Saturday 6th June
As with most weekends, it has been a very quiet reading filled weekend!
I finally finished Capturing the Devil, which means I've finally finished a series of books that I started 2 years ago, bought each subsequent sequel but never finished it!
This was a happy moment! This holds good promise for some of the other completed and unread series of books on my bookshelves! But it was such a good series, I did guess the villains early on in the books, but the writing was brilliant, and I would highly recommend.
After I finished reading, my parents had gone out for the afternoon, so i decided to make my self some food, but being the idiot I am, I stupidly burnt my hand whilst cooking some chicken, which meant that I had to have a cold compress on my hand throughout the rest of the evening, so it hindered quite a lot of things that I wanted to do.
I'd decided that I wanted to start Crescent City by Sarah J.Maas but due to the size of it, it meant I couldn't hold it one handed 🙈. So instead I decided to watch Maleficent mistress of evil, which I didnt finish due to falling asleep!
Sunday 7th June
Luckily when I woke up on Sunday morning the cold compress that I'd had on my hand all night had done its job and I wasnt experiencing any pain or stinging feeling.
So as a treat to myself i decided to make chocolate chip pancakes with bacon, I'm really enjoying making pancakes, they dont taste too bad either!
I then had some writing up of my week 10 of lockdown to finish and to get that uploaded. Whilst I was doing that I finished watching Maleficent, which wasnt too bad.
I then decided to start Crescent City, but I only managed a chapter before I fell asleep!
Monday 8th June
Monday was the first day that I decided to make a start on reading the course material for my human resource management course.
I have a business management degree that I completed 7 years ago, so I haven't had to study or do any reading that wasnt for pleasure in a long, long while so getting back into a studious frame of mind, even on the first day, has been difficult!
But I've decided to set myself a timetable. The first part of the morning, 9 till 11 is reading the course material. 11 till 12/1 is making some notes. 12 till 2 is lunch, sometimes I'll go earlier, but I try to have lunch with my mum who has her dinner at 1 till 2.
Then from 2 till 4ish I do a bit more reading that's not in the course material and have a look at what's needed for the assignments.
In the evening after I've had tea and spent time with the parents, I read some Crescent city, I'm now about 3 chapters in.
Tuesday 9th June
Tuesday isn't a day for unit work, Tuesday is a day of shopping! As you'll all know by now, on a Tuesday I do the shopping for my Nana, so I nipped to Tesco in the morning, and it was a really busy shopping day, so it took a bit longer than usual.
By the time I got home, it was time for lunch which I spent with mum.
Once lunch was finished, I went to read over some more of my course material.
After which it was my time to make tea, which I made a chicken pasta bake.
After tea I read 10 chapters of Crescent City, which I am really starting to enjoy, but that wasn't surprising as it's a Sarah J.Maas book!
Wednesday 10th June
Todays date is bringing me 2 weeks closer to my 30th birthday! Luckily I didnt have anything planned for it before Lockdown, so I havent had to cancel anything!
I did some reading over the assignment that I need to write up, which I'm going to try and finish by the end of this week. I'm going to try and do a unit a week or a unit every 2 weeks, depending on how I feel.
I had lunch with mum, I've been making the same lunch practically all week, it's a tuna mayo quesadilla melt, which is my new favourite food!
Just before we had lunch, I managed to capture these photos of Barlow sitting with my mum, whilst she was working!
In the evening I read another 12 chapters of Crescent City, which is becoming my new favourite book of the year, as I love it so much!
Thursday 11th June
Before I fell asleep last night, I decided that I hadnt seen my other nannie, since before lockdown, I've spoken to her on the phone and sent her cards but not physically seen her to make sure shes ok (she has a habit of saying shes fine, even if shes not!). So I decided that I would make some cookies for both my nans, my sister, brother in law and the kids, as I'd be out doing some shopping tomorrow, it was the perfect time to deliver cookies.
I had to nip to home bargain for cookie supplies in the morning of Thursday, again, it was another busy morning, so by the time I got home it was dinner time, which I spent with mum.
After the busy morning of shopping, I really couldnt be bothered doing more course work, so I watched another crime drama called Hinterland on Netflix.
When 5 o'clock hit I made a start on baking my cookies, I decided to make 2 different kinds, a chocolate chip maple spice and a chocolate caramel with smarties. This took me a fair few hours, and I think I ended up making around 60 to 70 cookies!
To make them a little more special, I popped them into some little plastic bags and added a ribbon to them.
Because I was so tired from baking all the cookies, I didnt even want any tea, so I decided to have an early night, which also resulted in me only reading 3 chapters of Crescent City before falling asleep.
Friday 12th June
As with most Fridays, I go to the local farm shop to get my nana some fresh meat, which was my morning, I also gave her some of the cookies that is made, which she seemed to enjoy!
Then I went over to see Nannie P (that's what we call her!). It was so nice seeing her, a couple of years ago I used to see her at least once a week, but since changing jobs, it's more like every month.
I made sure to spend a bit more time with Nannie, so we could catch up and I could make sure shes ok, she also made me a coffee (she makes the best coffee, I dont know how she does it, but it's good!).
