Happy Friday! I hope you have all had a good week. I have had a great week. Just plodding along quite happily, busy but not too busy and there has been a lot of pottering about at home. I am of course linking up with Erika and Andrea today to share the things which I have loved from the past week.
Leaving the kids to fend for themselves.
This isn't as bad as it sounds. Stu and I were busy earlier in the week and it got to about 3pm and we realised we hadn't eaten since about 8am, so we decided to have something to eat while we were out. Stu said what about the girls and I felt a pang of guilt eating out without them but they're adults and it wouldn't hurt them to fend for themselves and make something to eat and that is exactly what happened. Stu and I had a meal out and the girls sorted their own food! I have to keep reminding myself that they are 23 and 18 years old and they don't need to rely on me as much!
Hot Cross Buns!
They're probably available to buy all year around but I don't seem to notice them until about now in the year when they bring out their special flavours. I got the girls the chocolate and salted caramel one's and me the triple berry ones and some of the apple and cinnamon ones, and I have been having a couple each morning for breakfast! They felt like a delicious treat!
Daffodils!
They are such a cheery flower and a sure sign that spring is on its way! I will be buying a bunch each week with the food shop until they are out of season again!
WWE: Unreal - Netflix!
A new season came to Netflix bringing fans back behind the curtain of WWE's creative process. The five-episode docuseries picks up after WrestleMania 41 and follows the company's journey to the first-ever two-night SummerSlam at MetLife Stadium in August 2025.
I watched this over a couple of days and loved it. Season 2 goes deeper behind the scenes in the build up to some huge moments and I loved seeing how storylines are shaped, changed and sometimes completely panicked over at the last minute. Watching the creative side wrestle with ideas was almost as entertaining as the matches themselves. What I enjoyed most was seeing the wrestlers as people, not just characters. There are some genuinely emotional moments mixed in with the boardroom chats and frantic planning and it reminded me just how much goes on that we never see on TV.
This Coca-Cola Light!
My eldest was at the pub late last week and was talking to the landlord, he was clearing out what he could as the pub was closing and he didn't have room in his new pub to take everything and Becky joked, saying she wanted the light, he was going to give her it for free but he has always been good to us. Making food that wasn't on the menu and giving us little extras, so she gave him £20 which I think was a bargain considering the size and weight of it. She now has it is in her bedroom. It could have been worse. He was asking if she wanted a dart board, imagine the chaos that would have caused. lol
More Audiobooks!
I finished my first audiobook last week and decided to try something new for me, a story instead of someone's life story! I had no idea where to start but kept seeing Sophie Kinsella books recommended to me, so I just picked the first one that came up and it was called Finding Audrey!
Audrey can't leave the house. She can't even take off her dark glasses inside the house. Then her brother's friend Linus stumbles into her life. With his friendly, orange-slice smile and his funny notes, he starts to entice Audrey out again - well, Starbucks is a start. And with Linus at her side, Audrey feels like she can do the things she'd thought were too scary. Suddenly, finding her way back to the real world seems achievable. Be prepared to laugh, dream and hope with Audrey as she learns that even when you feel like you have lost yourself, love can still find you.
Wow! I think I chose well, it is aimed at young adults but who cares! The topic was serious but there were so many laugh-out-loud moments. The mum in it is just like me, nagging the kids and trying to fix everything! I finished it mid-week and have started another Sophie Kinsella book, Remember Me? There was me aiming for one book a month and here I am on my 3rd!
Fun filters on my phone!
I don't know how it happened. I am guessing it came with an update on my phone but I now have fun Snapchat-like filters to add to my photos without having to go on to something like Snapchat which I am not a fan of. I don't usually use things like this but I did have fun with them for a few minutes.
Decluttering and tidying!
I have been busy over the last few weeks decluttering mine and my fellas bedroom and it's all done. It has all been deep cleaned too, which was long overdue. Everything that we've not used in a year has gone, the shoe rack at the bottom of the stairs has been sorted too. I'm a week ahead on my decluttering jobs and everything that was to be donated or taken to the tip has gone and the whole house much lighter now!
What have you loved over the last week?
I never thought about hot cross buns being an actual thing to eat…it’s always the first song elementary kids learn in band 😆 the new sign is fun. I love the feeling of getting things decluttered. I hope you have a great weekend.
ReplyDeleteThat sign is awesome! How kind of the pub owner to offer it for your free and for your daughter to insist on giving him some money for it. The tulips are so pretty- they sure would brighten a winter day. Goodness those hot cross buns sound good! Have a great weekend!!
ReplyDeleteIt is actually a bonding thing to let them fend for themselves for a meal together, you know? You shouldn't feel guilty! Our kids loved when we started leaving them home alone. And, it was good for us as a couple.
ReplyDeleteDaffodils already! What a nice sight to see!
Good for you for decluttering so much! I really like that sign and after this current snow, I want to go buy some more fresh flowers! Have a good weekend.
ReplyDeleteThose daffodils are beautiful. What a nice pick-me-up in the winter! They would bring me joy too as would the hot cross buns- yum!
ReplyDeleteGood for you and Stu....glad you all grabbed something to eat...but, I do know about that tad of guilt feeling when we all don't go out. Love the daffodils...the brightness brings a lot of happiness and I sure enjoyed seeing your photo of them. Cute sign!! Have a good safe weekend Kim..
ReplyDeleteAw, we leave our kids to fend for themselves all the time; they always rise the occasion! Glad you took the chance to go out dinner just you two. Those daffodils are lovely!
ReplyDeleteI wonder if we could whip up a batch of hot cross buns using the bread machine for the dough? Will have to check that out.
ReplyDeleteIt’s great that you and Stu went out and enjoyed a meal together. I’m like you and feel guilty if I don’t leave something for my son, even though he’s perfectly capable of making something for himself. We love the brioche hot cross buns because they’re extra sweet. After Easter, we don’t see them again until next year. I love the Coca-Cola sign too, it’s such a unique thing to own and has a great story behind it.
ReplyDeleteThankfully our nest is empty so no guilt feelings for me if we decide to eat out at the last minute. Great list of good things Kim. I need to get some daffodils. I love having them in the house too. Not so much the hot cross buns though. I love them but I'd be the only one eating them!
ReplyDeleteDaffodils are such a lovely reminder that spring is on it's way! When we bought our first home as a young married couple (40+ years ago), we bought a bunch of daffodils and I was in love! I always remember that special feeling when buying daffodils!
ReplyDeleteI used to sing the song hot cross buns when I was little but I had no idea that was a real thing! Now I want to try them! Haha. And how cool that Becky got to bring home and old pub sign! I would have loved to have something like that in my bedroom when I was younger!
ReplyDelete