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We thought we would offer a quick Instagram run down so you can check in with all the pictures and fun we have been over there!
So here we have a run down of the fun and frolics of our Instagram account.
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I wonder what secrets Olivia was telling Pluto…they look like best pals!
Competition
So how can you be in with a chance to win?
Well all you need to do is let us know using 8 words or more:
What are your plans for the coming weeks, we would love to know what you have planned to keep yourself busy!
Good Luck!
Surprise surprise I love all those chocolates
As I am self isolating for the next 12 weeks, I will be keeping busy with my sewing and embroidery crafts!
Thank you for competition. I’m sure that many people would love to win this lovely prize at this turbulent time! I will be self-isolating over the coming weeks as I have underlying health conditions. I plan to read lots of books and continue with the online volunteer work that I started at the beginning of the year. I’ll be staying in touch with people via the Internet and I’ll be giving my cats lots of extra attention! I might also look into doing an online course or two.
Homeschooling the little one, I have to go to work a few days and lots of adventures in the outdoors!
I have lots of books waiting to be read, my computer is nearly always on, I have Netflix and a huge box of needlework. I will not have trouble keeping busy
I work in a school so I will be at work! Looking forward to days at home baking and watching movies with my family
no idea to be honest, just lost my job so i will be applying everywhere xx
There will be lots of reading, sewing and the watching of box sets.
I will be reading a lot x
Reading, gardening, baking, if I can get the ingredients in x
I will be catching up on books, movies, box sets and lots of cooking.
We’re going to educating our teens from home, it’s bound to have its ups and downs
I’ll be trying my best to keep busy whilst stuck at home. Home workouts aplenty x
Nothing much really. Managed to plant some seeds last weekend while the weather was warm but now it’s gone cooler again. Sewing indoors at the mo.
I am hoping to get a job in a local supermarket so I can help with the crisis. If I dont, I will be reading books and watching netflix.
I find it difficult to get out anyway, so I’m quite happy with my laptop and TV.
I am a teacher and schools are still open so I will be in supporting the children of the key workers. The chocolate would come in handy !:)
I am self isolating so will be baking, gardening and doing lots of reading.
As a key worker, I will still be at school, working with the children of key workers and others deemed vulnerable. We have lots of fun activities planned, as well as academic learning. It will be tough for them not being in their usual classes, with their usual friends.
i am working from home with an 8 year old, it will be interesting, I have done a timetable so she has some structure, but i am not going to be to strict with it
We have lots of crafting planned and some chilling in the garden and dvds.
I’m having a daily walk and giving the garden a good tidy at the moment. I’ve also got some DIY jobs to catch up on.
Going to the beach as we have many that the public dont go to and only a couple of dog walkers.
I am a care worker so will be working, other than that lots of fun at home with the children. Rock painting,-flower planting and chilling with the cats, lots of arts and crafts and lots of cuddles xx
I’ll be homeschooling my children and making some crafts
I am planning to get my garden sorted out ready for the summer months!
I’m a keyworker so my time will be spent between going in to work and trying to maintain some sense of normality for my son.
Homeschooling with lots of fun things in between like crafts and baking and playing games.
In desperate need of chocolate!
Focussing on reading more books.
Ahh, I’ll be busy. I’m a doctor so working, working and more working. Also intend to do some experimenting again in the kitchen and maybe just treat myself to things I know I shouldn’t 🙂
I’ll be just trying to do extra little things for a bit of money and also watching lots of tv!
I am working from home so trying to stay in as much as possible apart from dog walks and food shopping
The weathers got nice so I plan to do some gardening. Burn some weeds do some replanting etc!
Keeping my family safe at home, schooling my younger children.. I have two older ones that work for nhs so hoping they keep safe too
I am self isolating for the next 12 weeks, so I am taking the opportunity to catch up with all my friends & family on social media.
I am also going to sort a few things out to give to charity when all this is over.
I am self isolating so will keep busy spring cleaning and gardening
I will be making sure my 89 year old mum in law is fine. She is very fit and an inspiration to us all but she has to self isolate. We’ll keep her stocked up with healthy food and treats and we’ll make plenty of phone calls.
I will be staying in and playing with my children as well as trying to tidy up and prepare for having my next baby which is due in the next few weeks. I can’t get out to the shops so hopefully I don’t need much for this next one.
Lots of nursery rhymes and books. Hopefully some live streaming events too
I have two children and I am working from home. My plan is, competitions from 4am to 5,30am (my partner gets up at 4am for work and i can never get back to sleep lol) work from 5.30am to 8.30am – they are my new agreed hours as I am always up early and then it doesn’t interrupt too much with the childrens lives and then setting my 12 year old his school work for a couple of hours while teaching my 5 year old from the education pack she has been given online! It’s tough but we are all in the same boat and at least we can stay safe. Stay safe! x
self isolating so me and the son are going to tidy the garden
We’re going to be knitting, crocheting, reading and just generally taking things slowly y and appreciating the small things
lots of bbq!
