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Word of the Week 39 – Relief

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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 ‘relief’ 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 toMix 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 – Relief

relief, a picture of a rainbow in a blue sky and the word relief in white letters

On Saturday I got the news I’d been waiting for, My MRI was clear. Walter has left my brain and everything is going to be ok. It took a while but it was such a relief and great news.

Another relief is getting back into the school routine. Well, apart from Star. She has done one day so far. She went in for a meeting on Monday and they agreed to a gradual return to school, just a couple of hours a day and some work sent home. She agreed but then got sick again. In fact she has been really poorly and we had to call the GP yesterday. She now has medication and has had samples sent off for testing. I’m hoping the medication starts giving her some relief soon. Maybe we can get her back to school next week.

There is not many things to feel relieved about in this world at the moment so I’ll take all the little wins I can.

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

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Word of the Week 33 – Exciting

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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 ‘Exciting’ 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 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

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 – Exciting

This week has been rather exciting! I chose this image because it’s colourful, and it includes umbrellas, which may well be included in my exciting week.

image shows a ceiling made of colourful umbrellas with the word Exciting across the middle

We started the week off with The Little Man’s birthday, he has turned 10, so now I have no children in single figures anymore. No babies. He had a fantastic day playing with all his new toys and his excitement was caught by everyone.

On Monday, The Little Man wanted a friend around to play and I had a friend who wanted to visit too. Now, to be safe we decided to stay in the garden. The Little Man was super excited all day, and I was excited to see my friend who I last saw in February when we went to the ballet together.

Of course it was too hot so we ended up in the house for the last hour of the visit.

The Farm

On Tuesday we were really excited to have our visit to the farm. We had a session booked so that we would be the only ones there for a couple of hours. It was really exciting to be able to go out and know that we were going to be completely safe and not have to worry about social distancing.

I was worried the weather wouldn’t hold, but it was another lovely hot day. We had a picnic and fed the animals. The kids played in the play area which was really lovely, and we had a walk around the allotment. But it was too hot and in the end we were glad to get back to the air conditioning of the car.

In the evening we had thunder and lightening. I get excited about storms and I thought this would help clear the air and make it a cooler night. But the rain lasted all of two minutes and it was even hotter and stuffier afterwards.

The Real Deal

As we got hotter and hotter throughout the week, we decided to get the pool out on Wednesday. Everyone had a turn at cooling off in the pool. The girls didn’t get in but they did dip their toes in while sitting on the garden chairs. The kids had lots of fun and it was another exciting day.

The biggest excitement came in the evening though. We had a massive storm, thunder, lightning and lots of rain, cold refreshing rain. So much rain we even had some make its way through our patio doors, but there was no way were were going to close them. It still felt really hot though, another hot and sticky night.

Thankfully Thursday was much cooler, I don’t think I’ve ever been so pleased to see the sun have a break. I hope it’s not for good, it would be nice to have a few more hot days before the kids go back to school in September.

I’m not sure if I feel excited about the return to school. One day at a time.

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

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Word of the Week 28 – Sullen

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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 ‘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 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 – 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

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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 ‘stormy’ 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 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!

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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

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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 phrase this week is Spring 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 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 – 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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