It's Friday again so time to look back on the week and find the things I'm most grateful for. Susanne keeps us on our toes with this. You can find her blog here and see who else is taking part.
1) Lots of grandchildren time last weekend. We babysat Nathan and Ella on Saturday evening while their Mummies went out for a meal and then we had them during the day on Sunday while their Mummies attended a Golden Wedding anniversary celebration. We had pizza and birthday cake when they came to collect them as it was our DILs birthday. But of course I forgot to take any photos!2) Keep fit class on Tuesday and then coffee with my "Ladies who Lunch" friends afterwards. It's definitely a class for seniors (I'm one of the younger ones there) but I do enjoy the social interaction.
3) Grateful I didn't get stuck in a lift on Wednesday. I'd gone shopping to the nearby Westfield shopping centre which is huge. I parked the car, got in the lift just as the doors were closing and pressed for the floor I needed and nothing happened. I tried other floors but the lift just sat there. I decided to press the "open doors" button and the doors started to open, but, after they got about four inches apart they closed again! At this point I was beginning to feel a little uneasy as you can imagine. This happened several times so I then decided to press the alarm button. The alarm was very loud! I wasn't sure if I should hold the button or not but the noise was so loud I let it go and then the doors opened fully and I moved VERY quickly out of the lift. Phew.
I also had to seek help when leaving the car park as the barrier didn't go up - it's all supposed to be automatic, based on Number Plate recognition. Fortunately, despite initially getting a message saying "your call is important to us but you are currently being held in a queue" I soon got through to a human and the barrier lifted and I was on my way!
4) A catch up with my best friend Wednesday afternoon. Neither of us had grandchildren duties so we were able to relax and have a good chat.
5) The foodbank was able to reopen this week after a 2 week closure while the building was rewired. I'm thankful that this was able to be done so we now have lighting and sockets that work properly and the heaters are working again so we're all set for the colder weather. It's sad that the service is needed but I'm grateful to be able to help out with some great volunteers.
I'm off to a craft event tomorrow with a couple of others from the knit and natter group so I'm looking forward to that.
Have a good weekend all.
A good week that started with those sweet grandbabies!! So glad you weren't stuck between floors in the lift!! Scary stuff!! Happy birthday to your DIL! The food bank is a blessing to many, I'm sure. Nice that it is open again and your volunteer hours are appreciated by so many! Happy weekend ahead!
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you had a full week of productive endeavors and thank God you are ok from that elevator incident.
ReplyDeleteIt must be fun to be a grandma!! I hope I get to be one someday.
Have a restful weekend
Time with grandchildren is always a blessing. Even when I am Uber grandma picking up the boys from school, its a good time to talk with them.
ReplyDeleteHave fun at that craft event with your knit and natter group. I hope you don't get stuck in any more elevators!
Oh my goodness! I bet you were glad to get out of there. It's funny how everyone thinks that automatic things are so much easier...but only when they work.
ReplyDeleteYay for time with grandchildren and friends. Wow, that elevator incident would have been scary! I'm glad you were able to get out fairly quickly. It's good the food bank is open again with new wiring.
ReplyDeleteWe are meeting our grands at Downtown Disney in an hour to celebrate our oldest turning 17. Time goes by so quickly and we have to make the most of it. Our church does a food outreach once a month. Our marriage group helps with the bags. Have a great week ahead!
ReplyDeleteI had a nice surprise on Sunday, my son WITH wife, Toby and of course the dog, came from Amsterdam to invite me for lunch in a nice Italian restaurant. My DIL was really very friendly, loved my room and of course the castle we had a nice time together. I think that never happened. "Little" Toby is now 1.97 m long, I feel like a dwarf !
ReplyDeleteHi, you had an exciting week. ;-) Do not get stuck this week. Hee Hee!
ReplyDeleteEnjoy your week ahead.
Carla
Oh yikes. I hope I wouldn't panic, but feel like I might. I don't like enclosed spaces, although in general elevators are ok. As long as they work lol. My hubs was once stuck in an elevator in a hotel, between the fourth and fifth floors. Almost two hours!! They finally had the fire department come in and he had to climb out via a ladder. He was glad he was alone. Have a great day!
ReplyDeleteWell that would have been an unnerving incident in the lift. Yikes! And then the barrier not opening on top of that! Glad you had some great family time. I miss my ladies gym. It was for all ages but most 40+ went there. It shut when covid happened and there isn't another like it.
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