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2024! What’s on my tbr list πŸ“šπŸ˜ƒ

Hi guys πŸ‘‹πŸ»

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Here are some of the books on my tbr (to be read) shelf that I would like to read first in 2024! πŸ“šπŸ˜ƒ

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Let’s see which books are on my list!

α΄›Κœα΄‡ α΄„α΄€κœ±α΄›α΄€α΄‘α΄€Κκœ± ʙʏ ΚŸα΄œα΄„Κ α΄„ΚŸα΄€Κ€α΄‹α΄‡

My friend bought me this and it sounds SO intriguing!!


ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴑ α΄€Ι΄α΄… ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴑ α΄€Ι΄α΄… ᴛᴏᴍᴏʀʀᴏᴑ ʙʏ Ι’α΄€Κ™Κ€Ιͺα΄‡ΚŸΚŸα΄‡ ᴒᴇᴠΙͺΙ΄

This was a ‘Book of the month’ in Waterstones when I bought this, and I have heard so much good about it since then.


α΄›Κœα΄‡ Ι’ΙͺΚ€ΚŸκœ± ʙʏ ʟΙͺκœ±α΄€ α΄Šα΄‡α΄‘α΄‡ΚŸΚŸ

I love a Lisa Jewell, so I can’t wait to get stuck into this.


ΚŸα΄‡κœ±κœ±α΄Ι΄κœ± ΙͺΙ΄ α΄„Κœα΄‡α΄Ιͺκœ±α΄›Κ€Κ ʙʏ ʙᴏɴɴΙͺᴇ Ι’α΄€Κ€α΄α΄œκœ±

I have wanted to read this FOR AGES!!! but I am hoping to read this with my book club so I am going to suggest it. I really want to watch the series of this too, so I need to read it first.


ᴀᴍᴇʀΙͺα΄„α΄€Ι΄ α΄…ΙͺΚ€α΄› ʙʏ α΄Šα΄‡α΄€Ι΄Ιͺɴᴇ α΄„α΄œα΄α΄Ιͺɴꜱ

This has been on my list wayyy too long, and it sounds like such an interesting book.


α΄›Κœα΄‡ Κ™α΄‡α΄‡α΄‹α΄‡α΄‡α΄˜α΄‡Κ€ ᴏꜰ α΄€ΚŸα΄‡α΄˜α΄˜α΄ ʙʏ α΄„ΚœΚ€Ιͺκœ±α΄›Κ ΚŸα΄‡κœ°α΄›α΄‡Κ€

I feel like everyone’s heard about this book and its good to see the hype for myself and if it lives up to it.

Lots of lovely novels to get excited about. I can’t wait to get stuck in.

What’s on your tbr for 2024????

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Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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A year of cinema πŸŽ₯

One unlimited card, one year, let’s go!

Here is everything I saw at the cinema this year!

January

1. ‘Till UNLIMITED SCREENING’ with Tim.

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2. ‘Strange World’ with Sarah and the boys.
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3. ‘Matilda the Musical’ with Tim
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4. ‘A man called Otto’ with Sarah
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5. ‘M3gan’ with Sarah
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6. ‘Empire of Light’ Solo trip
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February

7. ‘Puss in boots: the last wish’ with Sarah & the boys.
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8. ‘Titanic 25th Anniversary edition’ in 4DX with Sarah β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†
9. ‘The Whale’ with Sarah
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10. ‘Whats love got to do with it? UNLIMITED SCREENING with Tim
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March

11. ‘Aftersun’ with Tim
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12. ‘Scream VI’ with Sarah & Charlotte
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April

13. ‘Mummies’ with Sarah & the boys
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14. ‘The Super Mario Bros Movie’ IMAX with Tim & they boys β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†
15. ‘Renfield’ with Tim
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16. ‘Evil Dead Rise’ with Sarah β˜†β˜†β˜†
17. ‘Missing’ with Sarah
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  • Till
  • Empire of Light
  • A Man Called Otto
  • Elemental
  • Love again
  • Guardian’s of the Galaxy: Vol 3
  • One Life

May

18. ‘The unlikely pilgrimage of Harold Fry’ with Tim
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19. ‘Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 3’ with Tim, Dan & Wes
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20. ‘Book Club: The next chapter’ with Sarah
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21. ‘Love Again’ with Sarah
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June

22. ‘Spider-man: Across the Spider-Verse’ with Crash
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23. ‘The Boogeyman’ with Sarah & Demi
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24. ‘National theatre live: Fleabag’ with Tim
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25. ‘Greatest Days’ with Eloise β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†
26. ‘The Little Mermaid’ With Tim β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†

