Our weekly meal plan! 17th - 23rd May. #MealPlanningMonday

Last weeks meal plan went well. We had scampi, chips and peas which wasn't planned on Friday and moved the Pizza to Saturday. We tried the Hula Hoops BBQ beef flavour potato shapes from Iceland. They were OK, the kids liked them. They did taste like the crisps but I wasn't keen on them. I won't be rushing to buy them again.

We don't have much on this week. Today more restrictions are being eased and they don't mean much for us apart from the fact I will be able to go into my dad's house and Becky's girlfriend can come into our house. Bless them, on Friday they were sat outside in the cold just so they could spend time together. It will be nice for them to see each other without having to worry about being too cold and getting soaked in the rain.

On the menu this week we have:

Monday - A roast chicken dinner.

Tuesday - Leftover roast bubble and squeak.

Wednesday - Sausages, chips and baked beans.

Thursday - Hearty Vegetable Crumble.

Friday - Chicken fajitas.

Saturday - Takeaway Pizza.

Sunday - Leftover pizza for lunch and then sandwiches, cakes and snacks for tea.

What are you eating this week?

Weeding the garden. #MySundayPhoto

I had a little help in the garden during the week. Becky likes weeding and there was plenty to do since we've haven't done much out there in a couple of weeks and all the rain we've had has made everything grow that little bit faster.

Week 19 of #Project365. 8th - 14th May. A photo every day for a year!

 Happy Saturday! I hope you have all had a good week? We haven't been up to much, just the usual school, college, work, housework, visits to my dad's and nothing out of the ordinary. Life feels pretty normal at the moment but next week there will be a new normal with more of the restrictions being lifted. I am looking forward to giving my dad a hug, it's been a long time.

Now for a photo every day!

128/365 - 8th May

Turkish delight. I was sent it to feature in a blog post which you can see next week.

129/365 - 9th May

Despite the grey clouds on Sunday the weather hasn't been too bad. There has been lots of rain but plenty of sunshine in-between.

130/365 - 10th May

We had the Hula Hoop potato shapes from Iceland with corned beef pasties and baked beans and they were OK, not amazing but they did really taste like Hula Hoops and the kids enjoyed them. I won't rush to get them again.

131/365 - 11th May

I disturbed an ants nest while weeding and digging up some of the garden. I wasn't stung but felt like they were crawling on me. It was a good excuse to have an afternoon dip in the bath.

132/365 - 12th May

My fella did the strimming in the garden. I have got the hang of using the lawnmower but the strimmer scares me. 

133/365 - 13th May

Becky and I went for a bike ride, called in to see my dad and met Stu from work and made it home in time for Ellie coming out of school.

134/365 - 14th May

Prawn and pasta salad. I made way too much and half ended up back in the fridge.

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

This week my Word of the Week is:

I really don't know where this past week has gone. It doesn't seem that long since I wrote last weeks Word of the Week blog post. This week seems less muddled, I have got a grip on what day it is and the weather has been better. It's been one of those weeks where I haven't stopped but at the same time I don't feel that I have done much.

I've chosen the word normal to describe the past week. It has been a quiet week with not much happening. I have just been pottering about the house and garden getting little jobs done. It has felt very normal. 

Stu and I went to town on Monday to get a few things and apart from the wearing of masks and social distancing it felt normal. Everyone seems to have finally got the hang of social distancing, I didn't have to get angry once. hehehe We went into Subway after complaining about their customer service to claim the free meals we were given as an apology and the woman who served us had a little notebook with a list of codes. It seems there was a lot of complaints about the man we complained about. Eek.

Wednesday seems to have become cake day here. hehehe It is getting quite normal for me to do some baking every week and this week I made a chocolate cake with fudge icing and Rainbow Drops on top. Next week I am making scones and have ordered cream and strawberry jam to go with them. Yum, yum.

Becky has been making plans for when the next lot of restrictions are lifted next week. Her girlfriend will be allowed to spend time inside our house for the first time since October and they have already asked if she can sleep over. I've said we will give it a few weeks to see what happens. I know she takes lateral flow test before she visits but I don't want to rush things. 

It seems to be getting back to normal at school for Ellie. As of Monday face masks are optional. She is all for keeping her mask on for the time being. They are also going back to the kids moving classrooms each lesson instead of the teachers moving classrooms. Ellie is not looking forward to that as it means she has to carry her books and bag around again. hehehe

All this getting back to normal is worrying me but I suppose it has to happen sooner or later. I just hope there isn't a repeat of last summer when the restrictions were eased then the cases of Covid went up.

What have you been up to this week?