ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 39TH OF 2022

Good evening lovely people tis Friday and I'm late (apologies for my tardiness). 

Well it has been a mighty strange week it has to be said. 

I don't have photos to share because it has just been one of those weeks when I haven't taken any. 

I haven't been 100% and thought I had a tooth problem, but it turned out to be a sinus problem.  I'm glad however, that I got to see the dentist and also that the Doctor prescribed me antibiotics because I've genuinely needed them. 

My Mum has also been poorly but I'm grateful for our NHS who genuinely didn't mess about and took her straight into the hospital got her some IV antibiotics, some steroids and a nebuliser and once they'd stabilised her she was back on her way home to rest and recover. 

The rest of the week has been an awful lot of work which has been stressful but my boss and our board of trustees have been great, so I'm grateful to have survived the week. 

I hope you've had a lovely week lovely people.

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 38TH OF 2022

 Good evening, apologies for my tardiness today it has quite literally disappeared in the blink of an eye

Well last week we had a lovely few days away, we headed off to Center Parcs to celebrate my 50th birthday and said 21 year old's 22nd birthday. 

There were fewer of us than we were expecting on account of two of the originals deciding to become teachers and end up on teacher training courses. 

Despite the reduced numbers we had a lovely break, the weather was kind which is always a positive, we enjoyed bike rides, and chill time, book reading and chatting, swimming, outdoor swimming at night, badminton and table tennis and a meal out and a take away, it wasn't as hectic as the June break but we all enjoyed it none the less. 

Here is one of my gifts hubby bought me, I enjoyed painting it up whilst we were away with the little set of paints that came with it. 

Here is Sherwood my new autumn gonk that hubby gonk complete with a light up nose. 

Here is said 22 year old enjoying a lesson on a segway

Here is me my sister and my Mum on one of the walks we had. 

and me and my sister enjoying some fresh air.

Badminton was fun and on said 22 year old's birthday his fiancee and my niece (new future teachers) both came down.  His fiancee managed to stay only for the evening as uni beckoned but my niece managed to stay to the end of the break which was lovely. 

The weekend was filled with washing as you can imagine and this week has been mighty busy if I'm honest with work, I had a lovely compliment from a neighbour who said he was surprised that I was 50, which really did please me because I definitely feel it at the moment. 

I hope you've all had a great week. 

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 37TH OF 2022

 Morning lovely people tis Friday time for

Well as anyone that read my blog will have realised last week, I'd prepared my post in advance of it posting on Friday and therefore the devastating news on the Thursday of the Queen's passing wasn't mentioned.  She really was an amazing woman who gave her life to her country, serving it until her final days.  I like many others have watched the news and tribute coverage across all sectors and shed a tear on more than one occasion.  I think it really brought the reality of this fundamental change to British life home last Sunday when there was a two minute silence at a rugby match we were watching (and you could literally have heard a pin drop) followed by a rendition of God Save the King.  I hope now after so many years of service she is finally reunited with her husband and can now rest. 

So onto my Friday 'gratefuls', the moments in the week that have raised a smile.

So first up a shot of me and my Mum at the theatre last Friday, we went to see a rather abridged version of Macbeth, it was fast paced with only 4 actors, but really well done. 

 

the stage and props were sparse but worked nonetheless.  Afterwards we popped to a supermarket to pick up a quick tea as we hadn't eaten and the lady on the register commented on how happy we seemed, which seemed like a strange but rather lovely thing to say. 

I managed to finally catch up with my scrapbooking, it has been about 18 months since I was last caught up, here are a few that I've completed, it was nice just spending some time crafting if I'm honest. 

Saturday night and me and hubby had a date night at a Sheffield theatre to see Much Ado About Nothing (yes that's right 2 Shakespeare plays in 2 days).  This is the stage set for that play.  The play itself was inclusive, the majority of the actors had some sore of disability and able bodied were in the minority, the play was both captioned and signed so the stage was 'busy' for the whole play, the main actress playing Hero signed her entire part with a translator, so it made for a different play I can't imagine how difficult it must have been to work out how to do this, but do this they did and it proved a success. 

Sunday and we decided to have a mindig (mini shindig) for family as both myself and said 21 year old have birthdays this week, as you can see from the numbers on the cake mine is a significant one.  The afternoon was riotously funny as it always is when we all get together, a hive of conversation for the duration of the afternoon and to be honest it was much needed. 

The cake had been made by said 21 year old, his fiancee and her niece and I can confirm it was as tasty as it looks!

and finally said 21 year old's fiancee graduated from Lincoln Uni recently, here is a picture of her in her cap and gown, she has done amazing and recently started teacher training. 

