Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. Five Happy Things {Week 511} With the kids away at Scout camp it was a very quiet week for us. The weather was a bit too warm so we went for long dog walks in the evening when it was cooler. The kids came back from camp with so much washing…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. Five Happy Things {Week 510} Last week both the kids broke up from school and went to Scout camp the next day. So far the weather has been amazing for them and they have been enjoying crabbing, cycling, go karting and more. Whilst the kids were away having fun we decided…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. Five Happy Things {Week 509} I finished reading  The Secrets of Flowers by Sally Page and wrote a little book review here. I really enjoyed this book as it had just the right mix of history and flowers and the Titanic. It was a little like a treasure hunt, emotional and…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. Five Happy Things {Week 508} Last week I made a delicious elderflower and lemon cake, I found the recipe in a previous issue of The Simple Things magazine. We used homemade elderflower syrup as we managed to pick elderflower a few times this season and made the cordial using the recipe…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. Five Happy Things {Week 507} Last week I finished reading The Story Spinner by Barbara Erskine thanks to an ARC from NetGalley. I’ve read one of her books before (The Dream Weavers) and really enjoyed it, The Story Spinner was equally good. We enjoyed our chance to vote during the General…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. Five Happy Things {Week 506} My daughter went through to the next stage of her athletics competition and came second in the javelin. She even got scouted for her skills! She enjoyed taking part and it was good to see her finally using her amazing sporting talent. Over the week we…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. Five Happy Things {Week 505} Like most people I binge watched the final 4 episodes of Season 3 (Part 2) Bridgerton last week. I’m glad I read the books first but enjoyed the series, especially the costumes and guessing where they had filmed in the UK. Basildon Park featured a lot…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. Five Happy Things {Week 504} Charles Court Opera performed The Sorcerer at Wilton’s Music Hall, this was the one of the few Gilbert and Sullivan operas I had never seen so I was excited to go and watch it. As you would expect, the plot was topsy turvy and the…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for the last few years. It’s my chance to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of the adventures we have as a family. This week I’ve missed a week so I’m going to catch up all our news from the last two weeks. Five Happy Things {Week 503} We had a busy week with the kids off school for half term. The school year is nearly over for them! We took a few…