At the end of each month I like to look back and reflect on ten things that made me happy and that I’m grateful for. Here’s my ten happy things for January! Ringing in the New Year in Chicago We spent New Year in Chicago and loved it! What a fantastic city and thank goodness it wasn’t too cold either. In fact, it was way warmer than it was in Boston last year and not that much colder than London. We spent five nights in Chicago and explored the city, ate great food (like pancakes for breakfast) and did some…
Every month I look back and pick ten things that made me happy. There were a few things that made me unhappy (including a nightmare trying to sort out my South African passport) but I’ll leave those for another post! Here’s my ten happy things for August. The ponds at Hampstead Heath The first Friday in August was absolutely glorious and I happened to have the day off. In all my years of living in London, and fairly close to the Heath, I had never been to the ponds – so off I went. I stupidly thought most people would…