Reasons to be Cheerful: Friends and Home #R2BC

It's Thursday so it is time to celebrate our reasons to be cheerful! I have now recovered from a fun but tiring week co-ordinating a Single with Kids holiday in Pembrokeshire and have had plenty of reasons to smile as we are now midway through our summer holidays. Here are a few of them:
1) Old friends
We managed to come back from Pembrokeshire via Buckinghamshire to spend time with my High School friends and their families. Great to catch up in good company and in good weather! We have been friends since 1983 and spending time together is still fantastic:

2) Back to Kendal
As much as I loved Pembrokeshire I did miss Kendal so its great to be back with more time to soak up our local sights. This is Stramongate Bridge one of several old bridges across the River Kent:

3) Kindness & Support

Reasons to be Cheerful: Week 46, Year 3 (#R2BC)

Whilst Michelle is taking some time away from Reasons to be Cheerful she had kindly let me host the linky for the month of November. This linky means so much to me and I have been taking part since January 2011 when it was pretty new. It has really helped me to turn my attitude to much more optimistic and less depressed than when I started! That is why I am keen to help keep it going and share the positive things that brighten up our weeks.

So what has made me smile this week apart from being allowed to host the linky?

1) Back to health

My children and I spent 5 days trapped at home to avoid sharing our nasty tummy bug. It really made me smile to be able to leave home and go and out and see other people. Some lovely friends had done their bit by dropping off items that I needed but being it wasn't the same as going out ourselves. By Tuesday all 3 of us had returned to work and school much to our relief!

Being able to go out for a run on Tuesday felt fantastic if knackering and I got to see views like this:

2) Operation Tween Bedroom