A blanket of white clover. #MySundayPhoto

In my garden first comes the daisies and dandelions then the dandelions go all fluffy, the we have just green grass for a couple of weeks then we get a blanket of white clover which the bee's are absolutely loving. There must have been about 20 buzzing about, I don't think I have ever seen so many bee's in one place in the wild.

Week 26 of #Project365. 26th June - 2nd July. A photo every day for a year!

What a week. I felt most of it feeling grotty and unmotivated to take any photos but I did force myself to take one a day and I am glad I did. It's all good and well taking photos of the best moments of the week but some of the normal, not so great moments are good to be remembered too.

Now for a photo every day!

177/365 - 26th June

We went into town and stopped in Costa for a drink. The strawberry lemonade is amazing. Ellie had a mint chocolate chip frostino. She was not impressed, it was too minty. I thought it tasted amazing. She was very glad to have a sit down and take her mask off, she was coming down with a cold.

178/365 - 27th June

We're still doing the lateral flow tests twice a week and I was worried about this one with Ellie having a cold. I said to her if her cold wasn't better she would be getting a PCR test but by Monday morning she was on the mend.

179/365 - 28th June

Washing on the line. I did have to run out and save it from the rain. It absolutely chucked it down.

180/365 - 29th June

Hedwig the hot water bottle was out and I was so glad it was a chilly day. Period cramps kicked my butt and I ended up going to bed for a 3 hour nap. 

181/365 - 30th June

A pretty flower.

182/365 - 1st July

I went out into the garden and was amazed by all the bees that I saw there was at least 10 in the flower bed and another 20 on the grass buzzing about.

183/365 - 2nd July

We have been sent some books to have a look at. I imagine the girls and I will be fighting over the Harry Potter one's. lol I've read them all but have never owned them all. I am going to re-read them, Becky is going to read the last 2 that she hasn't read and Ellie is going to read all of them apart from the first one.

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

This week my Word of the Week is:

This week hasn't been the greatest and none of us have been feeling the best. At some point this week we have all felt a bit grotty.

On Saturday Ellie and I woke up snotty and sneezing. Thankfully for me it was just hay fever, I know this because once we had gone into town away from all the fields I felt fine. We had a lovely trip into town just having a look around the shops. It was nice to spend some time with Ellie. We had a burger for lunch, a drink from Costa and got Subway for tea. Ellie's snotting and sneezing wasn't getting any better so it looked like she had a cold. Flu tablets and hay fever tablets were bought and by Sunday morning Ellie didn't feel great at all. There was nothing specifically wrong, she just felt under the weather. I was slightly worried about Covid but she had none of the symptoms apart from the runny nose. I said she had until Monday morning to feel better or else I didn't know what we were going to do. Thankfully by Monday morning she was feeling better. No matter what Ellie gets she always seems to get over it quickly. Phew.

Monday was the start of the worst period I have had had in about 25 years. I had the cramps, heavy bleeding and at one point felt like my insides were falling out. I am not one for sleeping during the day but I took myself off to bed with a hot water bottle and slept for 3 hours on Tuesday. Stu said I would struggle to sleep that night, I didn't! I felt like I could sleep for a week. Thankfully I am through the worst and I do hope it is a one off.

Becky spent the weekend at her girlfriends and didn't come back home until Monday afternoon. They had been to the beach on Sunday and had walked for miles so Becky was worn out. She said she wasn't feeling great but after a bath and a night in her own bed she felt much better.

Stu thought he had got away with being the only one feeling fit and well but woke up yesterday morning with a sore shoulder. He must have slept funny. He said he was feeling it all day which was no fun at all.

I am glad we're all feeling better now but not feeling great has meant that we haven't been up to much this week. I have just about kept up with the housework and haven't done half the jobs I wanted to do. My hair still needs dying and the garden desperately needs weeding. Oh well, I'm not stressing. There's always next week for that.

I hope you have all had a good week.

What I loved in June 2021.

Another month has gone and flown over. In May I was worrying about my Aunty Jean and in June she sadly passed away. It wasn't something I loved but it was nice to think about all the nice memories that I have of her and good to know she is no longer in pain.

This is what I loved in June!

Euro 2020.

It's only a year late and I have been enjoying watching all of the matches. It was a bit of an anti climax when England got through to final 16 before they had even played their last group match but we got through and then went and beat Germany. I think I am still in shock! 

The matches on Monday evening were amazing and my girls who had no interested in football a few weeks ago were hanging on every kick. The support for the Denmark team has been something else since Christian Eriksen collapsed on the pitch. I am so glad he is OK now.

Being fully vaccinated.

I had my 2nd vaccine in June and to be honest I was dreading it after feeling pretty rubbish for a couple of days after my first but to be honest it wasn't that bad. I felt the tiniest bit achy and tired but I don't know if that was the stress of finding out about my aunty jean, the neighbours doing DIY at half 7 in the morning the day of my vaccine or just worrying about the side effects. I had my vaccine lunchtime Saturday and felt fine by Sunday evening.

The New Season of Fortnite.

I didn't love the last season before the update but now there are aliens and things have been simplified. There is no more running around looking for car parts or bits of meat to upgrade weapons. I just like to go in, shoot and hopefully win and I have been. I won a game on the first day of the new season then a couple of weeks later and then I've won about 8 since.

My new phone!

I got a Samsung A12 which I wrote about in my blog post yesterday. It is amazing compared to my old phone and I feel stupid for waiting so long to get a new one. It took a while to get my number transferred to a smaller sim card as O2 seemed to just ignore the phone call I had with them asking for one. Ugh. I got one from the an O2 shop and spoke to a lovely man on the phone and it was sorted in no time.

Instagram.

Getting a new phone meant that I got a new camera too and I have enjoyed taking photos with it so much. It has made me fall back in love with Instagram, not just posting photos but liking other people's photos too. You can follow me over there, I am kimmer2111.

My garden.

It has really came to life now. The wildflowers are filling the flower bed and every day I seem to go out there and see a new one has appeared. My tomatoes are growing which is amazing as when I put the plant outside it didn't seem to be doing well at all. My strawberry plants which I had just about given up on have started growing again and I think my carrots are doing well too. 

Warmer weather.

I don't like it when it's roasting hot but I do like the warm weather. It is nice to sit in the garden and get some vitamin D and I have been doing plenty of that. Life seems better and easier when the sun is shining. Even the girls have been enjoying being outside. The swingball set is back out and Ellie has been playing out with her friends more which makes her so happy. It's good for her to have a bit of freedom after being stuck at home for so long.

Spending time with Ellie.

Becky and her girlfriend have been spending one weekend here and a weekend at her girlfriends house which means I have been getting to spend some one on one time with Ellie. It has been lovely. I obviously spend time with both of my girls but it is nice to have that one on one time with no distractions. We haven't done anything out of the ordinary, just enjoying nice food, watching films and playing computer games.

What did you love in June?