Friday's Fave Five - 5/12/25

Each week I try to catch up with other bloggers and list the things I've been grateful for.  This link up is hosted by Susanne who is great at reminding us each week.  Join in here.

I'm still going with the snowflake picture - Susanne switched to one showing Christmas decorations but we haven't even started decorating for Christmas yet lol.

But there are things I'm grateful for

1) Safe travels to and from Vermont.  It's a long trek - we left our hosts in Vermont around 1.30 pm on Monday and after an hour's drive to a coach station, a 2 and a half hour coach ride to Boston Airport, an overnight flight to London Heathrow and then a train ride to our local station we finally walked back into our own home around 12 noon on Tuesday.  Thankfully our daughter picked us up from the station saving us a bus ride!  The only hitch was getting off at the wrong terminal in Boston but the shuttle bus service soon had us in the right place!

2)  Successful laser treatment for my husband.  He's been at risk of pressure building up in his eyes leading to glaucoma but on Wednesday he had laser treatment which should alleviate the problem.  He's got a follow up appointment in January but hopefully then they will just keep monitoring him at regular intervals.  

3)  My engagement ring is fixed!  I lost a stone from it a few weeks ago but it's now been replaced and the whole setting has had an overhaul.  It looks like new - but so it should as it was an expensive repair so I'm also grateful that we can afford to cover such unexpected expenses.

4)  My daughter made sure we had fresh supplies when we got back, including milk, bread and eggs.  We had meals in the freezer for dinner and then I was able to organise a shopping delivery for the next day.  It was lovely to be able to make a cup of tea when we got back and then take a 3 hour nap!  And the house was warm as she was working from our home that day.

5)  The blogging community.  It was lovely to have all the good wishes for safe travels.  I'm still trying to catch up on reading all your posts.  We were only gone for 12 days but so much to catch up on!

Have a good weekend all.

Gratitude Log 26-30/11/25

A few days to catch up on here!

Wednesday (26th)was a quiet day - there was some prepping going on for Thanksgiving and I was just grateful for more time interacting with the grandsons.

Thursday (27th) was Thanksgiving and we had a lovely day.  We travelled to our host’s sister’s house which is near Burlington and we were made to feel so welcome. There were 16 adults in total and 5 children.  We were wined and dined and had a really nice time. 

Friday (28th) I’m grateful that we were able to take our son and DIL out for a meal while our hosts babysat the grandsons. It was good to have time for adult chat.

Saturday (29th) I was grateful to get out for a walk and visit a craft fair in town.  It was cold but stayed dry although we’d had snow overnight.

Today I’m grateful to get some laundry done so we won’t have too much dirty washing when we travel home tomorrow.  It’s been a good trip and saying goodbye to the family tonight will be hard.

Gratitude Log 22 - 25/11/25

Well I’m catching up on a few days here:

Saturday I was grateful for safe travels to our son’s house in Vermont. Our flight from Heathrow left a little late but we arrived in Boston almost on time. The bus to Lebanon was fine and Michael was waiting to take us on the last leg of the journey.  We had a quick chat with our hosts Paul and Crystal (DIL’s parents) but were soon ready for bed!

Saturday was quite a lazy day catching up with the family and enjoying hugs with the grandkids and getting over jet lag.

On Sunday I was grateful to spend time at a museum with my DIL and grandsons. (The Echo museum in Burlington)

Yesterday I was able to look after the grandsons while my son and DIL were at work and in the evening we took our hosts out for dinner.

We had the boys again this morning and tonight we’re having dinner at their house.

It’s cold here but not much snow yet. I’m glad for warm clothing though.

I tried to add some photos but I need to work out some settings issues on my iPad.

Friday's Fave Five - 21/11/25

Well I'm going with the snowflake picture this week - we had rain that turned to snow on Tuesday but it was too wet for it to settle but it has been so cold since then.  Winter is coming!

But it's Friday so time to look back on the week and remember the good things.  Susanne reminds us to do this each week and provides a link up here.

1)  Well I'm actually preparing this post on Thursday evening as we will be travelling all day tomorrow so grateful for blogging tools that allow me to get ahead of myself.

2)  A warm home - as mentioned this week the weather has turned really cold so I'm glad we can turn the heating up and stay warm.

3)  Thankful for celebrating Granddaughter Ella's 5th birthday on Monday.  We went for dinner and of course there was cake!

4)  A knit and natter meet up on Wednesday evening.  There was suggestion of calling it off as it was so cold but I pointed out that if we cancelled every time it was cold outside we might not meet up again until Spring!

5)  Thankful that I think we're all set for our trip to Vermont.  Cases are packed, check-in is done, all the last minute shopping got done.  We're off in the morning. (Friday).  Also thankful for a new iPad this week so I may manage a blog or two while we're away.  But I'll probably be too busy enjoying being with the Grandsons and family.

Have a good weekend all.