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Word of the Week #40 – Smile

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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 smile 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.

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Smile

Smile, a woman smiling showing only her mouth and nose

I’m doing Blogtober again this year, it’s a great way of connecting with new bloggers. But it also means lots more blog posts than usual. However, there are no real rules, so you can post as much or as little as you like. You can stick to the prompts or write your own stuff.

Today’s Prompt – Smile

Today’s prompt is smile and as I was looking for a word of the week I thought I’d go along with this. So, what makes me smile?

I’ve had a difficult couple of weeks health wise so it’s always nice to settle down in the evening with a good book. I’ve been taking a different path to my usual reading material and this week I’ve thoroughly enjoyed reading ‘I Capture the Castle’ by Dodie Smith. Thanks for the reccomendation Enda.

I was also made to smile when I woke up the other morning to find my Little Man sitting up in bed with a huge green balloon on his head.

My Sunday Photo – Silly Boy

I smiled when I got my appointment come through with my consultant next week. I hadn’t heard anything and believed I’d been forgotten about again. But no, I am summoned to see the great one, healer of all things rare. (I can dream can’t I?)

More Smiles

Other things that have made me smile; My girl’s excitement over their creative writing classes; the brown, yellow, red and orange colours of the leaves in the trees at the bottom of my garden; the good news that my old cat is not as poorly as we thought she was and all she needed was a quick injection (and £115) and she’s well again; the new game my kids have been playing on the Switch (Unamed Goose Game) it’s so stupid it’s hilarious; Ash (my other cat) coming over after a disappearing act which was quite out of character; New episodes of Impractical Jokers, I don’t know why but these stupid guys make me laugh so much…and I’m going to see them live next week!

So lots for me to smile about! What’s made you smile this week?

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Word of the Week #39 – Glasses

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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 glasses 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

Glasses

photograph of a pair of glasses on a laptop

Last week I had an eye test and not to my surprise, my eyesight has deteriorated. I was given the choice of 3 pairs of glasses that I would need for normal use, laptop use and reading, or one pair of varifocals.

I chose the varifocals, despite hearing that they are difficult to get used to.

So, for the first time in my life I’m wearing glasses all the time. In one way it’s a relief as I don’t have to get my glasses out everytime someone hands me something to read, or if we are in a restaurant. I had a reading glasses in the living room, in my handbag, in the kitchen and in the bedroom. Now I can just wear one pair all the time. I just need to get used to them.

Not Just Me!

My Little Man also has new glasses. He had a test the same time as me and he has to have new glasses too. He’s used to wearing his all the time though. I bought him two new pairs and he managed to break one in the first few days! I’m hoping we can get them fixed.

When I was growing up I was the only member of my family who didn’t have to wear glasses. My Mum only had reading glasses but my three brothers and my Dad had to wear theirs all the time. My Mum always said it was because I had brown eyes. It’s true that brown eyes are less prone to suffer from certain eye diseases, and are more likely to see better in glare situations, like night driving. I managed to get pretty far in life with 20/20 vision so my sight is down to pure degeneration (and possibly my condition, but that’s not proven.)

Out of my two older kids, the blue eyed one wears glasses whereas the brown eyed one is recently starting to need reading glasses. Out of my three younger ones I have two with blue eyes and one with brown. The Little Man has blue eyes, but he is most like his Dad who also had to wear glasses when he was young.

Anyway, as you can see it’s been an exciting week for me and all I have to talk about is eye colour and glasses! I hope your week has been more exciting, do let me know by joining up your weekly round ups.

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Word of the Week #38 – Play

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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 play 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

Play

Photograph of a violin against a wooden background and the word 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 #36 – Empty

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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 empty 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.

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Empty

Empty. Empty room beyond two white doors.

This week my kids have gone back to school which has left the house feeling rather empty. The Little Man went back on Wednesday, he didn’t mind that his sister’s didn’t have to go to school so he must have been happy to go back. Not that you’d know it.

The girl’s went back to school on Thursday. They were both nervous but Star was also excited. She told me that the SEND rooms had been moved to the first floor and she was worried about remembering where to go. As she spends probably 90% of her time at school in the SEND rooms I guess that was a worry, but she’d not mentioned it at all until the last minute, so I’d not had much chance to offer re-assurance.

So in reality it’s just been two days of an empty house before we are full again the weekend, but next week it’s a whole week. I do miss having my kids around…but I won’t miss having to think about what to make them for lunch every day.

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Word of the Week #35 Memories

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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 memories 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.

Memories, a box full of old photographs,

Memories

This week I decided it was time to sort out our bedroom. We broke our wardrobe when moving house six years ago and only use one side of it. The other side is full of boxes and stuff that has barely been moved since we put it there.

So, I ordered a new wardrobe and side table. My first job was to empty my side table. It was rammed with stuff! The top drawer was full of drugs, but don’t worry; they were all prescribed. Some of them were past their use by date though.

As I moved down to the other drawers, I found photographs and notebooks going back ages. I loved the baby books that I’d kept for my three youngest. I also found a lot of crystals and a fair amount of small change.

The Wardrobe

The broken side of the wardrobe is guarded by my daughter’s dog Sasha. The dog is now over 20 years old but she’s still looking good. I remember buying her as a birthday present; she was pretty hard to wrap being the size of a regular sitting labrador. She’s easy to care for, she doesn’t eat, move or bark. My daughter gave her up when we moved and we found she made a good doorstop for the broken wardrobe door. I don’t know what we’ll do with her when the new wardrobe is up.

I moved Sasha out of the way and started to go through some stuff in the wardrobe. Wow! I had drawings and hand prints from all of my five children from when they were little. Such precious memories. I whittled two huge boxes of paper down to one though. I find it difficult to part with things, but I reckon one huge box of memories is enough. Then there were the baby clothes. I don’t know why I kept them? Some were woollen jumpers that my Mum had knitted, so I get that, and the Christening robes. Everything else had to go. Including about 20 different princess dresses. Oh, my aching heart.

Then there were the photographs. Oh so many photographs, going back over 40 years. Oh my, I was such a pretty teenager, why didn’t I see it then? Maybe I’ll scan some later.

Sad Memories

It’s also been a sad time for memories as I lost a dear friend to the dreaded cancer this week. 15 years ago I was searching the internet for someone to talk to about my miscarriage (my one and only.) I came across a forum (Facebook wasn’t a thing then and forums where a good way of making connections.) I came across a group of women who were all of a similar age as me and were all trying to have babies, or had lost babies. We became friends and over the years we laughed and cried together as we all went on our parenting journey. I still know many of these women now (Although we have moved on to Facebook.) I know so many women with children the same age as my girls (not so much my boy as we were all a little bit ‘past it’ by then…well apart from 3 of us!

Maggie was a lovely member of our group and we all will sadly miss her. She is the second member now taken from us by cancer.

Another of our group also lost her partner suddenly last week. So, it’s been a very sad time indeed.

So my memories this week have been cute, heart-warming and very sad. A true mixed bag of emotions.

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

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