Hello and welcome to Word of the Week.
If you’re new here, Word of the Week is a nice and simple weekly linky, with everyone welcome to pop by and share. You reflect back on the past week and sum it up in one word. Then share your word with us in a blog post, with as little or as much explanation as you like. It’s a fun and friendly linky, so please do be lovely and visit as many of the other blogs as you can and share with them your thoughts on their words and weeks. I do comment on every entry to the linky, and if you add the Word of the Week badge to your post to help spread the ‘word’, I also tweet them out.
My word of the week this week is:
Yes, I know this could often be my word, but this week it covers so much!
Last weekend I launched my new paper-loving initiative, #SundayStationery. A chance to browse and ogle pretty stationery every weekend, and so easy to get involved with, too. You can find out more about it here if you’re partial to a little stationery yourself, it kicks off this weekend.
I’ve had lots of new books. Like I needed more on my reading pile? If you saw my post on Wednesday, you’ll know that I had the absolute pleasure of working with The Beautiful Book Company, so I’ve received some great reads from them (there are some up for grabs, too!) and I couldn’t resist a forage about in the second hand bookshop on a National Trust outing at the weekend – four more books bought, must make time to read more!
I’ve had my second full day of Open University studying, and there’s something so satisfying about having text and source books to get lost in, whilst making copious notes in my pretty notebook. I’m thoroughly enjoying immersing myself in it all each week, so I do hope that this passion lasts and I am actually on the right track – the first assignment will tell me, I suppose.
I’ve received some lovely snail mail this week. I’d had a bit of a happy mail drought, as happens at times, but with a dozen pen pals, it shouldn’t happen too often! Well, the drought is over as I’ve received some lovely letters this week, which has been great. I’ve also signed up to the back to school stationery swap over at The Crafty Lass and have received my partner’s details this week, so I’ll be putting together a papery package for her over the weekend.
And the final bit of paper? I have a new planner. Yes, with this month’s drive to Get Organised, I really wanted to get one of those gorgeous all-encompassing planners, spiral bound, with stickers and charts – I now have one and I am happy! I’ll reveal more next week…
What about you? What one word sums up your week best? Please grab the badge, link up and share.
Linky opens at 6.30am Friday, to midnight on Sunday.
Great work and very “you”.
I’m with you on the paper front, have ordered one of those very whizzy personalised planners, can’t wait for it to arrive.
Have a fab weekend x
Ooh, exciting! You, too x
Sounds like it has been a lovely paper-filled week and glad you are enjoying getting immersed in your OU course. Love the sound of your Sunday Stationery linky and will try and join in. Thanks for hosting #WotW 🙂
I’m really enjoying my course, thanks. Great, I am looking forward to it! x
Well, that is a happy word and a happy week indeed! Thanks again for hosting WOTW… reminds me that it’s Friday! 🙂
Very happy! Thanks, and you’re welcome 😉
Oooh I can’t wait to catch up with the #sundaystationery posts and generally have a good old catch-up. Hope your course is going well too xx
It should be fun! Thanks x
Perfect word for you, of course! All sounding good and I’m so pleased the studying is going well-knew you’d take to it 🙂 x
I’m really enjoying it, thanks. So pleased I went for it xx
Reading this makes me think that I need to invest in some new stationary! A new planner would be nice – with two at school now there’s so much to remember. Thanks for hosting x #WotW
Do it!!!! x
He he – an even more paper-filled week for you! I saw that book box during the week, it looked great – looking forward to sunday too – thanks for hosting x
It was gorgeous! Great, I can’t wait 🙂 x
Glad you are enjoying your studying. I am really looking forward to seeing your new planner, mine is about to run out, so will be looking to purchase another one soon x
It’s going well, thanks. I’ll be getting going with it over the next couple ofa days ready for next week, so yes, look out for it x
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I saw someone else say paper was *your* word 🙂 I love your enthusiasm for it. Lots of new reading material too! Lovely!
A great word to be synonymous with!
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Great word! I’ve just ordered some new stationary :).
Glad to hear you are enjoying your course.
Have a great weekend x
Wonderful! Thanks, you, too x
Oooh yay for paper and goodies! Looking forward to #SundayStationery pondering what I can photograph to share this week!
Brilliant! I am so looking forward to it 🙂
If I see pretty paper or stationery I always think of you….hehehe
It sounds like a really good week for you! x
It’s sad to say that I’m happy to hear that! It has been, thanks x
Ah good luck with the new linky! I love how excited you get over all your bits of stationary 🙂 Glad the course is going well. It’s lovely to start something and be so excited!! xx Thanks for hosting x
I really do! Simple pleasures 🙂 Thanks, I’m really enjoying it x
Hi Jocelyn, it’s good to hear that you’ve started your Open University course. I remember reading a while back that it was something you wanted to do. I do like a bit of snail mail too and have one person I keep in contact with using pen and paper, I would love more, but I am just not organised enough to keep on top of writing….I do like the sound of your planner though!
Thank you for hosting.
xx
I’m so pleased that I decided to go for it, I am absolutely loving it, thanks. I do like my snail mail and stationery, as you know! x
I’m pondering one of those all singing, all dnancing types of planners too but I’m worried I’d just leave it to fester, rather than use it! Mich x
Yep, I know that feeling. I’ve gone for a reasonably priced one initially to see how I get on with it. I’ll share more here next week x
I am glad the studies are still going well, its fab to see how passionate you are about it, I am now off to check out your planner, xx
I’m really enjoying it, thanks. Oh yes, got to love a planner! x
What a lovely word for the week! So glad to read the studies have started well, I’m getting on very well with my new planner, hope yours fits in well too. x
Thanks! Yes, I’ve just started using it, and so far so good 🙂 x
a lovely word, for lots of lovely reasons! glad you are enjoying the studying, and I have definite planner envy x
Sorry! I do love a bit of stationery x
A perfect word for you, and as I was reading this post I could virtually hear you smiling as you were writing it!
I do like a bit of old skool pen & paper myself, I still can’t be without my paper diary or my wall chart organiser! And long may it continue!
Thanks for the lovely linky, as always
xx
It is, and I was! Thanks x
A great word of the week. I have found so many lovely notebooks that I stored and forgotten I even had! It was better than finding money in a coat I haven’t worn since last winter!!
Ah, that’s a great feeling!
Very apt for you and how wonderful to have new exciting things to escape with X
Thank you! X