This week my Word of the Week is:
This week has been a good week. I haven't really been up to much, not anything that is worth writing about anyway. It has been all the normal, day-to-day stuff. Housework, running errands, all that boring stuff so I thought I would jump on the 2016 trend bandwagon. People online have kicked off this huge throwback trend where they’re revisiting life and memories from ten years ago, 2016. It’s being called "2026 is the new 2016" and has gone viral on social media.
2016 doesn't seem that long ago but at the same time, for me it feels like it was a lifetime ago. So much has changed in mine and my family's life. I was of course blogging in 2016 and you can see my top 10 blog posts from that year. My blog wasn't even called Life As Kim, I was Northumberland Mam back then because we lived in Northumberland.
My girls turned 14 and 9 years old during 2016 and life seemed so much simpler. I am guessing there were things to worry about but there was none of the big stuff. Our days were filled with trips to the park, arts and crafts, baking and just enjoying life.
In 2016 Becky was finishing year 8 and went into year 9 at secondary school and Ellie was finishing year 4 and went into year 5 at Primary school. It was a school year when there were no big changes or much going on. It was the year before Becky started her GCSE's and the year before Ellie was in her last year of Primary school so it felt like they were happily plodding along.
One of the many things I miss from living in Northumberland are the beaches! We had one about a 15-minute bus ride away and another about half an hour away which we would visit all the time. There are of course beaches close to North Lincolnshire where we are now but they are a bit of a trek and the girls don't like the beach as much as they did 10 years ago.
Looking back on 2016 and I was shocked at how few photos there were of me! I know I used to blog post about the girls but there was less than a handful of me. I was always the one taking the photos, behind the camera. I had to go onto Stu's computer and look at the photos he took to find some of me. I am glad things have changed and show my face more now. I find it so strange looking back on old photos of me with my natural hair colour, dark brown! I've been dying my hair bright colours since around 2019 and can't imagine having a normal hair colour now and I can't imagine having a fringe either. Eek!
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 to join in with her Word of the Week linky!
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