I’d love to win some delicious chocolate, thank you.
I’m doing the spring cleaning and I’m downloading batch cooking recipes.
Lots of reading and playing the piano!
Would love to eat all the chocolate!
books, movies, box sets and cooking
Plenty of gardening, and entering lots of competitions
Lots of singing, baking and drawing! Films when we can!
Doing my best to home school the kids, and fight off cabin fever.
We’ve got board games, books, DVD’s & Netflix, photo albums & CD’s and of course the www!
I will be home schooling the kids. Hopefully if the weather stays nice we will be getting the paddling pool out and having fun in the garden
I’ll just laze around at home watching telly or something
yes please!
lots of arts and crafts planned, baking trying out new recipes and binge watching movies!
Catching up with the gardening, decorating and deep cleaning the house. And just volunteered for the nhs delivery drivers scheme
We have 3 kids at home, and I am disabled. So it’s been hard – I won’t lie. But I’ve ordered printer cartridges, and I am printing out activity and worksheets for them. I have ordered some workbooks from Amazon, and they come in two weeks. I’m just trying to keep the kids, especially my two young girls, active and positive
I will be getting some spring cleaning done and getting the car cleaned. My kids will be doing some revision and playing in the garden.
Reading, crafting and maybe finishing some of those 1/2 completed jobs and projects
homeschooling and decluttering
I’m nearly at the end of 2 weeks of self isolating, where I kept myself busy by reading, doing some exercise and catching up on tv. I will soon be going back to work to hopefully keep everyone stocked with essentials…stay safe everyone.
As we are stuck in for a while we will be having a good sort out of things in the house.
trying to keep the kids occupied whilst my wife and i try to work from home
Going to sort through some of my cupboards in the bedroom
Finally going to sort through some cupboards in the bedroom which have become dumping grounds
I have lots of leisure activities such as jigsaw puzzles, my arts and crafts which will keep me occupied. I also tend to blitz clean my home.
stay safe at home and tidy the house making it into a better home
Lots of games, movies, baking and a bit of school work.. we also have planned lots of reading which I love and painting x
Hopefully eating children
A lot of spring cleaning and decluttering the house, maybe even some painting!
I’m self isolating due to low immune system, fortunately able to work from home. Also in middle of renovating our home so will be getting it all finished off whilst we are on lockdown
I work for the NHS so I will be really busy at the hospital. On my day off I will probably be sleeping!
I will staying at home from work looking after my mum x
I’m going to keep busy by completing the DIY projects around the house.
Spending time playing games with my daughters.
I work as a nurse so working and crafting with my daughter
Entering competitions on my laptop and doiung painting by numbers
i plan to tidy the garden and the garden shed, knit and read a lot more than I usually get the chance to do
I am self isolating so just trying to work and home school!
Oh god knows. Anything to keep these kids busy and quiet. School work, playing in the garden, taking naps, de cluttering the house
Living with grandchildren so playing , painting , and baking .
I am home schooling the kids and we plan to do some baking, gardening, science experiments and crafts x
Maths and writing in the morning, then after lunch it’s arts & crafts and games
I will be teaching from home and I also signed up for an online course on zoology
Trying to sort the house, lots of clearing out to be done
I’m due a baby in just over a week so I’m trying to spend as much time as I can with my 4 year old before his baby brother arrives, we’ve been playing a lot of colouring, lego, and playdoh. I would like to do some painting maybe outside if the weather brightens up again, maybe get the paddling pool out and let him go mad in the water. I’ve saved a few ideas for making your own creative play ideas so would be nice to try those, and also make some cupcakes/biscuits if we can get our hands on some eggs! 🙂
I will be giving the house a thorough clean, including my Daughters bedroom which I am not looking forward to!
Balancing working from home while trying to entertain and educate my two children. PE sessions, online learning and crafts, and getting out in the garden!
Balancing home school with toddler entertainment, finding the work and family balance that will make us all take the most from this time
homeschooling my daughter and catching up on hobbies and housework!
finding ways to keep myself sane
I’m going to put the streaming sites to good use and catch up with some movies I keep meaning to see.
Hopefully having a serious declutter, it never works though. Also entering more comps online
Tbh it’s awful, I’ve got a 2 year old and a 3 month old and I miss my mum. I’m hoping restrictions get lifted at the 3 week point and we can go back out to enjoying the countryside and living our lives but I’m not expecting it so we shall probably be climbing the walls at home…trying to make the most of a bad situation with lots of games (10 minute ones as that’s about her attention span), baking, playing in the garden, and going out when we have daddy as back up so my little girl can walk 🙂 just hoping we flatten the curve and can go back out!!!
