Grace in Small Things: 60 of 365

1. Warm sunshine on my arms walking t the dentists



2. Lottie waving at me like a loon from the car with Pam in



3. Talking to mum on the phone



4. Realising we've a weekend to ourselves for the first timein what feelslike ages this weekend, even though it isn't actually that long since we last did



5. Drinking with a straw. Made me disproportionately happy. I might do it more regularly, as i drank loads more that I would have normally!

Grace in Small Things: 59 of 365

1. Giggling at reliant robins being crashed and overturned on top gear



2. In bed, on my own, eating chocolate rainbow drops reading the paper.



3. Oli saying that my lunch was better than the England game. (shut up, I know it's not that great a compliment but I take it where I can get it!)



4. Laying on Lottie's bed looking out the window and Bertie coming to join me in the same position



5. Esme's nose on my face, licking me and loving me so much it made me cry

Grace in Small Things: 57 of 365

1. Little window frames made so that the cats can't get out the windows but the air can get in - a breeze!



2. Discovering that lime doritos = crunchy margharitas



3. Talking to dad on the phone. Very comforting.



4. Waking up from a deep sleep - That I actually got there!



5. Finally de-fuzzing self and feeling a bit better about myself

Grace in Small Things: 58 of 365

1. Mozz's Arse. I love my husbands bottom. It's beautiful.



2. Summery flowery warm smalls out of the window



3. Esme knowing that I needed cuddles and lovin'



4. Seeing people in the kitchen at work



5. Bertie chasing the torch light



6. Talking to Tony on the phone and having a catch up with his naughty badgering charm!

Grace in Small Things: 55 of 365

1. Working from home. Wednesdays rock. SO much nicer and less hurty and generally better than being in the office.



2. The feel of super soft Esme fur on my achey hands in the morning



3. Mozz and Oli’s joy at England getting through to the next round of the world cup



4. Seeing people supporting the armed forces that returned to Winchester and paraded past the end of our road. Really moving and good to see – especially that many that far out!



5. Seeint the sun glinting off the weathervane on top of the council that is shaped like a hog – I didn’t realise it was there and that I could see it from the cadet car park, and the sun was all mellow in the evening light shining and making it sparkle in a really golden way!

Grace in Small Things: 56 of 365

1. Half a pound off!!!



2. Nice chat on the phone with mum and dad



3. Fi’s text and news of a potential visit – Eee!



4. Wind in my hair, driving with the top down!



5. Seeing Penny waving like a loon and blowing kisses as she drove past me!

Grace in Small Things: 53 of 365

1. Giving away some of my aloe vera plants to people who love them



2. The Wysteria house up the road’s hedge smells even more gorgeous now the mock orange and some of the roses are out. Heaven to walk by.



3. Home time – walking home in the warm sun



4. Terrible chocolate. Nom. Ate it all…



5. Delicious toad in the hole – soggy and crisp and sweet and savoury!

Grace in Small Things: 54 of 365

1. The nice man at Brixton academy who sorted us out tickets to allow us into the disabled area. We’d bought seated tickets as I’m getting more wussy about the pain standing during a gig, but there was no lift at all to get upstairs. He managed to do it (and the other staff there) without once making me feel an inconvenience ,and that it was entirely for my welfare. Had a brilliant time because I wasn’t in pain or dreading the stairs – fabulous service. I wrote to tell them so too next day!



2. Seeing Scissor Sisters live – so much energy and excitement!



3. Listening to the beach boys on the cd player at work with Jeanette whilst everyone else was out of the office in a meeting



4. Mozz’s contract being confirmed



5. Karma getting to work at Mozz’s old workplace…

Grace in Small Things: 52 of 365

1. Fudge. Sugary melty goodness from lovely Lottie!



2. Happy Feet – a lovely film with happy dancing penguins – ahhh!



3. Lottie snuggling up to me on the sofa



4. Sleeping till Midday



5. Having a Mozz to cry little hot tears into his lovely strong neck and shoulder. Felt much better after that.

Grace in Small Things: 51 of 365

1. I went to the dentist and I don't need as many fillings as I thought I was going to. I was thoroughly proud as well when she told me that I had very little tartar build up - especially as I'd not been for 4.5 years... She said it was really surprising!



2. Snuggly hugs and a little quiet conversation in the kitchen with my dad



3. Sitting on the sofa with Mum and her showing me all her holiday photos



4. Dave being brilliant and lovely in the face of 0% mystique in our relationship.



5. Having time to revel in the return of magic Janet's clean house!

Grace in Small Things: 50 of 365

1. The Chronic Babe's awesome support



2. Working out some of my SQL and getting some results that actually mean something



3. Getting a lift home from Sarah - such a nice lady, and I really appreciated it as I was feeling pretty bloody awful



4. The Monkeh cooking tea whilst I cleared up from making cake - didn't have to do it all on my own



5. Hugh's excitement whilst telling me about how he is decorating his prospectove baby's room. Apple green hills and sky blue skies, and a little jungly theme :o)

Grace in Small Things: 49 of 365

1. Nice people at WW - lovely Sue checking up on me and my health and the lovely lady with the selling things.



2. Merangues and Strawberries on offer in Sainsburys - smelt them in the bag all the way home...



3. The Monkeh is staying less than she said she would (that's a bad thing to be pleased about, but I'm so tired and it's so nice to not have to worry about an extra person in the house sometimes!)



