Week in the Life - Sunday

Yesterday was already the last day of recording a week of my life. It's gone so fast, but it was fun to do. Here are my notes from Sunday:

• To my surprise I woke slightly later at 8.10 a.m.
• I was the first to be downstairs, so I decided to start typing the address labels for the moving notice, but didn't get to finish them
• We all had breakfast, for me the usual. I was fun with 10 people in the house.
• I got dressed around 10.00 a.m.
• Ingrid and I ordered some Sizzix dies
  
• Beth and I started making a cheesecake again, after last week's turned out so well.
• The kids had pyjama day and played on the trampoline most of the day
• I had porridge for lunch and some leftover salad from yesterday
• In the afternoon I took some more pictures of my brother and Ingrid
• Beth made a chocolate cake
• We had fruit salad
• David played Boutique Monopoly with Fleur and Rebecca
• Eric and the kids played Mario Cart
• I edited some of the pictures I took
• We had spinach pie for dinner
• After dinner it was bath time and hair wash for all the children
• They were all finally in bed at 8.30 p.m.
• Ingrid and I spent the evening making cards
• I went to bed at midnight

And here are my pictures for today:



This concludes one week in my life. I hop you enjoyed it, and possibly be inspired to something along these lines. For more ideas and tips I recommend visiting Ali's blog, who started all this.

Week in the Life - Saturday

Today surely has been a busy day again...:

• On the weekends the alarm is not set, however I still wake around 7.30 a.m. I didn't get up until 8.15 a.m.
• The children and Beth were already downstairs.
• Rebecca and Ruben were playing Quidditch on the PS2 and Renee was playing with Play-Doh.
• I had my usual breakfast. This must be one of the most consistent things in my life.
• After breakfast Beth and started on making caramel slick in mini cupcake shapes.
• David got up around 9.15 a.m. and got straight in the shower.
• Soon after Beth and I got dressed too.
• David took Ruben and Rebecca to their swimming lessons.
• Renee and I danced to Blame it on the Boogie.
  
• Meanwhile Beth, Renee and I went to Sainsbury's to do some serious grocery shopping.
• When we got back, Eric, Ingrid, Fleur and Sanne had already arrived from Holland.
• The kids were all jumping on the trampoline.
• Eric and Ingrid had even more shopping for us.
• After a cup of tea/coffee we all had lunch.
• David got struck by a migraine and had to go lie down.
• We moved Renee into Ruben's room, and set-up Fleur and Sanne's beds in Renee's room.
• Around 3.00 p.m. we went to the park and took the opportunity to take some pictures.
• Back home we had fruit and greek yoghurt.
• Ingrid and I had to go back to Sainsbury's as we forgot to get burger buns for the hamburgers that David was cooking on the BBQ.
• Renee hurt her head as the dance mat fell on top of her.
  
• After dinner Beth gave Ruben and Renee a bath and Rebecca had a shower.
• David was slowly recovering from his migraine.
• At 8.00 p.m. six of his mates came round for poker night.
• We watched part of Mission Impossible: 3 and Little Britain.
  
• I uploaded my pictures onto Flickr.

Lots of pictures for today:



That's all for today. Have a nice weekend.

Week in the Life - Friday

The fact that it's Friday today feels good, I'm definitely ready for the weekend. Here's what happened today:

• I felt very tired this morning when the alarm went off
• I didn't have to wake Renee this morning
• The carpenter and tiler turned up early this morning. However, the tiler only came for a short while. Very disappointing.
  
• David's working from home, as he'll be picking up Beth in the afternoon from the airport.
  
• Before leaving for school I quickly put the washing machine on.
  
• Renee was wearing her pink princess hairband to school.
• After dropping the kids of at school, I joined a few other mums at Café Nero for coffee. Before hand I quickly went into Next an bought a bright pink knitted sweater.
• Before going home again, I went to the haberdashery to buy some more ribbons... polka dots, organza and sheer.
• At home I continued the washing. The weather has been so kind, that I can dry the washing outside.
• The contractor stopped by again.
• Made the beds.
• Started tidying up the whole house, mainly upstairs.
  
