Happy Friday! I hope you have all had a good week! I've had a week of it with life admin to do. It's something I don't enjoy but this week was extra tedious waiting around for emails to be sent to me and fighting with our printer. Anyway, on to the good stuff. As always, I’m linking up with Erika and Andrea to share the things that I have loved over the past week.
A lazy Sunday!
I stayed up way past my bedtime on Saturday night watching a live wrestling event. Usually the start times are 1am but it started early at midnight. I said I was only going to stay up and watch the first couple of matches. Half way through the 3rd, I dragged myself away from the TV and took myself to bed. On Sunday morning I had a lovely lie-in, I didn't get up until almost 11am. I stayed in my PJ's all day, only changing them for bed and watching the wrestling I didn't see the night before. I would like to start a petition to have a new month start on a Sunday every month. I know, I know it wouldn’t work, but just imagine! The 1st on a Sunday does make life so much easier. I got to sort all the bills without having to rush and it was a nice treat!
The new F1 season!
This is something I never thought I’d say a year ago: I’m actually excited about the new Formula 1 season! My youngest Ellie got me into it slowly over the last year, talking about drivers, team colours, cars and all the drama that comes with it and now I know who drives for which team and can even hold a basic conversation about the races. The season officially starts today and while I won’t be watching all the races live I’m definitely keeping an eye on the highlights. Ellie, bless her, is planning to get up at 6 or 7am to watch some races throughout the season but the Australian Grand Prix has a nightmare start at 4am here in the UK. She’ll have to catch up later but it's nice to have something new to share with her.
Revels!
I’ve rediscovered an old favourite this week: Revels. I hadn’t eaten them for a good couple of years but now I’ve had a bag and a half in a week and I'm not even sorry. For anyone who hasn’t indulged in these, Revels are a bag of surprises. They’re all milk chocolate-coated but inside there’s a mix of centres: caramel, raisin, orange creme, coffee creme and a Malteser-style crunchy malt one. Most of them look the same from the outside, so you never quite know what you’re going to get. The orange ones are my favourite.
Seeds!
I’ve finally ordered my seeds for the year and they should be arriving any day now. I almost bought them from town but they seemed so expensive compared to what I could find online. I used Seeds to Suit. I’ve gone for all the usuals: sweetcorn, sunflowers, tomatoes, strawberries and a bunch of random flower seeds just to keep things colourful but this year I’m getting a little adventurous and I’m trying melons and onions for the first time. Melons might be pushing it but fingers crossed and the onions because we go through so many in this house that it just makes sense to grow them ourselves rather than buying them week after week. I just need to get my hands on some compost and then the planting can begin.
The girls have been shopping!
Mother’s Day is next weekend here in the UK, and my girls have been shopping for gifts for me. Bless them! It’s so funny to watch how they shop. Ellie, my youngest hates online shopping. She prefers wandering around the shops and sends me multiple photos asking, "Do you like this, or this, or this?” She hasn’t told me what she’s actually bought but she admitted a couple of the photos were decoys to throw me off track. Becky, my eldest, loves online shopping. She gave me a website to look at and asked me to pick out a few things I liked. I already had a few things in mind so it was so easy for her to shop. Now she’s panicking that things might not arrive in time while Ellie is gloating, saying "You should have just shopped in town!"
The old/new sideboard.
Last week, I shared a photo of our new sideboard in the living room. I was planning to take the old one to the tip, but Stu had a better idea. He was going to paint it and put it in our bedroom. I love it when he comes up with these ideas because he is really good at DIY and upcycling things.
He sanded it down, painted it and even used leftover vinyl from when he painted my dressing table for the top. I love it! It looks like a proper piece of furniture and it’s now in our bedroom., we have a sort of matching set now.
Setting the printer up!
Linking our printer to my laptop wasn't on my to-do list this week but it happened. I had to use the scanner on it and for some life admin, it wasn't fun getting it working but I got there in the end thanks to my helpful friend ChatGPT. I've not used the printer since the summer but now I'm connected, there's no stopping me. I am printing out to-do lists, recipes and I am waiting for some photo card to be delivered so I can print out some photos.
Strawberries!
It seems ages since we had strawberries in the fridge to snack on or have for dessert after tea but Stu called in the shop one evening after work and there was a tub in the reduced section, so he picked them up for me. I had them with cream during the week and they were good, so good that I added more to the weekly online food shop. I forgot how much I love strawberries.
What have you loved over the past week?
