tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002460973262410682024-03-19T04:48:02.741+04:00Life with ChickenrubyDiary of a 49 year old, married woman, living in a different country to her husband, with 5 adult kids and 2 grandchildren. Writing about anything and everything that takes her fancy.
Focusing on daily life, a well travelled cat and dog, a passion for gardening, arts and crafts, house renovations, expat life, travel, days out, occasional cookery posts, construction photography and anything that annoys me that I need to rant about.
chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.comBlogger2505125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-84669779913691104782024-03-18T10:00:00.002+04:002024-03-18T10:00:00.136+04:00Do you have an Easter Tree?Are Easter trees a thing?I've seen lots of sticks and twigs decorated with Easter eggs.But I decided to bring down the small Christmas tree out of the attic and hang the Easter decorations on it instead of buying something new or spray painting branches and making something myself.My husband thinks I'm mad. I probably am.We'll be spending Easter in Northern Ireland. There are eggs for the adults chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-1716246369595358382024-03-18T01:36:00.000+04:002024-03-18T01:36:13.754+04:002024 Week 11 One Daily Positive, Project 365 and A Selfie a DayMarch71 Monday I'm so tired all the time, hopefully B12 jab will take effect quickly on Wednesday. Left work mid morning with a migraine that just isn't shifting. Spent the rest of the day until 6pm in bed, mostly asleep.72 Tuesday Off work. Most of the day spent in bed sleeping, I couldn't focus on reading. I cooked myself some lunch and struggled to eat it as I was so tired. Max chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-26638051348370255852024-03-15T10:00:00.023+04:002024-03-15T10:00:00.149+04:0015th - 17th March 2024 Post Comment LoveWelcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.I've not been very well this week. Had my B12 injection on Wednesday so should start perking up soon. I've been watching far too much TV in chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-75658736047439159962024-03-11T10:00:00.028+04:002024-03-12T23:05:32.197+04:00Does owning things make you happy?I've been making a conscious effort over the past couple of years to not buy things unless they're absolutely necessary. I've made a concentrated effort with clothes and during 2023 I only bought clothes that were necessary and have continued this in 2024. Before I buy from the shops I scour the charity shops first and I take my time to buy exactly what I want. I used to donate clothes to the chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-40035000852131219032024-03-10T23:36:00.003+04:002024-03-10T23:36:45.702+04:002024 Week 10 One Daily Positive, Project 365 and A Selfie a DayMarch64 Monday A good day in work. I met Peter down the retail park for a coffee, dropped him home then went to the local community centre where I'm going to be volunteering with a youth group. Home to blog and watch Big Brother.65 Tuesday Really tired this week, had dinner, watched TV, bath and early night.66 Wednesday Spent the evening with work colleagues at a pottery chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-50811854505880642712024-03-08T10:00:00.024+04:002024-03-08T10:00:00.131+04:008th - 10th March 2024 Post Comment LoveWelcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.We started watching One Day on Netflix. I got 5 minutes into it and realised I'd seen the movie with Anne Hathaway in 2011 and already knew chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-40727452501425425792024-03-05T10:00:00.017+04:002024-03-05T10:00:00.236+04:00February 2024 - Days out in the camper vanWe haven't travelled as far in February but we've had a lot of days out in the van. Despite the wet weather, we managed to pop the roof for the day and make full use of the Bobster at the beach in South Wales.The migraine has been lingering, I'm stressed out with work, whilst I love my colleagues and ALL my students, I've had enough of the politics and my student sits their A levels this summer chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-65450505970079339182024-03-04T01:55:00.000+04:002024-03-04T01:55:42.553+04:002024 Week 9. One Daily Positive, Project 365 and A Selfie a DayFebruary57 Monday Had a rubbish day in work, came home very upset and wondering why I'm bothering, especially when I don't need to work, other than the fact I love working with the students and the staff team are great, which they proved with the endless what's app messages and calls all evening to check I was OK. Rest of the evening spent watching TV.58 Tuesday Better day in work, chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-16941606791200526452024-03-01T10:00:00.023+04:002024-03-02T00:17:04.768+04:001st - 3rd March 2024 Post Comment LoveWelcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.Happy Saint David's Day. I've worn my Welsh T-shirt and taken my inflatable daffodil into work with me. I broke a tooth earlier this chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-87777490598039422732024-02-27T10:00:00.001+04:002024-02-27T10:00:00.142+04:00The garden is getting itself ready for Spring.There are quite a few jobs that need doing in the garden. Starting with the removal of this shed. It's been two and a half years since we got the new shed, 2 years since the new kitchen and 1 year since the extension was built and 9 months since I emptied the shed so it could be taken down. Hopefully with a week of dry weather, it's something that can be done sooner rather than later. I need to chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-16467467561087652442024-02-25T23:47:00.002+04:002024-02-25T23:47:31.518+04:002024 Week 8. One Daily Positive, Project 365, A Selfie a DayFebruary50 Monday A stressful day in work, head pounding and just not feeling it. Mock exam for student went well though. Home an hour early, collected mum and went for coffee before her eye appointment. Dinner, TV and early night.51 Tuesday Into work for an hour, then home to collect mum and take her home. On my way back I called in to see grandchild then caught up with an old friendchickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-7685408867065083492024-02-23T10:00:00.017+04:002024-02-23T10:00:00.127+04:0023rd - 25th February 2024 Post Comment LoveWelcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.We've been booking a couple of trips in the Bobster (camper van) at the moment we are using Travelodge's at around £30 a night, it's too chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-31814280228428724322024-02-22T23:18:00.004+04:002024-02-22T23:18:56.575+04:00January 