• Cleaned Rebecca's bathroom and changed the sheets, as Eric and Ingrid will be sleeping there during their stay.
• David made coffee.
• Had porridge for lunch again and spoke to my mum on Skype.
• David left around 1.00 p.m. for Heathrow.
• After lunch I cleaned the other bathroom, and made the beds.
• At 3.00 p.m. Beth and David got home. Just in time to go and pick-up Rebecca from school.
• I picked up Renee.
• Back home: time for fruit and Renee had cinnamon toast.
• Beth also picked up Ruben after football.
• I took Renee to her swimming lesson. She did really well.
• When we got home, Beth had already started cooking dinner. Green beans, turkey goujons and roasted new potatoes. We sat at the dining room table tonight.
• Beth brought back presents for everyone from France.
  
• Friday nights is bath free night.
• Rebecca is already sleeping Beth's room.
• I did some more washing and ironing. Six loads today, way too much.
• Uploading my pictures to Flickr
• Enjoyed a cup of pepermint tea.
• I felt I didn't take enough pictures today, I might go back and take a few more.

Here are my pictures for today:




I wish everyone a very enjoyable weekend.

Week in the Life - Thursday

It always seems to be a relieve that it's Thursday, it just feels I can touch the weekend, because let's face it, Friday is really already weekend, right? So far today:

• David got up and showered just before me as he had a 7.00 a.m. phone call.
• My morning routine was as normal. Wearing my new bra this morning. I'd have forgotten what it feels like to wear a bra that actually fits.
• No builders have turned up yet today, so I might have a quiet day
• David left just before 8.00 a.m.
• Rebecca entertained us this morning by playing Do-Re-Mi from the Sound of Music on her recorder.
• Outside was crisp and sunny. It was only 6 degrees Celsius when we left home.
• After I dropped Renee off at school I quickly went to Sainsbury's as we'd run out of eggs and I was playing to do some baking today.
• Back home: I made the beds, caught up on reading my favourite blogs and put the washing on.
• Time for coffee
• As I was just sitting down to make my cards for today, the decorator came to assess when he can start painting and when.
• I did manage to make two cards, one for next week's 2S4Y sketch and one for baby 'Faith'. Just need to find out where to send it to.
• Toasted sandwich with ham, goat's cheese, tomato and rocket for lunch.
• Went to my local craft store to buy some more cardstock. Home again within half an hour.
• Had another coffee
• Started printing my pictures for my album: Week in the Life.
• After picking up Renee from school, she said in the car that I needed to buy 'hagelslag'. Just in time to add to my shopping list for Eric.
• Rebecca was having after school Arts & Crafts club. Ruben, Renee and I went to the park next to school to wait for her.
• I didn't recognise my friend, Gill as she had her hair dyed.
• At home Ruben played Harry Potter on PS2, Rebecca played with her Bratz.
• Renee helped me to make home-made pizza. It was delicious.
• After dinner the girls danced to 'Blame it on the Boogie'.
• While getting ready for the bath, I discovered a huge spider on my towel hangin over the banister. It made my toes curl. Before I could do anything else, I had to kill it.
• David came home from work at 8.00 p.m.
  
• Talked to Ingrid on Skype this evening.
• Emailed my card to Kazan for 2S4Y.
• Posted my 'Faith' card.

And here are today's pictures:

Time for bed I think. Until tomorrow.

Week in the Life - Wednesday

Wednesday already, I really struggle at the moment to see time move so fast and I haven't even got to work. So far this morning:

• Up at usual weekday time. The pun of the day was to with a woman who had a cake on her wedding day made out of cheese. One of them was 'For Feta and Worse'. Quite a good giggle this early in the morning.
• It's a beautiful sunny day today. Even Renee came down the stairs and said it's really bright and sunny, Mummy.
  
• David got up after me and left at 7.30 a.m. for work.
  
• I had to wake Renee up again.
• I forgot to put the kids sandwich boxes in the dishwasher last night, so had to wash them up this morning.
• The internet is down this morning.
  
• The kids were very noisy this morning and were singing Jolly Phonics songs.
• I had to remind Rebecca three times to do her hair, to put her lunch box in her schoolbag and to put her shoes on.
• I couldn't use my camera this morning as the battery needed charging. Instead I used my iPhone for a couple of pictures.
  
