Friday 25 March 2011

Grace in Small Things: 327 of 365

Phew! All up to date!


  1. Lovely, lovely physio lady being kind, looking after me and letting me have a little talk about things and a lie down on her couch rather than making me do things.


  2. My new wheaty bag smelling all lavendery and comforting at work


  3. Pretty flowers on my slower walk


  4. Booking summer hols with the kids and mum and dad


  5. Mozz cooking tea


  6. Mozz putting DIY SOS on the telly so Nick Knowles could cheer me up and distract me from the pain – it worked!


Grace in Small Things: 326 of 365


  1. A parcel from Fi arriving in the post – a lovely book!


  2. Nice friendly Ocado man helping me


  3. Managing to turn my header green in a bit of software at work


  4. Snuggles with Esmecat


  5. Mozz driving me home from the station rather than vice versa


Grace in Small Things: 325 of 365



  1. Bertie having lots of loving with me, putting his paws around my arm and cuddling me on my lap


  2. Sunshine on my desk


  3. Louise ringing and arranging my “style consultant session” – oooh!


  4. Gareth saying I looked like Rapunzel – the IT depts. very own fairytale princess!


  5. Knowing I don’t have to go into the office tomorrow.

Grace in Small Things: 324 of 365


  1. Danni and Maria recognising me and being lovely


  2. Chatting to nice WI ladies


  3. Sunshine


  4. My well planned out scheme coming together


  5. Crossing things off lists

Grace in Small Things: 323 of 365


  1. Spending time with my family


  2. Pleasure at not living in my home town any more


  3. Nice chat with the chronic babes


  4. Dad’s snuggly jumper


  5. Eating mum’s food!

Grace in Small Things: 322 of 365



  1. Still having a husband who loves me


  2. Beautiful springlike day


  3. Penny coming to watch rugby with us


  4. Knowing I’m organised for Monday


  5. Surprise of it only being Saturday. Result!

Grace in Small Things: 321 of 365



  1. Lie in


  2. Pottering around, getting things done, not being at work


  3. Getting ready with music and excitement


  4. Brilliant old school dance tracks making me dance


  5. New frock –looking awesome

Grace in Small Things: 320 of 365



  1. Birdsong – happily tweeting away


  2. The smell of spring in the air – cold, crisp and green


  3. Having a tidy, ordered desk at work


  4. Losing some at WW


  5. Feeling like there are worker mice rather than dancing tutu mice in my brain.

Grace in Small Things: 319 of 365



  1. Not getting dressed till later


  2. Oli’s good nature


  3. Hot cross bun, lightly toasted, all warm with butter melting…


  4. Mozz being all sexy when he got home


  5. Singing along to my Cher album

Grace in Small Things: 318 of 365



  1. Having a Mozz who cooks tea


  2. Getting to the bottom of stuff trhough fog


  3. Sunshine through the window


  4. Mozz trying to help me with Physio


  5. Bertie curlind up to me in the morning

Grace in Small Things: 317 of 365



  1. SUNSHINE!


  2. Nice exchanges on twitter


  3. Writing a response to the staff survey which included the sentence “institutionalised and director led bullying” – was quite proud of that one


