December Happiness

Five things which made me smile this month...

 

 

1. Watching Danny Elfman sing songs from 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' at the Royal Albert Hall.

 

 

 

2. London baby!

 

 

 

3. Getting my craft on and making 24 little knitted stockings for an advent calendar (even if I did finish number 24 on Christmas Eve...)

 

 

 

4. Watching Swallows and Amazons at Bristol Old Vic complete with a pot of pic 'n' mix sweets.

 

 

 

5. And lastly has to be finally getting off the crutches and being able to walk again, not perfectly but good enough to feel like there's light at the end of the tunnel.

 

 

 

Here's to a fabulous 2015 everyone!
 

November Happiness

Five things which made me smile this month...

 

 

1. Being invited to the wedding of the year in the fairground world.

 

 

2. Meeting David Mitchell!

 

 

3. Rescuing this little fella from the road in Weston Super Mare (I hope whoever lost him isn't too sad, we'll definitely take good care of him).

 

 

4. Getting a prime spot to watch one of the Carnival processions, safe and dry in a multi-storey car park.

 

 

5. Finishing my little knitted poppy (and it actually not looking half bad!)

 

 

 

What little things made you happy this month?
 

October Happiness

Five things which made me smile this month...

 

 

1. This hot chocolate!

 

 

 

2. Still managing to get out and do things with my crutches and wheelchair. During October we went to two Carnivals (one of which I judged at), four theatre and comedy shows, one Carnival club meeting, one weekend away and one day trip on the West Somerset Railway.

 

 

 

3. Learning to knit and actually following a pattern successfully enough to knit a whole scarf (which I wore when we visited the railway).

 

 

 

4. Being told my ankle is no longer broken and being able to put my foot in water for the first time in six weeks!

 

 

 

5. And finally, this Apple and Blackberry Crumble from the restaurant at the hospital - their standard size serving of pudding at lunchtime.

 

 

 

 

What little things made you happy this month?
 

September Happiness

Five things which made me smile this month...

 

 

 

1. All the truly lovely tweets, messages and cards I received after fracturing my ankle the other week.

 

 

 

2. Meeting sister-in-law's new boyfriend for the first time. When we were in Cornwall at the beginning of the month, we all met up for an afternoon in Padstow and he seems like a pretty decent chap. It was fairly obvious from the few hours we spent with them that he makes her happy and she makes him happy so I'm keeping all my bits crossed that he's around for a long time!

 

 

 

3. New haircut!
(obviously this was taken just after I'd left the hairdressers, I'm never going to be able to get it to look that good myself)

 

 

 

4. Managing to actually pull off a mystery tour for father-in-law's birthday. He had no idea where he was going until we were about 10 miles away!

 

 

 

5. Kneehigh Theatre Company's amazing show, 'Dead Dog in a Suitcase (and other love songs)'

 

 

 

What little things made you happy this month?
 

August Happiness

Five things which made me smile this month...

 

 

 

1. Edinburgh! All of it; the shows, the madness and definitely the food.

 

 

 

2. Which leads nicely to...pizza! Managing to visit Mamma's Pizza Restaurant in Edinburgh finally after 4 years of trying to fit it into our hectic schedule.

 

 

 

3. Free rides at Carters Steam Fair as a thank you for helping fix one of their vehicles.

 

 

 

4. A delicious hog roll at a BBQ the night before the Mid Somerset Show.

 

 

 

5. Popping into Poundland after visiting Weston Super Mare Sand Sculpture Festival and picking up a couple of Magnums for £1 each, followed up with a slap-up seaside supper at a little seafront café.

 

What little things made you happy this month?
 

July Happiness

Five things which made me smile this month...

 

 

1. Actually managing to pull off a surprise 70th birthday party for the mother in law - complete with a vintage vehicle display, fairground organ, 120 guests and a hog roast - and she had no idea!

 

 

 

2. A lovely day out in Weymouth with Andrew.

 

 

 

3. Discovering how awesome Grillstock is! There'll be a proper blog post about it next week. :-)

 

 

 

4. Spending a day playing our friend's 1896 fairground organ at a steam rally in Somerset. I don't know why I like it really, it's just really good fun feeding books of music through the organ!

 

 

 

5. Ringing up our fertility clinic to book in for our next bit of IVF treatment. Even though the actual embryo transfer bit won't be til the end of September you have to get started with drugs and tests about 6-8 weeks before. My next thing is the delightfully named endometrial scratch (which, if you know what your endometrium is, the procedure is exactly what it says on the tin!)

 

 

 

 

What little things made you happy this month?

June Happiness

Five things which made me smile this month...

 

 

1. Meeting lots of fabulous bloggers at the South West Blog Social and meeting Katie for lunch out at Farringtons Farm Shop.

 

 

 

2. The lovely comments left on our 'Up Advenuture Book' blog post.
 

 

 

3. Buying heaps of tickets for theatre and comedy shows at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.
 

 

 

4. Glastonbury Festival!

 

 

 

5. A BBQ with both families in our back garden
(luckily we managed to schedule it just before the rain arrived for Pilton!).

 

 

 

 

What little things made you happy this month?
 

May Happiness

Five things which made me smile this month...

 

 

1. Completing BEDM again. Okay, I probably cheated a bit, sometimes posting stuff a day late but if you look back, I’ve managed to find something tenuous and rambling to say each and every day.

 

 

2. A tasty treat at Selwood Steam Rally. Wonder if you could make a living from running vintage tea shops at steam rallies?

 

 

3. All the lovely blog comments from you wonderful readers out there. I know I'm really behind but I am going to reply to each and every one of you!

 

 

4. Such lovely things said about this little corner of the t’interweb – Jenny from Sunny Sweet Pea, Katie from Hook Line and Sink Her and Michelle from Life Outside London.

 

 

5. Booking a ticket to the South West Blog Social in Exeter next Saturday where I shall hopefully be meeting up with some fabulous ladies – Michelle, Angela, Chelsea, I’m looking at you! :-)

 

 

What little things made you happy this month?
 

April Happiness

Five things which have made me smile this month...

 

 

1. This sign. Found in the Students Union at Bath Uni.

 

 

 

 

2. A fab perk of the job - a drinks reception here!

 

 

 

 

3. Seeing lots of these guys all around campus.

 

 

 

 

4. An lovely anniversary meal at a little cafe called Tiffanys in Llandudno.

 

 

 

 

5. This picture. I wanted a photo of the flowers we had in our holiday cottage and Andrew decided to snap me instead. It's a bit of a silly picture but I really quite like it!

 

 

 

 

 

What little things have made you happy this month?
 

March Happiness

Five things which have made me smile this month...

 

 

1. A delicious breakfast at Whitehall Garden Centre.

 

 

 

2. The apparent 'best qualities' which Andrew came up with!

 

 

 

 

3. The absolutely lovely things Jenny said about this little piece of the internet over on her blog, Sunny Sweet Pea.

 

 

 

 

 

4. The reaction on here and on Twitter to what I published about Down's Syndrome Awareness Week - I never realised something I wrote so easily would have such a big impact!

 

 

 

 

 

5. Being able to start IVF treatment again without having to wait several months.

 

 

 

What little things have made you happy this month?