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Weekend Wrap-Up: Fun, Friends, and Furniture

 
10th until 13th of Apr 2025

Sun Apr 13 2025, 11:12:10 pm CET Did you already see it? Did you notice the small layout updates I made earlier today? If you look up to the right of the page and in the top menu. I did some enhancements to the layout and divided up is sections - the dropdown menu, the translation and the content search. I must say, I am pretty happy with the result.

It's been a fantastic weekend that started on Friday evening, right after a busy workday. The weekend started off first in a bit of a whirlwind in our heads after J. called on Friday to tell us that their plans had changed and they were heading home to us. They also asked if it was OK to meet some friends...and have them all over to our place. The plans were changed (which is the new normal) and the planned Friday dinner initially for two changed too. No problems... It turned out great and it was fun to see J's friends again. It had been a long time for some of them.

The youths stayed at home and had a relaxing Saturday while we set off for the Netherlands in the morning. We had planned to meetup with our friends P and A. in Gorinchem Gorinchem is a picturesque little village close to water with fascinating waterlocks system. for a lunch. We spent a great time in Gorchem with our friends and drove home later in the evening happy.

We had the best closure of the Saturday with J and K on the terrace. They surprised us with drinks and had prepared a fantastic dinner garden, terraceIt was a fantastic dinner and evening on the terrace last night with "the kids". out in the garden.

Today we spent a big part of the day putting together and placing the GUNNÖN gazebo/pergola We are really happy with this product from Ikea. Surprisingly sturdy and complete package. by Ikea. We actually bought two; one done, one to go thus. We purposely picked the most complicated one first, today was the one at a very tight spot. Afterwards, I was really happy that we did. The other one will be a breeze to setup.

OK there, now we are back from a little night excursion to Antwerp. Time to go to bed. I will see what my library has to offer...

Did you know that..? I try to find an interesting historical event that occurred on this day. Sun 13 Apr 2025, 1:46:25 pm CET

"It is easy enough to be tolerant so long as you do not put to the proof what you tolerate."
- Diogenes Laërtius (a 3rd-century AD biographer of philosophers, disciple of Crates)

"The surest sign that intelligent life exists elsewhere in the universe is that it has never tried to contact us."
-Bill Watterson