As we are having a few days away for mine and said 21 year old's birthday I'll catch you up on the week next week.  I hope you've all had an awesome week.  

ROCKING YOUR WORLD - 36TH OF 2022

 Good morning all, tis Friday time for 

Well last Friday was the first Chatsworth Country Fayre for three years, the pandemic causing significant issues in the last two years. 

This year it was just me, hubby and my sister as said 22 year old was working, said future daughter in law has started her teacher training, so we were a little thin on the grounds, we were up early as hubby always insists on taking sausage and bacon butties to enjoy when we get there, I warm the bread and wrap them in foil and then in tea towels inside an insulated bag to keep them warm. 

I made up a fresh greek salad and we had some lovely olive bread to soak up the dressing. 

Flask of coffee and some cold drinks and we were soon on our way. 

We enjoyed our bacon and sausage butties on arrival which was just after nine, we were relatively close to the fayre, so no major walk for us to enjoy the same. 

We wandered a few craft tents (always my favourites), before heading over to the grand stand, for our traditional watch of the mounted games. 

Here is the Yorkshire team flying the flag for our county before the games begin.

The mounted games include races often of a relay type racing the ponies up and down through various courses and the riders vaulting on and off the horses without using the stirrups, it really is amazing and fun to watch and the ponies very obviously enjoy it. 

Afterwards we went and found a drink and then wandered the stalls of which these were plentiful, during the afternoon there was both a parachute display and a spitfire display, I managed to catch this photo on my phone. 

My sister has always loved trying on hats and this one looked amazing on her. 

We headed back to the car for lunch and then back in for more wandering, we saw the birds of prey and saw the motorcycle display team 

We really couldn't believe how quickly the day had gone, we soon found the crowds thinning and we started to head back towards the car. 

We stopped for a cup of tea and my sister grabbed this shot of the three of us

and as we sat for the last hour enjoying some cake (we split it between three of us, so we had honey cake, tangerine cake made with almond flour and babouska  cake which was a mix of autumn fruits and walnuts with a thick crust which was sweet and almost biscuit like). 

We sat enjoyed watching the hot air balloon displays and were soon on our way home. 

The country fayre has always signalled to us the start of autumn, the cooler mornings with a little more mist lingering, the shorter days and we noticed a few of the trees with a tinge of red, the seasons definitely changing. 

After such a busy Friday (we were gone 12 hours from the house), Saturday was deemed a day of rest, I did a few wash loads to keep on top of things as usual and then spent the afternoon scrapbooking. 

Said 22 year old popped over after work to see us which was nice and unexpected. 

We had a simple tea of chicken sandwiches and then spent the evening chatting, which was lovely.

Unfortunately sleep seem to escape me on Saturday night, it was 2am before my brain started to wind down, I've had a hard week at work and things were playing on my mind and then I seemed to wake on the hour every hour.  thankfully I slept in until gone 9am, so hopefully won't be hitting the deck too early. 

Sunday proved a quiet day, we had pancakes for breakfast which were lovely and then hubby helped me with a hair dye as my hair was definitely in need of a little less grey. 

The rest of the day was quiet waiting on the working week and before I knew it we were at Monday. 

The week has tripped along as normal at a merry old pace and I find myself at thursday already. 

I hope you've had a good week. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 35TH OF 2022

 Good morning lovely people it is Friday time for 

Well I've had another very busy week, last weekend we headed to the cinema, we saw initially the Minions film - Rise of Gru, which was pretty amazing (it has to be said) and then went for lunch and then headed back to the cinema and watched Top Gun Maverick (again for the third time, it definitely gets better the more I see it). 

Saturday we had tickets to go to Wentworth Woodhouse they had a family Alice in Wonderland themed day on, but anyone that follows my blog knows that I do love Alice, so we headed out around lunchtime and had a fun time wandering around enjoying the activities

They had some great props

Hubby started singing Motorhead!

There was some actors as well and families and children in particular were having fun. 

Saturday evening we went to a neighbours 50th birthday party which was lovely, catching up with others in the close and then chilled for the rest of the evening. 

Sunday we headed out to YSP as I really needed a decent walk, we had a lovely wander and a natter

and definitely saw the first signs of autumn in the form of fungi at the roots of the trees. 

I spent the rest of Sunday scrapbooking and making a few cards and before we knew it we were back at Monday again. 

The week has tripped along at a pace and I find myself at thursday evening already, I hope you've had a lovely week. 

Hugs