Word of the Week

Word of the Week 28 – Sullen

July 10, 2020 by Anne Sweet 5 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 ‘Sullen’ 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 – Sullen

photograph of a sullen looking statue with a grim look on her face and her elbows resting on her knees with her hands on her chin. She also holds a bunch of flowers.

Is it the weather? Has it just non stopped rained for what seems like forever? Where did the sunshine go? I think everyone in our house has taken on a sullen mood. See that statue in the photo above…yes, we all feel just like that.

Rain, rain go away!

Maybe if the sun came back out to play we would feel better? The girls have been moody and argumentative. No school work has been done all week. They’ve been refusing to shower or go to bed at a reasonable time.

The eldest two have also been moody, stomping about and spending more time in their bedrooms than anywhere else. Coming out only to eat and complain about my cooking.

Graham hasn’t been too bad, he was grumpy that the Little Man was taking over his PS4 at the beginning of the week, but now he has it back so he’s okay. The Little Man is happy so long as he can play Roblox or Minecraft. He has been doing school work under protest, and even had a haircut off his Dad.

I Want my Happy Family Back!

Last week we were having fun together and enjoying each other’s company. But even I’ve been intolerable it seems, everyone is avoiding me anyway. Please come back sunshine, and bring some light back to my family.

I hope your week has been better, please cheer me up!

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Word of the Week 27, Family Time

July 3, 2020 by Anne Sweet 8 Comments

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Family Time

The week started okay, the weather had changed again and we were stuck indoors. The kids don’t mind, indoors or outdoors they are fine.

Tuesday was my eldest daughter’s birthday. Our first birthday during this epidemic. We would normally celebrate with a meal out, we went to Teppanyaki last year which was amazing. But this year we stayed home. We ordered take out and had the most delicious Indian curry. We also had cake and Krispy Kreme Doughnuts. I think she enjoyed her day and she had some nice presents too.

I’ve had a couple of days this week when my health has been really poor, but I don’t want to dwell on that. It’s swings and roundabout, good times and bad. But mostly good. And we have been getting on so well together lately which is always a bonus when you are a family of seven stuck under one roof.

We’ve been having a lot of fun playing Jackbox.tv a family game which we can all join in with our tablets and phones. There are different games to play and involve drawing, answering questions and voting on t-shirt designs to name a few. It’s a lot of silly fun and it doesn’t matter what your skill level is.

We also decided to watch ‘Floor is Lava’ on Netflix. Oh we will never get that hour back! It was good for a laugh as it was so cringy, but I don’t think we’ll be watching it again…once is enough.

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

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Word of the Week 26 – Pool

June 26, 2020 by Anne Sweet 8 Comments

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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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