July

27. ‘No Hard Feelings’ with Tim β˜†β˜†β˜†
28. ‘The Tunnel of Summer: The exit of goodbyes’ with Tim
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29. Insidious: The Red Door with Sarah β˜†β˜†β˜†
30. Oppenheimer IMAX with Tim β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†

August

31. ‘Elemental’ with Sarah, Noah & Casey
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32. ‘Barbie’ with Tim, Charlotte & Wes
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33. ‘Haunted Mansion’ with Tim β˜†β˜†β˜†
34. Unlimited Screening: ‘Theatre Camp’ with Tim
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September

35. ‘Canterville Ghosts’ with Tim, Noah & Casey
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36. ‘The Nun 2’ me, myself & I β˜†β˜†.5

October

37. ‘Saw 10’ with Sarah
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38. DISNEY 100 (& FROZEN 10 YRS) Frozen with Charlotte & Evie
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39. ‘Paw Patrol: The Mighty Movie with Noah, Casey & Evie β˜†β˜†β˜†
40. ‘Trolls: Band together’ with Tim, Noah & Casey
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41. ‘Five nights at Freddy’s’ with Sarah
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42. ‘The Exorcist: Believer’ with Sarah
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November

43. The Hunger Games: A Ballard of Songbirds and Snakes with Tim
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44. Thanksgiving with Sarah & Charlotte
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December

45. Elf (20th anniversary screening) Me, myself & I β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†β˜†
46. Teddy’s Christmas with Sarah, Noah & Casey.
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47. Secret Screening…. with Sarah. (Next goal wins)
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48. Napoleon with Tim
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49. One Life: UNLIMITED SCREENING with Sarah & Tim
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50. ‘What Happens Later’ with Sarah
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51. Wonka with Casey
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52. ‘It’s a Wonderful Life’ with Sarah
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I am so happy that I got to my target of 52 films, the equivalent of one a week, all year.

Chuffed with that!

Favourites…

  • Till
  • Empire of light
  • A Man named Otto
  • Love again
  • Elemental
  • One Man
  • Guardians of the galaxy: Vol 3

Here’s to 2024, and hopefully, another good year of cinema!

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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Blogmas 2023 Day Twenty Five: Merry Christmas! πŸŽβœ¨οΈ

Hi guys πŸ‘‹πŸ»

The big day is finally here!

(Well it’s actually pretty much over as I write this haha)

I hope you’ve had a good one.

Thank you for coming along for this Blogmas journey of 2023! I can’t remember how many years I’ve done it for now (alot) but I have really enjoyed it again this year.

& your comments have been great!

So, all that’s left for me to say is…

❀️

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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Blogmas 2023 Day Twenty Four: Christmas Eve πŸŽ…πŸ»

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Christmas eve is here!

The penultimate blog post of this year’s Blogmas!

Here’s what we got up to this Christmas Eve…

I finished off our Christmas Day dessert with a dark chocolate glaze and some festive sprinkles!
Fun with my Niece, giving her her Christmas Eve box and baking some festive Cupcakes
Our Christmas eve meet up tradition with our friend Demi. We went to a little cafe this year as our usual spot Byron closed down πŸ₯²
Me and my sister watched ‘It’s a wonderful life’ at the cinema
One of my favourite traditions -In the evening, we drove around our local area and looked at the Christmas lights. We found loads of awesome ones.
I have my Nephews their Christmas Eve boxes, and they put out their bits for Santa and the Reindeer before bed!
We had a delicious picky dinner of a baked camembert with tiger bread 😍 whilst we watched the ‘Miranda Christmas Special’ on TV.

All that’s left to do when I get home is to put out my stocking and tuck into bed with my Christmas pyjamas!

Happy Christmas Eve πŸŽ…πŸ»

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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Blogmas 2023 Day Twenty: Our Christmas Tree πŸŽ„

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If you saw yesterday’s post it was all about my Harry Potter Christmas Tree! (Epic, I know)

So I thought it only right to also show you our main Christmas tree!

Here it is…

The colour scheme for our tree is very traditional, red, gold and green.

We have a basic, original set of baubles that my Mum got us when we moved in together (inc a star)…

And then we have a box of all of our specific baubles that we have collected, been gifted or made over the last 10 years (where did those 10 years go!!!)

I do love our little tree, and it looks lovely with the warm lights, red and gold tinsel and red star on top.