4. Bertie cuddles



5. Esme all curled up on my lap whilst I was trying to write kirsty's birthday card, headbutting the pen every 5 seconds - annoyng but incredibly cute!

Grace in Small Things: 48 of 365

1. Mum and Dad are home from the USA and I had a lovely soothing chatty phonecall with them



2. I finally managed to sort out my visio diagram



3. I'm in my points today - first time in ages!



4. Curled up on the floor in a little love fest with Bertie face - all purry and lovley



5. Waking up this morning all snuggled up with Mozz, his hand on my skin under my pyjamas

Grace in Small Things: 47 of 365

1. Cake. My cakes and baking is improving massively recently. Most pleasing.



2. Seeing Penny - it's nice to have such lovley company



3. Dancing with Mozz in the lounge after everyone else had gone to bed



4. Nice comments from the online WW ladies on our daily thread



5. I've got a TABLECLOTH on my table - and for one, breif moment, the table was clear enough to put it on!

Grace in Small Things: 46 of 365

I have a confession.

I couldn’t think of anything good about yesterday, yesterday. It was a horrible, nightmare day. I ended up coming home from work early in floods of tears, it was that sort of day. And at the end of it all I just wanted to go to sleep, I didn’t want to think over my day of aches and pains and hurt and upset and stupidity and tears, I just wanted it to go away. So today, I present a rather pared down skim of the good things about yesterday.

1. No one died.
   
2. No one got physically hurt.
   
3. I didn’t tell anyone to fuck off, to their face, in an unprofessional manner.
   
4. Jeanette was nice to me and sent me home.
   
5. I got to bed, safely.
   

Yeah. That good. Bit concerned for my mental health at the moment. Must try and buck up a bit....

Grace in Small Things: 45 of 365

1. Snuggling up with Mozz
   
2. Dinishing a Sudoku puzzle
   
3. Getting lots of our washing done
   
4. Not cooking tea
   
5. Having Mozz all to myself, just for a couple of hours.
   

Grace in Small Things: 44 of 365

1. Buying cheeky chocolate covered pretzels with the kids to eat before Dave picked us up from town. Sneaky.
   
2. Repotting my aloe vera plants and showing Oli how they grow and multiply
   
3. Snuggling in bed with Mozz and Lottie in the morning, sleepy and warm
   
4. Postcards arriving from both the kids New York trip and Mum and Dad’s trip to LA/San Francisco
   
5. Seeing Bertie sat on Mozz’s lap watching the football
   

Grace in Small Things: 43 of 365

1. Seeing Lovely Belle, if briefly.
   
2. Sitting in bed, in my jamas, watching a film eating ice cream with Lottie.
   
3. Playing ball with Lottie with a light up ball in the dark – very silly and much giggling ensued!
   
4. The insanity of my sister’s move mostly missed me.
   
5. Having my old bed back, and thinking of all the happy things that I’ve done in it, or got ready for in the room with it…
   

Grace in Small Things: 42 of 365

1. Deleting many many MST records from the system I support at work – we’ve halved the number in existence. Lovely.
   
2. Knowing that I’m not working tomorrow
   
3. The pretty, pretty cards I ordered yesterday afternoon arrived! And they are pretty
   
4. Mozz being offered a 6 week contract…
   
5. Text from Belle saying that she’d love to meet up for a coffee.
   

Grace in Small Things: 41 of 365

1. Lottie, nibbling at my neck and pretending to eat me
   
2. Esme snuggled up cosily on my lap, purring
   
3. Neatly darned trousers – I’ve still got the skilz. You can barely see the huge hole was ever there!
   
4. Small dark smooth square of Valharona
   
5. Buying pretty, pretty greetings cards on the interwebs.
   

Grace in Small Things: 40 of 365

1. Stopping to smell the yellow roses that have suddenly appeared in the beautiful smelling wysteria man's garden



2. The lovely colour of the light this evening - all golden on the rooftops



3. My Colleague, Jeanette giving me a present of a new A5 pad (I like these better than standard ring pads, it's better for my lists, and we don't have any at work!)



4. Having a really nice conversation with Shel on MSN about music, sharing new songs and tastes



5. Watching Springwatch - particularly the kingfishers and woodpecker chicks!

Grace in Small Things: 39 of 365

1. Beautiful new red roses on the walk home and the smell of the drizzle on hot pavement



2. Finally getting going on my nemesis - a proposal document



3. Eating a Fry's turkish delight bar, covertly, in the dark... sucking the chocolate off the outside then the warm rosey goo....



