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Word of the Week #49, Catching up

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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 catching up 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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Since adding this link up party to a directory I’ve noticed a lot of posts, in particular, recipe posts, that do not fit in with the theme of this linky. I have made the decision to remove these posts from further link ups. So please don’t link up anything unless it includes a summary of your week or events in your life. Thank you for your understanding

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 – Catching Up

photo of christmas presents with the words Catching up!

This week has passed in a whirlwind. After all the sickness last week there has been a lot of catching up to do. The kids ended up having a long weekend off school. Thankfully the girls were off on an inset day on Friday, but they couldn’t go back until Tuesday to ensure it had been a full 48 hours since the last time someone was sick. I don’t like keeping them off school, but this was one nasty bug and I certainly didn’t want to pass it on to anyone else. Apparently my son’s school is very short staffed at the moment.

So, since they’ve been back I’ve been catching up with wrapping presents for Christmas. I’m happy to say my shopping is 99% complete and a lot of it is wrapped. I’ve still not written a Christmas card though..thankfully I don’t have many to send. I’ve also been working hard promoting my Avon business as they’ve had some fantastic sales this past week.

I’ve been busy catching up on my Christmas Crochet and I’m half way through my Christmas cushion cover. I hope I can get it finished in time for when my Christmas decorations go up…hopefully, this weekend.

Also, the girls have new bunk beds so we’ve had operation clean up which has kept us all really busy. I can only work a little at a time and even with all of us on the job it’s been a huge task. I mean…how many cuddly toys can two girls own? Once we reduced the cuddlies and the baby toys (yes, Peppa pig and Ben and Holly toys as well as Barbie dolls) the room was looking much bigger. Then I tackled their clothes and bagged up everything that no longer fitted either of them. It’s going to be a busy few days getting the room ready and putting the beds together.

I’ve also started filling up my Christmas food shopping trolly and ordered my turkey for Christmas. Oh yes, I’m feeling organised. (Yes, I know I don’t have my tree up yet, don’t remind me.)

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Word of the Week #48 – Sick

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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 sick 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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Since adding this link up party to a directory I’ve noticed a lot of posts, in particular, recipe posts, that do not fit in with the theme of this linky. I have made the decision to remove these posts from further link ups. So please don’t link up anything unless it includes a summary of your week or events in your life. Thank you for your understanding

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 – Sick

It was my birthday on Tuesday, I had a lovely day, nice gifts and cards and my friend came around to visit after the kids had gone to bed. Graham was upstairs watching football. Then after my friend left I could hear the Little Man calling. I told him I was coming up, but he knows I’m really slow. I really wasn’t expecting to see what I did, his bed was floating in a sea of sick. It was everywhere.

I called Graham who had fallen asleep in front of the football (which is perfectly understandable to me) and he came and cleaned up the bedroom, while I cleaned up the Little Man. I didn’t take my medication that night so I could be awake if he needed me. And he did, several times. We managed to keep him away from the girls who went to school as normal the next day.

He had stopped vomiting by around 2pm but was so tired that he went to bed early and we managed to keep him seperated from everyone else except me and and his Dad. He slept well. I didn’t.

I started vomiting about 10.30pm and finished around 7am. Again, I’d not had my medication and my pain was becoming unbearable. Graham got up with the girls in the morning and took them to school, Again avoiding me and the Little Man stayed home, even though he was feeling better we know it’s best to keep the quarentine. I’ve been feeling pretty rough all day but I’ve managed to keep down a cup of soup and several glasses of water. I just want to sleep now.

By the time you read this I will hopefully be well again.

Now it’s your turn to share what you’ve been up to this week. (I hope it’s been a better week than mine.)

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Word of the Week #47 – Cold

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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 cold 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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Since adding this link up party to a directory I’ve noticed a lot of posts, in particular, recipe posts, that do not fit in with the theme of this linky. I have made the decision to remove these posts from further link ups. So please don’t link up anything unless it includes a summary of your week or events in your life. Thank you for your understanding

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 – Cold

After all the rain last week, this week we’ve definitely had a drop in temperature and it is so cold.

cold

Last Friday I left the house to go to The Little Man’s assembly and it was so good. They did a story that had been written by one of the children in the class and it was all about being different and trying to fit in. It was a perfect end for anti bullying week and for Children In Need as all the children were dressed in their spots.

