Another week has passed, is it me or are the weeks going quicker these days. It is time for my weekly Diary Of A Menopausal Mum post. I Am a little behind this week as I was at my Uncles funeral yesterday. Some of you would have seen my awful video on Instagram which I quickly took. I shared it on my personal Facebook, which somehow shares to Instagram.
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Family
Our families can drive us mad, and that saying you can not choose your family, and choose your friends is true. Saying that, our families are the ones who know and love us the best.
Last week, I shared about rows with my Mum. We soon got over that and back to normal again now, one thing is we do not hold grudges.
Last week I met up with my Aunt and Cousin. Both my Cousins live abroad so I have not seen them in years. I was just texting my Aunt to say I was where we were meeting. When all of a sudden there was a voice saying, I recognise that face, both agreeing neither of us had changed.
Yesterday, we attended my Uncles funeral, where it was also lovely to see my other Cousin who lives in America. Strange hearing him with an American accent, but the three of us together again was like it was only a few weeks ago.
My Uncle loved classic cars, and this was something he and my husband would sit and chat about for hours. The funeral had a procession of cars, and after the service I took a very quick and jumpy video to send to my husband. I also shared on Facebook which I forgot automatically shares to Instagram. I was going to get another video and photos at the wake. Well, you know how these things go, and I ended up chatting so much I did not get a chance too.
A Night Out
On Saturday night we headed for a night out with friends, to see another friend play in his band. We have said for a long time we would love to see the band play.
We had a great time, and realised just how much we all love live music. They played a great range and the 80’s songs kept coming. With us up dancing and singing. You can check the band here. We are trying to see when we can see them again now. Plus we loved saying we were with the band ha-ha.
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I hope you all had a great week, I am trying to catch up from my couple of days off. Plus after a long drive yesterday am feeling tired today. I am not used to doing the driving on journeys.
Those spice pots sound really neat. I’ll have to check them out. Glad to hear you had a fun time with friends – it has been a really long time since I have been to a live music show.
The spice pots are great, it was a long time since we had been to see live music
It sounds like you had a busy week, I find the weeks go quicker in Spring and Summer too.
It was a busy week, and the weeks are going way faster than they should
Funerals are so sad but at least we get to see family and friends
It was lovely catching up even though it was for a sad event
I am so glad you had a better week with your family this week! Sometimes, it’s just tense. Glad that things got better.
Thank you
It really is fun to say you’re with the band! Makes it sound super exclusive!
I have to admit we all loved saying that x
So sorry for your loss. It’s a shame that for many of us we only see extended family at funerals. It can be mix of sad and happy emotions for sure.
Thank you, it is sad and sadly is the only way we do see family these days
It isn’t just you, the middle of the year always seems to fly by! Funerals are always such gloomy events, the only decent part is getting to catch up with family you may not have seen in a while.
I have to admit it was lovely catching up with my cousins who I haven’t seen in a while
I really hate funerals but the good thing about it is you get to see your whole family. I love how you spent time together.
Funerals are always something we dread going too, but catching up is nice
Sorry to hear about your uncle, hope you and the family are okay. It must have been nice to see some of your family even if it was for a sad reason x
Thank you he had a good send off and was lovely catching up with everyone
I am really sorry to hear about your uncle passing. But happy that you got to meet up with your cousins.
He had dementia and my Aunt kept him home for so long, sadly it happened sooner than thought,but was lovely seeing everyone again
Funny I had a fall out with my mum about the same time. Must have been something in the air! Glad it is all sorted now.
There must have been something in the air around that time, hope you have sorted your fall out and talking again
The people who love us never hold grudges, and family is an important part of our daily growth. Funeral, or meeting the relatives, everything is a part of life!
So true, life is too short to hold drudges though
It’s nice that you have had a lot of family time, such a shame it was under sad circumstances with your uncles funeral.
It sounds like a fan night out. There’s nothing better than a good dance. x
It was lovely seeing family again that I hadn’t seen for years. The gig was great and made us realise we need to go to more
I hate funerals and always try to avoid them as much as possible. It is good that you’re uncle’s went well and you managed to catch up with your cousins…
They are not the nicest of things to attend, and would prefer a family gathering than meeting up for these circumstances. Sadly with us all living busy lives and my cousins living in different countries I think this will be the only way you will get the three of us in the same place at the same time
The only good thing about funerals is catching up with family you may not have seen for years. I think the classic car tribute to your Uncle was lovely.
It was lovely catching up, the car tribute was lovely to see
I hope the funeral went as well as one can. Glad you got to see lots of relatives too.
It was a lovely send off, and lovely seeing family again