2024 - Days out in the camper van.We made the most of January despite the weather and saw in 2024 with a colleague of mine and his friends, then decided to head off to Glastonbury for a couple of nights.There's been lots of walking in January.Exploring Cheddar GorgeAnd plenty of picnics in the Bobster while we've dried off.A visit to Wells Cathedral.Before heading home.We didn't get the opportunity to pop the roof on the Bobster chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-77975116604496922792024-02-19T01:32:00.000+04:002024-02-19T01:32:06.081+04:002024 Week 7 One Daily Positive Project 365 A Selfie a dayFebruary43 Monday We spent the day on the beach. popped the roof on the Bobster after a 2 hour walk along the cliffs and had tea and made lunch, read and chilled out. Peter had a best interest meeting over the phone with child 1's care home and the GP surgery to arrange a procedure and I explored the rock pools. In the afternoon we visited McArthur Glen, had dinner then back to the hotel in Barrychickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-13131346171320459452024-02-16T10:00:00.019+04:002024-02-16T10:00:00.144+04:0016th - 18th February 2024 Post Comment LoveWelcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.I'm aware I owe quite a few comments and I'll be catching up with this later on today and over the weekend. We were away in South Wales for chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-35840834779806108482024-02-16T01:32:00.004+04:002024-03-10T23:50:39.250+04:00A selfie a day for a yearI love setting myself a challenge. Especially when it comes to blogging. I started Project 365 in January 2015, so this is my 10th year of a photo a day, combined with a One daily Positive. I've joined in with Fat Mum Slim and BritMums photo challenges and for 2024 I've decided to take a selfie of Peter and I together. We're on day 46 (15th February) and so far it's going well. Most of our chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-91780095570136344332024-02-11T23:04:00.000+04:002024-02-11T23:04:22.230+04:002024 Week 6 One Daily Positive Project365 A Selfie a dayFebruary36 Monday My student had their RPE A level mock exam today, 3 hours plus breaks. By the time we'd printed papers, submitted them and taken her to meet mum, I'd missed break and lunch, so after settling another student into their first history lesson for almost a year, I left 40 mins early and walked home via the post office to post grandson and great niece's valentines gifts. I'm onchickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-88213710028587633302024-02-09T10:00:00.014+04:002024-02-09T23:10:29.452+04:009th - 11th February 2024 Post Comment LoveWelcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.I've been rather stressed since November due to health problems, in fact I've been rather stressed for a good few years, so I've been chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-70215589827388787162024-02-05T10:00:00.038+04:002024-02-05T10:00:00.154+04:00What I do to relax.We go out in the van on the weekends.I love going for long walks on my own, just ambling, to and from work, different routes.Getting my nails done, a gossip and a coffee.Popping bubbles on my phone.Reading.Long bubble baths.Lounging around in my pyjamas.Making things.Writing letters and short stories for the grandchildren.Watching Quiz shows on TV.What do you do to relax? chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-30474422533792487692024-02-05T02:55:00.004+04:002024-02-05T11:34:51.515+04:002024 Week 5 One Daily Positive Project 365 A Selfie a DayJanuary29 Monday Back to work and so not feeling it today. I met Peter at the retail park, he walked there to meet me, we had coffee and home for tea. I spent 3 hours revising King Lear for A Level mocks on Wednesday to support my student with her revision tomorrow in school.30 Tuesday Picked up a colleague on the way to work, then I was supposed to go to back to another colleagues chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-88903049258701277162024-02-02T10:00:00.032+04:002024-02-02T10:00:00.123+04:002nd - 4th February 2024 Post Comment LoveWelcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.I've got off to a good start this year with reading. I'm determined I'll manage to read a book a week. I've decided this year to put down a chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-87205542677532225892024-01-30T01:05:00.004+04:002024-03-11T00:14:25.340+04:002024 Reading Challenge - A book a week.I set myself a challenge in 2023 to read a book a week and passed my target, by reading 57 books. I decided to carry on with this challenge in 2024. I was off to a slow start not starting until the 2nd week, but I'm into the swing of it now and I've completed 4 books.I will read more during the holidays and I know there will be times when I read a book a day. It helps working in a school chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-84133591117986370592024-01-28T23:44:00.001+04:002024-01-28T23:44:42.282+04:002024 Week 4 One Daily Positive and Project 365January 22 Monday Peter drove me into work and I walked into town afterwards to meet him for a coffee. Afternoon spent taking up the hem of the lounge curtains and fixing a pair of trousers that had been falling down all day. Evening spent on video calls with child 2 and his wife, mum and MIL, blogging and reading.23 Tuesday Took the car to work today, took some TOIL and left chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-75669665632887975202024-01-26T10:00:00.011+04:002024-01-26T10:00:00.234+04:0026th - 28th January 2024 Post Comment Love Welcome back to #PoCoLo with Stephanie from Bosworth.Life and I.Welcome back to Post Comment Love #PoCoLo is a friendly weekly linky where you can link up any blog post you've written this week. If you're new or a regular visitor we're sure you'll find something of interest.I've had a week of medical appointments and I've been extremely stressed out by it all. Just waiting now for results, which chickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-900246097326241068.post-50743978366138311242024-01-22T10:00:00.010+04:002024-01-22T10:00:00.149+04:00My childhood teddy - Snowy.June from FancyingFrance linked up to #pocolo a link I co host with Stephanie from BosworthLife with Describe an item you were incredibly attached to as a youth. What became of it?Meet Snowy.I was given Snowy by my Aunt in America in 1972 for my 1st birthday. I can't remember a time that Snowy wasn't part of my life.Snowy currently lives in our grandchildren's bedroom.Snowy has lived with mechickenrubyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05731936852696584642noreply@blogger.com10