Grace in Small Things: 242 of 365

1. Watching Kirstie and Phil – ah, happy



2. Watching Nick Knowles, my 18 year crush, transform a house, being all rugged and sensitive. Swoon.



3. Sharing Hot Fuzz with the kids. If you want to be a big cop in a small town…



4. Having Dave look after me and try and make it better



5. Eating biscuits

Grace in Small Things: 241 of 365

1. Kids being so lovely when I am creaky



2. Lovely time in La Perla – and the joy of being able to take the kids places I love now they are getting bigger



3. AMAZING theatre. Insane. Brilliant. Defying description – just awe inspiring



4. Mozz being so gorgeous and carrying me upstairs



5. Waking up to find Bertie curled up on my chest with tidy paws and his face in mine purring.

Grace in Small Things: 240 of 365

1. New tablet PC in bed. Brilliant.



2. Kids faces as they were unwrapping their presents



3. listening to the kids giggle as I cower in horror at Shaun of the Dead



4. Silence as I sat on the edge of the bed in my undies reading the glossy bit of the paper



5. Cute picture book from the kids

Grace in Small Things: 239 of 365

1. Not getting as left behind by K & F as I had thought that I might



2. Being marginally less achey



3. Having dinner with Mozz being all twinkly



4. Mexican wave looping Twickenham



5. Having the best handwarming present

Grace in Small Things: 238 of 365

1. Hugging Bertie’s little furry body and him purring and loving me back



2. Mum’s trifle



3. Being in my jamas almost all day with my family



4. My family being so lovely



5. Having the best husband ever.

Grace in Small Things: 237 of 365

1. Opening Mozz’s brilliant presents



2. Lovely day with family



3. warm snuggly being loved feeling



4. Wearing my new shirt and feeling fly



5. Having a gorgeous lovely Mozz husband

Grace in Small Things: 236 of 365

1. Lovely long lunch with Mozz



2. Nice chat and mince pie with Carolyn



3. Dancing to records with Mum



4. Mozz’s lovely card



5. Knowing that there is no more school for ELEVEN DAYS!!!



6. Wearing my Christmas hat :o)

Grace in Small Things: 235 of 365

1. Hot mince pie and cold ginger ice cream



2. Getting my data straight



3. Mozz helping me get it all in one place



4. Glass of baileys



5. Little thank you’s for last night

Grace in Small Things: 235 of 365

1. Working from my bed



2. Our home looking so cozy and lovely



3. Seeing lovelyBelle and beautiful Penny



4. The both having a nice time



5. Jonathan and Alsu coming and being lovely

Grace in Small Things: 234 of 365

1. Singing in harmony



2. In church and it sounding toe curlingly awesome



3. Lovely WI people



4. St Cross Hospital Chapel looking amazing in the snow



5. Mozz’s new shirt on my skin

Grace in Small Things: 233 of 365

1. Snow being pretty



2. Having a sexy Mozz



3. Watching “wanted” and mindless violence making me smile



4. Afternoon in helpdesk rather than the tense at my desk



5. Esme snuggles with hot chocolate

Grace in Small Things: 232 of 365

1. Having a lie in



2. Getting house clean and tidy (ish)



3. Stickiness of marshmallows



4. Finally getting round to stewing my apples



5. Long bath with my book

Grace in Small Things: 231 of 365

1. Esme sleeping in my lap as I try to eat



2. Finally finishing all my Christmas shopping



3. Finally finishing all my Christmas wrapping!



4. Mozz working out where to park so that I had the shortest route all the way around Southampton in a loop. The man is a genius, and I love him, and he did it without asking me or telling me and he is brilliant. Fact.



5. The snow being breathtakingly pretty in the fields and on the trees



6. Sitting in Starbucks feeling loved and like Team Mozz



7. Buying brand new shirts – that fit!

Grace in Small Things: 230 of 365

1. Mozz coming shopping to Tesco's in the evening with me so we don’t have to on Saturday when it is mental, even though we are both tired