Considering I'm still furloughed at the moment, I'm going to make sure I go and see her more, just so me and my sisters know shes ok.
Whilst I was at my nannies, I text my friend Lauren to see if she was free for me to pop over, as shes only a 15 minute drive away, so that I could give her the canvas I did for her and I popped some of the cookies into a bag for her so that she could have some as well.
It was lovely seeing Lauren as well today, we talk over text and messenger but it's so nice seeing and talking to her in person! Hopefully the weather will decide to change for the better and we can rearrange our socially distanced picnic!
I got home about late afternoon, as was I going to visit my sister to drop off her cookies, but she was shopping.
But she did pop over later in the evening to collect her cookies!
So thats week 11 all over and done with!
I had an issue accessing Blogger over the weekend, so I've decided rather than having 2 separate posts, I'm just going to combine the 2 weeks!
Week 12!
3 Months......12 Weeks...77 Days...1848 Hours....
Saturday 13th June
A weekend again...A quiet weekend approaches!
I didnt really do anything on Saturday, I spent most of the day reading Crescent City.
But I did have a visit of one of my friends Hannah, as she had just completed a 10 mile walk for charity and she came over for a catch up chat and to collect her birthday present.
Later in the evening the parentals went to one of their friends house for a meal, so I decided to treat myself to a takeaway, which was amazing!
As the parents were out it meant I was on puppy duty so I had a fun evening of Barlow jumping on me!
Sunday 14th June
Sunday again was a nice quiet day, I basically spent my day reading Crescent City and managed to finish it late sunday evening.
No idea what I'm going to read next, even with my list, as the end of Crescent City has drained me, I cried so much over the last 3 to 4 chapters it was so good!
Monday 15th June
When I was at school and at uni, when I used to complete assignments, I could never start by typing it up on a PC, I had to had write it and then type it up, completely strange, I know but it works for me!
So for the morning I spent it handwriting the first part of the assignment whilst I was downloading Word.
In the afternoon i spent it transferring the details over to the PC.
After yesterdays cry fest and feeling completely lost at the end of Crescent City I decided to start Slayer by Kiersten White, the 4th book on my TBR list.
I did decide to also start a Mills and Boon book, which I finished the same night!
Tuesday 16th June
Tuesday morning I got my order fro What The Fudge, a treat to myself for my birthday next week.
I then spent the morning and early afternoon completing the final part of my assignment and getting that uploaded and sent across to be marked.
I'll make a start on my next unit tomorrow and have the afternoon off watching some more episodes of Hinterland whilst also drafting some new blog posts.
I ended the day reading a chapter of Slayer, not sure what I think about this book yet, before reading an entire Mills and Boon book again! It's so easy to do!
Wednesday 17th June
Mum has decided that she wants to make a cheesecake, so I headed out to tesco to get her the supplies she needed.
When I came back I spent the remainder of the morning updating my goodreads details.
I did take a cursory glance at unit 2 of my course and managed to read the first page, but I just couldn't concentrate.
To take my mind away, I decided to take Barlow for a walk, which really was needed just clear a few of the cobwebs away.
When it was bed time, I fell asleep by 8.30pm but woke up at 11pm and then couldn't sleep, so I read another chapter of Slayer. Before doing a shed load of Buzzfeed quizzes!
I think I eventually fell asleep by 3.30am
Thursday 18th June
Thursday was a studying day, so similar to last week, I started reading the course material in the morning.
I spent my dinner time with mum and then spent the remainder of the afternoon watching a bit of TV as my concentration was shot.
Thursday evening, I couldn't concentrate on any book, I tried Slayer, nothing. I tried 2 Mills and Boon books, nothing. I tried Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, nothing. I tried The Witcher, I think I fell asleep whilst reading the first chapter!
Friday 19th June
Tomorrow, Saturday 20th June my sister and brother in law should have been getting married, but due to Covid19, it has had to have been postponed. Earlier in the week my sister decided that she wanted to do a surprise socially distanced BBQ at our house for Wayne, so I decided to do some baking for the food, and I had to make some cookies anyway for Lola, my niece as she had asked me to make some for her for Wayne for Father's Day on the Sunday.
I decided to make the strawberry cheesecake that mum was going to make but cos she was working and going to see some friends in the evening, I said I'd do it for her, as I needed something to do!
I did have to nip to home bargains again as we didnt have a cheesecake tin.
I made the cheesecake and popped that into the fridge to set till tomorrow, at which point I would add the strawberry glaze.
Whilst I was on my baking mission I decided to make brownies as well, and added biscoff to half and white and milk choc chunks to the other half.
Once those bakes had been done, I decided to make a start in the cookies.
The cookies were a disaster! I'm not sure where I went wrong but I did, and the mixture was too wet for cookies, so it eventually turned into a triple chocolate cookie/blondie/cake batter result instead!
luckily they tasted quite good!
After I'd finished baking I decided to treat myself to re-watching Wynonna Earp! And then going to bed!
So there you have it, weeks 11 and 12 in lockdown.
I hope you're all keeping safe.
Vanessa 😊
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