Sunday 28 February 2016

Grateful 59:366

Today I am grateful for...
Sleep in spite of a cold. 
Creativity. 
A walk. 
Prayer. 

Saturday 27 February 2016

Grateful 58:366

Today I am grateful for...
Safe travel. 
Laughter. 
A lift. 
A gift. 

Grateful 57:366

Today I am grateful for ...
The gift of music. 
The wonder of space. 

Thursday 25 February 2016

Grateful 56:366

Today I am grateful for...
New 'friends' in Y1. 
A round of applause for my recorder playing. Twice! 
The looks of concentration - and joy - on the faces of children playing glockenspiels! 
Rediscovering books for next week. 
Time to read. 

Wednesday 24 February 2016

Grateful 55:366

Today I am grateful for...
Sunshine. 
Calm classrooms. 
An incident free break time. 
Sharing stories with the 'left overs' from Y3. 
The promise of Molten Brown toiletries! 

Tuesday 23 February 2016

Grateful 54:366

Today I am grateful for...
A beautiful morning and a bright day. 
A safe place to live where I don't need to fear for the safety of my family. 
A tidy cupboard (at last!)
Cheerful smiles. 

Monday 22 February 2016

Grateful 53:366

Today I am grateful for...
A stress free start to the half term. 
The safe arrival of baby Rory - and he's a gorgeous whopper! 
A full moon that is rather mesmerising. 

Sunday 21 February 2016

Grateful 52:366

Today I am grateful for...
Time spent with little children.
Reading the same story over and over because it made my little mates laugh.  
Belly laughs whilst playing peekaboo. 

Saturday 20 February 2016

Grateful 51:366

Today I am grateful for...
A running start to the morning (although I'll do my shoelaces tighter next time!)
Time spent with my family. 
Laughing with Bob. 
Yoghurt jokes. 

Friday 19 February 2016

Grateful 50:366

Today I am grateful that...
I am a unique individual and, as Duolingo has just suggested, I am really strange! 

Thursday 18 February 2016

Wednesday 17 February 2016

Grateful 48:366

Today I am grateful for...
Amanda getting out of the cast on her ankle.
A Valentine gift from John of lovely Highland Soap toiletries.
Someone else cooking my dinner (although I cooked for the boys!)
A tidy garage and completing the ironing mountain. 

Tuesday 16 February 2016

Grateful 47:366

Today I am grateful that...
Isaac had a successful first attempt at driving. 
I have (more than) enough clothes and heating to keep me warm, and a home to live in. 
I completed several things on my to do list. 

Monday 15 February 2016

Grateful 46:366

Today I am grateful for...
Ginger root that looks like a man playing football (with garlic) on a football pitch (of beans). 

Sunday 14 February 2016

Grateful 45:366

Today I am grateful for...
The musical talents of Chris King. 
Sunshine. 
Running in the park in the sunshine. 
The safe arrival home of Isaac from Iceland.  
No ankle incidents today!

Saturday 13 February 2016

Grateful 44:366

Today I am grateful for...
A good night's sleep in spite of a cold. 
Completing parkrun 2 seconds faster than last week. 
Cold and flu tablets. 
Walking in the Peak District. 
Laughing at Mimì and Catarella in The Young Montalbano with John and Jude. 

Friday 12 February 2016

Grateful 43:366

Today I am grateful for...
Sleep!
Half term. 
Surviving being the only one at Core. 
Nutribullet concoctions. 
Cake. 
Beer. 
Pictures of Iceland courtesy of Isaac. 


Thursday 11 February 2016

Grateful 42:366

Today I am grateful for...
Isaac's safe arrival in Iceland. 
Surviving the day without falling asleep. 
Finally getting to go to the toilet. 
An early night. 
Happy memories of Zinzikon and sledging.  

Wednesday 10 February 2016

Grateful 41:366

Today I'm grateful for ...
Running two miles around the playground without incident. 
A day without behaviour issues. 
Being surprised by Jamie. 
Facebook thinking I'm only 24!

Tuesday 9 February 2016

Grateful 40:366

Today I am grateful for...
The simple wisdom of children. 



Monday 8 February 2016

Grateful 39:366

Today I am grateful for...
A heated towel rail: no more soggy towels! 
Happy memories and good friends. 

Sunday 7 February 2016

Grateful 38:366

Today I am grateful...
That I haven't broken my ankle. 
For the time to watch another episode of Young Montalbano when I would have been running. 
For fruit and vegetables. 
For having a sense of humour. 

Saturday 6 February 2016

Grateful 37:366

Today I am grateful for...
Finishing 3rd in my age group, 16th female and 90th overall at Parkrun. 
Not falling or hurting myself in the mud and rain. 
A hot bath. 
My husband and sons, for infuriating me and amusing me in equal measure. 
John's boss recognising what an excellent employee he is and nominating him for an award. He didn't win but the text of the nomination was lovely.  

Friday 5 February 2016

Grateful 36:366

Today I am grateful for...
Exercise. 
IKEA. 
Food. 
John. 

Thursday 4 February 2016

Grateful 35:366

Today I am grateful for... 
Safety on the road. 
A job that I (mostly!) enjoy. 
Pictures from Mälmo even if they make me jealous. 
A clean house. 


Wednesday 3 February 2016

Grateful 34:366

Today I'm grateful...
That today has finished! 
For smiling children who remind me that all is not lost. 
For hot baths to restore calm.

Tuesday 2 February 2016

Grateful 33:366

Today I am grateful for...
An efficient day. 
Not losing anything. 
The safety of my boys. 
Successfully building Jude's desk (after one false start!)
Johns safe arrival in Malmo. 
A midweek cobweb blowing run. 

Monday 1 February 2016

Grateful 32:366

Today I am grateful for...
Reaching the end of the day still smiling. 
Submitting two reports and for all the experiences that made them necessary! 
Not getting caught in the four way traffic light chaos today. 
Aldi Fruit and vegetables. 
A comfortable bed in which to read my (rather funny) book - and sleep!