Project 365: Week 19
It’s the week I finally got some paid work in and I must admit it’s been a struggle to remember to take photos. During school hours I’ve just been sat at my dining table working. But I’m not complaining! I feel happier and more relaxed than I’ve felt in a very long time.
Day 124 – Sunday 4th May – we indulged in the traditional Bank Holiday activities of gardening and spring cleaning. This little squirrel ornament sits on the wall in our garden. I’m not sure if he belongs to us or a neighbour, but he always makes me smile.
Day 125 – Monday 5th May – more gardening and my daughter planted some marigolds in the front garden.
Day 126 – Tuesday 6th May – the day the paid work started to come in! This is a glimpse of one of my messy notebooks. I like to think of it as organised chaos – I understand it even if nobody else does.
Day 127 – Wednesday 7th May – my younger son loves football and I always feel like the best mum in the world when I buy him his Match of the Day magazine every week.
Day 128 – Thursday 8th May -I wanted some green Converse last year, but couldn’t find any. I got some today, but my daughter had already beaten me to it!
Day 129 – Friday 9th May – more shoes! This is becoming a common sight in the daytime. I go in and out of the house, wearing a different pair of shoes every time and dumping everything on the floor. I clear it all up before anyone else gets home though!
Day 130 – Saturday 10th May – my daughter had her first elite dance rehearsal. As we’re now a one-car family, we’re driving less. My son and I walked to pick her up and he took the opportunity to destroy some dandelions.
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Well done on getting the paid work!!! great photos, particularly love the converse, I have a teeny tiny addiction when it comes to converses 🙂 #project365
Thanks very much! I’ve had pink Converse for about the last 10 years and my daughter had a pair of pink last year too. Fancied a change this year though.
It is great news about the work. That squirrel is quite unusual isn’t it?? I am fascinated about what you have written in your notebook it all looks very intelligent!
Thanks very much. Most of my jobs this week have been quite intelligent. I’ve had stuff about the economy and everything! And I’ve coped with it!
Congrats on the work – trying to work out what you do from your scribbles! Love the green converse – not seen that colour before. 🙂
It was hard to track down the green Converse, but I kept trying! I’d concluded they don’t do them in adult sizes, but then I got lucky. I’m a freelance press officer and writer and will work for anyone doing whatever they give me! That was quite an intelligent job!
Love that squirrel and he won’t try to steal the bird food either! Great matching converses #365
Thanks very much. There’s a lot of love for my squirrel! Sometimes I glimpse him out of the corner of my eye and think he’s real.
yay to getting some Work!… did that referral help at all? 🙂 Lovely photos x #Project365
Thanks very much, Leanne. I haven’t heard anything on that referral, but you never know, something may come of it. Thanks very much for thinking of me, I really appreciate it. x
well done on the paid work 😉 love the first photo of the squirrel x
Thanks very much 🙂 Everyone seems to like my squirrel! x
Love your squirrel ornament, we have the real thing here and they are quite pesky, I would prefer yours lol. Love your converse, what a great colour
We have real ones too, but that one is certainly less trouble! It took me ages to find those green Converse, but I’m really pleased I did!
Great to hear your news about work. I love the colour of your converses I’ve been meaning to go out and buy a pair x
Thanks very much, Michelle, it’s so nice to have work coming in 🙂 x
I think my hubby would love me forever if I bought him a weekly footy mag. I bought him the world cup sticker book the other day and he was like an excited little kid!
Ha ha, I can just imagine. My husband can enjoy the kids’ Match Attax and sticker books and pretend it’s all about the kids!
Great news on the work front Sarah, well done. Love the little squirrel, he’s rather lovely isn’t he. I hope your daughter’s first elite dance class went well, sounds very exciting. Seems you’ve had a good week all in all and similar taste in converse LOL 🙂
Thanks very much, it has been good. I caught the last couple of minutes of my daughter’s dance class and it was incredible what she’d learned in just two hours – and how she was keeping up with teenagers and adults.
Oh, I love that squirrel ornament! Huge well done on your paid work, that’s fantastic 🙂 Loving the green converse too…
Thanks very much, everyone loves the squirrel! I hope he’s ours and not the neighbours’ because I’ve become quite attached to him!
I love the last phot, he looks like a proper tween there kicking the dandelions
Thanks! I just grabbed my phone and snapped that one as he was kicking! You would definitely recognise such tween boy behaviour!
Great mix of photos to express your week! So glad freelance work is now taking off for you.
Thanks very much, Kriss. I’m so pleased about the work!
Thanks very much, Karen, it’s a real relief and I’m really enjoying it too.
Loving the matching converse. Im looking to get me and the kids red ones
Ooh, that sounds nice! They’re very expensive though, aren’t they? My daughter bought hers with her birthday money!
Glad the paid work is starting to come in. The green converse look great.
Thanks very much, a real relief about work. Looking forward to seeing what this week will bring!
well done on the paid work. It’s good to hear you’re more relaxed and happy with the outcome
Thanks very much, it’s a real relief!
Love that you have matching shoes!
Glad to hear that you have some paid work
We had pink ones last year! It’s great to have work coming in now.
Why is it that girls pick flowers but boys feel the need to kick them?! We did a lot of gardening over the bank holiday weekend too….then ended up buying garden furniture cos we realised ours were lacking! So pleased you’ve got work coming in and feel relaxed. A great week all round 🙂
To be fair once my daughter had seen her brother kicking the dandelions, she had to join in herself!
Well done on the work front Sarah! Good to hear. I love those green converse! Very lush! #365
Thanks very much. We’re very pleased with our Converse! Took me quite a while to find in my size!
i am pleased that you have had some paid work at last – yaaay! must be such a relief.
i like how your son is idly kicking the long grass x
Thanks very much, it is a relief! Boys just can’t help kicking stuff! x
I used to love walking through tall dandelions and kicking up the fluff. (I say used to, I’d totally still do it now)
I love your little squirrel too 🙂
We’re a one-car family too, however it’s my car so I’m still driving just as much (my husband is mega fit though as he now cycles everywhere). Love the converse!
Thanks for linking up to Project 365, new linky live at 9pm tonight.
Sarah i am LOVING those converse! i got some today but didnt spot that colour. Your daughter obviously has great taste too 🙂
sorry for the delay in getting round #365 x