Word of the Week

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

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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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 Sleep 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

Sleep

This week I’ve not been feeling too well. My daughter brought home a cold which she was kind enough to share with us all. Unfortunately, when I get a cold it floors me. I spent the whole weekend doing practically nothing. I didn’t get much sleep at night, so I was dozing on and off during the day.

To be honest, the sleep thing has annoyed me quite a bit. First up, I was disturbed at 5am by my daughter and ended up not being able to get back to sleep. The next night I was really congested and snoring more than usual which kept my husband awake. If I wake him he feels it only fair to wake me up and let me know. Despite the fact that I take medication to help me sleep through my pain. Then once I’m well and truly awake I have to lie there listening to him snoring!

The next night wasn’t much better as eldest son was fed up with the snoring. He came into the room and woke me at least five times because either me or Graham were snoring. What was most annoying was that he wasn’t even trying to sleep, we were just getting on his nerves while he was up all night on his computer. He couldn’t wear his headphones because his ears were sore (he has eczema.)

Tired.

On Wednesday my daughter slept through her alarm and didn’t get up for work. She was lucky enough to get her day off changed, so we decided to go shopping. After an hour and half around Morrisons I was feeling pretty rough, so we paid and came home. Then I fell asleep for nearly three hours! Graham remembered to pick up the kids from school, even going back for Boo who had an after school club. But he forgot the Little Man’s Parent evening, and of course, I was asleep so not much use.

The good news was that by Wednesday night I managed a whole 6 1/2 hours undisturbed sleep, that’s even after sleeping 3 hours during the day. I think I may have caught up, for now.

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

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Previous Word of the Week posts

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 Worry 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

Worry

Monday was the day I missed my first hospital treatment and despite my worrying, it’s so far so good. I also received the letter of feedback from my consultant who has plans for the future if I don’t go back to the IVIG. I feel kind of strange because I wanted the IVIG so much at first, I felt it would be my miracle cure. And I’ve struggled with it not giving me the relief I had hoped for. The side effects have been horrendous and I’m pretty sure it was doing more damage than good. I guess time will tell if I’m better off without it. Although, I admit, I will miss the lovely staff on the ward.

Also, this week I got the results from my mammogram and all is well. I knew it would be, I had no suspicions and the test was just routine. But it’s weird how you go for a routine test and then worry constantly until the results come back. All the ‘what ifs’ have been going around my head this week.

On Monday we had friends around who were going through a rough patch and needed some outside opinions. We were happy to help but I swear, I felt like banging their heads together. How can two people not see that their problems are nothing to worry about. Of course, it’s easy for me to say, I’m the outsider. But, I’ve been there, done that, got the t-shirt and ‘Frankie says Relax.’ (Oh yes, that t-shirt!)

Don’t Worry, Be Happy

I know it’s easier said than done. I know that worry plays a huge part in so many lives, mine included. I don’t think anyone is ever free from worry, even if it’s not personal it’s, what will happen after Brexit, what damage are we doing to our planet and so on.

Worry can be a good thing because with out it we might not reach out for help. We may not make any changes. And it brings so much relief once our fears have subsided.

So, even though I feel ovewhelmed with so many things to worry about right now, I know that deep down, I will be happy again some day.

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

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