The end of the year is speeding towards us, let’s see how October panned out as I join in with Australian Deb for What’s Been On Your Calendar
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Olive had a birthday! She’s been bringing happiness to our family for three years now. Presents were very much themed around Bluey and Frozen.
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Christmas plans have been made! My son is hosting the celebrations this year. It is lovely to be the guests rather than the hosts nowadays.
Covid and flu vaccinations - trying to do all we can to keep safe this winter.
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Tidying up the house. In an effort to speed up the decorating we decided to pay someone to come in and do it for us. Money well spent! There has been a lot of decluttering and visits to the charity shops to donate things we really don't need to hold onto anymore.
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Olive and I went to see The Tiger Who Came to Tea at our local theatre. She really enjoyed it. It was a really good performance, sticking to the original book very authentically.
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Bidding farewell to one of our Zumba teachers. Her husband's job move means that her family are moving to Dubai. A great opportunity for them and the start of an exciting new chapter. We will miss her, she made classes so much fun but I know we will equally enjoy the return of our previous teacher. The one who went to South America for six months at the end of last year - do we see a pattern emerging?
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Entertaining, we had several groups of people over for various meals, but I need to learn to spread it out over the month rather than all in one week. Three different meals in the space of six days was quite tiring!
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Renewed our passports and found that the instructions for getting a suitable photo do not give the most flattering picture! I don’t think I ever go through passport control without a smile and not wearing my glasses 😆
Really thrilled to see the Northern Lights in the sky - so very pretty. I'm so pleased we got to see them.
So that was October - fancy seeing a 1 Second Everyday compilation? Here it is!
See you next month!
I've loved seeing all the northern lights pics in October. Heaps of friends saw them in NZ too, but sadly not here in Old. Thanks for linking up with us.
ReplyDeleteIt would have been easy to miss them, they were not so distinctive to the naked eye but the camera really caught them well.
DeleteHi, Deb - I recently saw the Northern Lights (first hand) for the first time ever. It is such a spectacular experience. Thank you for joining us for WBOYC. I always enjoy your posts.
ReplyDeleteThey really were so pretty!
DeleteGoodbye October - but you did have a good one. Made some good memories...and happiest wishes to Miss Olive. Here's to a November that is just as full. And good job being a Christmas guest rather than the host. I'll high five that idea!!
ReplyDeleteThe November diary is starting to fill up!
DeleteDeb you captured the Northern Lights with a great photo. What a good month you had. Fabulous news that your son is hosting Christmas this year, what a pleasant change :)
ReplyDeleteI love your photo of the Northern Lights - we missed them over West London because we were already in bed!
ReplyDeleteHow nice to enjoy Christmas as the guests instead of the hosts ... although I suspect that you'll be hands on if asked. :)
I can't believe Christmas is almost here but like you we have our family plans in place. The Northern Lights are a dream of mine and hopefully we may see some when we visit Norway and UK next year. Thanks so much for sharing with us at #WBOYC?, Deb, and have a lovely November. Sue from Women Living Well After 50 x
ReplyDeleteWish I could get PC interested in hiring someone to freshen our paint!! Yours looks so clean and pretty. Very nice color. Our walls are so dark - a Tuscan goldish color. I would really like to lighten things but really, really want someone to do it for us.
ReplyDeleteEnjoyed seeing the kids in your 1 Sec video and of course, Coco. What a brilliant shot of the Northern Lights.
Nice to have your holiday plans solidified. I am kind of thinking I will encourage Lauren to make this the year she hosts Thanksgiving at least. But only if she does the bulk of the cooking. If I have to cook at her house, I would just as soon host at ours.