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Word of the Week 3 – Tough

January 17, 2020 by Anne Sweet 9 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 tough 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.

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK

Let me take you back in time. Back to the 80s and Billy Ocean’s, When the Going Gets Tough. I remember it from the film ‘The Jewel in the Nile’ but I also remember it as a song on one of my exercise videos a few years later

Back then I would take the (older kids) to bed, come back downstairs, slip into some leggings and t-shirt and pop on an exercise video. A lot of songs that if I hear now I always think back to these exercise, including When the Going Gets Tough, Dancing in the Street and So Macho. But my favourite exercise video of the 90s was Cher’s ‘Hot Dance.’ Boy was it a tough workout! I was so excited to find the entire video on You Tube..

I even remember all the moves 🙂 Way back then I had a figure that would match Cher’s. (Cher is 20 years older than me, so back then I considered her an ‘old lady’ I was so impressed!)

Anyway, I’ve used all this as an excuse to write the truth. This week has been tough for many reasons. I don’t want to go into it all now, but I guess my reminiscing has reminded me that when the going get’s tough the tough get going. So, I’m digging out my ‘virtual’ boxing gloves and fighting all the way.

Now it’s your turn, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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Word of the Week #50, Election

December 13, 2019 by Anne Sweet 13 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 Election 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

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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 – Election

If you missed the election this week then you must have been hiding in a cave (tempting) Or living in a far off country, but even then I bet it was on your news!

hand posting a card in a ballot box with the word election.

By the time this post is published the results will be known. I do believe this is the most important election we have ever had Or at least one of the most important.

All over Social Media there has been Election Propaganda, truths, lies, memes, (some really awful memes.) People have argued, pushed their opinions, argued some more and maybe even changed their minds on some occasions.

I’ve bitten my tongue so much it’s swollen!

I’ve also been involved in some discussions that have not turned out too badly. Yes, we may have had opposing views but it was interesting to discuss them without abuse or name calling, or completely dismantling each other’s beliefs.

So, the main thing this election has taught me is something I already knew. People are all different, in many ways. We look different, we feel differently and we all have different things affecting our lives. We surround ourselves mostly with people who are most like us, but even those are different.

So, whatever this election has brought, it will be good news for some and bad news for others. It can’t be any different. I just only hope that everyone took the opportunity to vote so that the results are the representation of the majority of the population.

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

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Last weeks Word of the Week was Catching Up!

Word of the Week #38 – Play

September 20, 2019 by Anne Sweet 11 Comments

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK

Play

Play is my word of the week this week for a couple of reasons. I have just discovered that The Little Man is learning to play the violin at school. I don’t know if its somethings he will continue with but I hope he does. My eldest daughter played violin for many years and I bought her a purple one for her 16th birthday. Boo is learning to play the guitar with her Dad. I do love that there is music in the family.

The Lovely Bones

My highlight of the week was going to see the play, The Lovely Bones, with my eldest daughter on Wednesday. I knew I’d read the book before and it had had a big impact on me. But although I knew it had been a long time since I read it I hadnt realised until later that it was actually 16 years ago. I’d read it when my eldest daughter was 14, the same age as the main character Suzie Salmon. I think that’s why it had impacted me so much at the time.

I really enjoyed the play, it’s a sad but thought provoking story and I loved the way it was re-imagined for the stage. You can read my review here.

Now it’s your turn to tell about your week.

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Word of the Week #29 2019

July 19, 2019 by Anne Sweet 5 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.

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK.

Change

Over the weekend we were still moving things around and getting the living room back together, it’s all done now. I wanted to change things around a bit more, but it didn’t work out too well, so it’s not really that different furniture wise, but it does look less cluttered. It’s also a lot lighter and brighter.

This week has been a bit mixed. I started a new venture last week, so instead of working on my blog I’ve been working on my Avon promotion. (gratuitus link to my Avon Shop.) To be fair it’s not that much of a change, but it’s a different direction.

We took the Little Man to see a pyschologist on Tuesday. He is my third child to have an autism diagnosis. Having been through so much already it’s not so much of a change doing it all again with the Little Man but it does mean my thoughts on the future are changed. I really thought the two youngest were going to be okay. I guess we all worry about the future of our children, but when they have issues like Autism it makes those worries a little different. My biggest worry is that I won’t be here to help him through his most difficult years.

Things have changed for autistic children though. I had some real school issues with my eldest son, but Star has done so much better. Some schools are a lot more understanding these days and that’s a change for the good.

Holidays

Today is the last day of school so it’s all change for the next few weeks. I have worked out a timetable with the kids so that they know already they are not going to be glued to their laptops, tablets and phones for hours on end. Usually at weekends the screen take over a lot, but I’m not going to let that happen during the school holiday.

We’ve also had a bit of a change in the weather, and my hopes are that it changes back again very soon. Although the rain was needed for the garden, I don’t want it spoiling our holiday.

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

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Word of the Week #27 2019

July 5, 2019 by Anne Sweet 7 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.

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK.

My Word of the week (or phrase) is Go Go Go.

It has definitely been a busy week since last week’s post. Sunday was my daughter’s birthday and we had a lovely meal out. Then Monday it was back to decorating the living room. This spilled over to Tuesday but it was worth it. I helped as much as I could, which wasn’t much, but I tried.

I did sew up the curtains so they don’t drag on the floor so much. I also helped with cleaning up when I could. So, now we have painted walls, ceiling and door, and the wallpaper and new curtains. Graham just needs to gloss over the skirting boards now. We’ve decided it will be easier to do when we take up the carpet.

On Wednesday we went to choose our carpet and it’s a lovely damson colour. I’ve requested it to be fitted to save Graham another job. So, it’s just a waiting game of 7 to 10 days. Then we will move the furniture around a bit and it will all be done, yay!

I’ve had a busy week on the blog too, so many posts written. Don’t miss my competition post, I’m giving away a fabulous paint by numbers (for grown ups) set.

I send a lot of e-mails each week and I’ve been researching the apps. that you can now add to Gmail. Some of them are really great for mass e-mail marketing.

So as you can see, my week has been go, go, go! But that’s not all. The reason I chose that phrase is because tonight (Thursday) I‘m going to see Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat at the Hippodrome. Go, go, go, Joseph!

Now it’s your turn, what have you been up to this past week?

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