Wednesday 29 September 2010

Grace in Small Things: 149 of 365


  1. Cantering through the forest with mud flying up from the hooves in front of me and wind in my face and letting out an irrepressible cackle of glee


  2. Sitting in Starbucks on my own with a coffee feeling calm and satisfied


  3. Being picked up by the lovely mobility van man so I could manage the ride rather than having to walk miles and break before I even got on the horse


  4. Seeing a Kestrel


  5. Being back home with my Mozz and my Pusscats and the kids


Grace in Small Things: 148 of 365


  1. Laying in the sauna all warm with my book


  2. Nice enthusiastic chat with Neil and Guy about Terry Pratchett


  3. Being in the space bath – lights and bubbles and steam – I felt like a magic porridge pot!


  4. Waking up from the best nights sleep I’ve had in a long time


  5. Giggling whilst playing just dance on the Wii


Grace in Small Things: 147 of 365


  1. Eating Danish pastry and drinking coffee with Emma in the sunshine before my spa day


  2. Sitting all warm and damp in the steam room that smelled like a polo


  3. Having a lovely long lunch with pasta and wine and feeling so relaxed in my dressing gown…


  4. The most relaxing facial I have ever had


  5. Pleasant company and lots of giggling over dinner


Grace in Small Things: 146 of 365


  1. Lovely relaxing bath


  2. Lounging on the sofa in my jamas


  3. Chilling out and slowly getting my stuff together


  4. Not breaking when driving when I thought I might


  5. Tasty tea being cooked by someone other than me


Tuesday 28 September 2010

Grace in Small Things: 145 of 365


  1. Seeing Penny on the way home from work and getting a surprise hug


  2. Being chummy with Carol at WW


  3. Only putting on 4lbs


  4. Giggling with the cashier at Sainsbury’s at the contents of my shopping


  5. Sorting Alma out with her printing by the medium of magic


Grace in Small Things: 144 of 365


  1. Being gratified to discover that not all men are misogynistic knobs


  2. Jeanette buying me coffee and sharing a pastry


  3. Neil bringing me a square of chocolate to cheer me up


  4. Bertieface curling up with me in bed, purring


  5. Shiny conkers falling from the trees


Grace in Small Things: 143 of 365


  1. Esme snuggles watching Spooks


  2. Showing Liz how to do stuff – and it being appreciated


  3. My tea being all delicious


  4. Looking at the pretty shoes


  5. Facebook anniversary messages


  6. Nice email from WW lady

Grace in Small Things: 142 of 365


  1. Drinking most of my half of Guinness and thinking of Aunt Li the whole time


  2. Going on a funny little tram


  3. Having a Mozz who doesn’t mind my creaks


  4. Being back with the pusscats


  5. Our internet being potentially fixed!


Grace in Small Things: 141 of 365


  1. Best, most delicious liver ever


  2. seeing seals in the wild!


  3. Snoozing on Mozz’s shoulder on the Dart


  4. Sea air and Sunshine


  5. Delicious sleepy breakfast


  6. Getting the bus at night


  7. Anniversary cards and feeling all loved


  8. Having lovely mellow red wine with meaty tea!


Grace in Small Things: 140 of 365


  1. Seeing Lovely Dee and her being so lovely


  2. Delicious breakfast – egg and soldiers!


  3. The beautiful shoes are mine!


  4. Delicious Dinner


  5. The lovely manager lady in Café en Seine helping me up to the ladies in the staff lift


  6. Sitting for ages in the bar with Mozz


  7. Snuggling and holding hands with Mozz


  8. Feeling pretty – almost all day!

Grace in Small Things: 139 of 365


  1. Delicious Tart


  2. Delicious Cake


  3. Sitting on Bench chilling in the cold sunlight in Trinity College


  4. Realising we’re on holiday, and stopping, and crying tears of sheer relief


  5. Lovely dinner with lovely wine


  6. Chilled out flight with pretty and exciting views


  7. Discovering how nice our B&B is


  8. Oh So Helpful Ladies in reception


  9. Finishing a samurai Sudoku the day I started it


  10. Bertie’s whiskery face sniffing my hussy red toes in curiosity




Today was a bloody brilliant day.

