Hello friends
I can’t believe we’re here at the end of another month!
Which means it’s time for another edition of What’s Been on Your Calendar #WBOYC, where together with friends and co-hosts, Sue, Donna and Jo, we share what’s been happening in our worlds in a monthly wrap-up post. You’re very welcome to join in.
One of my calendars had these words of advice – so true:
I must say April in Tumbarumba is a wonderful time with warm sunshine during the day, crisp nights and mornings and amazing autumn colours. Just beautiful!
April activities can be summed up:
Autumn delights
Playing with my grandchildren
Rotary service
Intrepid adventurers
Live, laugh, love 🙂
Just for fun I’ve added a weekly summary for each week. Please note most of these activities were relatively short, so although it might sound busy it really wasn’t too much!
Week 1 summary
Monday 1 – Sunday 7 April:
- Easter Monday – family visitors leave 😦
- Rail Trail visitors
- I got my DNA results back!
- 4th Birthday of our Tumbarumba to Rosewood Rail Trail with morning tea at local cafe
- Rotary BBQ at high School
- Functional weight training sessions during the week (M/W/F) plus pilates and step classes
- Body scan to finish off the Fierce and Fit challenge – I made good progress
- Kokoda trekkers bbq at home – checking their packs and cutting/shaving their hair
- Family Word a Week photo challenge chat – half hour catch-up over zoom – variety was the word for this week
Week 2 summary
Monday 8 – Sunday 14 April:
- Rotary BBQ at Library for Community Reading Day
- Rotary meeting plus Board meeting
- Hair and wax appointment
- Massage
- Kokoda trekkers leave for 2 weeks (my husband is one of the leaders)
- I missed my local book club meeting
- Drive to Canberra (3 hour trip) for babysitting duties
- Enjoy the weekend with my daughter and grandchildren
Week 3 summary
Monday 15 – Sunday 21 April:
- A few days of looking after 5yr old Emilia which included bike riding, trampoline park, shopping, morning tea, a visit to Cockington Green (a miniature village), books, yoga, limited screen time, cuddles and general play with 3yr old Zach
- My last day spent in Canberra with my daughter and Emilia included morning tea out, a pedicure and a traumatic farewell from Emilia – she begged me to stay longer!
- Drive to Mum’s at Tumut (2 hours) to stay until Sunday. Lots of admin to sort out and walks in the sunshine plus endless cups of tea!
- Glorious autumn weather
- Home to help on a Rotary bbq at the local Greens’ football games
- Family Word a Week photo challenge chat – half hour over zoom – water was the word for this week
- I really missed doing my regular workouts
- I wrote a few blog posts, read other blogs and made comments
Week 4 summary
Monday 22 – Tuesday 30 April:
- Back to strength exercise sessions (M/W/F) plus pilates, walks, a 23km ride on our rail trail and lunch with friends
- Rotary meeting – a casual social evening
- My Deborah name day – on 24/4 – ever since our Hungarian exchange student told me that was my name day I’ve embraced it! See my photo below 🙂
- ANZAC Day – attend the march and help with triobike organisation for elderly veterans
- Visit Mum taking my home-made ANZAC biscuits to share – thanks to Jo for the recipe
- The Tumba2Kokoda trekkers return in early hours of Saturday morning – it will be great to have my husband home and to hear his stories (it was his 9th time doing the Kokoda Track since 2007)
- Family Word a Week photo chat – a half hour catchup over zoom with Photographer’s Choice (as X to hard to find photos for) as the theme for the week. We’ve been doing these family Word a Week challenges for a few years now!
My posts in April
- An extra chocolatey Easter treat
- Getting my DNA tested
- Tell Us About info and Tell Us About…Personal Style (a great prompt from our very own Sue)
- What’s on Your Bookshelf update
- Earth Day and a Sculpture Walk
- Tackling the Kokoda Track (again)
Thriving on…#WOTY
My word of the year is THRIVE and I’ve realised some months are more suited to thriving than others!
In some ways thriving was minimal during the month, for reasons I won’t bore you with, but hey I’m still standing and I’m smiling 🙂
Hope and strive is the way to thrive.
Danish Proverb
What’s Been on Your Calendar plus Word of the Year
We’ve set this linkup for the last Friday of the month and the linkup is below – copy your post’s URL and add it in. We love reading about what you’ve been doing. It’s great fun, so we hope you can join us.
My stunning co-hosts can be found here:
Donna – Retirement Reflections
Jo – And Anyways…
Sue – Women Living Well After 50
Please note the two dates – the first one is for Northern Hemisphere bloggers (where Donna lives) it’s the last Thursday of the month and the second date is for the last Friday of the month for us Southern Hemisphere bloggers. The link up will stay open for 48 hours.
Dates for the rest of 2024:
- May 30/31
- June 27/28
- July 25/26
- Aug 29/30
- Sept 26/27
- Oct 31/Nov 1
- Nov 28/29
- Dec 26/27
Have I told you that I love autumn?
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Deb is a young-at-heart & active 60+ blogger/retiree, after being made redundant from her 22-year career managing education programs in a men’s correctional centre (jail). She now spends her time reading, blogging, riding her ebike and travelling. Deb was awarded a Bravery Award from the Queen when she was 17 after a tragic accident – a definite life changing moment! She is married with 3 grown-up daughters & has 4 grandchildren. You can read more of Deb’s story here
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Drat!! Was sure I would make the link-up this month, but alas I missed out again. I probably (definitely) need to make my Sentence a Day/What’s Been on My Calendar posts shorter but so many times they have really helped me remember what happened when.
