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Why start todays blog with the title weird well that's how this weekend is going, firstly the weather which at the moment 0530 is 23 and last night I was lying in bed watching the football when all of a sudden out of my mobile came a what sounded like a air raid warning and instinctively almost fell out of bed as my mind remembered that sound from the war but when I looked at my mobile it was a severe weather warning of heavy rain, winds and hail, well the forecast must be right I thought so it was out of bed and batten down the hatches, cover the car and wait, it was like waiting for Christmas, nothing, again another time when not to trust the weather forcasters. When I woke up it was normal, just as warm and no severe weather, the only living creatures that are enjoying this weather are flys, mosquitos and my dear friends the ants who I am still waging a war against. Our eldest daughter and her fiance are still in Zagreb planning on going to the zoo today and returning home tonight, our youngest daughter came on Friday, slept overnight, ate dinner and then left for her fiancé's family as there was some sort of festival going on in the village where they live so that visit was short and sweet, off they went saying they'd be down next weekend. Well it was back to my wife and I, me watching the football on the telly and my wife on her mobile and today she will be packing to go away to work for another week, hopefully it will be the last time,so again getting up at 0200 tomorrow morning because she has to leave at 3, so as I said a weird weekend but at least I have something to look forward to tomorrow night and that's the reason a crunch match between Croatia and Italy to decide who goes on to the knock out stages of the Euro, everyones hopes are high but to be realistic Croatia must play out of their skin if they want to stay in the competition, we'll wait and see. The war in Ukraine is still going on as if it will stop overnight, the idiot from the Kremlin is globe trotting and trying to get more military help from the other lunatic countries in the world while his countrymen are dying in the trenches, Putin the dictator is enjoying himself while all in Russia are suffering, now that's what you call a dictator. Well that's all for today if you enjoyed reading it then like, follow and share. Thank you. 

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