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My Word of the Week #33 2019 – Holiday

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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 holiday 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.

Holiday

a big sun in a blue sky
Holiday

I’m away this week, hopefully enjoying some sunshine in Cornwall. I’ll write up all about it when I get home, but in the meantime, do link up your posts and I’ll read and share them when I can.

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Word of the Week #30 2019

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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 Sleep 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.

Sleep

white bedding with the word sleep

I’m probably not on my own when I say it’s been too hot to sleep lately. But I think I can go a little further than that.

First up, on Sunday night I managed to get an upset stomach. All night long! It meant I barely got any sleep at all. I was due in the hospital for my treatment on Monday but I had to postpone until Thursday. I can’t risk passing bugs on to other sick patients.

Monday night was a little better healthwise, but the kids rooms are East facing so they get the early morning sun an it’s waking them up at silly o’clock every day. Also, I did get woken up a couple of times during the night with complaints of being too hot. I can’t put a fan in the girl’s room so I’m thinking of getting them cooling pads for their beds.

Tuesday was the night of Storms. Now, because I’d been having such poor sleep I took a little extra medication to knock me out. I love a good storm so I wasn’t worried about being woken up by them. I didn’t account for it being so bad it woke the kids up, well, two of them anyway. So I had both Boo and the Little Man in bed with me because they were scared and I was barely concious. I saw a couple of flashes and heard a rumble or two, but that was it. Thankfully, the kids were quite happy just to be next to me and didn’t need any more. As soon as the storm was over they went back to their own beds. I don’t even remember.

Where was their Dad you may be thinking? (or not.) Well, he was part of the time outside with the neighbours enjoying the view, or stuck inside his shed making cool lightening videos.

lightening at night
Photo by Duncan Maloney on Unsplash

Early Mornings

Wednesday night was better, well, it began better. I remember waking up at 5am and feeling excited that I’d managed to sleep through until then, I’d not been woken by storms, kids, pain or even toilet needs! So, I curled up and tried to go back to sleep. This involved having to shove the husband on to his other side so his snoring was not right in my ear.

Then I was trying to block out the sound of the bird song, or my trick of trying to make it sound like a gentle melody to soothe me back to sleep. It didn’t work.

Then at 5.30am Star came into the room ranting that her room was way too hot to sleep any longer. I told her just try for 1/2 hour more. Then at 5.45am The Little Man came into bed with me. I did actually manage to go back to sleep…until 6.15am when Boo came in and told me that she and Star were getting up without me. At 6.30am the Little Man got up and I decided to give up and get up with them. So yes, I did manage 5 1/2 hours un-interrupted sleep which was good. But, I’m longing for those long dark winter nights and mornings already.

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My previous word of the week was Change

Word of the Week #29 2019

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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.

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.

Change

change, in lights on a dark plank background
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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

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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.

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.

Go Go Go

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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Word of the Week #25 2019

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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.

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.

the word FAST

This week has passed by so fast that I even forgot it was Friday. So apologies if you arrived here too early for my #WOTW to published. You may have noticed my earlier, quickly scribbled post as I tried to catch up before the school run.

Last weekend was my brother’s birthday which went really well with a lovely family meal in the pub. Unfortunately, the rest of the weekend was a wash out (in more ways that one with all that rain.) It’s strange but when you are a teenager and you go out on a Saturday night and get drunk, then it seems quite reasonable to spend Sunday in bed recovering. Sadly, I’m not a teenager, I didn’t get drunk (the meal was in the afternoon.) And I didn’t want to spend the rest of the weekend recovering.

On Monday we went to look at new cars. We’d hoped to get a 7 seater, but the one we wanted (or could afford) was the Ford CMax and they are being discontinued. The only other two we could afford were either like a huge van or hybrid. Graham wasn’t so keen on having a hybrid and he’s the main driver, and we didn’t want a huge van type car which would guzzle the petrol. We only need the extra seats a few times a year so it just didn’t seem an economical choice. So we ended up sticking with 5 seats and have ordered a Ford Kuga, which we should receive in September. The last three years since we had the Skoda have gone so fast.

We also had two different lots of shopping delivered on Monday. I couldn’t get everything I needed from one shop, so I had to split between two supermarkets. It was a pain, but I didn’t want to have to go to the shops so it seemed faster to make two separate online orders.

On Tuesday it was Boo’s school Band Musicianship performance. I love that the school takes the Band Musicianship so seriously and it’s amazing to see the children perform. This years ‘gig’ was a lot faster than last years though. I’m sure we were there well past the end of school, but this year it was all over with half hour to spare.

We also had a new mattress delivered. It’s better than the last mattress which was over eight years old so needed replacing. But, I was kind of hoping for a miracle where I’d wake up in the morning in less pain. Sadly that hasn’t happened and I’m not getting out of bed any faster.

Wednesday, Graham managed to do some more decorating in the living room. It’s coming along, but certainly not as fast as I would like it to be. We also had some new bars fitted in the bathroom to make life easier for me.

Thursday went past so fast. Graham did a lot more work in the living room. We’ll get it done one day I’m sure. I did some pottering around, probably too much, and I wore myself out. I ended up having an early night and it was 2 am when I woke and remembered I’d not written this post! I tried to get it up as fast as possible this morning.

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