Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is 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 492} The kids have been away at Scout camp all weekend. With them away having fun with their friends we decided to go for a long lunch at the Coy Carp with my mum. The pub sits between the river and canal so it’s a…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is 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 491} I found a free hamster cage on our local Facebook group and now we have a hamster! We had a couple of trips to Pets at Home to pick up supplies and my daughter chose a hamster she liked as she has wanted one…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is 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 490} We celebrated St David’s Day on the 1st March with some delicious Welsh cakes. We warmed them up in the AirFryer and they were amazing! I enjoyed mine plain whilst the kids covered theirs in biscoff spread. On Saturday we went into London as…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is 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 489} I’ve been doing a lot of family history recently, saving all my docs from Ancestry and attending an online weekly class which is really helping my research skills. Yesterday I picked up one of the new Lego Animal Crossing sets from my local toy…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is 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 488} Two of my favourite things happened last week – Pancake Day and Valentines’ Day. We love pancakes and do have them every so often. Nothing beats enjoying them on Shrove Tuesday though. I ate mine with lemon and sugar whilst everyone else loaded theirs with…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is 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 487} Last week just flew by because we were all looking forward to half term! The kids were only back at school for 5 weeks but it felt like a long time as the weather has been so cold and miserable. Today the sun is…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while over the last few years. It is 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 486} Last week I finished Godmersham Park by Gill Hornby and I enjoyed it so much I ordered a copy of her other novel about Jane Austen, Miss Austen. This is equally good and I’m enjoying reading it whenever I can. I find Jane Austen…