Productive

• I've done a past paper, including the essay
• I know enough to attempt all the questions
• I settled down to a good study session
• I've nearly got a pair of sheep ready!
• The garden is weeded & they're ready to feed the chickens.

Sunshine roll

• the weather has been so lush for us!
• spent time in the garden
• sat with the bunnies
• weeded a bit
• caught up with a few people
• got some study done
• think I'm understanding it
• happy to have a sheep nearly finished

More sunshine

the sun came out at lunch so we could sit by the river
had a lovely chat with a friend
she was please with the present

everyone is safe & well
there is a happy course at edx.

Friends & sunshine

I had a lovely evening & day with a mate, the sun came out & we had a rather energetic walk.
158 active minutes!  Most of the walk was intense & we had a really good natter.
We escaped from some hostile cows, phew, & had an adventure exploring paths.

I found it!  I remembered the way, without having to consult the directions. 
Confident I know the way now.

friends & fun

• today I had a really good laugh, tears rolling down the face, side -splitting laughs where you're laughing too hard even for sound to come out.
• We had a really good bonding session at work.

• My friend got a job offer from an interview she's just had.
• another one is feeling positive & happy :-)
• I have tickets booked to visit my brother & his family :-)

study

managed a past paper
got the exam handbook annotated
did my 10,000 steps :-)
got another sheep started
chilled for a bit

Jesmond Dene

a mate told me about a carpark, & I found it & got a space!
& it's free to park there at the weekend.
the weather was good
we had a lovely wander through the Dene
pets corner :-)

sugar cones,
there're loads of lovely places near us that re easy to get to & free.

edinburgh

it was a good tutorial
I'm finally feeling confident about the exam
collected my tickets to see my brother
Chinese & wine for tea
thankful for all I have

Friends

• I had a really good day, we had such a laugh at work, & at lunch.
• fat Friday was fun, full and happy
• I'm getting there with the revision
• virtually ready for the tutorial
• Collected husband from the airport
• husband's home!!
• I am in a fantastic mood :-)
• My "action for happiness" postcards arrived
• Chinese for tea, & we have wine ;-)

Fed

Today I'm thankful that husband left me dinner & that he cooks such yummy food.
I'm also thankful to share my food so other people enjoy it too.

I'm thankful that we have shops nearby & I can easily get to them for basic supplies.
I'm glad to have my marked assignment back & can already see how I've improved.

I'm thankful for all the things I can do, & all the things I enjoy.

excited

• I was in a good mood & had plenty to do & the day passed well.
• I am inspired about my story, & 750 words has given me a good place to make sure I work on it - even if I develop an idea a time.
• Remembered to put the washing on, & to text my friend.
• Earned a new fitbit badge
• Turned the dodgy sheep head into a mouse, comedy value & a guilt free way to redo the head

Friends

I am thankful for my friends, that even after months of quiet we can get back in touch.
I am thankful that I made it out & back in the sunny bits of a rainy day.
I am thankful being inside on rainy day.
I am thankful I remembered to go back to the shop for all my ingredients before I started cooking.
I am thankful I did some study & revision is going well.

I am excited for several friends who are about to embark on adventures!
I am thankful that I can get excited, that I find so many things to get excited about, & it always makes me smile & puts me in a good mood!

Work

I am thankful I have a job, & that I have good workmates.
I am thankful for the fun we have.

I am thankful husband has filled the freezer with dinners for me, & that we have plenty of shopping in.
I am thankful the bunnies are eating & are happy little bunnies.
I am thankful I have holidays & have time to chill.

Sunny

I am thankful that the weather is good, that it was last night for the walk to the club.
Especially for good weather today & the past few days so the field I parked in was solid.
I am thankful we parked in the near field, & that we had a good day.

I am thankful for the sun, that makes the garden grow, that feeds the bunny & keeps them healthy & their teeth wearing.
I am thankful husband remembered to get meat out the steak defrosted & he cooked me yummy dinner as always.

kindness

• I am thankful for all the stories & acts of kindness,
• I am thankful for all the good deeds people do, & all the happiness & thoughtfulness being spread.
• I am thankful for my health, for my body, & energy, & I can and do walk to the shops. 
• I am thankful for being on the bus route so I can get a ride home if I want.
• I am thankful for exercise trackers and loggers, so I can see the progress I am making exercise and healthy diet-wise
• I am thankful for the communities to share and encourage,
• I am thankful for household appliances, like the freezer to store fruit, & the smoothie maker,
• & that husband makes me smoothies for breakfast, it's a sweet loving act & I'm getting my 5 a day.
• I am thankful that the sun is shining, the garden is full of grass to feed the bunnies
• & the bunnies are healthy & happy
• I am thankful for my friends & family, for phones & mobiles & email  facebook, & all the ways we keep in touch

well

I am thankful for my health
I am thankful for an office where we can have drinks, & seats.
I am thankful that I had an easy day, & could continue to recover,
I am happy that we had Chinese as our Friday night treat,
& that I beat husband at netrunner, using his deck so it was a win each really ;-)

silver linings cont.

sick days,
mobile phones
my job & colleagues
the alarm has stopped
silence
drinkable tap water

more silver linings

Netflix, easy watching
my bed, my lovely cosy bed
more lemsips
husband feeding me, cooking for me, smoothies,
dishwasher, washing machine, labour saving devices...

silver linings

lemsips in the cupboard
remembered to cancel lunch plans
husband looks after me
& he looks after the bunnies when I ask
fitbit has a uk food database now
time to chill & look after me

reflexology

going to reflexology class with husband.
I'm thankful he comes with me, his hands are so big & warm, it's lush having a massage from him.  It's fun to have another shared hobby.
The class finished early so we got to come home & eat & chill in front of the tv for a bit
It was very relaxing & I'm sleepy now.
Had belly pork for tea which was a lovely treat

Useful websites

just found this website - action for happiness
http://www.actionforhappiness.org/take-action  some really useful stuff in there
there's another one    http://www.kindspring.org/  a global movement of kindness

& probably plenty more.  Let's make the world a better place...

