A (little) bit of Waffle 11/5/26

Well its already 11.26 pm as I'm starting this post so I think it will have to be short and sweet so I can be in bed before midnight.

Firstly a belated "Happy Mother's Day" to any American or Canadian Mothers reading this.  I hope you all had a good day yesterday.  My American DIL had a good day that included putting up some shelves and marking papers - but apparently my son occupied their boys so she could do that and she was happy.

Mother's Day was back in March here in the UK so just an ordinary Sunday for us but we did have my daughter and her family here for dinner yesterday. Ella had been entrusted with Ozzie the Owl from her class for a few days so we had to take a photo to show that Ozzie had visited Nanny and Grandpa at the weekend.

Saturday was spent in town, doing a bit of shopping and also attending a Flea Market at the library.  Members of the various knitting groups organised by the one I attend were there doing some knitting to promote the various groups.  It was quite relaxing sitting inside the library doing a bit of knitting, especially when someone was selling homemade, delicious, chocolate brownies just outside.  Well it would be rude not to support a local business right?

Today I had an errand to run with my DIL this morning and then it was a few chores before heading over to babysit our Grandkids Nathan & Ella.  

Spring has decided to retreat today - on the way home from our daughter's the car flashed up a warning that the outside temperature was only 4 degrees C.  Brrr.  Time to get snuggled under a duvet.

This is not a weekly photo post! 10/5/26

Well I think this is a more accurate picture of my camera this week, not that I have an actual camera as all my photos are taken on my phone.  But this week I have taken very few and most of those were included in my Monday post here.  I really haven't got into a routine of taking photos.  Maybe I'll do better this week.  Although probably not.  I will have a photo to include from today but it wasn't taken by me!

#SoCS - 9/5/26 - Contrast

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “contrast.” Use it any way you’d like. Have fun!

These weekly prompts are provided by Linda and the link up is here. Thanks Linda.

Well the idea of these posts is that we don't really think about them too much - just get writing and see what flows.  I'm having a hard time thinking what to write about this word.  I know what it means but what to write about it?

In contrast, when I know what I'm going to write I can waffle on for ages.  I've just recently finished the A-Z challenge during April and had a lovely time waffling on about authors and the books that I've read.  Reading is another thing I could talk about for ages.  I love reading and proper books mainly although I will read e-books too.  In fact I've just downloaded one from the library to read.  

I'm trying to work through my TBR pile but failing miserably.  That's what happens when you join two reading groups and you're also doing a challenge based on 52 prompts for the year.  Thankfully the reading group choices have worked for prompts on the list so I'm keeping the number of books I need to read over the year manageable.  I can usually get through a book a week without too much trouble.  Depending on the book of course.  Some of the reading groups choices have taken a while!  Not because they're particularly long but because they weren't as enjoyable.  The discussions on some of the books have been interesting.

Oh and there has been contrast there with people either loving or hating a book!

Phew got that in eventually. 

Friday's Fave Five - 8/5/26

And it's Friday again.  How does that happen?  I'm sure it was only Monday yesterday!  Anyway time to look back on the blessings from the week and then join up with other like minded bloggers here on our host Susanne's site.

1)  It's been a pretty uneventful week here, with just the usual activities like my keep fit class and the Foodbank sessions but sometimes it's just nice to have a quieter week and not feel like I'm chasing my tail.

2)  A more motivated week - I've done more walking and I've been trying to eat more healthily.  Hubby has also listened and reduced the size of my dinners.  It's easy to slip into the habit of cooking too much and then just eating it - until you get on the scales and realise the combination of too much food and not enough exercise is leading to weight gain!  I've also been going to bed earlier.  

I managed to spot one of the terrapins that live in the lake on one of my walks.  There are two and they can sometimes be seen out on a branch taking in the sun but I could only see this one, just under the surface of the water.

3)  A long chat with my cousin last night.  She was struggling with something she was crocheting so I was able to offer advice on that but then we had a good catch up.  This particular cousin is the closest thing to a sister for me.  (Along with all my lovely SILs too.)

4)  Going to bed earlier has meant more reading time so I've managed to finish both the books for the Book Club groups so now I can read something from my TBR pile - except that a book was recommended in a magazine recently and I was able to get the electronic version of it from the library.  That TBR pile is never going to go down lol.

5)  A good visit to the optician today.  My prescription has changed slightly but even if it hadn't I would still have to get new glasses as I broke the arm on my current pair last week.  But all the tests looked fine - they do a retina scan, pressure check etc.  My new glasses won't be ready for a couple of weeks but I've managed to tape the arm of my current pair so I can still wear them.

Have a good weekend all.