Welcome to my feature Chuckles Weekend
Roundup where I will be looking at what books I've received, anything
interesting I've done or bought or watched and other random stuff. I'll
be taking a look back at what happened in my blogging world too, sort of
like The Sunday Post that some of you do!
Please note that I'll be visiting your
STS/SP as normal, but I don't follow or leave comments on blogs run by
Google Plus, or DISQUS as I refuse to join something just to leave
comments, and I won't allow DISQUS to follow new people, update my
profile or post tweets 'on my behalf'. I am the only one who does that
on my social media! I won't comment on any blog that makes me sign in using another account. Sometimes,
I have problems leaving messages on blogs hosted by
Wordpress-they try to block me because I deleted my account with them but I will persevere as it only happens the odd time!
Today the clocks go forward an hour here in the UK so I'm going to be grumpy about getting an hour less sleep from now until October. Those of us with hibernating bear DNA do not enjoy this spring upheaval!!! I was busy last weekend varnishing the fence, getting it done before the bad weather came in during the week. The last few days have been cold, wet and miserable so welcome to spring! I've used this wet spell to order in and receive more varnish ready for the weather to change. According to the forecast we're back to a mini heatwave next week but I'll believe it when I see it. I might get the chance of a second coat of varnish on our side of the back fence if the weather is good so fingers crossed.
I wasn't really in a reading mood this week but I did get one full creature feature novella done but it wasn't a great read really. A bit disappointing as a previous book by that author was a 5 star read. Instead I did some binge watching which was also fun, more about that later. I'll get back to the dinosaur book I started and maybe try and fit in something else short before the month ends, we'll see how it goes tonight. I'm doing the same amount of exercise each day but this week for some reason I just feel totally knackered and a bit fed up!
Chuckles Blogging World
I got way behind on pretty much everything blog wise this week. I have now caught up with blog visits and comments, and will now try and get a few posts ready for this coming week. I hope I don't fall behind again but that'll depend on whether I'm varnishing or not.
Book Reviews
Enid Blyton-The Island Of Adventure
Mary L Trump-Too Much And Never Enough
Regular Posts
Top Ten Tuesday
Chuckles Friday Reading Roundup
Around The Blogs With Chuckles
Discussion Posts
Spring Things #3
Reading Challenges
Tackling The TBR
Films & TV & Music
This week I was on a binge watch mission and rewatched SAS Who Dares Wins seasons one to five, which I really enjoyed. Also watched a couple of Jaws films too! I also bought the DVD of Bravo Two Zero, since I'm in a special forces mood!
Book Tags/Blog Awards
none this week
The Week In Review
Started it in a mood to just watch stuff and that carried on until last night when I went back to getting some reading done. It's hard to get a balance right!
The Week Ahead
I plan to go back to the dinosaur book that I started the previous week and get another chunk of that done but I'd also like to squeeze in another few short books before the month ends to sort the damage my book buying has done this week!
We had our time change 2 weeks ago, I think? I hate it....
ReplyDeleteAnything that robs me of an hour of sleep is not a good thing...I get very grumpy about it!
DeleteI hate the time change too. I’m exhausted in the morning and wide awake at night. That’s the opposite of helpful! I hope you have a good week.
ReplyDeleteAj @ Read All The Things!
It's worse for you guys who have to work-getting used to that was a nightmare when I did shift work.
DeleteOur clocks got moved forward on the 14th...and I'm still tired from it! I wish they'd stop making us change times twice a year.
ReplyDeleteThere is always a debate about helping the farmers by keeping it at the summer time but a lot of people don't want things to change. I wish they'd stick to one or the other and be done with it.
DeleteI'm feeling an extraordinary amount of rage about the clocks changing... Just leave it alone already!!! ffs... This back and forth tradition needs to die. Funnily, I didn't even know the change was this weekend until I read your post! 😂
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like your exercise regimen is going well!
I hate the Spring Forward part of the rhyme...I much prefer it when it is Fall Back so I can reclaim that extra hour...
DeleteThe exercises are going well. My neck and shoulders now have muscle for the first time in years. A lot of problem areas to work on but by the time summer is in full swing, I should see real results.
I am not a fan of the time changes. They annoy me completely.
ReplyDeleteFootprints of Thunder looks good. I need dinos.
It's a complete pain to have to go searching out every clock and watch to change them each time. I need to get back to the book-I set it aside to read a few shorter novellas I was in the mood for.
DeleteI am with you on the time change. Ours changed a week or two ago and I'm still not used to it. I love when things go back in the fall! My husband loves having the extra daylight but I'd rather have my sleep and somehow once time time changes I never feel caught up.
ReplyDeleteI'd much rather have that extra hour of sleep for sure. Extra daylight isn't needed when I'm indoors reading!
DeleteThe time change never bothered me. Though I am one of those people that like it when it's dark at 4pm. lol
ReplyDeleteI'm fine about it being dark early as long as I don't need to go out in it!
DeleteI wish that they would leave the clocks alone. I don't think anyone enjoys the change.
ReplyDeleteIt's just such a pain. Why do we need to mess around with it at all!
DeleteThe time change never bothers me. I know - I'm a weirdo lol
ReplyDeleteI had a burst of blog posting energy last week but this week nothing.
Karen @ For What It's Worth
I had that kind of blog struggle a lot of last year so I have sympathy. My mood seems to be better this year and that is certainly helping. I hope that things pick up for you soon.
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