find at least one thing each day that makes me happy and record it everyday for a year

1. Soft warm pillows
2. Clean sheets
3. Getting a lay in
4. Smiles from those I love
5. Smiles from strangers
6. Eye contact with babies
7. Hot showers
8. Well fitting clothes
9. Good hair days
10. Shoes!
11. Letters through the letterbox
12. Hot tea
13. Buttered toast
14. Uninturrupted activities
15. Clean teeth
16. Living on a busy street
17. Never feeling lonely
18. Thoughtful emails
19. A good laugh
20. Being silly and enjoying other’s silliness
21. Handbags
22. Clear roads
23. Green traffic lights
24. Driving fast
25. Parking angels
26. Flirting
27. Eyelashes – my kids, my own and everyone elses!
28. Great songs on the radio
29. Singing loudly without a care
30. Praise
31. People enjoying my company
32. Work flowing easily
33. Pretty lights
34. Lipgloss
35. A cold glass of water
36. A chat on the phone with a love one
37. Seeing other people smile and laugh
38. Feeling I am making a difference
39. Likeminded colleagues
40. Pleasant professionals
41. Greetings cards
42. Connections
43. Reading all my 43T posts in my inbox
44. All my 43T buddies – old and new
45. People that understand me
46. Listening and being listened to
47. Cuddles
48. Kisses
49. The weather…whatever
50. My parents
51. My big lil bro and his gf
52. My lil sis and her gf
53. My little bro and his gf
54. Hubby
55. K
56. Little Jimmers
57. Lucky the dog

and one for luck…

BEING ALIVE!

My guesstimations are that I need:

*58 entries to makes this goal reach 365.

However, I have often covered more than one day in one entry – so I’m not really sure know!

Today what made me happy was lil jimmers xmas nursery party….and an offenders two missing children (age 3 & 6) being found safe and well…..and my wovely family and friends!

xxx

...at work asked me today what I am so happy about.

I am very confused given I have been lower than ever before the past few weeks.

Maybe I was hysterically grinning in fear/shock/panic and my colleague mistook it for joy!!

24/08 – Teaching J how to bake and wash up.
25/08 – K came home. Hugs, stories, kisses, sharing & love.
26/08 – Jimmers being a Mummie’s boy. News about old friends. Photos, photos and more photos, from 1978 to today.

19/08 – Doing 8 hours of driving for 2 hours with family.
20/08 – Bonding, connections & support for K on the phone.
21/08 – Going way beyond the call of duty.
22/08 – Doing very good deeds in the rain. Playing nurse.
23/08 – Playing skittles with Jimmers.

24/07 – Snuggles on the sofa with Jimmers and K.
25/07 – Compliments on a job well done.
26/07 – The picture attached – hee hee!
28/07 – Giving Mel a wicked hen night!
29/07 – My first ever mud wrap and dry flotation – mmmmm.
30/07 – Treating my Mumma to a birthday meal & chat.
31/07 – The kids making a playdough ‘We Love Mummy’.

01/08 – A lovely picnic in the sun with Jimmers friends.
02/08 – Poppy the robot!
03/08 – Wine and silly films with my hubby.
04/08 – Sunshine picnic with friends & climbing trees.

10/08 – Ignorance through blind drunkeness.
11/08 – The support of my daughter & hubby’s forgiveness.
12/08 – Running 10k & my kids & mum getting medals too.
13/08 – Broadstairs Folk Week.
14/08 – An Indian with my hubby. A real kiss in the rain.
15/08 – Gratitude from a senior manager.
16/08 – A lunch with likeminded colleagues.
17/08 – A lone, long phonecall to my friend.
18/08 – Time for me, solitare with Jimmers & snuggles.

• Not being hungover.
• Parking angels looking over me.
• I have tact, empathy and a heart.
• I can forgive.
• I don’t judge (although I do gossip – naughty me).
• A brilliant action plan to save me from self sabotage.

• A leisurely morning.
• The garden is looking good.
• Ranting, raving, screaming n shouting (to friendly ears)!
• Clothes n hair weren’t too distressing.
• little Jimmer’s hilarity. Rabbit holes. Hee hee!
• I am so so so lucky.
• My Mumma got through to the next stage!!!

• Lying on the grass looking up at blue sky & fluffy clouds.
• Laughter, especially shared laughter.
• My sense of humour.
• Colleagues that appreciate, understand and share.
• Running, running, running.
• Home sweet home.

• New challenges met with enthusiasm.
• Spending time with hubby and the children.
• Bbq’ed mushroom & pepper – healthy & yummy!
• Wine, snuggles and dozing.
• Sleeping naked.