It seems an age since I was here this month after blogging every day in April so I was determined to join in with Susanne and others today to look back on the good things in the last week. You can find out more and see other participants here on Susanne's blog.
1) Celebrating our daughter's birthday. Her birthday was actually on Tuesday but we went out for lunch last Saturday to a country pub. The food was good and the dessert Hubby and I shared was delicious - a Biscoffi cheesecake. Yum!
The birthday girl got her own special one!
2) We finally have all the beds in the right place! We've been changing them around so that we can accommodate the grandchildren better when they stay. We got rid of one double bed - collected by our council. We moved the other spare double bed into a different bedroom and now we have twin beds in one room.
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| This one is now fully assembled and made up. |
3) Also on Saturday I helped with the setting up of a stall for our Knitting group to sell yarn at a Vintage Fayre being held at the library. We'd had lots of yarn donated and although it didn't all get sold they raised just over £400 which will be split between the local Food Bank and the Macmillan Cancer Support charity.
4) Sunday was another busy day - doing a Yard Sale at home.
We didn't sell a great deal but it's helped us get a lot of sorting done so now I can get on with finding places to donate things to. I found a local Baby Bank and dropped some things off today and there is a charity collection in this area on Monday so I'm planning to bag some clothes up for that. Then we'll work on keeping the local "Little Libraries" stocked up with books.
5) And there was some down time too this week - I got some reading done. I managed a lake walk this evening and one lot of ducklings are doing well. They're definitely bigger and there still seem to be 8 although I couldn't get a photo of all of them together. Hopefully the other set are doing ok although I didn't seem them today.
Plus, I finally finished my knitted blanket:
It needs washing and blocking but I'm pleased to have finally finished it.
Definitely a good week!
Have a good weekend all.
I love your blanket! Well done! Happy birthday to your daughter! The birthday cheesecake looks yummy! I have twin beds in one of my two guest rooms and they work well. Happy weekend, Wendy!! xo
ReplyDeleteHappy birthday to your daughter! The grandchildren are getting so big!
ReplyDeleteNice blanket!!
I love walking around lakes.
Have a wonderful weekend!
Sounds like a great week.
ReplyDeleteYou had a productive week, indeed! I'll bet it feels like your house is brand new to you.
ReplyDeleteThat cheesecake looks so good. :p
Nice seeing you Wendy! Another post filled with many smiles from me, have a great day friend.
ReplyDeleteI love that blanket! I love all the different patterns in the blocks. Pattern name?
ReplyDeleteGood job to get all that work done in the house...moving furniture, doing the yard sale and yarn sale.
It's a good thing I live too far away to attend that yarn sale :)
Happy Birthday to your daughter!
Busy, busy week! Loved the dessert in the first photo!
ReplyDeleteHow nice you got to celebrate your daughter's birthday with her! Sounds like a very busy but good week. Your blanket is so cute.
ReplyDeleteChanging rooms around is a big task and can leave one feeling exhausted but also happy with how things look once the change is done. I love visiting yard sales, never know what you might find.
ReplyDeleteHappy belated birthday to your daughter. Yum to the cheesecake.
ReplyDeleteThe new beds look great! My daughter has that wallpaper in her bedroom.
The yard sales sound like fun and a great way to sort things out.
Hi Wendy. I love your knitted blanket! That birthday treat for your daughter looks delicious. The yard sale looks fun. We used to go to yard sales all the time - now not so much. So glad that you were able to get things sorted out and "rehomed." Glad you had a nice week. See you again soon!
ReplyDeleteHi Wendy, I love the knitted blanket. It is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteOh my to that cheesecake!!!
We plan to put some stuff up for sale on Facebook Market Place. :-)
Carla
The cheesecake looks amazing. I love biscoff so I know I would love that one! Happy birthday to your daughter. I haven't done a yard sale in ages. They are a lot of work! The blanket is beautiful!
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