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Word of the Week 26 – Pool

June 26, 2020 by Anne Sweet 8 Comments

Hello and welcome to the home of Word of the Week. A nice and simple weekly linky, with everyone welcome to pop by and share. The idea of the linky is to reflect back on your past week and share it with us. It’s great if you can sum it up in a word or phrase, hence giving us your Word of the Week. My word this week is ‘pool’ and you can read more about that below.

I’m not totally strict on using just a word or phrase. But please try to stick to the theme of summing up your week.There are not too many rules with this linky, just remember to read at least another couple of posts in the link up after adding your link. I will read and comment on all posts and tweet them out for you. I also have a Pinterest board devoted to Word of the Week and I will add posts to Mi x Please add the badge below to your post so that others may find us and join in. If you comment or tweet then please use the hashtag #WotW

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Pool

Pool, Three children in a paddling pool in the back garden on a sunny day.

So last week it rained nearly all week, and this week we have had a heatwave. To be honest, I was really surprised that I could get a paddling pool from Argos. I really thought that with everyone being stuck in their garden then the pools would be sold out! This one is 8ft long, long enough for an adult to lie flat in, so perfect for my not so little kids.

The girls swimming costumes are packed away in a suitcase on top of my wardrobe and I couldn’t get it down. So they just put on some shorts and a t-shirts to go and sit in the pool. The Little Man’s swim shorts were readily available as he’d been swimming with his school just before lockdown.

I didn’t think they would be that interested, but they were outside nearly all day!

By late afternoon their older siblings had joined them in the garden. No1 Son had a paddle, and Eldest Daughter was a bit cruel in pushing Boo into the pool after she’d just got changed..oh dear! 🙂

I’d also bought a ball and Boo and ED played a game of passing the ball to each other combined with a word game. They had a lot of fun, and the other’s joined in too. Star sat on a deckchair with her feet in the pool until 8 pm. It’s amazing what a pool can do. It brought my family together, kept the young ones cool all day and provided them with non digital entertainment. We even had a power cut during the day which went unnoticed. The television is still playing up a little, but at least I got to watch the final of The Sewing Bee last night.

I know this is an account of only one day, but honestly, it was so lovely it has really made my week. The pool is ready for some more fun later. I may even be able to find the girl’s swimsuits.

p.s. It’s week 26! half way through the year already. Hold on everyone, we’ll soon be seeing the back of 2020. There have not been many years I’ve wanted to see the end of, but 2020 has been the pits so far hasn’t it?

Now, it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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Word of The Week 25 – Stormy

June 19, 2020 by Anne Sweet 6 Comments

I’m not totally strict on using just a word or phrase. But please try to stick to the theme of summing up your week.There are not too many rules with this linky, just remember to read at least another couple of posts in the link up after adding your link. I will read and comment on all posts and tweet them out for you. I also have a Pinterest board devoted to Word of the Week and I will add posts to Mix Please add the badge below to your post so that others may find us and join in. If you comment or tweet then please use the hashtag #WotW

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Stormy

Wow, we’ve had some fabulous stormy weather this week! Have you?

Monday was nice, it was warm and sunny and we went out. Yes, you heard that right, we left the house for the first time since early March! Not all of us, it was too much for Star who couldn’t face going out. And Boo decided to stay with her (she’s just lazy and couldn’t be bothered to get dressed!) But me, Graham and The Little Man decided to go and see my brother so we could give him his birthday cards and presents.

We arranged to meet in the car park The Little Man got to walk my brother’s dog on the grassland. It was kind of weird going out after so long. I’m glad we only encountered family.

But Monday was the last nice day we have had because it’s been rather wet and miserable since then. We have had some amazing storms. I do love thunder and lightening, providing I’m safe at home. I love watching the rain pelting down and seeing the angry black clouds flash bolts of lightening. The rumbling thunder that follows it, so loud you can feel it. The only thing I don’t like is the pressure before the storm, I always get a headache.

Now it’s Thursday and I’ve witnessed at least three storms this week with another one during the night. We’ve had so much rain the water butt should be full, but Graham has just informed me that the drain has come loose again. At least we shouldn’t get any more texts from our water company asking us to be careful with our usage. It’s done nothing but rain since the last one.

When I was little my Mum would turn off the television and open the front and back doors when there was a storm. She said it was the only way to stop the house being struck by lightening, and believed it. I would turn off our computer during a storm because we were connected by the telephone wire and if the pole was struck then who knows what damage it could do. What the chances were, I don’t know, I guess I still held a little superstition/fear from my Mum’s actions.

Have you had any good storms this week? Do they bother you?

Now, it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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Word of the Week 24 – Relax

June 12, 2020 by Anne Sweet 8 Comments

I’m not totally strict on using just a word or phrase. But please try to stick to the theme of summing up your week.There are not too many rules with this linky, just remember to read at least another couple of posts in the link up after adding your link. I will read and comment on all posts and tweet them out for you. I also have a Pinterest board devoted to Word of the Week and I will add posts to Mix Please add the badge below to your post so that others may find us and join in. If you comment or tweet then please use the hashtag #WotW

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Relax

Honestly, I don’t feel relaxed at all. In fact my anxiety is at an all time high. But I’ve chosen relax because it’s all you seem to be hearing lately. A relax in the rules mean we can meet up with people and pretty soon go shopping for many other things than the necessities. We can visit more places including zoos and drive-in cinemas. (I’ve never been to a drive-in cinema, have you?)

