Friday 21 February 2020

This week my Word of the Week is Sociable! #WotW

This week my Word of the Week is:


The kids have been off school and college this past week for half term and they have been quite sociable. I'd say they have spent more time with friends than with me. lol

We finally had our first visit to Hull on Monday and took Ellie's friend along with us. It was such a fun day but when Ellie and her friend are together they never shut up!! Boy can tween girls shop. We spent about an hour and a half in Primark so they could decide what they wanted and they dragged me into Build a Bear. All the outfits are so adorable but they're so expensive. I finally got to meet Ellie's friends mum when she picked her up. I've spoken through text message, seen her from a distance but it was my first time meeting her and she's just fab! 


On Tuesday Becky had her friends over. They were in and out all day, up in Becky's room playing on her old Xbox and watching TV. I fed them. It's a good job it was fajitas so I could just bulk it up a bit with peppers and onions because I wasn't expecting to feed 2 extra mouths. I said next time they're stopping for tea to let me know. It was gone 9pm when they left. I'm guessing they enjoyed themselves as they're on about coming back. lol

We also had an engineer out to look at our broadband. Since last week our internet speed has dropped by more than half. We are supposed to get more than 60mbps and we were getting less than 20. I wasn't expecting him as Sky said he wouldn't need access to the house, if we had known Stu would have been hear to deal with him. I didn't know the answers to most of what he was asking. I put him on speakerphone to Stu who was at work. I didn't like the man, he talked down to me. I said our speed has dropped since the Open Reach men were working in a hole a few doors up. He said there's been no work done here or in this area so that couldn't be it. Well I must have imagined the men down the hole and running about with big yellow cables! Grr! He did his tests on our line and left saying he would speak to the Openreach men who are installing fibre broadband at the top of our street and tell them to have a look at ours. Grr! I pulled him up on it and said I thought there was no work being done in this area. He just grunted and walked off. Complaints have been made but our internet seems to be fixed. Stu has been doing speed tests and he's getting at least 70mbps. Hooray!

By Wednesday I felt all peopled out. I love that my girls have friends and they bring them around but sometimes I want it to be just us. I wanted to be able to spill my soup down my jumper and don't feel like I have to change it straight away and be able to fart without worrying about who will hear. hahaha

As I write this blog post (yesterday) Ellie is in the dining room playing Roblox and talking to her friends on that and Becky is chatting to her friends on Messenger. I've told her if she has to video chat to keep me out of it. lol It's a wet day so no one will be calling for Ellie which is a shame because she's starting to get a bit of cabin fever. We're out today for a look around the local auction to see what is been sold tomorrow. We will have to get someone to bid for us if there's anything we see as we're going into town tomorrow. We're sending the kids into the cinema while Stu and I do some shopping.


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  1. Funny, we are on half-term too (the kids that is!) and our girl has been away skiing, so it is a much quieter house. Good to reconnect with our son, though - if we could get him off Fortnite!!! #WOTW

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    1. How wonderful for your daughter to go skiing. I imagine it is pretty quiet. x

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  2. It sounds like your girls are really growing up now, it's lovely that they are so sociable and have friends. I love the plush head photograph (don't tell anyone, but my eldest is a furry! She won't see my comment here, but doesn't like me talking about it, but I think she looks amazing. check furry fandom if you have a mo.) Costumes cost an arm and a leg though (See what I did there, hehe) I'm glad she has a job. As for that Internet man, he sounds like a right idiot! x

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    1. They are growing up far too fast for my liking but they're happy so that's all that matters.
      I have seen those furry people. It looks so cool and a lot off fun. x

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  3. My grandsons have been asking me to take them to Build a Bear, but I haven't gotten around to it yet. Maybe I will have to break down. It's nice that you got to meet your daughter's friend's mom. When my boys were younger a lot of my friends were moms of my kids' friends.

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    1. Ohh! Get saving for Build a Bear, it is lovely but really expensive for what it is.
      I met friends when my girls were in primary school but we then moved house and now parents don't really socialise when the kids are at secondary school and college. x

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  4. So lovely that your girls have had such a sociable week and enjoyed time with their friends but yes nice to have time when it's just you as well. I can relate to getting peopled out at times. Glad that your broadband speed has got better. Love that photo with the furry animal heads. #WotW

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  5. I hate it when men talk down to me about tech. I throw jargon in and they soon change their attitude. Had exactly the same when the last BT man came round. Why do they assume we haven't got a clue? Half term has been the same here. Children going out without me. They are at that age. Hope you had a good weekend. #wotw

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  6. Madam loves Build a Bear too, apparently they are getting Baby Yoda's... It's nice to think the girls' friends are so comfortable visiting you they don't want to go home! Glad you had a good half term Karen Early Rising Mum

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  7. Haha! Crying at your craving for private time to fart and spill food down your top! I could have written this. It's nice to have some family time after peopling isn't it?! x

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