Weekly Reflections
Reasons to be cheerful ...
- chatting with family and friends
- enjoying a car picnic (even if it did rain and thunder!)
- appreciating the opportunity to visit shops in person, and
- the pleasure of choosing what to spend my Christmas and birthday tokens on (I chose books and a jigsaw puzzle)
- getting all the plants out in the garden
- enjoying time outside of the house
- welcoming a taste of normality - conversations with shop assistants and friendly greetings from strangers
- taking the car for a long drive and seeing some different scenery
- making progress on the family tree
- enjoying a Eurovision Song Contest evening with friends, complete with an Indian takeaway
I am grateful ...
- for M's efforts in the garden on a cold, wet and windy day
- for central heating!
- for the NHS
Lifestyle changes
- exercise (30 minutes minimum every day): achieved
- weight: 1 lb loss
End of Lockdown Adventures
- In the next 7 days: walk along the canal to photograph the lambs in the field but if it's too wet then a drive out and a car picnic. Achieved - no luck with the lambs but I did go for a drive and a car picnic.
- In the next month (up to the end of May): some shopping trips. On track to complete by the end of the month, see here,
- In the next 12 months: attempt some bird photography. No progress on this one yet.
It definitely feels like life is returning to normal at long last. Who'd have thought that nearing the end of May we'd be needing to have the central heating back on but hopefully there will be warmer, sunnier days soon. Well done on achieving your exercise goals and continued weight loss.
ReplyDeleteI dread to think how much extra I've spent on heating this year. At least it's supposed to warm up next week for a few days.
DeleteThanks re the weight loss - I think it will have taken a battering after last night's takeaway but it was worth it 😂
It sounds like a lovely week and I'm glad. I agree that things seem to be 'relaxing' a bit - it was super to exchange friendly words with people as we passed on the beach and to be out and about.
ReplyDeleteA car picnic amidst a storm sounds most invigorating!
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It has been a lovely week. Just getting out on the one day raised my spirits considerably and brighten my outlook.
DeleteWe used to go out and park up to watch rainstorms from the safety of the car - one of Ced's interests - and this was the first time I've repeated the experience since I lost him. Even though it was unintentional, it brought back lots of good memories. xx
I enjoy reading your weekly reflections and seeing all the reasons for being cheerful and grateful. Sounds like it was a very good week. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Bless, yes it's been lovely and I feel I've made some good progress this week.
DeleteLots of reasons to be cheerful this week! Here the weather is also a bit cold for this time of the year, maybe the global warming is affecting the seasons...
ReplyDeleteHave a lovely week!
It's been a very good week despite the weather. I think you could be right about the seasons being affected by global warming. Hopefully we'll both have some warmer weather soon.
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