Friends

I am thankful for my friends & all the different ways there are to interact, the phone (texting, calling) & facebook (for taking an interest without an interaction), & calling in / face to face & email & all the other ways.

I'm thankful for the house, & the room, & possessions & security we have here.
I'm thankful for our neighbours, & for being able to return the favour of taking in packages (& that there was someone in when I went to return it!)

I'm thankful for all the neat places there are around here, that we went to the zoo & got to see the meercat feeding, that the other animals were out to be photographed.

I'm thankful for all the hobbies that I can indulge, that I can read, write, type,  the simple things like being able to lie in bed & read a book, or sit at the pc & all the things that enables me to do.  I'm thankful for all the logs I'm able to keep (like mapmyrun, fitbit, 750 words...)

I'm thankful for all the books I have, that I can pick them up anytime I want.  I'm thankful for all the loft space that lets us store all the stuff we're dithering about where to store. I'm thankful for all the room we have, & all the options there are for when we're ready to part with stuff.

I'm thankful we have a garden, & that I have the bunnies out there.

Study

• I study!  I love learning, & I actually love being tested.  I love the opportunity to prove myself. I'm feeling better because I managed to finish the past papers, I did as many questions as I was supposed to, within the time limit. 
• I have found some notes to go over, & I'm revising my entries in the handbook.  I'm pleased we can have the handbook in the exam, with unlimited annotation.
• I have realised in plenty of time where some holes are, I can fill those gaps.

• I won with my netrunner deck, & know how to improve it.  A couple of cards I want to add in & some I can remove.
• I finally have something to add to my netrunner blog, my chromos project worked against Maxx, & I scorched earth for the first time ever.

Friday!

I did good work :-)
I laid some good foundations & have had them recognised
I have my first pair of animals done
I remembered to take my knitting to the hair dressers to fill the wait
it lead to an interesting conversation with another customer waiting
I found my car keys

beat stress

I've written a workshop for beating stress!! I am pleased with myself, the basic outline is on 750words so I can keep it & work on it.  I designed it in my head in traffic on the commute.  I love feeling productive, I could even design it aloud & then download my thoughts from the camera!

Had a fun lunch with a mate today, & discovered the burger van has sweet chilli sauce, getting that on my bacon butties!  It's great that we have a nature reserve close to work, big open spaces to get back to nature.  The lunchtimes I've spent there, my secret retreat...

& I voted, the walk got me up to my 10,000 steps & I feel really proud of myself!  Even did some research & made an informed choice.  Feel like a proper grown up ;-)

Loads of STEM activities that I can do as well, happy to sign up for some of them & put some work in later in the summer, hopefully after the exam.

& then there's music, I love that I have instruments there if I want to play them, & remembered my dream of having a harp, off I go to see if there are any on amazon or ebay.

Fitbit

• dancing is fun, I love the size of the class, & the others are cool.
• I make my 10,000 steps fairly easily & now it's time to kick up the pace,
• I found a fitbit group for wii / Kinect exercise games so I have some new ideas of games to try, & motivation to start exercising again
• my car is fine
• my dancing shoes fit & are lovely & sparkly
• lovely curry
• plenty of fruit & veg portions today

husband

husband is proper lush, supportive, encouraging, empowering
bunnies figured out bedtime, or they were greedy & went for the treats :-)
became wiser today too, & in a way that left me unharmed.
have goals & aspirations,  things to aim for & projects to complete
& I'm going to enjoy the journey,
it's taking the opportunities,
the skill of job crafting :-)

sunny

I am thankful that the weather's good on a day we planned to be outside, also really pleased that we were inside yesterday when it rained.
Happy that I got my hair dyed, & loving the colour, & the shape is still good.
Happy that we got nice bread for our bacon butties,  & I still have some left!
Also happy husband got the good bacon & cooked me some for lunch :-)
Happy that I found him a smiley present & that he shared it, lush husband xxx

Dinner

has a lush dinner with husband, steak & iron man 3, I love Netflix, & I love his cooking.  I'm thankful he introduced me to steak, & he does it so well.
Also glad the bunnies go to bed easily, safely hutched up for the night.
Glad I got some study done, can see the end of the assignment now, got enough paper to print it off & soon it'll all be done.
Also glad it's a long weekend & I still have tomorrow to finish things.
Almost got that first pig sewn up, doesn't look any smaller than the second one but added some variety.

tutorial

I love the venue, we had drinks beforehand which was a really good idea, got us chatting before the tutorial.
I love the enthusiasm of the tutor, & that he's so familiar with everything he can just answer questions & carry on.
I love getting the train, the easy travel.  the ease of parking & using the station, & the easy drive there.
I'm thankful it stayed dry while I was outside.
I loved the museum, & am thankful I found it when I wanted somewhere different to go.
I love husband, & snuggling up to him with a protective arm around me, sharing his warmth,

Tutorial

I have remembered how to cook & have fed myself :-)
Walked to shop, thankful the shop is nearby, to get supplies.
Remembered to prepare for tomorrow.
Enjoying the wireless broadband so I can download all the ebooks I need onto the tablet.
Love the tablet - means I don't have to carry books around, still have access to what I need.
Am thankful that trains have charging sockets so I can charge the tablet if I use it all day.
I've made some progress with the TMA too, & am feeling more positive about the exam - I can do this!