• After I dropped the kids off to school, I went to Banstead to have a look at the lingerie shop. I was quite early and the shop wasn't open yet. I strolled down the High Street to have a look at some of the shops. It's actually quite an nice place, and should really go there more often.
• In the lingerie shop they helped me to get fitted for the right size bra. I've gone full circle and am now back in the size that I was before having children, 34D.
  
• Before going back home I stopped at Sainsbury's to do some grocery shopping.
• I was home just before 11.00 a.m.
• After I unpacked the shopping I made a cup of coffee and enjoyed it with two slices of raisin toast, while I was checking my email now that the internet connection is back up.
• Typing up my notes.
• Time to make the beds.
• Spent another hour ironing. I seem to be ironing forever this week and am getting fed up with it.
• Wanted to have a jacket potato with tuna and cheese for lunch, but discovered I didn't have any tuna, so ended up only having cheese with some vegies and hommus.
• Did the dishes.
• Tidied up around the house.
• 2.50 p.m. Person arrived to fit our new Luxaflex blinds, which we ordered end of August.
• I had to head out and pick-up the kids.
• Back home we had fruit. For everyone something else. Still grateful for being able to buy strawberries for as long as it lasts.
• Renee has her first reading book with words. She could read them all, what a big girl!
  
• Mopped the floors downstairs, while the kids played on the Playstation.
• Cooked pasta Bolognese for dinner.
• A quick cuddle on the sofa before having a bath
• Wednesday nights we wash hair
• Dried everyone's hair
• Read another page in Renee's Letterland book
• David home at 8.00 p.m. He's had a bad day at work
• I've just printed Monday's notes onto cardstock. It looks good
• Time to upload today's pictures

Well, that would be all for today. Until tomorrow.

Week in the Life - Tuesday

I must say it is quite intensive to record every little thing, but quite fun at the same time.
Here are my pictures for today:



And my notes:

• David got up at 6.00 a.m. and left at 6.30 a.m. for a round of golf near Uxbridge.
• I woke-up at the same time as yesterday and got dressed
• Renee wanted to do her own buttons on her shirt this morning.
• Shaun turns up ata 8.00 a.m. to start finishing to walls, ready to be decorated.
• It's drizzling rain when we are leaving for school.
  
• Ruben gets upset in the car because he just lost the elite Pokémon battle on his DS.
• Renee notices that the billboards have changed on our way to school.
• I took a slightly different route to school this morning, as Tuesday morning the rubbish is collected in the street I normally drive through. Wise choice, as the other roads are clear.
• Renee has her daily run on the green at school with her friends before she goes in.
• After I dropped Renee at school I went to International Tiles to pick-up tiles for two of our bathrooms, as well as edging trim for the downstairs cloakroom.
• Back home: time for coffee
• Checked out new sketch for 2S4Y. Looks really good.
• Made the beds
• Rung Bathroom Affair that the recessed profiles didn't turn up last week.
• Chatted on Skype with my brother, Eric asking me what shopping he needs to bring when him and Ingrid are visiting on Saturday for 5 days. Tea, breakfast cake, licorice, pancake mix, apple sauce, etc. Now that we are close to home again, I can indulge a bit in Dutch treats again.
• Peter the contractor stopped by at 12.00 p.m. to discuss the work flow. We discovered that the water closet is leaking again upstairs. It appear the system is faulty.
• Meanwhile I was very hungry For lunch I had porridge and a banana.
• I put the washing machine on again.
• I had planned to go to Banstead in the afternoon to a lingerie shop, but I'd run out of time. Instead I tidied the living room. While putting away the wooden road the bottom fell out of the basket. What a noise.
• Purchased Ali's templates from Designer Digitals to use for this project as her looks so good. I'm going to be a copycat, I've decided.
• David got home from golf around 2.30 p.m.
  
• Ruben played Sonic on the Playstation.
• Rebecca played with her MyScene dolls.
  
• Searched online for the baseball card protectors, but couldn't find them. I asked my friend, Jessica in Portland to get them for me.
• Searched IKEA's website for a new table for the kids to do arts and crafts.
• Renee watched some Tom & Jerry before dinner.
  
• David made pancakes for dinner, while I did some more ironing.
  
