Reasons to be Cheerful: Fell Foot, Puppy, Bling and Bubbles #R2BC

 
I have handed the reins of host back to Michelle for the month. Just as well as I've been quite poorly so struggling to blog! So I am a day late but I still have some things that have made me happy over the last week. 

1) Back to Fell Foot

I've made it back to my home parkrun for the first time this year. It was a truly stunning morning if a very chilly -2C. How could this view not make you smile:

2) Earning his keep

Sherlock is earning his keep by entertaining us all and making us smile and laugh:

3) Bling

I got my first medal for 2019 for completing my Running Resolution Challenge for January. It might have have only been 43 km but its a good start:

100 Days of Happy #100daysofhappy

As regular readers know I like to focus on the positive things in life especially with the reasons to be cheerful linky that I now co-host. To boost this I've joined in with 100 days of happy to try to post a photo of something that's made me happy each day. Here is what I've done so far:

A new 10km official personal best

 

The latest in one of my favourite book series:

A glimpse of blue sky:

 

A good run:

 

A beautiful sun rise:

 

Why don't you try?

 

#SilentSunday

 

#TheGallery Youth

Not joined in for a while so time to have a go! This is me back in 1993 at my graduation from Swansea University having just scraped a 2.1 in Geography:

 

I look so pleased with myself! Three years of hard work had paid off and I was going to be starting an MA at Leeds University in Human Geography in the autumn. University was a great experience with not only studying geography, geology and Italian in my first year but taking up rugby too! Not sure I have really used my degrees since then as I fell into working in IT but a fascinating subject to study. The fact I got field trips to Portsmouth & Tunisia and a term in Paris were definite bonuses.

 

Who knows if my children will follow in my footsteps. I was lucky to go before tuition fees went through the roof. Such a shame if future generations are priced out of university. This was my amazing 21st birthday cake which celebrated my love of rugby and the university:

 

Printerpix Photo Competition

This post is Lakes Single Mum's entry into the Printerpix Photo competition:

This is my 6 year old son enjoying some fun in the park in the snow. At his age he just loves being outside being active whatever the weather. On this day he was enjoying a rare bit of one to one time with me and really making the most of it. I was spinning him round on one of those combined climbing frame/roundabouts:

The sheer pleasure on his face makes this on of my favourite photographs him that I have ever taken.

Tots 100 Competition

1000 daily photographs

Yes one thousand photographs on to my blipfoto journal as of today! I posted the 1000th one this evening having been nervous all week about hitting the milestone. Basically you get an awful lot more views for posts that hit certain figures so you want to showcase your best. Today was grey and miserable and I didn't have much time to do anything.

I spent quite some time trying to take photos of my children with my proper camera but somehow they were all either naff or the children pulled silly faces! Then after we had got back in from swimming and football I experimented with a gerbera which was all I had in the house that looked good enough to photograph... Eventually I got something I was happy to tweak and then post:

It's been amazing how many lovely comments I've had already tonight and not just from my regular visitors. Being on blipfoto has helped me to improve my photography and to keep my eyes pealed for something different. These are some of my more recent favourite shots:

Wonder if I'll make it to 2000...

Reasons to be Cheerful: 2013 week 3 #R2BC

 

Another chance to join in Michelle's bloghop. I have plenty to be cheerful about this week!

1) Operation House

Slowly but surely things are looking better round the house now that I'm not working mornings and my mum has been round a few times. My dad came once and that was enough for him ;-) My daughter has maintained a clear bedroom floor for over a week - guess promise bedroom makeover has worked! She now has her Dr Who curtains up as step one to a full Dr Who themed room....

We sorted out the children's dressing up box so that everything that was too small has gone to be used by others. This meant the large chest on the landing has now gone too so that the landing seems more spacious.

The front room has almost recovered completely from Christmas and our sessions as Toylogists. Even my 6 year old noticed the difference when he came home yesterday and said wow!

2) Get Fit Get Epic

My fitness campaign is still working! If you want to know more read yesterday's post. Good reason to smile when each week my weight goes down...

3) My children

They have said some lovely things to me this week. Apparently I am the best mummy ever and I'm beautiful. Always good to get compliments from the children to make up for the naughty times!

4) Beautiful views

How can seeing views like this every day not make me smile:

 

 

Feline Friday

Our neighbours' young cat has discovered that if he perches on the children's playhouse then he can see in our kitchen window:

 

Today he decided he wanted to come in through the window and tried desperately to get me to let him in:

 

 

 

 

 

Sorry young Ollie too many members of my family are allergic to felines so you have to stay outside!

 

#SilentSunday 25th November 2012

#SilentSunday 11th November 2012

Through the window

The pictures I take every day from my kitchen window are so popular on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram that I thought I would put a few on here to show how much the view can change from day to day:

 

 

They have all been taken in the last 2 weeks! Such a variety of weather we have had! Which is your favourite?

Ps yesterday's silent Sunday was an Archimedes screw at Wild Play in Whinlatter!

#SilentSunday 28th October 2012

 

 

Reasons to be Cheerful: Autumn Sunshine Edition ( #R2BC )

It's wonderful that Michelle has gone to Ethiopia so please check her blog for updates! The hop this week is hosted over at Julie's blog so please go see what is going on there. 

This is going to be a picture edition as its been a wonderful week with crisp autumn days:

 

 

#SilentSunday 7th October 2012

 

#WordlessWednesday: Through the kitchen window

 

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