Thank you so much for continuing to share your words of the week with me, I love it! A fabulous 53 of you linked up last week, which was the most we’ve had – you kept me busy!
Word of the Week is all about summing up your week in one word. You can write as little or as much as you like about your week, but we need to know that word! Anyone can join in, and we are a friendly bunch, so be lovely to hear how your week has been.
So, onto mine, and it is has been…
It started with our weekend. Last Saturday was our 12th wedding anniversary, so the Husband and I went out for a meal that we could eat and enjoy at a leisurely pace, as we had no children trying to steal our food or requiring our attention! On Sunday, with the sun shining brightly, we headed out to a National Trust property, Attingham Park. It was so beautiful there, and it was warm and sunny, so we roamed around the house and gardens, the children had a blast out on the huge playing field that they have there, and we stopped by the cafe for cakes – bliss! It was reminiscent of a holiday, all leisurely and happy.
Then onto the rest of the week. As regular readers will know, the Husband was made redundant a couple of weeks ago, so it’s been all change here. In amongst the changes is the need for him to now buy a car to get to his new job. This element to my week has not been leisurely, but I’ve elected to put that aside! It has meant that he’s needed to take the family car to work each day, so we’ve been sort of housebound (a word I did consider, but not entirely true!). This has meant no pre-school for Boo, and no real plans each day. We’ve been out on scooter rides, spring walks, playing in the garden, had messy play sessions, baked cookies, read stories, and plenty more besides. There has been no real sense of urgency, and every morning feels unhurried. It’s been refreshing. Though, I don’t want to mislead you into thinking that is has all been delightful – staying in a lot with an 18 month old with a very short attention span and a tendency towards chaos and mischief has it’s challenges! But on balance, I’m going with leisurely.
What about you? What one word sums up your week best? Grab the badge, link up and share, and take a peek at the others…

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Just linked for the 2nd time in a row, wouhou! Glad you managed to make the most of Boo’s ‘time off’ from pre-school. Hope your hubby finds a car soon. x Mel
Lovely, thank you! And thanks, it’s been nice. Car buying tomorrow, fingers crossed!
Leisurely is a fab, positive word for your week. Good luck with the car buying x
Thanks, I do like to give it a positive slant 🙂
So glad you enjoyed a chilled-out week after the stresses of a few days ago. Not having a car can be a blessing in disguise. And great way to keep fit when you are walking everywhere x
Thank you. And yes, good exercise! X
“Leisurely” could very easily have described my week but I chose a different word to illustrate that not everyone sees things in the same light.
Ooh, intriguing!
I rather like the idea of being leisurely, a lovely way to look at it. We don’t have a car as my husband needs it for work and sometimes it can feel a little constrained when you know you have to walk everywhere, but now the weather is improving we’re able to get out in the garden which helps a lot. So I totally understand how interesting and exhausting it can be with a little one who wants to get into everything!
It is nice for a change, just not all that freeing!
I am definitely jealous of your word! Things with us have been go go go!
Congratulations on 12 years!
It makes a nice change for me 🙂 And thank you x
Leisurely sounds great. My week has been totally opposite to that, though I am hoping come saturday night I can finally think about slowing down.
Sounds like you had a fun week though with lots of time together to do good activities x
Roll on Saturday night then! Thank you x
It’s great to have a week to slow down now and then! Leaves you appreciating when you have the transportation to do just what you want, as well as doing things you wouldn’t have had ‘time’ for if you had transportation readily available and were hardly home 🙂
Yes, exactly. Been nice for that 🙂
Great word! Glad you and hubby got some time alone. Sounds lovely x
Thanks very much. It was a lovely change 🙂
Hello from a fresh faced Newbie :).. ive just linked up my very 1st post 🙂 x
Hello & welcome! X
Ha, I love the little ‘disclaimer’ about the chaos and mischief 😉 sounds like a wonderul unhurried week though. I’ve got gremlins with my linky. So here it is for now… Will try to link up later.
I felt the disclaimer needing sharing..!
It’s probably the best week for leisurely as this sunshine has made me want to cancel plans and just hang out in the garden every day (while 22 month old terror) runs around. 🙂
Yes, the weather has definitely helped. I think it’d have been a very different word if it had rained all week!
Leisurely is a fantastic word to be able to use to describe your week! Hopefully it’s a word that I will get to use in the near future! x
Thanks, we’ve needed it with the stresses of the past couple of weeks & my husband’s redundancy. Hope to see it as your word soon x
I think I could have done with a leisurely week! Fingers crossed for next week!
I’ll keep everything crossed for you!
