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    Monday happy things {Week 127}

    March 6, 2017 - By 

    I know I say it every week but last week was busy! Somehow we survived Pancake Day and World Book Day, as well as the normal school routine and after school clubs. Thankfully our weekend was pretty quiet so we all had a chance to recharge our batteries. Time for my weekly post about the 5 things which made me happy the previous week. Monday happy things {Week 127} I really love helping at my children’s school and started the week with a trip to our local Church with Year 2. No-one had checked if there would be a service…

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    Monday Happy List {Week 126}

    February 27, 2017 - By 

    It’s been a strange old week. The children only had 4 days at school thanks to an Inset Day but they’ve both been quite tired and grumpy getting back into the school routine. Today my 6 year old asked when the Summer holidays were going to start. I didn’t want to break it to him that he still had a good few weeks months of school left. Monday Happy List {Week 126} Although we finished the new kitchen a few months ago we had half an idea about putting wallpaper up on one wall. We finally chose a pattern we…

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    Monday happy things {week 125}

    February 20, 2017 - By 

    Good morning everyone! Monday again but my children have an Inset Day today so we’re very thankful that half term is lasting an extra day! Time for my weekly Monday happy things post, re-visiting the things that have made me happy in the previous week. Monday happy things {week 125} As it was half term we went away and visited the parentals. This involved quite a lot of driving and some extremes of weather. We started off with snow and freezing temperatures, ending the week with warm sunshine, finally able to shred the layers of coats, hats and gloves. You’ve…

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    Monday happy things {week 124}

    February 13, 2017 - By 

    This half term has gone super quick and I’m so happy that we’re enjoying a half term break already. The weather has been so cold but we were rewarded with warmer temperatures and sunshine today which made everyone happy. Time for my weekly Monday happy things post. Monday happy things post {week 124} Last week was busy as I helped on a school trip my son went on with his Year 2 classmates to Bhaktivedanta Manor. I knew nothing about Hinduism before I went but the trip was very enlightening. We were shown around the farm and shrine and even enjoyed…

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    Monday happy things – week 123

    February 6, 2017 - By 

    I am so glad to see the back of January. We’ve had nothing but illness and last week both my children were off sick, on different days of course. They had completely different illnesses, my poor son has a lingering cough from the chicken pox he had a few weeks ago. He’s been coughing non-stop but unfortunately the doctor wasn’t able to give him anything for it. The broken nights have left me feeling like I’ve got a newborn again and I’m just hoping it clears before we all go away for half term! Monday happy things – week 123…

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    Monday Happy List – week 122

    January 30, 2017 - By 

    Every Monday I sit down and take 10 minutes to think about the high points of the previous week. Sometimes I struggle to find 5 things, and sometimes there are too many. Last week was quite quiet so I was able to find time for lots of baking and crafting. Monday Happy List – week 122 The highpoint of last week must be starting with a day at the V&A, one of my favourite galleries. There were some exhibitions I had wanted to see for a while and I managed to visit the Undressed exhibition, Opus Anglicanum exhibition as well as…

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    Monday happy things – week 121

    January 23, 2017 - By 

    Hope you all had a great weekend. Ours was filled with parties and swimming lessons as usual. Every Monday I write a post about the five things which have made me happy in the previous week – imaginatively titled Monday happy things. My son was off sick most of last week with chicken pox. He is pretty good company and I enjoyed spending time with him. When he was feeling a little better we managed to get out and he found a huge Chewbacca figure in a charity shop. He was so excited to add it to his Star Wars…

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    Monday Happy List – 2017 life goals

    January 16, 2017 - By 

    Last Monday I missed writing my weekly Monday Happy List post. I’ve written this post for over 2 years so it felt strange not writing it. However, I came down with a strange bug which kept me in bed all day and I couldn’t face opening my laptop. I’ve been meaning to write my goals for 2017 so spent the day thinking what to write from my sick bed. Today instead of my usual Monday Happy List post I’m going to share my goals for 2017. To be honest not much happened last week except for me being ill and…

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    Monday Happy List – week 119

    January 2, 2017 - By 

    I love the period between Christmas and New Year. My husband had taken the whole time as annual leave so we were able to relax and went to my mum’s house for a few days. My weekly Happy List helps me be mindful of the small things which have happened in the previous week. If you do something twice does that make it a tradition? I hope so. On Boxing Day we went to our local Pantomime. It was bad but in a good way and everyone seemed to enjoy it. It felt like everyone received Lego for Christmas except…