Growing tomatos, lots of craft, baking and sadly cleaning! Hopefully some keep fit classes too (yeah yeah)
Busy doing nothing as I have been furloughed from work
I’m working from home and partner has been furloughed so one of us witll be working and the other will be home schooling! Hoping to get a few little jobs done around the house too.
A complete house overhaul. Getting rid of everything we don’t use or need and having a good spring clean in the process
I’ve just been gifted a 2000 piece jigsaw which may keep me busy for months let alone the next week or two!
Got a list of jobs to do in the garden.
Homeschooling and entertaining a small human. <3
I have got a few jigsaw puzzles and some books to read
Still working as s key worker but hoping to get some clearing out down and may be some time in the garden
Hubby and I are still working as key workers and juggling home schooling with them having to go to school two days a week. Fun activities we do are baking, crafts, garden time, exercise, films
My plans are home schooling, Netflix and reading! Our holiday has been cancelled and I’m missing my family and friends but I’m staying positive and enjoying the little things.
My plans include homeschooling my daughter, setting up games for my toddler & trying to fit in some self-care for myself!
I am working from home so keeping myself busy with that.
we moved into this house just before Christmas, its amazing to whats coming up in the garden, its a bit neglected so this is the perfect oppertunity to work on it.
We are learning to bake and decorate the house to keep busy!
Eat easter eggs and watch easter themed movies
I’ll mostly be writing to do lists for when I get my life back, lots of life goals.
Playing the the back garden with the kids x
I am working from home, so that will keep me busy. I do need to ensure however that I don’t work too long as it’s easy to carry on working into the evening. Other than that I’ll be reading, cooking, spring-cleaning and dancing around my lounge.
For us we are lucky in that we live in the middle of nowhere so life will go on as normal just without trips to the local village.
I’m doing a lot of things to keep me busy I meditate every day to keep mind from the hectic life at the moment exercise is key too I’ve also got back into baking cakes again also I’ve been taking the dog for walk getting back into nature
I will be cooking, cleaning, running round after my children & husband, making masks, cutting the lawns, learning languages, doing some artwork, watching loads of films & lots of Youtube.
There’s plenty of gardening and painting to be doing outdoors whilst the sun is out!
I am staying inside for who knows how long! Whilst looking forward to returning back to normal. Meanwhile, I am trying to find new hobbies and currently, I am trying to research for my family tree.
Lots of reading to be done and I’ve signed up for an online learning course as well which is keeping me busy. Apart from that, a couple of online yoga classes when I’m in the mood and generally trying to go with the flow.
We are going to do some gardening and spring cleaning and filling in the holes that our 2 rabbits have been digging in our garden 😀
Attempting to home school my 2 children and work from home at the same time
to keep myself busy I am doing more baking for the family , some gardening and I have started another jigsaw puzzle. and I have been FaceTiming my grandchildren
Were doing lots of crafting and reading. We have decided to do some D.I.Y jobs around the house too
I am going too paint my 15 year old son’s room and than do some spring cleaning xx
Gardening; getting straight and growing veggies
Lots of gardening and then it’s on to painting the house.
i’m lucky as i can still go to work, but i’m keeping myself busy by doing some sewing, painting and drawing which i haven’t done in a while. Also baking things.
Lots of sewing and gardening
Our jungle needs lots of work to convert it back into a garden
i will be revising for my online uni exams and doing a bit of baking in my spare time
Sorting out all the jobs I’ve wanted to do and never had time for. Some online courses too.
I’ve been buying a lot of jigsaws online and having a lot of fun with them.
We are due our second child in 8 days so i’ll be busy with that. Gutted we wont have visitors but its the safest option. Looking forward to that newborn baby bubble
I am doing lots of crafting, I make bobbin lace and also enjoy cross stitch.
Making the most of the sun and getting out in the garden, getting through some of the kids craft and Lego sets with them and getting on top of the housework and DIY jobs x
I’m a key worker, so will still be going into work everyday.
Lots of gardening and housework! Hoping to get some outstanding DIY projects finished too!
Oh yummy yes please count me in
Don’t have a lot of plans, just kind of take each day as it comes.
I’m working from home.
However my daily exercise is a walk to the train station and back home again , much what I was doing before without the commute . This burns up the calories leaving plenty of room for delicious chocolate
I am planning on spending even for time gardening!
Gardening plus we have plans to decorate the living and dining rooms.
We have put our empty 2 litre plastic water bottles to good use, by creating a green wall in our hall – just attach some wood batons to the wall, halve the plastic bottles, and attach these to the batons. Fill with soil, and add flowers, herbs = just thought this would look good in a kids bedroom for nic nacs? Could even decorate the bottles?
Just trying to keep my 4yr old from getting bored. Arts/crafts, gardening and a few films to break up the day.
i love our daily walks, i always go take my son to see the ducks
Mainly working from home, reading, learning a language, baking and working out
Time to use the hours and hours at home to do some spring cleaning
We moved just before lockdown so we have lots to do in the new house and garden to keep us busy, thank goodness.
