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Word of the Week 3 – Tough

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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 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.

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

Tough, a woman with boxing gloves.

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 1 -Forward

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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 Forward 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 – Forward

‘Forward’ was not going to be my choice of word this week. In Fact I’d already written a post with the word ‘Beginning’ as it is the beginning of a new year and a new decade. But after re-reading my post I felt it was more focused on looking back and decided to write something new, something looking forward instead.

Birmingham motto - Forward

Looking Forward

I live in the City of Birmingham in the UK. Our motto is Forward and it can be seen in many places around the city, from the Council House to the Stained Glass Window in the Birmingham Art Gallery and Museum.

Now we are not only entering a new year but a new decade (it’s not so special for someone as old as me! Even my older kids remember the Y2K virus fiasco!) But it’s a bit different as we approach leaving the UK and all the changes that will bring. It won’t happen suddenly, but I’m thinking the next decade is going to be very different.

My children will have all left school by the time the next decade arrives so there will be many changes at home too. In fact, Star will be entering her final year at school in September this year!

Things have to move forward, they never stay still. I can only imagine the changes my Nan saw during the eight and a half decades of her life. I’ve a fair bit of catching up to do.

Focusing on this year we have our holiday to look forward to. We are all booked up for a week in Dorset in August. I will make the most of it because before long, these child focused holidays will be a thing of the past…hey, does that mean I get to go on my grown up cruises then? 😉

So today I’m looking forward, but I have written two posts this week looking back on the last year and the last decade.

What are you looking forward to most this year?

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Word of the Week #50, Election

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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 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

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 – 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 #49, Catching up

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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 catching up 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 – Catching Up

photo of christmas presents with the words Catching up!

This week has passed in a whirlwind. After all the sickness last week there has been a lot of catching up to do. The kids ended up having a long weekend off school. Thankfully the girls were off on an inset day on Friday, but they couldn’t go back until Tuesday to ensure it had been a full 48 hours since the last time someone was sick. I don’t like keeping them off school, but this was one nasty bug and I certainly didn’t want to pass it on to anyone else. Apparently my son’s school is very short staffed at the moment.

So, since they’ve been back I’ve been catching up with wrapping presents for Christmas. I’m happy to say my shopping is 99% complete and a lot of it is wrapped. I’ve still not written a Christmas card though..thankfully I don’t have many to send. I’ve also been working hard promoting my Avon business as they’ve had some fantastic sales this past week.

I’ve been busy catching up on my Christmas Crochet and I’m half way through my Christmas cushion cover. I hope I can get it finished in time for when my Christmas decorations go up…hopefully, this weekend.

Also, the girls have new bunk beds so we’ve had operation clean up which has kept us all really busy. I can only work a little at a time and even with all of us on the job it’s been a huge task. I mean…how many cuddly toys can two girls own? Once we reduced the cuddlies and the baby toys (yes, Peppa pig and Ben and Holly toys as well as Barbie dolls) the room was looking much bigger. Then I tackled their clothes and bagged up everything that no longer fitted either of them. It’s going to be a busy few days getting the room ready and putting the beds together.

I’ve also started filling up my Christmas food shopping trolly and ordered my turkey for Christmas. Oh yes, I’m feeling organised. (Yes, I know I don’t have my tree up yet, don’t remind me.)

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Word of the Week #45 – Friends

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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 Friends 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

Friends – I’ll be There for you

I’ve used this photo before, it’s Boo and her friends transported from our settee to the one in Central Perk where so many episodes of the television program Friends was set.

Today it is Friendship Friday and I’ve chosen the word friends as my word of the week because, there wasnt really much else I could write about if I’m honest. The kids have been back at school and I’ve been back to my normal routine of sitting here within these four walls.

I have been keeping myself busy by taking part in NaNoWriMo for the first time and just in case you don’t now what that is, it’s National Novel Writing Month and the aim is to write 50,000 words by the end of November. I’m not expecting to have anything worth publishing at the end but it’s good to have something new to focus on. One of the main themes of my novel in progress is friendship.

If you’d like to know more about Friendship Friday then please see the post I published yesterday.

Now its over to you, what word or phrase sums up your week this week?

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