Navigating January, often considered a challenging month, requires resilience and a positive mindset. As the winter chill persists, embracing small joys becomes crucial. Embrace self-care rituals, be it cozy evenings with a book or invigorating walks in nature. 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. It’s a post I love to write and look back…

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. It’s a post I love to write and look back over. Five Happy Things {Week 483} Have you been watching Traitors? We didn’t watch the first season but are hooked on the second one. It’s something that we can all come together and watch. We all have our…

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 our family adventures. It’s a post I love to write and look back over. Five Happy Things {Week 482} The first week back at work was really hard and long! I wasn’t ready to go back to work at all, especially as my children had the week off school. The days felt very long however we…

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 our family adventures. It’s a post I love to write and look back over. Five Happy Things {Week 481} I hope you had a lovely Christmas. Unfortunately we all came down with a cough which laid us all out, one by one. The kids got a computer (to build himself!) and the other received an iPad.…

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 our family adventures. It’s a post I love to write and look back over. Five Happy Things {Week 480} Finished reading The Gingerbread Christmas Village by Kiley Dunbar. I wanted something Christmassy to read and this ticked all the boxes. It was a nice and easy to read and brought me closer to my target of…

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 our family adventures. It’s a post I love to write and look back over. Five Happy Things {Week 479} Last week we all went to my son’s Christmas concert. He plays the clarinet and it was lovely to see him playing in the school orchestra. Although I thought I was very organised and planned most of…

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 our family adventures. It’s a post I love to write and look back over. Five Happy Things {Week 478} As we still have the decorators in we can’t get to our Christmas decorations. Instead we’ve put up our external Christmas lights but haven’t decorated inside yet. Thankfully we already had lots of candles…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while. This 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 our family adventures. It’s a post I love to sit down and write. Five Happy Things {Week 477} Last week my daughter turned 12. My son made her a delicious marble cake and she received lots of Tech Deck toys and crystal art sets. We also celebrated the 1st day of Advent last week. My daughter and I stitched…

Starting the week by writing the Happy List is something I’ve been doing for a while. This 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 our family adventures. It’s a post I love to sit down and write. Five Happy Things {Week 476} Last week we took a trip into London to go and see the Christmas lights. We did this last year too and I like that it is one of our Christmas traditions. We did a lot of walking and saw the…