Just adapting to working from home. Longer hours – more breaks…
As I’m isolating I’ll be mainly catching up on all the jobs that I didn’t have time to do before inbetween chatting to the grandchildren
Would love to win this chocolaty prize looks very tasty
Love cadbury!
I’ll be spending time reading, de-cluttering and quality time with my two children.
Hard to really make plans, but we’re doing our best to stay active and get into some sort of new daily routine so we don’t go bonkers!
Apart from school work, we plan to spend some family time in the garden, baking and doing diamond painting to keep us entertained. Maybe a cheeky takeaway and movie night also
I’m crocheting ear protectors, making a creme egg cheesecake, playing games and doing arts and crafts with the children.
Going to do lots of gardening, home schooling and reading
I have found a new hobby, it is 5d diamond painting/cross-stitch. I have found that I can loose myself for a couple of hours and shut the world out
Decluttering the house and lots of baking with my son.
ill be keeping busy by focusing on my hobbies and playing with my toddler, we have been isolating from the start due to my health so I’ve made sure we have lots to do
I’ve started a baking adventure! I’ve got my own sourdough starter going and I’m trying to refine the perfect recipe! I’ve also planted up lots of veggies in my garden!
I want to get lots of baking done and try some new recipes. I also plan on learning Spanish and decluttering the house. We haven’t got anything in to the decorating but at least if all the cleaning and decluttering is done, then we can go through and make a list of things that need doing so we can get bits when all this is over.
We are spending a lot of time in the garden with our 3 dogs
We have some DIY jobs that need to be finished with hopefully plenty of chocolate breaks
I’m getting the garden sorted out for when this is over and my grandchildren descend on me, also lots of decluttering and cleaning
We will be keeping busy by searching for sand monsters on our walks (we’ve found a hole could be a rabbit could be a samiad!) we have been colouring and baking too
I’ve been spending a lot of time with my other half and our crazy pup, but now I’m using the next few weeks to find a better career so I never end up without money in a situation like this again! (And also, entering competitions to potentially cheer myself up!)
Hoping to tidy the garden
Lots of Netflix and family time
We have had some new board games delivered (you can’t beat family board games) so looking forward to getting stuck into them. We still have school work and a big Art project to do. Also lots of new dog walks, we are going to be adventurous (locally) and try all the public footpaths we haven’t tried yet.
I plan to enjoy the outdoors in my garden as much as possible.
I normally work in spain during the summer but obviously cant get there yet so I’m using my time to brush up on my Spanish as its terrible. Also been learning yoga as well.
Working, keeping up with home schooling and household chores – but we are also learning to play piano and baking lovely cakes
Self isolating due to underlying health conditions, so will be reading some new books and some gardening
Lots and lots of gardening and reading-
I am doing an A-Z of self isolation challenges with the family – in 6 homes, to show we can still have fun together while apart. Have done art, baking, cocktail making and dinner date.
Baking, crafts and a walk in the woods
Pretty much the same as the past 33 years – I’ve M.E. so I’m used to this self isolation which is resting a lot and attempting to save energy to use until I need it.
I’m just trying to keep my Mum out of mischief which is hard though. Last week she fell down the stairs with the vac and yesterday she put her hand between the dogs and got bitten badly! I just hope she’s not going for a hattrick!
Busy knitting for our new grandbaby due in July, so excited, but scared at the same time for my daughter and her first baby during this horrible time.
I will be keeping busy by home schooling my children and keeping them occupied with lots of activities!
Doing some gardening
Learning to bake cakes, reading, and listening to music, and learning Spanish
We will be keeping the garden nice and tidy and growing our own veg. Hopefully there’s a chance I might get to sit in the sun and enjoy a good book but my son likes to keep me busy.
I’m trying really hard to keep routine and structure by teaching my kids for at least 4 hrs each day but it’s exhausting especially whilst trying to do all my work
Working from home so definitely busy
we are due a tax rebate any day when it arrives we are going to get loads of paint and wallpaper and me and hubby gonna get the house sorted
I will have to go into work on weekdays but hope to spend some time with the kid’s enjoying the garden at the weekends.
Staying with my mum helping her cope after the recent death of her husband
I will be staying at home as much as possible. I have a teenager who will be having online lessons starting again next Monday, so will need to keep an eye on her. I will be doing more baking and cooking as, not only is my teenager studying at home, I have a son working from home and a husband and another daughter both on furlough. With all these people at home, our food seems to be reducing very quickly.
I am trying to de-clutter my home and i’m a hoarder so it will definitely keep me busy for a while x
We will be passing the time baking, doing crafts and playing board games.
We will be doing lots of baking, crafts and playing board games.