  4. Snuggling with Esme


  5. Feeling marginally more productive at work

Grace in Small Things: 316 of 365


  1. Seeing Chris and Dean – a lovely surprise!


  2. Lottie being lovely


  3. Mozz loving me and being worried


  4. Giggling at Deans funny pudding


  5. Coffee

Grace in Small Things: 315 of 365



  1. Pork buns!


  2. Napping on the sofa with Mozz and the cats


  3. Mozz cooking tea


  4. Lottie loving my rocky road


  5. Mozz snuggling in the morning


  6. Lottie coming and getting in bed with me in the morning and snuggling when Mozz had gone

Grace in Small Things: 314 of 365



  1. Waking up in a strangely cheerful manner


  2. Walking to work with birdsong and sunlight


  3. Bruce Wilis


  4. In a dirty (ish) vest – in fact, the whole RED film!


  5. Downloading Cher’s Heart of Stone album and singing to myself on the way home


Grace in Small Things: 313 of 365




  1. Chatting over carrots and hummus


  2. Pottering round Sainsbury’s looking at pretty things


  3. Not being in my office


  4. Being followed by the pirate queen on twitter!


  5. Getting things done

Grace in Small Things: 312 of 365




  1. Working from home in bed


  2. Ocado man being lovely to me


  3. Having such a lovely, supportive friend as Shel, even if she is on the other side of the globe


  4. Feeling proud of having stuck to tracking all day


  5. Snuggling with Esme’s clean fur!

Grace in Small Things: 311 of 365


  1. Pancakes


  2. Mozz’s monkeys on his phone


  3. Email from Garry


  4. Sunshine


  5. Hairy bikers in a tutu


  6. Utterly ridiculous (if a bit distressing!) chase of Esme through the house with the golden syrup tin lid stuck to her pantaloons!

Grace in Small Things: 310 of 365



  1. Watching all the little becoming human clips


  2. It being a bit sunny


  3. Office being much quieter and calmer feeling


  4. Getting away with an extra day without hair washing *insert embarrassed face here*


  5. Bertie rubbing his tummy on the radiator

Grace in Small Things: 309 of 365


  1. Lovely Fi – getting to spend bits of time with her


  2. Sharing yummy sausages with Fi


  3. Cake


  4. Having a Mozz who is better than custard


  5. Trifle

Grace in Small Things: 308 of 365


  1. Hugely grateful for Lou and Jonathan coming over to help with the cleaning


  2. Seeing Fabulous FI


  3. Mum’s trifle


  4. Dom bringing cake


  5. Having a brilliant husband and being team Mozz


  6. All my nice people in one place for my party

Grace in Small Things: 307 of 365

Right - a day of enormous catching up with writing up my GIST lists!



  1. Being told I hold my pen well by the occupational health lady


  2. Sunshine!


  3. Feeling a bit more productive at work than I have in a long while


  4. Rick’s last day in the office – BOOM!


  5. Sharing delicious milk and butterscotch chocolate – yum!

Wednesday 16 March 2011

Grace in Small Things: 306 of 365

This day was my birthday. It was lovely :o)


  1. Seeing Mozz, with my eyes, before work and actually holding a conversation with him


  2. Opening my lovely presents from him


  3. Being woken up with more lovely presents from the kids


  4. Lottie making me beans on toast for breakfast


  5. Surprise present from J


  6. Cupcake with a candle in at work


  7. Lots of lovely texts, messages and emails




  8. The most delicious, fabulous turkish delight in the whole world


  9. My sister offering to drive us


  10. My sister offering to help clean on Saturday morning - I could have cried with gratitude


  11. Dancing to the music on my iPod in the bathroom whilst getting ready


  12. That I have so many marvellous lovely things to write today :oD

Grace in Small Things: 305 of 365


  1. Lovely smelling daffs with smiley faces


  2. Lip smacking udon noodle tea


  3. Feeling of very VERY breif satisfaction that the washing was all done


  4. Looking at beautiful pottery


  5. Cuddles with esmecat

Grace in Small Things: 304 of 365

My goodness, I am behind in updating here. Hoping that this week I'll get a bit of a chance to sit down and sort it out!


