It's the second week of 2025 and I am pleased to say that I have stuck to my guns of having a no-spend year. I know that I will slip up sometimes but every win is a win and deserves to be celebrated. I think in last week's post I said that I was skint and really wanted to save. The last 3 months of last year were particularly costly. Sp here is my highlight of the week, especially money wise. The week was particularly cold and I felt 'peckish' as the evenings drew on. But I was determined not ...
New is our Word of the Week
Yes, we are giving ourselves the chance to have a go again, all shiny and new. Happy New Year by the way. We sincerely hope that 2025 will give you the chance to put your best foot forward, whatever you have to face. I feel great to have survived 2024. It was a very mixed […]
Eulogy is my Word of the Week
In case you don’t know, a eulogy is a speech given at a funeral or memorial service to honor the life of a person who passed away. “Eulogy” comes from the Greek word eulogia, which means “praise.” Ever since my sister Jackie’s death on November 8, I have agreed to give the Eulogy for her funeral. It […]
Power is our Word of the Week
I’m going to go straight in and let you know that this week was really about power outages but as I prefer to use one word, I’ll use power. We’ve been having power cuts on and off this week and it’s brought me back to living in Jamaica where this was a regular occurrence. But […]
Challenging is the Word Best Used to Describe This Week
The last time we had a bad week, we used the word difficult to describe it. There were some difficulties this week, but I will give that word a break and use challenging this week. Thankfully, there was no airport involved like the last time, and also we haven’t got a hole in the kitchen […]
Memories is my Word of the Week
Do you ever have those days where it’s like you are reliving things? Or that while you are doing things it brings back memories of your existence the last time you were doing that thing? This week there was a lot of that. It started with me deciding to finish a blanket I had crocheted […]
Our Word of the Week is Boost
We like reflecting on the week ending and trying to gather some highlights from it. In particular, we like to look out for the positives because we feel like that is a boost, and it also reminds us to count our blessings. So although negatives sometimes happen, there are always reasons to rejoice. Mind you, […]