ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 7TH OF 2025

 

Good afternoon everyone, I hope you are having a fabulous Friday time for 

Well last week my order from 'Pot Gang' arrived,  this is a fruit and vegetable subscription kit, it has come with all the things to start off strawberry, potato and chives which I have yet to get started on, but I am excited to sort. 

Last weekend, we decided to have a leisurely breakfast, you know the type where you spend time creating a lovely breakfast, I'd seen this recipe online, barley cooked with shredded apple, milk and water with honey.  Then some chopped apple cooked with cinnamon and a smidging of honey and then to finish some toasted nuts and a dollop of Greek yogurt.  It took some time to do on the hob (we are now planning to recreate but using the slow cooker), the barley is quite chewy which was great because it took us time to eat, was very tasty and very filling, definitely one that we will do again. 

On Friday I enjoyed the second episode of Bridgerton (rewatching the first episode to really draw out the series)

We had hoped to head to York for their annual ice trail, but it has been wall to wall rain since the beginning of January and I really just did not fancy it, so we missed that and had a slow weekend at home which we both really enjoyed. 

We had a walk on Saturday morning which was very wet and miserable, so you can imagine how much I enjoyed this sandwich on our return, bacon and egg on homemade wholemeal breadcake, absolutely lush. 

I also had lots of time over the weekend to craft and my plan was to finish the wedding photos of our son and daughter-in-law's wedding from 2023 (yes I know I'm behind and yes I do scrapbooking chronologically).  The photos have been an absolute joy to do.  I bought a wedding themed kit from a nearby bricks and mortar craft shop (The Craft Box at Elsecar) and mixed with some other paper I'd got and a lovely paper pad that I'd bought from the same place.  I also mixed in some of my other papers when the photos demanded it and by the time I'd finished I have completed 45 layouts from the day.  I have already shared some of these but the rest of them are here to enjoy. 

Ready for the bride

My d-in-law and her Mum

A lovely black and white photo with a great reflection

This one of my Mum and family, she had such a wonderful day 

My sister and niece and me and hubby

Then me and my Mum and sister and me and my sister

A layout of the bouquet

Then a double page layout

Fun evening photos 

The 'rings' shot and just having a moment together

Posed shots with parents and grandparents

First dance layout 

I was really pleased with this finished layout, I love the photo and I think I did it justice

I had to scrapbook the footwear as my d-in-laws socks made me giggle (zoom if you are not easily offended)

Getting out of the wedding transport

Me and hubby with our son caught on an old fashioned film camera

Getting ready

Another double page layout, there wasn't a dry eye in the house during this wedding. 

Their beautiful wedding cake

Maid of honour and bridesmaids

Groom and best man shots

My d-i-law really enjoying the cake at the reception

And this fun photo caught by the official photographer, apparently she was pulling faces at her little bridesmaids who were being mischievous

After the ceremony shots

All the hugs from family and friends

A walk in the long grass between rain showers

Hubby being mischievous when talking to our daughter-in-law

Me with my cousin and her daughter and my Mum. 

My niece and her fiancé having their portrait done during the evening

This is not a staged shot, during the photographs outside, the heavens opened and a passing patrol car asked my d-in-law if she wanted a lift back to the main building where he was heading, which she took.  She is being helped into the car by the best man. 

Whilst I was busy doing these, hubby was enjoying films and some Six Nations rugby on the TV.

This week I've been off work which has made a lovely change, but I'm going to share my week next week with you (because it is highly unlikely that I will have anything else to share with you next week otherwise). 

I hope you've had a wonderful week. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 19TH OF 2025

 Morning lovely people tis Friday time for 

Well I'm having to prep this post before I've technically finished my week, so apologies for that, but needs must. 

I have been catching up on my scrapbooking recently, as some of you may know it ground to a halt after my Mum passed away last year and I genuinely struggled to get going again.  However, with the great craft room sort out and hubby's gentle encouragement I've finally started making headway through a fairly epic pile of photographs if I'm honest. 

Here is what I've done recently with a kit I put together, with a colourway that I wouldn't normally choose myself if truth be told, but it was fun to work outside my comfort zone.  These go back to 2023

Stag and hen weekend at Center Parcs

The start of the stag and hen weekend, when the quiz is always critical 

Trip to Stafford a couple of years ago. 

A date night when we were in Stafford. 

and another 

More pictures, this was when my Mum gate crashed the stag party when the girls went to the spa, she hadn't long finished chemo and didn't feel up to it. 

The first none castle based Shakespeare at Stafford, it was good just not as good as the Bridge Theatre one, that one takes some beating. 

On our way to the restaurant at Center Parcs

When we first got to Center Parcs and Mum's mobility scooter wasn't ready so they loaned us a wheelchair, it was hard for me to see my Mum like this, even though we knew things were hard, she loved feeling independent. 

The other thing I was grateful for this week was the amarylis gift that I got provided with at work, we'd ended up with them in centre and one of my colleagues passed it to me, I thought that I would have a go at growing the bulb eventually, little did I realise it had already been potted and because it had been put in my warm utility room it had decided it was time to grow so when I went out there the other week it's flower head was peeking out the side of the box, it genuinely made me laugh and think of Audrey II in Little Shop of Horrors.  

So I got it out of the box, watered it, found an plant pot (albeit that the outer pot is designed for a much bigger plant) and popped it in the window and it has loved it ever since.  

I've genuinely no idea if it will come back again (I need to check them out as a bulb) but it has been lovely to see it happily enjoying it's window position and has definitely raised a smile. 

I've also loved reading recently, it has been such a joy to escape into a book if you know what I mean, both me and hubby are having a fab time reading currently. 

I hope you've had a grand week too. 

Hugs