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Bought a few nice but not too expensive things for the kids, pretty skirts, and a chemistry experiment kit for Tina. Also bought myself a few trinkets, nothing fancy, just a little box which looks like a minitiure antique suitcase and a little candleholder - together for under ten bucks. I'm really pleased with my purchases. I don't often by decorative things and whenever I have money for myself I often end up spending it on the kids. The house is crammed full with stuff that I can't throw away or part with for sentimental reasons, like china, old handbags, scarves, vases, pictures, photo albums. I have my mother's heirlooms, my grandmother's... Sometimes I wonder if I hold on to these things because my memory is so bad. These objects help me remember my mom and gran, but I'm pretty sure I'd be happier if I didn't have to dust them all off.

Anyway, had a nice day in town with auntie and kids, all three were very well-behaved, but at the end I was exhausted. We also had a nice dinner. And then we tried to watch TV. I never watch TV. Never - unless it's Wissen macht Ah! - a very educational kid's program. And tonight I was reminded why I don't. Holy crap, German Saturday night TV sucks dead toads. I watched a documentary on the history of helicopters, for god's sake. Oh well. Tomorrow, auntie drives home and I can get back to pleasures like writing, surfing, reading, and downloading epis of American TV shows. LOL.