ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 22ND OF 2025

 Morning I'm a day late but still time to clock the positives and grateful moments as it is time for 

So last Friday I thought I had training at work, unbeknownst to me not only had the time changed (which I'd clocked) but so had the date (which I hadn't), but rather than be frustrated with the alarm call et al, I decided to embrace the day and me and hubby had a great day, I did some scrapbooking, he watched a film, we got a few jobs sorted around the house overall a positive day. 

Then on Saturday we went to Nostell for a 'Conscious Self' retreat that we'd booked as a wedding anniversary gift to one another.  We weren't sure what to expect, but went with yoga mats, hiking chairs, waterproofs (as we knew it was outside) and blankets. 

The first hour was an hour of yoga, we have never done yoga so this was definitely an eye opener in how physically fit you need to be to do yoga.  However, we managed (just about). 

We then did some breath work which was interesting and some meditation which we enjoyed but the noisy rustle of the trees was somewhat distracting, before finishing off being immersed in a sound bath.  Now this bit was awesome and we both really enjoyed it.  Afterwards we enjoyed some soup and bread and got chatting to other participants in the class as well as the tutors, it was definitely an interesting 'first' experience for the two of us. 

Then on Sunday we headed over to my niece's home and caught up with family which was grand, we chatted and drank tea and met her new puppy called Hudson, who is very cute. 

Monday and a bank holiday, so we enjoyed reading and chilling on the deck outside as the weather was OK.

Tuesday and Wednesday I was flat out at work, I have a lot of work to do at the moment, including a big meeting. 

Thursday I did some work from home before we discovered the scheduled gas man visit to service the boiler hadn't been booked in properly (rolls eyes), thankfully we checked so we didn't waste the day waiting around and re-scheduled it.  

Thursday evening we headed to the Lyceum at Sheffield to watch '& Juliet' which is a brilliant play, a spin on Romeo and Juliet with both William Shakespeare and his wife Anne Hathaway being parts in the play, where the story of Romeo and Juliet doesn't end with a death.  It was full of some great music and the stage set and production was superb. 

We grabbed a selfie at the end which was fun.

I hope you've had a great week too. 

Hugs

ROCKING YOUR WORLD FRIDAY - 44TH OF 2024

 Morning all tis Friday time for 

I hope you've all had a good week, I'm getting back into the flow of work again.  Last Friday I had a blood test taken as I've been suffering with anaemia the results are showing the additional iron tablets are helping, so that is definitely a positive for the week. 

Hubby enjoyed baking on Friday. 

He made these beautiful hazelnut and cranberry biscotti

He made a fresh batch of mince pies with his homemade mincemeat which were stunning 

Saturday and we met my sister to go to Ikea as she was wanting to pick up a new table but wasn't sure it would fit in her car, this is hubby 62 year's young still being mischievous with the trolley that he used more like a scooter 

Saturday, me and hubby went to see the play 'Art' at the Lyceum in Sheffield, it is a strange play and whilst some explain it is a laugh out loud raucous comedy, it didn't quite hit the mark for us, it was only on researching it afterwards that we realised that it is a play translated from French, maybe it is funnier in its original language, nevertheless despite its overall strangeness we both thoroughly enjoyed it. 

Sunday and we headed to the local garden centre, to meet my long time friend Jude's daughter, who I have never met before, it is so strange meeting someone you know through social media, but have never met in person.  It was so lovely to meet her, we went and drank tea and put the world to rights before having a wander around the garden centre, hubby, my sister, son and daughter in law joined us so it was a full family jaunt out.  We also enjoyed all the stunning homeware and the beautiful Christmas decorations, the only negative from the afternoon was the fact that we forgot to get a photograph, honestly I don't know how I do it sometimes! 

Monday and back into work, Tuesday was a crazy long day, as I came home and carried on as I had some work to do on the audit. 

Wednesday night and me and hubby went to see a local youth theatre group perform 'Rock of Ages' it was a strange choice, given the drug references, not to mention the sex references and the strip club and whilst we enjoyed it some of the youngsters didn't quite hit all the notes if that makes sense, I actually wouldn't mind seeing it again as a professional production to see what that's like. 

Thursday we went to help my sister, she had some DIY tasks that needed doing and as usual my hubby got volunteered to do them. 

I hope you've had a grand week. 

Hugs

Rocking Your World Friday - 5th of 2020

Morning all tis Friday time for 

Well it has been a busy week overall I've managed some crafting last Friday and I can officially say that 2016 scrapbooking is complete (typically I've found a few photos that missed out but I can't face dismantling albums so we will simply draw a line).  Here are a few that I've managed over the last few weeks

I've now sorted the remaining photos for 2017 into a pile in chronological order and will now be setting too on that pile.  I estimate around 80 layouts are needed to complete that task before I can move on to 2018.  I've used some old counterfeit kit inspiration to put together a kit to make a start on this task, so watch this space on that front. 

We have recently joined the Yorkshire Sculpture Park as members and were desperately in need of a decent walk after what had felt like a difficult week, although we only had a relatively small window we decided to head up and park at the Weston and managed the key lakeside walk, hubby spotted lots of snowdrops on our woodland part of the walk.

It was cold but we were wrapped up well, you can see Emley Moor in the distance, the old analogue tower for television signals, now joined by its much thinner digital signal tower. 

On Saturday night me, my sister, hubby and said 19 year old enjoyed a night out watching Ed Byrne at the City Hall, we had a fabulous night out. 

We left having laughed so much that our faces ached, always the sign of a good night out!

As usual these two were up to mischief, my cousin said she thinks they are two peas in a pod, I'm not sure, do you see it?

Sunday was a wet day so we had a lovely day just tootling around the house, we had some jobs to do, hubby had a picture to hang and we had some items to go into the loft, you know the sort of thing, jobs that pile up that you haven't had chance to do, including cleaning the crystals and crystal cabinet. 

Monday and it was back to the grindstone, I've worked from home due to the amount of work I can get done and the fact I had a key report to write for board. 

And on Monday night I went to a craft session at the local shopping centre with my Mum and sister and enjoyed a marbling and book binding workshop.  I've done marbling before as some of you may remember.  

But I have never done bookbinding and I'm one of those individuals that loves to be shown how to make something, I'm not a lover of watching hours of you tube videos to get to grips with something and prefer the more personal touch. 

I managed to completed 3 books by the end of the workshop and have a stack of marbled papers to make some more.  This is the first time I've had a go at Japanese stab binding and I must say I'm a little bit addicted, so much so that a book binding kit may have inadvertently dropped into my Amazon shopping basket when I got home.

Tuesday night and we had tickets to the Lyceum theatre to watch "Peter Pan Goes Wrong" by the Mischief Theatre, this is the third of their plays that we've seen at the Lyceum and the first one that said 19 year old has attended.  They didn't disappoint and we are always amazed at how physical the antics are and how they don't get hurt.  A fabulous night out it has to be said. 

Wednesday said 19 year old was off to London with Uni, so I had to drop him off, then had my annual mammogram (family links so I have started this much earlier than most and mine are annual), returned home and report a huge report for work and started a funding bid before ending for the day.  Then me and hubby decided on an impromptu date night, so headed out for tapas. 

We had a lovely evening, sat chilling enjoying each others company and a fabulous meal. 

And that my lovely people was my week, it has unusually been a busy one for us and one I've really enjoyed.  I hope you've had a grand week, if you fancy joining in pop a post together come back and link up and we can come and visit.