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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 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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Work of the Week 15 – Spring

April 10, 2020 by Anne Sweet 6 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 Spring and you can read more about that below.

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MY WORD OF THE WEEK – Spring

It’s been such an unusual week. Every day blurring into the next. Bad news on the television, so that get’s turned off. Arguments in the house because we are all under each other’s feet and there feels like no escape. With everything going on it’s so hard to focus on anything. I see people on television encouraging people to exercise and do something creative and I can’t even sum up the energy to read a book.

But look outside and you can see blue skies and hear the birds singing. The flowers are appearing and the leaves on the trees are coming back along with the the blossom. Spring has arrived and it doesn’t care about COVID19.

I feel lucky that my kids don’t get cabin fever. They are quite happy to stay at home. Now that the school work has stopped arriving they have calmed down a lot. I don’t need to keep on at the kids to get on with their work. It will soon be time to get started again though. I will be more prepared.

For now, I’m taking a step back and enjoying the world coming alive. I spend a couple of minutes at my back door listening to the birds, before the rest of the neighbours start being noisy and I love it. I have some potted plants that I’m hoping will start flowering soon. Although I admit, my garden is pretty rubbish for flowers. My husband gave the shed a good clear out which is great (Apart from the bags of rubbish around the side that can’t be taken to the tip.)

The kids are a pain to get outside but now that they are not going to school I think it’s vital that they spend a little time outside in the Spring sunshine and I’m doing all I can to encourage them. Heck, I might even let them take their tablets out.

We are not taking exercise out of the house. It’s too risky. I do not want any of us to get this virus. Graham still goes out for essentials, but he only takes the car if really necessary. We are getting a delivery slot for our shop from Sainsburys every week for which I am truly grateful.

In a way, I wish it was still winter and we could sit in the house under blankets and hide away from the world. But Spring has arrived and we can’t ignore that we need air, and sun. We are lucky to have our own garden.

I hope everyone else is coping well. Stay Safe. And have a lovely Easter, I hope the Easter bunny manages to find 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 8 – Fun

February 21, 2020 by Anne Sweet 6 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 fun 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 boarddevoted to Word of the Week and I will add posts to MixPlease 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 – Fun

Fun - a group of children in the woods having fun playing with a ball and the Word Fun in the middle

I decided to go for something light and bright this week, Fun. Sometimes I think there is just not enough fun in our life but then I realise that it’s simply not true. So I’m going to focus on the fun of this week.

The weekend was super fun with a 16th birthday party on Friday night. You can see my kids having a dance in my Sunday Snapshot. Then on Saturday night I went to my favourite place, the Hippodrome, to see The Red Shoes.‘ I think if I had the chance and the money, I’d go to the Hippodrome every week. They have so many fantastic shows on and l love seeing things live. They also have pretty good disability places and always feel comfortable. I’m off to see ‘Don Quixote’ next, and then the musical ‘Six.’ I tried to book to see ‘We Will Rock You,’ but it sold out way too quick. I’d love to see ‘The Marriage of Figaro’ and ‘Carmen’ too, but I don’t know many opera lovers. I guess I could go alone.

Then it was a much welcomed half term. I hate getting up on cold mornings and rushing (ha) around to get the kids ready for school.

The girls had a fun day out at the cinema on Saturday seeing the new Sonic the Hedgehog movie. Then the older kids got out out their retro games and consoles and they all had lots of fun playing old games.

We had a couple of quiet days to rest up but on Wednesday it was Graham’s Birthday. This time we didn’t go out for a meal but chose a take out instead. Hopefully, while you are reading this we’ll be treating him to a fun day out at his favourite place, Cosford Museum. We haven’t been for a few years and I think the Little Man is going to love it more now that he’s older. I may even have a new post to share with Country Kids soon 🙂

Boo made her Dad a birthday cake which was fun too.

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

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Word of the Week 7 – Pain and Illness

February 14, 2020 by Anne Sweet 6 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 pain and illness 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 boarddevoted to Word of the Week and I will add posts to MixPlease 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 –Pain and Illness

Just so you know, its okay to use a phrase rather than a single word if you wish, This week I’m using Pain and Illness. I could have used one or the other, but they apply to different people.

This week most of my family have been suffering from some kind of illness. We’ve put it down as colds but the truth is they have felt less snotty and sneezy and more achy and really tired. Every child has had at least one day off school. Thankfully not all at the same time, when we get an illness it usually affects everyone in a round. It may be nice to get it all over and done with in one go, but sometimes I think how I’d cope if they were all ill at the same time. They are all back at school and although The Little Man seems pretty fine, the girls are still suffering a little. Boo has a sore throat and Star is feeling achy. Star suffers from joint problems and on Wednesday evening she subluxed her ankle walking down the stairs. She was in a lot of pain, but it did ease off eventually.

As for pain, well, that’s where I’m an expert. I’ve managed to get up to the maximum dose of my medication now and it feels like, rather than getting better, my pain has changed. My legs have never hurt so much and neither has my back. But the spasms have eased off a little. I just can’t win. Do I want to feel paralysed and helpless or do I want to be able to move but with accompanying pain. There doesn’t seem to be a middle point, or any real relief.

The only good thing is that a lot of the self help methods I have tried all seem to focus on pain, not paralysis, so maybe if I keep at it I can get the pain under control without having to deal with the paralysis. Fingers crossed.

I have been suffering with such awful tiredness though. Each night I go to bed and go to sleep quite quickly. I may have things on my mind that want to keep me awake, but the medication I take is having none of that nonsense. Then I wake around 4-5 am every morning. I often go to the bathroom, not because I’m desperate to, but because my body is willing me to move it, to work off the stiffness and pain. I wake myself up a lot of times during the night by snoring, but it feels more like an inability to breathe that causing the noise. I may have to talk to my GP about it. The during the day, all I want to do is fall asleep, and I often do.

It’s not all bad though. The girls have now broken up for half term, and The Little Man finishes today. Tonight we have a party to go to, and tomorrow I’m incredibly excited to be taking my friend to see Mathew Bourne’s ‘The Red Shoes.’

What word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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