slow cooking, beach walking and family

nothing better than making a delicious moroccan spice blend, and putting a whole leg of lamb in the oven and cooking it for 4 hours...... the smell alone is worth it

a blustery walk on the beach on a day that could well have been written off for icky weather

dinner 'en famille' goes on until the early hours, with yummy food, good wine, magic tricks and much laughter

good comedy, a finished book and a spooky walk

nothing quite like a good laugh. Feels great to know, even before you watch your favourite comedy show, that you'll be smiling when its finished

at last, a book that I have persevered with, is finally finished and I can start on a new one

we walked back to the car tonight, in the dark lanes, and giggled like scared school girls.... so funny how a little bit of spookiness can actually be kinda fun

someone you can call, shaking it off and a dancing baby

when something horrible happens out of the blue, it's amazing to have someone to call, I am, and will always be truly grateful for that

sometimes bad things are worth thinking about, and other times, you just need to shake it off, keep your chin up and move forwards

dinner tonight with awesome friends, and a beautiful, giggling, dancing baby

wow....talking to someone who knows, back to yoga and an old friend

a phone call this afternoon with someone who not only knows what we are going through, but has been through it himself, made me feel positive, relieved and thankful to be not feel alone

it's been a while, and I really know when I'm not doing yoga regularly...but today I started the slow but very important path back to yoga

dinner with an old friend, and really enjoying being the shoulder to cry on instead of the other way around

words instead, invincible and fresh magazines

sometimes, even though you're bursting to talk about something, it's a whole lot wiser to write it all down instead

we went ice skating this afternoon..... I'd forgotten that amazing feeling you get about 15 minutes in when you've remembered how to do it and you feel utterly invincible

an early night and 2 new magazines to flick through before bedtime

the perfect rip, well timed walk and sneaky squirrel

don't you just love it when the cling film rips perfectly from it's box ?

a day full of stormy clouds and rain, and I somehow manage to go for a long walk and not get wet

I follow a little path into the woodland, it turns out to be a dead end, but just as I'm about to turn around, I spy a little squirrel on a tree checking me out

scrabble and jazz, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and positivity

today was one of those days when it seemed like the world was ending...... a storm raged outside all day long, with rain lashing at the windows and wind howling .... so we snuggled up inside and played scrabble and listened to jazz

watching Charlie and the Chocolate Factory this afternoon made me smile... it reminded me of very happy days at the surf school, and me, somehow persuading all the boys to come and watch Charlie and the Chocolate Factory with me..... and the looks on the faces halfway through the film whilst I was giggling in delight

a new years resolution...... a pretty simple one really..... to find the positive in every situation and to project my positivity out into the world