My 365 Grateful Project: Week #52

PLAYING WITH THE POWER OF GRATITUDE
Find Something For Which to Be Grateful. Take a Picture of It. Repeat 365 times.

Well. The final week has come and gone. I managed to find things for which to be grateful ... every day ... for a year. I wasn't a 100% confident I would make it to the end; I'm glad I did.

It wasn't actually ever hard to find things to be grateful for. What was more challenging was finding something that also would make an interesting photo. I didn't always meet my expectations there. But I do have some favourites. I look forward to an upcoming post detailing some of the discoveries during this project. But the biggest take-away, of course, is to be reminded just how lucky I am.

So, I'm glad I did it but am I going to miss my grateful project? Not really. I'm sure there will be times when I can't help myself but document some of those simple and amazing moments that show up here and there. So I'm going to reinstate my "Makes Me Happy" photos that I used to post here on random Wednesdays (like magnetic poetry, a boy and his inchworm, dutch oven tower, fall hike at lighthouse park) — of the same vein, really, but without the everyday pressure.

Anyway, here are the photos of my final week, oh, and one vine video:

DAY 358: April 29, 2013  |  Happy little clouds. #365grateful

DAY 359: April 30, 2013  |  From sweet and cuddly to totally psychotic in the blink of an eye. Love her. #365grateful

DAY 360: May 1, 2013  |  I sure am glad I learned how to tie a tie somewhere along in life because Hubs is out of town and we couldn't find the clip-on! #365grateful

DAY 361: May 2, 2013  |  Hubs left me treat. #365grateful

DAY 362: May 3, 2013  |  What!? Just got a delivery in the mail from our counter top people. A matching cheese board! #365grateful

DAY 363: May 4, 2013  |  A little pre-dinner serenade, Slippery Fish en Español. #365grateful #vine (note, doesn't look like I can post vine video here, so we'll have to use our imagination)

DAY 364: May 5, 2013  |  Gorgeous day for a family bike and Potato's first ride! First of many! #365grateful

DAY 365: May 6, 2013  |  It was a year ago I started my #365grateful project with a post on getting my learners (again!). Fitting, then, that my last post is about taking driving lessons (finally!)

To see the whole thing click here.

My 365 Grateful Project: Week #51

PLAYING WITH THE POWER OF GRATITUDE
Find Something For Which to Be Grateful. Take a Picture of It. Repeat 365 times.

One more week to go ... oh my!

DAY 351: April 22, 2013  |  What Spud brought home from library. I always love to see what he chooses. Always surprising me. #365grateful

DAY 352: April 23, 2013  |  "Mama, you should give me lunch notes more often".Glad he's not too old for this yet! #365grateful

DAY 353: April 24, 2013  |  My lunch buddies today #365grateful

DAY 354: April 25, 2013  |  Brush with greatness. #captainunderpants

DAY 355: April 26, 2013  |  Hood fan! Finally! Let the smoke begin. #365grateful

DAY 356: April 27, 2013  |  Spud's drawing inspired by Plants vs Zombies

DAY 357: April 28, 2013  |  Love my brunch dates with KR! #365grateful

For the whole project so far click here.

Friday NIght Short: Rollin' Safari

This week's short is both funny and cute ... while answering the question "What if animals were round". Wonder no more ...

>>Friday night is movie night in our house and we like to start with a good short or two. To see others we recommend check out some previous posts here.

My 365 Grateful Project: Week #50

PLAYING WITH THE POWER OF GRATITUDE
Find Something For Which to Be Grateful. Take a Picture of It. Repeat 365 times.

DAY 344: April 15, 2013  |  Hasta la vista #Blissball #365grateful

DAY 345: April 16, 2013  |  I love that while pacing for the bus, my reading boy unconsciously paces in my footsteps #365grateful

DAY 346: April 17, 2013  |  Counter top is in! #365grateful

DAY 347: April 18, 2013  |  Be still my heart. After 7 weeks of renos, we've got running water in the kitchen! #sohappy #365grateful

DAY 348: April 19, 2013  |  Backsplash is happenin'! To be continued on Monday! #gettingthere. #365grateful

DAY 349: April 20, 2013  |  Cafe pup. #365grateful

DAY 350: April 21, 2013  |  Clean out closet day and found this random poster from our travels in #Syria. #memories Thinking about the people there. #365grateful

For the whole project so far click here.

Photo Friday: Spud's Obsession — The Tube

LONDON   |   TRAVELS WITH KID

Our dear boy was literally obsessed with the Tube while in London. Within in a day of arriving he was our self-appointed tourist navigation coordinator.

And a credit to the Tube system and its wayfinding signage; an 8 year old can get around this city with little or no help. Even I could manage it in a pinch!

It took a little while before we realized that Spud had an agenda: to ride every line at least once before our 11 days in the city were up. Sometimes, as you can imagine, that meant taking some pretty creative routes ... that could take a very long time! But we did it. We hit every line.

We got pretty good at it but sometimes our timing was terrible ... here the after work rush was lined up out into the street! That's when it's time to find a cafe (or pub!) to wait it out. And we did.

Sometimes it's more fun to play with your own Tube train.

Especially at the Tate Modern, as it turns out.

>>Thanks to Delicious Baby for hosting Photo Friday ... check it out for loads of family-friendly travel fun.