Congrats on your 12 Wedding anniversary, bet it was lovely to have some time as a couple x
Thank you. It was really lovely 🙂
Sounds like a wonderful week!!
Good luck with the car buying x
Thank you! X
What a wonderful word! Attingham is beautiful – one of my favourite National Trust places. Your week sounds great!
I loved it there. We’ll definitely revisit 🙂
Ooh, good word! A few days of less rushing around can be lovely, can’t they? Routine is great, but sometimes it’s nice to just take life at our own pace too! Glad you have had a good week. And thankyou for the lovely wee linky! E x
It’s felt great, and just what we needed, I think. Thanks, and glad you like it x
I’ve been rather housebound too, with a sick five year old, but it has not been all that leisurely. Your week sounds pretty good – sometimes it is good just to take a little time out.x
Oh no, not as good. Hope things are getting better x
All the best to your hubby in finding work again! And hope you will have another car soon so you can move about! I admire your choice of perspective and word, though!xx
Thank you. It was either go mad and get stressed, or go with the flow and relax – I chose the latter! X
All linked up for the first time 🙂 Happy Anniversary, it sounds like a lovely way to celebrate. I totally get the housebound thing, I was without my car for 5 months and I nearly went stir crazy!
Fab, and welcome! Thank you, and I’m not sure how I’d manage for that long! It would not feel leisurely 😉
A leisurely week sounds lovely! Not sure if my week would have been described that way if I’d been at home on my own with my two all that time though!! X
Well, it’s been unhurried as we haven’t needed to be anywhere, so I thought leisurely sounded nice. Nicer than ‘chaotic’!
I fail at anything leisurely every time – I simply cannot switch off for enough time to relax but am always happy when the girls are enjoying a bit of lounge time (very rare)!
Well, they’ve not actually been lounging! But the fact we haven’t had to be anywhere or do anything has felt leisurely. They’ve just been running around like crazy in the house and garden!
Sounds like a fab week hon, nice to enjoy unexpected family time. Good luck and finding work vibes for the hubby xx
It has been good, thanks 🙂
Happy Wedding Anniversary and good luck with the car buying. 🙂
Thank you 🙂
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Leisurely sounds just perfect. I do enjoy having the time to do things at our own pace, no shouting at the children to hurry up, just taking the days as they come. I think it should be my mission to have one leisurely day a week!!
Yes, that’s exactly it – no hurrying them along, just taking each hour as it comes – felt good 🙂
Happy Anniversary to you and your hubby!
Your adventures with Boo sound lovely too.
What a great word. As life should be! x
Thank you very much 🙂 Yes, to have this word every week would be fab! X
Happy Anniversary!
I’ve linked up for the first time.
Your week sounded so nice I’m a bit jealous as mine was the complete opposite.
Thank you & welcome to #WotW! Ah, but if you saw my word last week, you’d see there’s no need to be jealous & that we needed a good one 😉
Finally managed to link up 🙂
Wonderful! Thanks for joining in x
Some enforced stay-at-home with no plans sounds good to me (though I don’t have an 18mth old to entertain!) Best of luck with all job related stuff to your husband. I’m sure it’s been a stressful time. Helen
It has been good, though yes, sometimes challenging with Little Man. Fortunate the weather’s been nice as he loves to get outside. And thank you, it’s not been the easiest of times x
It’s so easy to rush, rush, rush everywhere and be busy, busy, busy but not actually achieve anything except higher stress levels. Leisurely makes me think of calmness and pleasure. And you managed to spend real quality time doing things with Boo.
It has felt great to have such a laidback week, and everything I needed to do has still got done, probably more, and we’ve all enjoyed it. Not sure I could do it every week, though!
Isn’t it lovely when you can eat a meal without a small hand trying to grab some of your food?! Congratulations on your 12th anniversary, it’s our 12th anniversary in a couple of weeks too x
It was great, if a little strange! I’m used to having to share more! Thank you and congrats to you, too – hope you enjoy yours, too x
That sounds like a lovely week, it’s sometimes nice to just have to take things at a more leisurely pace 🙂
Absolutely. It’s been great x
Oh leisurely sounds delightful! Best of luck with the job hunt!
Thanks, it has been good x
Leisurely is a great #WotW! Congratulations on your 12 years x
Thank you! x
Happy 12th wedding anniversary 🙂 xxx
Thanks very much 🙂
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Wow, I’m number 69 this week – great to see so many people joining in. Sounds like you had a lovely anniversary. Congratulations on 12 years.
I know – it’s fab! Thanks very much 🙂
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