Friday, 10 October 2025

Friday's Fave Five - 10/10/25


Thanks to Susanne as always for reminding us to stop and count our blessings each Friday.  You can find out more here.

1)  A visit from our daughter and her family last Saturday.  We made dinner for them although it wasn't a long visit - both of the grandchildren had things on earlier in the day but it was nice having even a brief visit with them.

2)  Dry weather.  It's been much chillier (our heating has been on a few times this week) but we were able to get out for a couple of walks and haven't yet needed wet weather shoes.

3)  A meet up with the daytime book club on Wednesday.  There were only 4 of us but we had a good discussion about the book we'd been reading (A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier) and we've picked our next book.

4)  Our flights for our trip to Vermont at Thanksgiving are booked!  Thankful that we are in the position financially to be able to make these trips.

5)  A successful shopping trip today - I braved Westfield in Stratford which is a big shopping/entertainments venue next to the 2012 Olympic Park.  Can't believe it's 13 years since that event.  The area has continued to be developed since the Olympics with a lot of building work still ongoing but the main stadium remains (now used by West Ham United football club), plus the Velodrome and the Swimming centre and the parkland.  It's a busy area but not easy to get to from here on public transport so it means a drive and navigating the car parks.  I make a point of taking a picture of the car park location and remembering where I come out into the shopping area so I can find my car when I'm done!

My son and his family arrived this evening from Nottingham and they will be here until early Sunday afternoon.

Have a good weekend all.


10 comments:

  1. I'm sure you will enjoy your visit to Vermont next month for American Thanksgiving! What a great time to look forward to.
    I think book clubs are a fun get together time. My dil wants me to join one with her next week.
    Time with family is always a fave! Enjoy your Nottingham family weekend!

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  2. I love Vermont! I live in Massachusetts so it's not too far for me. I was there over the summer with my family. It's just stunning in the autumn! When I was a girl we rented a place in Vermont for Thanksgiving one year. My grandmother came with us and it is a very happy memory now.

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  3. What a great idea to take a picture of where the car is parked. Glad you got to spend some time with your daughter and her family and the book club. How fun to be able to visit the ones in Vermont over Thanksgiving!

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    1. By the way, if the kids are interested in what started the American Thanksgiving, "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving" tells the story in cartoon form. It's often on TV around that time of year.

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  4. I was listing favorite authors yesterday and books of theirs I’ve yet to read. I forgot about Tracy Chevalier. I enjoyed several of her books.

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  5. Hi Wendy, that is nice that you can go to Vermont. Nice that you get to see your family. I saw your sidebar that says a letter to my children. That sounds like a good thing to do. Have a great weekend!

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  6. Hooray for your tickets booked to Vermont!! Enjoy your family this weekend! We don't get chilly here until December, maybe. I'm looking forward to it! xo

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  7. Hi Wendy. Sounds like you had a good week. It's great that your son is coming to visit and that you can also go to Vermont for Thanksgiving. I'm going to look up that book you are reading. I think I have read at least one other book by that author. I hope you have a good weekend. See you again soon!

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  8. How lovely to spend some time with your daughter and grandchildren. How exciting to have the Thanksgiving trip booked and enjoy your time with his son and his family.

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  9. Oh you're going to love Vermont in autumn! It's been a super mild autumn so far (I live 45 min west from Bennington VT and about an hour southwest of Manchester) so glad you get to come to the states for Thanksgiving!!

    It's so nice to spend time with adult children and in your case, grands.

    yay for getting outdoors for some autumn walks!
    happy weekend

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