This week my Word of the Week is: Surprise! #WotW

This week my Word of the Week is:

Life threw quite a few surprises my way over the last week, not bad ones but surprises all the same. There's nothing life changing or that exciting but this was my week with takeaway mix up's, Ellie’s sore arm antics and me channelling my inner Mary Berry.

Stu and I had Saturday evening home alone. Ellie was out with friends and Becky was at work so of course we decided to treat ourselves to a takeaway. What could be better than a cosy night in with pizza in front of the TV. The order arrived late which I could forgive since they were busy but when I opened the box I was greeted by chicken and sweetcorn instead of the beef house special that I had ordered. It was a total first world problem but I was hungry! No offence to chicken and sweetcorn lovers but if you’re expecting beef, cheese and all the extras you can understand how let down I felt. So I had to wait another half an hour for the right one to show up. Poor Stu had to put up with me being hangry. I tried to be patient but the temptation to swipe a slice of his food was there. The surprise turned into a reminder that sometimes waiting makes things taste even better because I really did enjoy my pizza.

Ellie has had her fair share of surprises too. She had a little medical procedure on her arm, it wasn't anything to worry about but she was surprised at how much anaesthetic hurt being put in. I don't know what she was expecting but a needle in your arm is going to hurt. She struggled with normal everyday things which seemed to surprise her like putting a ponytail in her hair, not having a shower for a couple of days to keep the dressing dry, getting dressed and putting make up on. I shouldn't laugh but she made it so easy. She’d forget about her sore arm, try to use it, yelp and then burst out laughing at herself. She's fine now and her arm is back to normal apart from a huge bruise.

The garden decided to surprise me this week too. Only last week I found tomatoes after I thought the plants had died and while I was out checking on my cucumbers I spotted what I thought was just a very round cucumber but curiosity got the better of me so I popped it into my plant identifier app and surprise! It wasn’t a cucumber, it was a melon so the app says, happily growing among the vines like it owned the place. I did plant melons but I didn't think any survived. I'm still not convinced it really is a melon but time will tell.

Here’s the biggest surprise of all, I made jam and it was/is amazing. The smell while it simmered away, seeing it set and then that first taste!! I felt like some kind of domestic goddess. It’s not something I ever thought I’d do but now that I have I can see why people get hooked on it. There’s something so wholesome and rewarding about making something completely from scratch that you've never made before. Of course I didn’t stop there because then I was in the baking mood. I made mini apple pies and an apple cake. The kitchen smelled incredible all weekend. If someone had walked in, they’d have thought I was auditioning for Bake Off. Everything disappeared quickly too which is always a good sign! I’ll be sharing a blog post next week about my jam making adventure.

Becky and I have both been struck down with a cold this week which came as a surprise because Stu caught the cold from work, had it for about a week and was over it when I started feeling yucky! I thought I had got away with not catching it. Hmmf. I won’t go on about it here because I already wrote a whole post about the things which have got me through my poorly week which was published yesterday. It hasn’t been fun but came at the perfect time, after all the birthdays and before the plans that I have next week.

Surprise really sums up the whole week. It’s been full of little moments I didn’t see coming! How has your week been? I hope you have had a good one! I am of course linking up with Anne who blogs at Raisie Bay for her Word of the Week linky!