Can't believe how fast this week has gone. One down and another to go before Peter gets home. I've got so much done, but I've also had plenty of rest. I've ended the week with a stinking cold. Headache and migraine still lingering (I'm wondering if it's the anti depressants, will contact GP next week) Patience with life and everyone in it running very thin indeed.
Last week, we moved the desk from the lounge to the dining room which meant every other room in the house had to be rearranged to accommodate movement of furniture. It's taken a couple of hours every day after work to switch wardrobes around, clear out both the spare rooms so there is proper space for the kids when they come to visit. Tidied the attic and rearranged my craft room and there is a pile of things for charity, stuff for rehoming (including the old compost bin and some material for work) and stuff for the tip which I'll deal with next week.
A strange start emotionally to my day and quiet but productive in work. Home via town, coffee and birthday gift shopping. Dinner then a rearrange started in my craft room after shifting furniture from downstairs. Bed by 10pm. Cat doing its usual in/out all evening.
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Things to make you smile:
Took granddaughter out for the day, we got 200 yards from the house and she said 'I miss my mummy and daddy' I said I missed her daddy too. I then asked her, if her daddy missed me as his mummy' and she said 'no he doesn't, he's a grown up now' She then thought for a moment and said ' I wonder how my mummy and daddy will manage without me while I'm out with you'
She is such a superstar. I asked if she knew that not only am I her daddy's mummy, but I am also Uncle Jamies and Uncle Daniels mummy. She found this really funny as she hadn't considered this, she knew they were her daddy's brothers and I was daddy's mummy. She then added 'and you're aunty Stephanies mummy as well'
Getting a double mattress down the stairs into the van, asked my friend from work to come and help me, Everything going to the tip and charity shops next week.
Things that made me happy this week:
Video calls with our grandson in Northern Ireland and a visit with Granddaughter and new grandson. Camping, deer on the camp site, visiting old (my former home) and new places.
On the blog this week:
Cameron's ashes are in Kiara's flat - we got them and then didnt know what do with them. We are all a little scared of them still.
ReplyDeleteWe wanted to leave her ashes with the crematorium where they’d be interred with no further service/memorial without us present as we didn’t want to keep saying goodbyes. But her biological wanted them scattered so we said yes then she ran off with them.
DeleteThat's rubbish about the cold, I hope you are over it soon. You have been busy.
ReplyDeleteOh wow! Snow! We've had sleet and hailstones over the past week but no snow.
So sorry about Stephanie's ashes. It must be so upsetting not knowing where they are. Sending love and hugs.
The snow did take me by surprise
DeleteYou have been very productive this week, it is the perfect time for a spring clean.
ReplyDeleteWe didn't get any snow but we did have some freezing cold days, that view looks lovely.
It makes total sense to want somewhere to go for Stephanie.
It sounds like you had a couple of lovely days in the Forest of Dean, I love that photo of the trees.
I'm glad there have been moments to make you smile this week.
It was lovely at Puzzlewood, I've lived around this area for 40+ years and had never been.
DeleteWe didn't see any snow, but then we are really close to the coast. Sounds like you have been very busy. Puzzlewood looks amazing, I do like a good woodland walk
ReplyDeleteI did enjoy Puzzlewood, but wasn't as big as I'd thought. My dream is to live near the coast one day.
DeleteWe had a little snow as well, only for about 5 minutes. Hadn't expected it around ours but seemed quite localised as there was nothing falling as drove into work. Puzzlewood always looks so interesting, great for kids to explore I imagine
ReplyDeleteSadly kids aren't allowed free range in the wood, you have to stick to the paths and keep your children with you at all times
DeleteHope you have recovered from the cold. Sounds like you had a very busy week, rearranging furniture (something we need to). Sorry about the ashes, I saw your comment in reply to Laura, that is so sad.
ReplyDeleteI think I have read that Jenny Colgan's book long time ago. I seem to remember enjoying her series set in Mure, The cafe by the sea, etc. She seems to be a very nice person, I follow her on social media, and she is just lovely.
The Puzzlewood looks like a setting for a fantasy saga.
Still have a few sniffles, but the migraine became the biggest problem. I picked the book up from work. It was a quick read, which I liked. Puzzlewood was much smaller than I thought it would be
DeleteSounds like a very busy week with rearranging and tidying things. I hope your migraine goes soon. That makes perfect sense with needing to know where you could go if you needed to. The van trip away to the Forest of Dean sounds like it was a nice one especially having time with your granddaughter and cuddles with your grandson. The conversation with your granddaughter about missing her mummy and daddy and then then talking about her uncles and aunty Stephanie is lovely.
ReplyDeleteMy granddaughter comes out with such random stuff, which I'm sure all grandchildren do, I don't recall my kids saying stuff like that to me though, maybe they did to my parents.
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