2. Pretty twinkly lights on our tree



3. Esme helping me pick recipes and snuggling



4. Finding something at work easier than expected



5. Cards arriving and making people smile

Grace in Small Things: 229 of 365

1. Singing in harmony for the first time in ages



2. Being accepted as part of a group



3. Glass of wine at lunch



4. Coffee and pleasant meeting/gossip with J first thing



5. Nice Mozz coming home, rather than staying out drinking for hours

Grace in Small Things: 228 of 365

1. The receptionist at the dentist being nice to me in a really unforced kind of way



2. Lottie curling up on the sofa with me



3. Esme falling asleep on my lap



4. Chat with Carolyn as Fox, her cat, purred at me and demanded strokes



5. Making 2 separate things work.

Grace in Small Things: 227 of 365

1. Kirstie and Phil marathon



2. Hot chocolate



3. Peace and stillness



4. Snuggles with Esmecat



5. Bath with a book

Grace in Small Things: 226 of 365

1. Taking all my cards and wrapped presents to the post office



2. Finding 2 pairs of socks in the kids washing bin – whoop whoop! No dirty socks to find in drawers!



3. Wafts of cinnamon and orange Christmas smells



4. Esme being massively helpful but painfully cute



5. Bertie spooning with me in the morning

Grace in Small Things: 225 of 365

1. Putting our Christmas tree up, shiny with baubles and lights



2. Finishing off writing all my cards



3. Presents that we have are almost all wrapped



4. Eating chocolate



5. Having a Mozzto talk to about big stuff

Grace in Small Things: 224 of 365

1. Feeling a bit relieved to be getting some cards done



2. Nice message from Belle



3. Chat with lady from whomadeyourpants and deciding I might buy some to try with my Christmas money



4. The feeling of Mozz’s soft skin on his shoulder, all warm



5. Esme being all purry, snugly, and not at all helpful

Grace in Small Things: 223 of 365

1. Sleeping most of the day



2. Getting my Christmas card labels done



3. Seeing lovely Penny and her being lovely and gorgeous and fabulous and making me smile as ever



4. Arriving at the pub at exactly the same time as Mozz by complete co-incidence and him being incredibly sexy



5. Seeing lovely belle looking all happy

Grace in Small Things: 222 of 365

1. Lovely smelly bath



2. internet shopping fairy bringing me delicious smelling soap



3. Mozz cooking tea



4. Saffron being understanding and lovely



5. My sister being a crazy cat lady

Grace in Small Things: 221 of 365

1. Lottie going out all smart in her kit



2. Being in lovely pub with cosy surroundings



3. Meeting a lovely, lovely lady who does design work for TV



4. Very funny discussion on why some words are rude



5. Getting a little tipsy and feeling sparkly for a little while

Grace in Small Things: 220 of 365

1. Being able to leave work early and no one noticing/having to explain



2. Phil and Kirsty on telly being christmassy



3. Text from Guy



4. Bertie being allcute belly up by the radiator



5. NHS direct lady being nice when I was a bit panicky about Mozz being poorly

Grace in Small Things: 219 of 365

1. Lottie in her new kit



2. Everyone liking tea



3. My Mum



4. Talking to nice Liz



5. Mug of hot chocolate

Grace in Small Things: 218 of 365

1. Making Christmas cake at home with all my family being silly



2. First Mince Pie of the year



3. Catching up with Dom and Jen



4. Dom making bread!!!



5. Lovely, lovely time with family :o)

Grace in Small Things: 217 of 365

1. Getting my 3rd anniversary at goal shiny from a nice lady who was nice to me



2. Getting almost all of the Christmas shopping finished



3. Amaretto coffee and biscuit in Nero’s



4. Dozing on the sofa with Esme laying on me



5. Bertie sleeping next to me

Grace in Small Things: 216 of 365

1. Lovely morning meeting up with the WI



2. Getting lots done when our Christmas shopping



3. Treating myself to a cute felted robin from the Christmas market for half the price it was at in the shop round the corner



4. Nice man in the chocolate shed



5. Mozz cooking tea for me

Grace in Small Things: 215 of 365

1. Snow! Pretty, white, lovely, snow!



2. Getting the day off work for free as they closed the campus – eee!



3. Getting to spend the day out in it with Lottie who was delightful company



4. Getting a chunk of Christmas shopping done



5. Knowing I don’t have to go to work tomorrow!

Grace in Small Things: 214 of 365

1. Snuggling Mozz



2. Kids excitement at the first flurries of snow falling



3. The Autoglass man coming, and managing to fix the windscreen before it snowed



4. Esme sitting next to me and naughtily snuggling



5. Opening the first door on our advent calendars :o)

Grace in Small Things: 213 of 365

1. Seeing my spa partner in crime!



2. Seeing Guy and Neil



3. Christmas market on Southbank in the snow – all twinkly lights!



4. Lovely glass of merlot



5. Nice MSN chat with Tink

Grace in Small Things: 212 of 365

1. Facebook message from Beci



2. £15 pounds cash in an envelope in the post!



3. Esme sleeping next to me



4. Gossip with dad on the phone



5. Being warm in thermals

Grace in Small Things: 211 of 365

1. Finishing my book



2. Custard



3. Lie in



4. My heat pad – mm toasty



5. Warming Oli up by blowing on him

Grace in Small Things: 210 of 365

1. Lottie being all grown up and helping her get ready



2. Bertie being all loving when scared



3. Unexpected visit from Carolyn as she’d locked herself out



4. Family visit not being as odd as I had worried it might be



5. Mozz being lovely and gorgeous and brilliant with the kids

Grace in Small Things: 209 of 365

1. Knowing I am not alone in feeling weird



2. Eating flapjacks



3. Kids helping me clean



4. Bertie snuggles on the sofa whilst watching the film



5. Esme snuggles



6. Mozz.

Grace in Small Things: 208 of 365

1. Nice coffee over meeting



2. Feeling good in my high shoes



3. Email from Dom



4. Esme snuggles up on me, purring, for almost an hour



5. Kissing Mozz

Grace in Small Things: 207 of 365

1. Slight lie in



2. Getting tickets to see the Feeling – super stealthy purchase for a tiny venue – eee!



3. Nizlopi – getting the album out and listening all day, making me smile...



4. Being able to go to belle’s thing after all



5. Writing up and sending recipe to helpdesk