Sounds like April was a happily busy month. Glad you had some special time with Emilia. Doesn’t it just break your heart when your grandbabies beg you to stay? My 4 year old grand has taken to wrapping her legs around my leg when I leave. My 2 year old grandson cries and cries. Hearbreaking.
Followed your links to learn more about Kokoda and ANZAC and an ANZAC biscuit. Kokoda sounds like a real character-building experience!! Glad you experienced it once but can completely understand that once was enough.
Love the wide-legged linen pants look. You look comfy and chic!!
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Hi Leslie, lovely to hear from you. It’s hard to write these posts sometimes and I often start earlier in the month and make additions as I go just so I can get it done in time!
I’ve worn the wide leg pants today with a red/orange top and felt very chic indeed!
Thanks for your visit and hope all is going well xx
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You always have a such a wide variety of plans for your months!
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Sometimes it’s harder than other months but I usually get something written Deb!!
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wow – that’s a pretty full on month! It looks like your grandchildren had a lovely time with you. It still looks like you are thriving even if it feels like you have been striving 🥰
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Thanks Janine, all is good and yes we all enjoyed our grandchildren time!!
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So the trekkers returned early this morning? Hope you are happily hearing all about it right now! Glad you got time in Canberra while your husband was away too. Lovely month for you.
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Yes they all returned home in the early hours of Saturday morning so good to have my husband home! I did enjoy my outings while he was away but I missed him.
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Looks like you have had a grand April! 😍
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It was pretty full on but I made it!!
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It sounds as if you had a full and enjoyable April, Debbie. I love the pedicure pic. Wishing you much thriving in May!
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Thanks Christie, the pedicure time for us girls was lovely!
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We have very similar DNA Ancestry results, except I don’t have Basque or Aboriginal. I do have Italian, but the rest are the same. Lol. It is so interesting to do family research!
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It really is interesting Erin and seems to have opened a can of worms with so much information flying about. All good though!
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I always love your acrostics; such a fun way to sum up the month!
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Thanks Joanne, I try to mix it up and have some fun!
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I’m exhausted reading about your month Deb, but sounds like there were lots of highlights and family time. Rotary is keeping you busy too. Reminds me of how much I loved being a Rotarian back in the day
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Yes I had lots of fun and games and a busy time plus some downtime. Rotary is fulfilling and it is a great organisation to be a part of. Thanks for stopping by.
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Hi Deb – a lovely full month – and I always like the fact that I can find you in the photos so eaasily because you’re always so bright and colourful and smiley. Glad you survived Grant’s absence and that he’ll be home soon – and that his trek went so well too. x
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Thanks Leanne, I hadn’t thought of it that way, I like that I’m easy to spot in a photo 🙂
I’m sitting up waiting for them to arrive back in time as I write this!
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It was a busy month for you but so much fun too. I also think those wide leg trousers look good on you.
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Thanks Barbara, the month certainly went by fast!
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You have had a very full week! You are also wise to have stayed in your home and traveled to your children. We uprooted ourselves and moved to be closer to them. That was quite nice while the grands were little, but now, they’re big, and we’re a bit redundant. On top of that, we’re still fish out of water here.
I’ve never heard of a name day. I’m going to do some research to see if I have one! Then, I shall certainly celebrate it! I will link up tomorrow after my post goes live.
https://marshainthemiddle.com/
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Thanks Marsha, we haven’t ever thought of moving to be nearer to our children as we wouldn’t know where to choose, they are all over the place!! I can understand some of how you must be feeling having moved to be nearer your children and grandchildren, it’s hard sometimes isn’t it?
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A big and busy April for you Deb…but then again you did want to fill in those days and nights your G was away and I believe that today might be home time for him and you get to enjoy the reunion.
It sounds like you might just want a wee bit of ‘me’ and ‘solo’ time though meeting your needs…always tricky finding the balance.
As for granddaughter’s weeping when you leave…hard but a sign of an incredible relationship.
I am about to welcome 4 of those people here for a play morning.
See you!
Denyse x
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Thanks Denyse, I’ve enjoyed a few quiet days at home this week and am feeling OK. Grant returns tonight/early tomorrow morning and it will be good having him home. Your time with your grandchildren looks like fun and I’m so glad you are able to enjoy seeing them these days.
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Another great month for you Deb and I like the way you broke up each week and wrote what you were doing and where you were ‘thriving’. The wide-leg pants look great and something different to what you normally wear. Thanks for being YOU and being such an inspiring co-host for #WBOYC? Have a great May – can you believe it!
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So lovely of you to say that Sue. The year is really flying by isn’t it? Thanks again for all your support and friendship xx
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Looks like you had a busy month! Love the flowers your granddaughter gave you. And granddaughter is so cute!
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Many thanks Marina, I also think my granddaughter is adorable 🙂
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Some months are like that, but you’ve certainly had a full April. Take care and I can’t wait to see you in June.
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Thanks Jo, a lot going on but I tried to make the most of the month! Yes to a real life catch up in June.
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Hi, Debbie – Even if many of the activites you mentioned here were short, your April does sound like it was very ‘full on.’ I love that you always live life to the fullest — regardless of what is happening in your life. I greatly look forward to catching up soon. You are a true inspiration!
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Thanks so much Donna, there’s a lot going on that people don’t ‘see’, so I appreciate your understanding and support. We just do what we have to do don’t we?
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