  1. Snuggling on the sofa with Mozz


  2. Little licky cuddle with Esme


  3. Bertie coming to snuggle up with us on the sofa


  4. Offbeat home - Squeeeeeeee!!!


  5. Warm buttery crusty roll

Sunday 6 March 2011

Grace in Small Things: 303 of 365


  1. Enourmous mugs of hot chocolate


  2. Lottie helping me with the washing


  3. Esme’s furry face trying to cheer me up


  4. Frank Turner Tickets :o)


  5. Text from Fi confirming that she’s coming


Grace in Small Things: 302 of 365


  1. Pitta and Hummus


  2. Furry love in with Bertie


  3. Lottie keeping coming back to me claiming she’d forgotten that she’d kissed me


  4. Smell of clean washing


  5. Delicious slurpy noodles


Grace in Small Things: 301 of 365



  1. Our own bed back. Mmm.


  2. Snuggling with Bertie on the sofa


  3. Seeing my furballs again


  4. Beating the French at Rugby


  5. Sleeping more than expected on bus

Grace in Small Things: 300 of 365


  1. Sitting with book and coffee on bed looking out of the window at the sun sparkling on the snow


  2. Our own bed back. Mmm.

    Snuggling with Bertie on the sofa

    Seeing my furballs again

    Beating the French at Rugby

    Sleeping more than expected on bus

Grace in Small Things: 299 of 365


  1. Sitting with book and coffee on bed looking out of the window at the sun sparkling on the snow


  2. Lovely relaxing massage


  3. Snuggling on sofa with Lottie


  4. Snogging a Mozz


  5. Beautiful weather and views


  6. Kids and Dave being so chuffed with their having skied a red run

Grace in Small Things: 298 of 365


  1. Relief at text saying to meet later than planned


  2. Whipping down a run I struggled with on Sunday


  3. Laughing at the kids all bum boarding together


  4. Giggling as Mozz and I slithered down the slope upside down


  5. Sneaky rum and apple juice taking some of the pain away


  6. Silence after kids and adults vanished

Grace in Small Things: 297 of 365


  1. Delicious sweet chestnut crepe


  2. Giggling my way down the piste edge in the dark


  3. Making it down a run much more in control


  4. Red wine


  5. Lottie looking out for me on the piste

Grace in Small Things: 296 of 365


  1. Blissful massage


  2. Lots of sleep


  3. Buying postcards and stamps in French


  4. Having a little potter around Motteret


  5. Salad

Grace in Small Things: 295 of 365


  1. Skiing notionally better


  2. Stopping skiing and getting the bus


  3. Biscuits and tea in bed


  4. Kids looking after me


  5. Chocalat Chaud

Grace in Small Things: 294 of 365


  1. Making it down The Trout mostly unscathed


  2. Afternoon snuggles with Mozz


  3. Flapjack and tea in bed


  4. Vin Chaud


  5. Refreshing shower

Grace in Small Things: 293 of 365


  1. Driver not being mental


  2. Sun on pretty lake in Ancy


  3. Realising I’d not forgotten how to ski


  4. Coffee and Panini in Gatwick at 5am


  5. Relief that others in chalet aren’t too weird

Grace in Small Things: 292 of 365


  1. Brunch in Monde with Mozz


  2. Fixed tooth all happy


  3. Work email from Finance saying how brilliant I am


  4. Kids excitement at hols


  5. Giggly being lept on


  6. Brill email from Jenni about Moderation

Grace in Small Things: 291 of 365


  1. Dentist calling me back to see her tomorrow at a different practice specially to fix me up before holiday


  2. Feeling of walking home and a huge weight lifting – no work for over a week!


  3. Anticipation of seeing the feeling live for the first time in ages


  4. Brilliant live gig as ever


  5. Join with us at the end – forgot all my aches and pains and danced and sang and it was just brilliant!


Grace in Small Things: 290 of 365



  1. Lottie chattering on and then announcing that she had "verbal diarrhoea"


  2. Ice cream


  3. Seeing lovely Penny


  4. Spa voucher buying – girly day out on the cards


  5. Text from Fi saying she would come to my party, eee!!!

Grace in Small Things: 289 of 365

I'm horribly, horribly behind with updating this. I've got it all in a notebook, but have been all a bit upside down of late with one thing and another! Will try and catch up over hte next few days :o)


  1. Tea being tasty


  2. Lunch with J and Liz


  3. Ringing my mum from underneath the duvet


  4. Finding Firefly on the telly (mmm... Mal)


  5. Under the circumstances I don't hurt as much as I could