The risk of COVID 19 seems a lot less now so we can all relax and get on with life. It won’t be the same, we still have to observe social distancing, but things are returning to normal.

The thing is, people don’t seem to be understanding these more relaxed rules and life has just gone back to normal anyway. Visiting parks and friends and having people over to their homes. Then there are the demonstrations and visits to the beach. Social distancing becoming increasingly difficult to observe.

I’ve still no ventured out. I feel even more anxious now. I really don’t feel so relaxed at all. Then I have other worries that have taken me over this week, and when I worry, I stress, and when I stress I find it difficult to relax. When I don’t get the chance to relax I get ill and end up losing almost an entire day because my body has refused to move.

I guess I got to relax after all, even though it was painful too.

How do you feel about the relaxed rules? Do you have your support bubble?

Now, it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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Word of the Week 23 – Washing Machine

June 5, 2020 by Anne Sweet 15 Comments

I’m not totally strict on using just a word or phrase. But please try to stick to the theme of summing up your week.There are not too many rules with this linky, just remember to read at least another couple of posts in the link up after adding your link. I will read and comment on all posts and tweet them out for you. I also have a Pinterest board devoted to Word of the Week and I will add posts to Mix Please add the badge below to your post so that others may find us and join in. If you comment or tweet then please use the hashtag #WotW

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Washing Machine

First of all, back to last Friday. It was a lovely day so I put a load in the washing machine in the hopes of getting it out on my new washing line. But the machine broke and while attempting to fix it Graham had an accident. He managed to cut his hand and sever a tendon. I won’t talk about the blood. He went to hospital and was patched up and had to go back on Saturday for minor surgery. He was lucky, a little more and he would have lost the use of his thumb!

So, I decided to get rid of the washing machine (Which was now full of blood…sorry, I forgot, I’m not talking about the blood) and bought a new one. Delivery day, Monday.

So, Monday I managed to get some washing done in my new machine. Oh, I love it so much. It plays lots of little tunes, and when it’s done it gives you an almost full rendition of Schubert’s ‘Die Forelle’ (The Trout.) I looked on Youtube for Samsung Die Forelle and it seems to be very popular with people posting videos of themselves playing along with their instruments. You can find a violin, double bass, classical guitar, electric guitar and drums. There is even a heavy metal mix! Yes, people play along to their washing machines. I haven’t found someone singing yet though, maybe I’ll brush up on my German and give it a go (Only Joking!)

This isn’t my video (and my new washing machine is charcoal not white, but it’s so cute)

Disclosure: Other things have happened this week (We got new garden furniture just before the rain came, and I got to see my brother at a social distance outside in my garden) but getting a new washing machine is pretty exciting. (Even if it did mean Graham nearly losing his thumb!)

Now it’s over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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Word of the Week 22 – Not Going Out

May 29, 2020 by Anne Sweet 10 Comments

Hello and welcome to the home of Word of the Week. A nice and simple weekly linky, with everyone welcome to pop by and share. The idea of the linky is to reflect back on your past week and share it with us. It’s great if you can sum it up in a word or phrase, hence giving us your Word of the Week. My phrase this week is ‘not going out’ and you can read more about that below.

I’m not totally strict on using just a word or phrase. But please try to stick to the theme of summing up your week.There are not too many rules with this linky, just remember to read at least another couple of posts in the link up after adding your link. I will read and comment on all posts and tweet them out for you. I also have a Pinterest board devoted to Word of the Week and I will add posts to Mix Please add the badge below to your post so that others may find us and join in. If you comment or tweet then please use the hashtag #WotW

Word of the Week is open from 6am on Friday Morning to 12 noon on Monday. Plenty of time to join in!

If you are unfamiliar with the Word of the Week linky then please feel free to ask any questions. New linkers are always welcome, we love to hear what you have been up to in the past week.

MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Not Going Out

not going out, image shows a woman from the back walking in the countryside

Last week I was feeling stressed because of not being able to leave the house, the kids having issues with getting on with their school work and the worry of Star going back to school next week.

Well, the last one was settled for me because the school phoned to say they couldn’t accept Star back. It’s half term so no work for the kids this week which has made us feel much more relaxed. But I still haven’t been out.

Have you ever watched Not Going Out? I’m not a huge fan of sitcoms but Not Going Out has always managed to draw me in, I think I must have a secret (even to me) crush on Lee Mack or something. It started in 2006, and although it was cancelled in 2009 it made a comeback in 2011 and is still going strong. My favourite episode has always been the Escape Room, but the Halloween special last year was so good too. It’s totally daft, but it’s just what life feels like right now.

As for not going out, I don’t think I will be going anywhere anytime soon. I can’t believe what a mess this country has become. With no clear rules, everyone has made up their own. Life is returning to normal for so many, but for us few with medical complications, life will be staying very much the same for a while. I’m staying home.

If I though that for one minute that I could trust the British public to carry out the suggested/requested idea of track and tracing contacts if COVID19 touches their lives, then maybe there would be a chance of defeating this. But, honestly, I have no faith. If those who make the rules can break them then others will too. But to be fair, it’s not as if a lot of people have not been breaking the rules all along anyway.

I can’t blame people being wary of the app. the technology that can track the virus. I can’t blame people worrying about their privacy and who’s hands their personal information can end up in. I can’t blame people wanting to go out and earn a living, meet up with their friends and family and get on with life. But, COVID is still out there, it’s still a threat. And I don’t want it touching me or my family. So. I’m not going out.

Now, it’s over to you. What word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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