100 Things That Make Me Happy
100 Things That Make Me Happy
- Ant
- Aiden
- Kaycee
- Ella
- Family
- Ice cream!
- Books
- Lazy days
- Watching a movie with Ant
- Playing Electronic Banking Monopoly with Kaycee
- Chocolate
- Baileys
- Hugs from Aiden.
- A snowball drink made by the SWH (super wonderful husband)
- Christmas
- Fairy lights
- Being wrapped up warm on a cold winters day
- Autumn leaves
- Orchids
- Morning cuddles from Ella
- Biscoff! OMG it’s so gorgeous!
- Our large garden and the plans we have for it
- Our new house – I love living here. I didn’t realise how on edge I was at the other house, always checking to see if the kids from the area were in the garden trashing it or just causing a nuisance of some sort. I’m so relaxed here ๐
- Frogspawn
- Tadpoles – I can’t wait to get my garden pond done for the frogs. I used to love going to the stream and finding tadpoles when I was younger.
- Flowers growing in the garden
- Our apple tree
- Weekend lie-ins
- Easter holidays
- Netflix!
- Losing weight
- Flowers in my home
- Helping at the charity shop
- Getting voted as our group’s slimmer of the year at Slimming World
- Setting up an Easter egg hunt for girls
- Shopping with Ant
- Being spoilt on my birthday
- Being spoilt on Mother’s day
- Being spoilt on Christmas day ๐
- Going on holiday as ย a family
- Going on holiday with Ant, just the two of us
- Getting greatest loser at my Slimming World group
- Starbucks caramel frappuccino
- In fact, everything Starbucks! I really want to try the ham and cheese croissant ๐
- Having a proper greenhouse
- Summer holidays – I should really just say school holidays because I love being able to turn the alarm off!
- The flower clock that Kaycee made me for mother’s day
- The little owl that Ella got off a Christmas cracker and stuck to the tv. It’s still there now and I’m leaving it there because it makes me smile ๐
- Buying books, even if I’ve got too many to ever have time to read them all!
- Watching tv in the evening with the hubby
- Summer evenings, sitting outside
- Summer Barbecues
- Celebrating 10 years of marriage with my super wonderful husband
- Getting past the halfway mark on this list!
- Getting a takeaway as a treat for the kids
- Planning for Christmas
- The smell of the Christmas decorations when you get them out of the loft
- Tv boxsets
- My Slimming World group
- Winning our bonus ball lottery at slimming world
- Dominoes pizza
- Baking with the girls
- Having days out with the family
- Going to bed at the same time as Ant
- Seeing Ella get so excited at the new planetarium we received
- Helping Kaycee learn how to use the sewing machine
- Surprising the girls with a trip to the cinema
- Nanny’s dog Chi-Chi getting so excited to see me when we visit
- Watching the shows the girls put on for us
- Feeling lucky that I’ve been blessed with a son who doesn’t live up to the usual teenage stereotype of being cheeky, causing trouble and everything else teenagers are known for!
- Working from home so I’m always here for the children after school
- Diet Vimto……it’s so yummy!
- Surprise flowers from Ant for no reason
- Nipping to the toilet in the morning and going back into my room to find Ella or Kaycee has made the bed for me ๐
- Going to the Kinema in the Woods with Kaycee and Ella
- Going to the beach
- Going to the Wetherby Whaler
- A nice hot bath but no bubbles because they annoy me!
- Comfy pyjamas
- Spa evenings run by Kaycee and Ella at bedtime ๐
- My new wildlife pond, waterfall and stream made by the super wonderful husband
- Having the big dining table back in use after it being in the garage since we moved here over a year ago
- Being able to take part in a photography course, thanks to Joe lending me his camera
- Seeing the summer bulbs we planted on a freezing cold February morning, starting to grow
- Clearing out the shed and throwing away A LOT of stuff!
- Sweet omelettes with banana, coconut greek yogurt and squirty cream!
- Going to Nanny’s for a coffee and a chat
- Hugs from the nieces and nephews when they’ve not seen me for months
- Spending time with my best friend, Jo. It doesn’t happen often enough.
- Ant watching scary things with me even though he doesn’t want to, just so I don’t have to go to bed on my own because I get too scared!
- Picking flowers from the garden to bring inside. I hope to have lots more planted for next year.
- The excitement from the girls when I showed them the pool we’re going to be getting this year
- Bank holiday weekends
- Buying plants
- Having Nanny over for dinner
- Getting rid of the old carpet and putting down laminate flooring (which isn’t down yet but hopefully won’t be long!)
- Pinning ideas on Pinterest for things I want to do in the house and garden
- Listening to the Nashville cd and singing loud!
- Singing Bob Marley songs with Ella ๐
- The times when everyone is doing their own thing, like Kaycee playing on the tablet, Ella watching Horrible History on Netflix, Aiden on his laptop and Ant’s playing with a new gadget like his in-car recorder and it suddenly hits me that I’m really really happy and totally content with my life :oD
I love them all so much it’s hard to put into words.