Wednesday 22 September 2010

Grace in Small Things: 138 of 365


  1. Lovely bubbly bath


  2. Mozz doing my toes so that they are comedy hussy red


  3. Chat with my sister whilst in the bath


  4. Booking my horse ride - pppfrrrd!


  5. Holiday tomorrow - eeee!


Grace in Small Things: 137 of 365


  1. Making my vista work


  2. Nice day at work with Gary and J


  3. Seeing the lovely Liz breifly


  4. Little chat with Carolyn on the phone


  5. Lovely text message from Sue


Grace in Small Things: 136 of 365


  1. Delicious dinner at Zizi's


  2. Walking hand in hand with Mozz


  3. Nice company and being out


  4. Penny texting me


  5. Writing TUP that works with Gary


Grace in Small Things: 135 of 365


  1. Laughing till I hurt at Ross Noble


  2. Sunshine on my desk


  3. One night stand by Misteeq on my iPod


  4. Walking home with Mozz


  5. Laughing at Rick's stupid address


Sunday 12 September 2010

Grace in Small Things: 135 of 365


  1. Lovely warm cinnamony bath


  2. The making of the ikea cat advert. Made me smile a lot.


  3. Also, the video of Prnice Charles giggling at a Cat Organ with Brian Blessed giggling behind him. Brililant.


  4. Custard


  5. Lovely catch up with my mum on the phone

Grace in Small Things: 134 of 365


  1. Lottie wanting lots of hugs from me


  2. Oli telling me what a nice time he had had


  3. Standing and looking sideways at Dave and the kids having a nice time at the Proms with me - me shaing one of my favourite things with them


  4. Pomp and Circumstance and Land of Hope and Glory


  5. Really belting out some of the songs and being in good company - and being pleasantly surprised I can hit the top note in Rule Britannia (still - I thought my voice was more fucked than that - turns out it's just rusty and never gets warm any more!)

Grace in Small Things: 133 of 365


  1. Nappnig on the sofa accidently


  2. Wearing my frock and feeling nice


  3. Lottie coming up to cuddle me


  4. Being exvited about Gary's visit next week


  5. Laughing (if a bit hysterically) about work with Jeanette

Grace in Small Things: 132 of 365


  1. Being so busy that I didn't graze so much


  2. CSI with t'interwebs, cats and blanket


  3. Losing 3lbs at WW - means I'm back in control...for the moment


  4. Hot chocolate


  5. Driving too fast around corners

Grace in Small Things: 131 of 365


  1. Lottie asking me to come in with her as she started cadets *proud*


  2. Soup for lunch


  3. Jeanette's little waving sweep picture on MSN


  4. Esme sleeping on my thigh as I worked


  5. Helping 88 year old PHD student enrol!

Grace in Small Things: 130 of 365


  1. Little cobwebs woven between blades of grass glistening with dew in the sunshine on my walk to work


  2. Actually acheiving something at work and making life easier for people


  3. - and it being appreciated!


  4. Catching up with 7 days worth of Grace in Small Things and remembering lots of nice things as I typed it up


  5. Hot Chocolate


  6. Snuggling up to Mozz's hot chest on the sofa

Tuesday 7 September 2010

Grace in Small Things: 129 of 365


  1. Being busy in a nice way at work and actually speaking to people


  2. It not starting to rain heavily till I got to the front door


  3. Tacos for tea!


  4. Bertie's excitement when I got in - all purring and headbutting and welcoming :o)


  5. Magic Janet having been - so lovely and refreshing to come home to!

Grace in Small Things: 128 of 365


  1. Finding my prescription had arrived in Botts when I was worried it might not be there


  2. Coffe with papers in Neros


  3. Kissing Mozz, holding his hand walking up the High Street


  4. Buying pretty red scarf to go in my hair


  5. New Terry Pratchett book! Eeee!

Grace in Small Things: 127 of 365


  1. Going back to bed for snuggles with Mozz


  2. Lovely cocktails


  3. Esme sleeping on my lap for hours


  4. Being drunk enough that I didn't hurt


  5. Seeing a double rainbow!

Grace in Small Things: 126 of 365


  1. Raspberry vodka and Lemonade


  2. Cooking tea with Ols


  3. Gorgeous lovely Lush bath


  4. Being warm enough to take off my jumper


  5. Being cheered up by nice texts though I didn't go out

Grace in Small Things: 125 of 365


  1. Yummy cake at Hilliers in the sunshine with Jeanette and Liz


  2. Booking spa day with Emma - Eee!


  3. Having lovely support from WW ladies


  4. Having a Mozz with soft warm shoulder to cry on


  5. Roasted beetroot and butternut squash for tea

Grace in Small Things: 124 of 365


  1. Lovely message from folksy seller


  2. Laughing at Tribal consultants photos on facebook


  3. Lovely view from my window at work


  4. Having a Mozz who'll get me drinks for my tablets


  5. Waking up being warm

Grace in Small Things: 123 of 365


  1. Lovely bubbly bath with Pratchett


  2. Finally gettinghow to do Lottie's curtains


  3. Finally taking coat to dry cleaners


  4. Finally finding and buying new hoover bags on internet (small things, eh?!)


  5. Snoozy time in jamas with the paper and a particularly nice coffee