I do think that perhaps we will need to invest in a taller tree next year as it was getting hard to find free branches for all of our lovely baubles. We have added a few each year from various shops, creations from Nephews and Niece, picked up on holidays, and a new one from Mum each year.

What themed do you have for your tree?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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Blogmas 2023 Day Eighteen: Christmas Nails πŸ’… βœ¨οΈπŸŽ„

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I thought I would share with you my festive nails for today’s post.

Having my nails done is one of my favourite things to do, and I especially love it at Christmas time. This year I managed to fit in two sets of Festive nails!! Let’s take a look…

This was my November set. I went for a simpler design using those classic festive colours, red and gold.

I love the accent nails and the combination of the super glittery gold and shimmery red.

My next set for December (that I got today!!) was super festive.

We went for a lovely nude base with adorable little festive nail art drawn on each one.

She did Candy Canes, a Christmas pudding, a Christmas tree, and holly. She finished them off with a sprinking of snow on each nail

They look so awesome, and after a super festive weekend and only 3 days of work left, I am feeling extra festive now!

All ready for Christmas!

Do you get Christmas thened nails done?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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Blogmas 2023 Day Seventeen: Christmas book/film update πŸŒŸ

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So one of my favourite things about the festive period is all the times spent reading festive books and watching Christmas films.

I thought I would update you on which books and films I have read so far as well as what’s next on my list.

Let’s start with books!

I haven’t read as many as I would like at this point as I have been so busy, but I am hoping that once the holidays start, I can fit two more festive reads in.

So far I’ve read:

‘The Adventure of the Christmas pudding By Agatha Christie

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‘That Festive Feeling’ By Heidi Swain

NEXT ON MY LIST…

‘The Christmas Book Club’ By Sarah Morgan

So far I’ve watched:

  • Elf
  • Teddy’s Christmas
  • The Holiday
  • Falling for Christmas
  • Deck the Halls

NEXT ON MY LIST…

  • What happens later
  • The Santa Claus
  • The Grinch who stole Christmas
  • Love Actually
  • The Snowman

8 days until Christmas !!

Until Next Time

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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Blogmas 2023 Day Fifteen: Advent Calendar update πŸ“†

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Welcome to another day of Blogmas and not just any day… It’s ten days until Christmas!!

So exciting.

I thought I would give you a little update on my advent calendars.

Check out Day Four here to see which calendars I have.

Let’s take a look…

The F.R.I.E.N.D.S advent calendar has been really fun with lots of cool little bits and bobs in it, including a bookmark, Central Perk coasters, Trivia, Christmas decorations and more!

I love this advent calendar. It’s so pretty and magical. I love the detail on it and the fact that it’s reusable.

I have lots of decorations on it so including a Golden Snitch, the Deathly Hallows Symbol, the Hogwarts house symbols, lots of magical creatures, and loads more.

That one is definitely my favourite, although I must say I am very much enjoying my morning chocolate coin from my third adventure calendar πŸ˜‚

What advent calendar do you have?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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Blogmas 2023 Day Fourteen: The Rock n Roll Panto πŸŽ„πŸŽΆ

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We started off this week with one of our favourite traditions for the Christmas period… the Rock N Roll Panto at our local theatre.

Me and my husband Tim go every year at Christmas. It’s always a fun night out. This is like our 11th year of going.

This years show was Dick Whittington and his cat, which was actually the first panto we ever saw there together. It had a completely different spin on the story this time.

The show was as brilliant as always, with some familiar faces in the cast, great humour, and an awesomely colourful set. The music ans song choices were really great too.

We had a great time together πŸ˜ƒ

Have you been to a Panto before? Which one?

Until Next Time,

Roseanne πŸ™‚

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Blogmas 2023 Day Twelve: Bring a Board Night πŸ΄βœ¨οΈπŸŽ…πŸ»

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At the beginning of December me and a few of our friends got together for a little festive celebration, a ‘Friendmas’ celebration if you will.

It was great to be able to all get together as its often hard at the best of times, let alone at Christmas.

I suggested a fun little ‘Bring a Board’ night where everyone brings a themed board of food

We had a variety of sweet and savoury food.

I did two boards, a savoury festive crisp board and a sweet, hot chocolate station board.

Here are my boards:

My Crisps board.
My Hot chocolate board with my velvetiser.
My Hot chocolate board.

It was a fun night. We caught up, listened to some Christmas songs, and played some fun games.

Have you done a ‘board night’ before?

What do you and your friends do to celeb together?

Roseanne πŸ™‚

Until Next Time,

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