4. The smell of Oli's head - hot, damp and a little bit like shampoo!



5. The feeling of creeping satisfaction that I got from looking at Oli's wardrobe, nearly finished....

Grace in Small Things: 38 of 365

1. Knocking some more jobs off of our list. Painty ones at that. Nearly there in three rooms now...



2. Sitting eating fritata and salad on the sofa in the sunshine with Mozz



3. Dozing off on Oli's bed with Esmecat curled up into me whilst Mozz paints... Oops...



4. Coming in well under points for once at the weekend - strangely satisfying!



5. Watching the England vs Rest of World charity game of footy. Very silly, and brilliant commentary - much more my cup of tea than a proper game!

Grace in Small Things: 37 of 365

1. Getting my card back from the lady in Barclays - the bank machine ate everyone's last night by all accounts. I was so greatful to get that back - so much nonsense to change if it hadn't been there. Also, I never knew that Barclays was such a pretty building inside. A whole freize of shells with little pearls in 3d round the ceiling. Lovely.



2. Meeting my ister and Jonathan for a very lovely, cool breakfast of nicely poached eggs and toast in a cool cellar. I didn't know they had a cellar in Monde. It's nice.



3. Laying on the grass outside the cathedral, in the warm, having a slight doze. Ah, contentment.



4. Snogging on the sofa. Hot and sticky and skin on skin.. Happy days.



5. Reflecting on what a nice evening I had yesterday. And remembering how I put cat biscuits on Dave's chest whilst he was snoring, drunk on the floor and giggling as the cats walked on him and ate them, sniffed, and retreated in vague disgust. Hahaha... cats eating biscuits off his chest. Naughty giggly thoughts. Hehehe

Grace in Small Things: 36 of 365

On a bit of paper upstairs!

1. Seeing and spending time with Ian, who I've not seen in ages, and is just so lovely!


2. Being sat with Kate watching Lilly - my sisters pretty lighting and pleasant company all round


3. The nice lady at the cash machine who tried to help me when the machine ate my card. She and her husband were as nice and as helpful as they could manage in the circumstances, but it made me smile to think that there are nice people out there who stop to help people.


4. Hearing Robert Miles Children come on the radio, whilst in the car with the top down. Bliss. Like the summer of 1997 all over again (only, with a swanky car!)


5. Being hit, quite suddenly, by the realisation that I am prettier, cleverer and more secure than the lasses who were flirting with my Mozz in the eveing. Watching them with him I was overcome with this lovely secure totallyunfussed, unconcerned and unjealous feeling - I know I'm safe in his love. :o)

Grace in Small Things: 35 of 365

1. The smell of Chanel No 5 on my hand in the morning sat at my desk – a little reminder of lovely things
   
2. The warmth of the sun on my back walking home from work
   
3. Watching Bertie chase the little refractive lights from my sun catcher hanging in the window up the wall. Daft cat trying to stretch up the wall as tall as he can, and looking for them behind the painting…
   
4. The smell of the gorgeous wysteria up the road in full bloom how – heady, sweet and summery
   
5. Erasing lots of records from our main system at work – we’ve been trying to archive stuff for the last 2 years and we finally just bit the bullet with it!
   

Grace in Small Things: 34 of 365

1. Being able to work from bed, warm and snuggled



2. The lovliness of the Ocado man - checking up on me!



3. Reading through the posts in this weeks Chronic Babe blog carnival - some really useful tips as ever! One day I'll get up the balls to join in...



4. Feeling useful as I dig out loads of contracts for Mozz to apply for



5. knowing it's bed time now, and I can curl up again in the warm with my lovely husband :o)

Grace in Small Things: 33 of 365

1. Seeing a light at the end of a tunnel for a mess of installation of a bit of software at work



2. Seeing the dining room table underneath all the junk - I'd forgotten almost what it looked like!



3. Having my electric heat pad back off my sister, and curling up with it in bed



4. Crossing things off the to do list



5. I'm still in love with my new bear, he makes me smile a lot still. I have named him Gilbert.

Grace in Small Things: 32 of 365

1. Playing with Esme as she purrs and prowls around under the bedspread
   
2. Finishing the middle room off completely – including gloss paint. Now there’s something I didn’t think we’d achieve!
   
3. Glossing Oli’s door frame – the satisfaction of a small but niggly job off the list…
   
4. Lovely runny poached eggs on toasted buttery muffins. Yum.
   
5. Singing to the radio. Loudly. With gusto – for the first time in a very long time in ages, I sang along and let it rip a bit :)
   

Grace in Small Things: 31 of 365

1. That my cake turned out particularly well, though the recipe was mental. Who would have thought that grated butternut squash would have produced a cake so delicious, moist and chocolatey. Nom.
   
2. Painting the middle bedroom with Mozz – I do love it when we get into team Mozz mode!
   
3. Finishing off the first coat of the middle bedroom – we got more done than expected.
   
4. My sister bought me a pretty bracelet as a thank you – it’s lovely
   
5. Mum bringing me my Nana’s unicorn figurine that she wanted me to have. It’s lovely, and made me cry. On the underneath, there is a sticker in my Nana’s writing that says “For Helen – Love Nana”. It made me remember how lovely she was when she wasn’t the Nana who had been ravaged by dementure, and other mental illnesses. And how much I loved her. Which isn’t really something I’d thought about for a long time.