
you wear a keel or a black coat, adorned with patches in red/yellow/white, with red/yellow/white accessories and lots of frogs. I don'have a Carnaval
coat yet, so now I'm panic sewing.
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I'm done with the panic sewing and only pricked myself about twelve times or so. And I can still type. 
Last day, I should be draping green fleece blankets over me to see if I can get a statue of freedom-ish look out of myself. Weather forecast says I'll
be freezing my butt off on Saturday.
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Plook
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Bonny you need a thimble...đź’ˇ
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and a blanket
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I have a few thimbles, but alas the good Lord gave me a body that's not feminine in some proportions, for instance I have oversized hands and feet to
the extent I don't fit in women's shoes or gloves. By extent thimbles are too tiny for me. They should fit around the middle finger of your dominant
hand (you use it to push the needle through the fabric) but they just don't fit.
For Saturday I have 2 blankets that I'll use as drapes over my green dress. Below that lots of thermoweave.
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Today's Rose Monday, the Monday of the carnaval season.
Oeteldonk (the Carnaval name of 's-Hertogenbosch, where I work) has a very lively Carnaval tradition, with its own outfits, parades, music et al. If
you want to celebrate carnaval there you're not let into any cafe unless you're dressed in Oeteldonk style - typically a blue or black blazer or
farmer's shirt, decorated with patches that refer to Oeteldonk, frogs and the love for the celebration and its music, culture and beer, combined with
accessories in red-white-yellow.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFYQpCl4pmc&t=30s Some atmosphere impressions of the bits. https://www.oeteldonkje.nl/ if you're inspired and want to come to the party next year, get your kit here.
Usually I go to Eindhoven or nearby Geldrop (Lampegat and Lappegat respectively) to celebrate carnaval, where costume is normal, and I had made a
Statue of Freedom costume this year to flaunt.
But as my colleagues last year had such a great time at the company's carnaval café outing, I decided to make a, Oeteldonk carnaval coat. This
involved hand sewing 22 emblem patches onto a perfectly fine black blazer and set me back a bundle as well. (the patches, not the blazer). Panic
sewing, but it got done.
Unfortunately, Carnaval is celebrated so majorly among my colleagues that they had given too many people a vacation in this period. Whoops. This meant
there was nobody on Carnaval Sunday to work for the Special Care department - my department, so when they asked I decided to help out - and ended up
having to help complaints on site. Which is highly stressful and not my area of expertise, I had to be trained to do it even for this one day, which
I'd rather spend watching a parade.
So, agenda jam packed. Friday was my day off but the company Carnaval, Saturday day off to be Statue of Freedom at the Lampegat parade, Sunday work on
clients with complaints in resort, work from Monday through Thursday, then off to visit BF again and look after his nieces' bunnies.
At the company carnaval I met numerous colleagues in their Carnaval coats, who had the day off and had shown up especially for the company drink. But
while the year before the boss had rented the nearby café for snacks and consumptions, this year the company was split in two - and Customer Care
basically got a bit of beer or wine and one whole bitterbal.
All us partygoers in our coats were a bit desillusioned at this - as a non-drinker i basically panic sewed a carnaval coat and showed up on my day off
for one bitterbal (I love them, don't get me wrong, but it's literally 2 bites and then it's gone), so we hit the town, the seven of us. After
arriving at the first stop - a streed with several cafés (where we had lunch, Poly) and it was so insanely busy it took twenty minutes to reach the
end of the short street. We paused to get a few pitchers of beer and I decided to head home - which is a tale and a half with so many people.
Came home, exhausted, was so tired I went to bed at 9PM. No alcohol, just that bitterbal.
Was so tired the day after that I gave Lampegat a miss and tried to rest a bit for Sunday. That's one powerful bitterbal!
I told DED about the disappointing one sole bitterbal. He now keeps singing "Bonny has only got one ball..." I'd better get a whole box of them for my
birthday.
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Woke up at 3AM feeling sick (hoping it doen't grow worse from there because I really want to visit BF this weekend) , was contacted by my mother and
had a bird poop on my coat. Not the best day in all, even if they say bird poop is lucky.
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Back from BF's so the flu didn't set in, yay! We had a great time, went to the pancake restaurant and played a board game called Cities. The copy had
a misprint causing it to miss half the manual so we spent some time searching online for it.
On the way I got a copy of Virgin Suicides at the little book stall in Utrecht where you can leave the books you read and pick up new ones. Finished
it before I got home.
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