I got a bit crafty and got one of the girls old blue sweatshirts and coverd the motif in the middle with a big yellow circle, which I then added random coloured spots which I’d cut out of some old clothes that had not made the charity shop bag. Recycling at it’s best. Sadly the Little Man was the only one in a home-made spotty top.

Back to being cold. I’ve not been out this week again. I’ve been sitting here with my blanket, my laptop and the cats to keep me warm. I get fed up of being stuck at home but sometimes I’m glad I don’t go out in the cold. I’ve certainly had my fill of scraping ice off the car in the past. And stamping my feet in the school playground to keep the feeling while waiting in the cold for the kids to come out of their classrooms. Yes, I miss not being able to do this, but there is only the Little Man That I’ve missed out on, and I didn’t get sick until he was in year two, so I was there for the early years.

I’ve been thinking of getting a bigger warmer coat, but I do have a nice one it’s just that when I’m in my wheelchair it splits apart at the knees. I’m just going to have to give in and try a blanket on my chair if I’m going to be outside.

I guess it would be nice to go into town and have a nosey around the Christmas markets. not so easy in a wheelchair, but at least I could get a feel of Christmas. And a hot chocolate and German sausage sounds nice. And so long as I wrapped up warm against the cold, it could be fun.

What word or phrase sums up your week this week? And how do you keep warm?

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Word of the Week #46 Novel

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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 Novel 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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Since adding this link up party to a directory I’ve noticed a lot of posts, in particular, recipe posts, that do not fit in with the theme of this linky. I have made the decision to remove these posts from further link ups. So please don’t link up anything unless it includes a summary of your week or events in your life. Thank you for your understanding

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

Novel

an open book with the word novel

As I mentioned last week, I’m taking part in National Novel Writing Month this year (NaNoWriMo for short.) The aim is to write 50,000 words in a month and it’s really quite doable. I’m up to 17,000 words and so I’m a little bit behind, but I can still do it with around 2000 words a day.

I’m not going to tell you what my novel is about, and if I’m honest I don’t really know myself. It started out from something an old friend said to me and I picked that as a theme. Which I’ve rolled with and and just written it all down each day. There is lots I’m not entirely happy with already, but I am happy that the words keep flowing and I’ve not reached a block yet.

Will it be a novel in the end? Who knows, but although it’s the aim, I’m just happy with actually writing something. I’ve always wanted to write something and now I am!

In other news, there is not much going on. I’ve still not been out of the house, but I’m looking forward to the Little Man’s assembly today. He won’t tell us what it’s about but as it’s anti bullying week it could very well be related to that. Or even Children in Need? I’ll have to wait and see.

Now its over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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Word of the Week #45 – Friends

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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 Friends 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.

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Since adding this link up party to a directory I’ve noticed a lot of posts, in particular, recipe posts, that do not fit in with the theme of this linky. I have made the decision to remove these posts from further link ups. So please don’t link up anything unless it includes a summary of your week or events in your life. Thank you for your understanding

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

Friends – I’ll be There for you

I’ve used this photo before, it’s Boo and her friends transported from our settee to the one in Central Perk where so many episodes of the television program Friends was set.

Today it is Friendship Friday and I’ve chosen the word friends as my word of the week because, there wasnt really much else I could write about if I’m honest. The kids have been back at school and I’ve been back to my normal routine of sitting here within these four walls.

I have been keeping myself busy by taking part in NaNoWriMo for the first time and just in case you don’t now what that is, it’s National Novel Writing Month and the aim is to write 50,000 words by the end of November. I’m not expecting to have anything worth publishing at the end but it’s good to have something new to focus on. One of the main themes of my novel in progress is friendship.

If you’d like to know more about Friendship Friday then please see the post I published yesterday.

Now its over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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