• Renee practised her wordsheet for school.
• Rebecca sent a text to Beth, who's in France and the moment and will be back on Friday.
  
• For bedtime Renee chose to read Letterland.
• Her three songs before sleep time, she's picking Dutch songs at the moment and wants to learn them. Tonight I sang: Berend Botje, Op een klein stationetje and Witte Zwanen, Zwarte Zwanen.
• Ruben and Rebecca read to one and other for bedtime.
• Put the covers of the throw cushions in the washing machine as they look manky.
• This evening I've updated my daily blog and listened to Coyote Ugly in the background.

I'm planning to already start putting the album together tomorrow.

Week in the Life: +1 - Monday

Last week, Ali Edwards invited everyone to join her in recording a Week in the Life. I really wanted to join in, but last week wasn't the right week for me. I was tired, I had a cold, my tummy was playing up and I could not put myself to recording anything, I just wished the days would pass quietly.

But it's Monday again, and I'm feeling much better, so I thought why not just start it a week later. So, here are my pictures for Monday:



And my notes:

• 6.28 hrs alarm goes off
• 6.30 hrs listen to the news on CapitalFM and the pun of the day from a newspaper article.
• 6.40 hrs got up to have a shower.
• Weighed myself, 64.4kg. I've done this every Monday morning for many years now, and have started again after the scales were delivered in the shipment three weeks ago.
  
• Got dressed
• 7.20 hrs Ruben's walks into our bedroom to have his tie tied.
• 7.30 hrs Made sure Rebecca was getting out of bed and woke-up Renee.
• 7.40 hrs Let Keith on of the builder's into the house to continue work on our downstairs cloakroom.
• Had the usual: muesli, strawberries, raspberries and yoghurt and OJ for breakfast
• Renee started with cheerios, but wanted butter toast instead.
• Ruben and Rebecca had their usual: cheerios and juice.
• All three were playing on their DS at the breakfast table.
• Rebecca did her hair.
• I did the dishes.
• 8.30 hrs left to go to school.
• 8.32 hrs dropped off Ruben and Rebecca at their school.
• 8.44 hrs arrived at Renee's school. Traffic was okay this morning.
• David is working from home today, having phone calls most of the day.
• Back home I checked email and 2Ps Top 10 List and spoke to my mum on Skype.
• Had coffee and cheesecake (which was leftover from Saturday).
• Treated builders to coffee and cheesecake too.
• 11.15 hrs Did the ironing and watched P.S. I love you for the second time to attempt to watch it to the end this time. Stopped it again, as I don't seem to get myself into the movie.
• 12.40 hrs Stripped our bed to be washed and made the children's bed. Opened some windows for some fresh fall air.
• 13.15 hrs Had toasted ham, cheese, tomato and rocket sandwich, carrots and cucumber for lunch.
• David's got half an hour break off the phone and is re-installing the washing machine which had to be pulled out this morning for the carpenter to fit new skirtings.
• Typing up my notes for today while eating my lunch.
• Put away the ironing. Intentionally did a few things at a time to give myself some more exercise going up and down the stairs.
• Added some friends on Facebook.
• David made another coffee.
• 15.02 hrs Left on school run. Traffic was light. Picked up Renee first, then Ruben and Rebecca.
• Back home Keith had finished for the day.
• Fruit for everyone.
• Renee made her own warm milk.
• Renee teary as she wanted to know what channel to put on the tele.
• Ruben and Rebecca back on their DSs.
• 16.30 hrs Put clean sheets on our bed.
• 17.00 hrs Cooked dinner with a new recipe from GoodFood Magazine. It was rather disappointing and not worth repeating.
• Tiler turned up to grout the tiles he laid in cloakroom yesterday.
  
• 18.45 hrs Uploaded 2S4Y card to blog.
• Renee played with her kitchen after dinner.
• 18.55 hrs bathtime.
• 19.15 hrs story and song time.
• 19.30 hrs snuggled down.
• 20.30 hrs my first yoga class in years and in fact my first activity since moving back to the UK. I felt really good.
• 22.15 hrs Enjoying a cup of tea before going to bed at 22.45 hrs.
  

I shall be back tomorrow with pictures and notes from today.