Showing posts with label smiles. Show all posts
Showing posts with label smiles. Show all posts

Thursday, 6 January 2011

30 things


My online friend and inspirator (is that a word? if not it should be!), Kitty Pinkstars blogged today about the importance of finding things that make you smile and suggested making a list of 30 things, just as they come to mind and in no particular order.

So here goes. My 30 things that make me smile out loud are:

  1. My nephew's infectious giggle
  2. Beautiful sunsets
  3. Pure white untouched snow
  4. The first green leaves of spring
  5. Snowdrops, crocus and daffodils - all the spring flowers
  6. Cherry blossom
  7. The perfect Cosmopolitan
  8. Lunch with friends
  9. Completing a project
  10. Starting a project
  11. A home cooked meal
  12. Coffee and good company
  13. Mastering a new step at tango
  14. Candles and a log fire
  15. Fresh sheets
  16. A cosy hot water bottle
  17. A crisp winter morning
  18. Dawn on a perfect summer day
  19. The seaside in any weather
  20. Fish and chips
  21. Tom & Jerry cartoons
  22. Watching clouds
  23. Bonfires
  24. Singstar battles
  25. Getting to the top of the hill
  26. Misty mornings
  27. Unexpected mail items
  28. The end of a run
  29. Holiday adventures
  30. Being met at the airport

So what's your list?

Wednesday, 29 September 2010

Reasons to be cheerful, revisited

 
Well, I'm sure my regular reader(s) will be pleased to know that I have managed to remain in a happier frame of mind. Helped no little bit by finding a parcel on my doorstep when I got home from work today. Which inspired me to remind myself of the reasons there are to be cheerful.

So, let me count the ways...

Firstly, when I got home I was delighted to see that my parcel from Gorjuss had arrived. I am now the proud owner of a(nother) beautiful canvas from the very talented Suzanne Woolcott. This one is titled We Can All Shine (which seemed appropriate) and is stunning. This is the first one I've bought myself. My lovely big sister bought me my first one as a present. This was a present from me to me. I think I deserve it! And, I made up the bundle with two more bookmarks to add to my collection - or alternatively the present cupboard for when I'm too disorganised to have remembered to buy anything for birthdays, Christmas etc!

Secondly, as well as receiving a lovely parcel (nothing like goodies through the post to cheer a girl up!) I also have a surfeit of silliness to entertain myself with. I finally remembered to download and print off my Art of Silliness 2 worksheets, and now have plenty to keep me busy and happy. Yay for Carla Sonheim, and my fantastic friend Kitty for inspiring me to take the Silliness Course!


Thirdly, I had a colourful dinner tonight - pan fried tuna steak with homemade tomato salsa. Yum in itself but even yummier that I was home in time to cook for myself instead of snacking on cheese and crisps. No evening meetings tonight and a productive day at work - reasons to be cheerful indeed!

Fourthly, I have a day off on Friday!!!! And nothing of importance to do. A day of complete unplanned spontaneity and fun. Can't wait.

Fifthly, I am meeting up with an old friend tomorrow night for a drink and a bite to eat. Should be fun.

Sixthly, I have company coming round this evening too. A surfeit of friends as well as silliness.

Seventhly, while I was doing the washing up this evening I misheard the lyrics of a song and thought it was about porcupines. Which was funny enough in itself, but it also served to remind me of a silly poem my dad made up when we were younger. And that made me chuckle! I'll leave it to my sister to quote the poem.

Eighthly, it has finally stopped raining. And while it's due to start again on Friday, potentially shelving one of my ideas for how to spend my day off, it's due to dry and sunny tomorrow.

Happy days!