Gratitude Log - 17/11/25

Today I am grateful for our Granddaughter Ella, who today turned 5!

Determined not to smile!

Of course I'm grateful for all our grandchildren but Ella is the only one with a birthday during November.  She was the last to arrive after 5 grandsons so I'm very grateful to have a granddaughter and she takes no prisoners as the expression goes.  She may be the youngest and the only girl but she holds her own lol.

The photos aren't great but we did have a nice afternoon with her and Nathan after school.

November Gratitude Log - 11/11/25

Today I'm grateful for a mission accomplished.

I needed to get a birthday present for Granddaughter Ella.  This required driving to Westfield, a huge Mall not too far from us.  I try and avoid going there too often.  It's always busy, the car parks are a challenge and I often do not find it a pleasurable experience.

Anyway today went smoothly.  The traffic wasn't too bad.  I found a parking space ok and Hubby and I headed to John Lewis a department store.

We found the perfect dress for Ella,

Hopefully she will agree but we also got her a couple of Lego sets.  She is starting to enjoy Lego and she loves a unicorn plus Gabby from Gabby's Dolls House so I'm sure the Lego sets will meet with her approval.  We even found a Granddaughter card with a unicorn on and the shop sold numbers so we got a 5 to go on the card.  Can't believe she's going to be 5!

Mission accomplished we decided to quit while we were ahead and made our way home.

Friday's Fave Five - 18/11/22

Well once again I've missed a week here so today I was determined to join up with Susanne and others and think about things I'm grateful for during the last week (or two!).  You can find out more over at Living to Tell the Story.

1)  Time away with extended family.  Regular readers may remember me going to Kos in 2019 with 3 of my cousins.  Last week the four of us got together again, but this time with our husbands too and we spent 4 nights in Tenbury Wells which is near Worcester.  We rented a house and had a great time exploring the area and then relaxing back at the house each night, playing games, drinking wine and generally having a good time.

Enjoying our evening meal

L-R Pat, Me, Julie and Jill

Martin (Pat's H) Simon (Jill's H) Nick (my Hubby) and Pete (Julie's H)

Oh and Beanie - Jill and Simon's dog!

Standing on the bridge over the river Teme (the second fastest flowing river in England) which divides Worcestershire from Shropshire .  Pete Nick and I were in Shropshire, Jill, Pat and Martin were in Worcestershire.

Ludlow Castle

Tenbury Well Pump Rooms

We were lucky enough to get an impromptu tour around the pump rooms by one of the council workers located there.

 

2)  Last Saturday I got my 4th Covid jab.  I felt a bit rough later in the day and my arm was quite sore for a couple of days but glad to be further protected while Covid is still out there.

3)  Granddaughter Ella turned 2!  (Yesterday.)  We collected Nathan from school and then joined Ella and her Mummies for birthday cake.  I didn't get any decent photos with the cake but she's having a party on Saturday so hopefully I'll get some better ones then.

Although she was a bit bemused by it all lol.

4)  Back to the knitting group - we met up on Wednesday evening and it was nice to have some adult conversation after having Grandson Vinny all day.

This is my current WIP

A nice easy pattern that is knitted on 10 stitches.  I started it ages ago but hadn't done much but did quite a bit on Wednesday evening and more since.  

5)  Hubby has recovered well after his minor op and he's now had eye tests and hearing tests done this week.  He needs new hearing aids so hopefully that will improve his hearing. I might have to be careful what I say in future.

Have a good weekend all.