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Mrs Abram’s 100 Things Which Make Me Happy #CaptainTomChallenge

Yellow tulips
A coffee, crime and chocolate evening in front of the TV
An apostrophe used correctly
Frost in morning sunshine
Family round the dining room table
Cakes in the staffroom at break
A kit-kat gift
Hearing my brother laugh
A cup of tea when I get home
One year old Eva waving to me over facetime
A beautifully laid table
A shiny crisp ‘lady’ apple
The smell of my husband’s home-baked bread in the morning
News of an Amnesty success
Shiny new green leaves
The words ‘This book changed my life!’
Seeing my daughter’s car in the driveway when I arrive home from school
Tender roast lamb with all the trimmings
Barley Dog with her dinner bowl in her mouth, announcing Food Time
A chance chat with a colleague in the school corridor
A fluted glass of cold sauvignon blanc
Playing Pictionary
Playing bananagrams
Reading Harry Potter to my grandsons
A spontaneous visit to/from a friend
Pink bursting blossoms
Curling up on the sofa with a good thriller
The sight of acres of gloriously yellow rape fields
Extended family holidays
A new word
Yellow and black together
The feel of a new haircut
Silly earings
Filter coffee with hot milk on the side
Waking up surrounded by mountains (Drakensberg, SA)
Bluebell woods
A family walk
Picnics in sun, wind, rain or shine
Feeling renewed and inspired after reading a good book
Listening to an audible book while doing housework
A polished table with a vase of flowers
A sharp pencil
A pool with a view
A thatched English country cottage
A spring-cleaned cupboard
An unexpected gift
A child asking ‘Tell me a Story’
Seeing one of our girls come into her own
A glass of cold water with extra ice on the side
An American welcome in an English shop
South African hospitality
Bright colours
Quaint English villages
A cloud-soft pillow
Sitting in the garden having tea with friends, post-lockdown
A Z-grip flight ballpoint pen
Emerging from OR Tambo airport, Johannesburg, into a burst of strong sunlight and brightly clothed people
Getting together with old friends
A comfort-hug
Cooking for the multitudes
Gift bags – any size, shape or colour
Family photo albums
Girls reading
Playing swingball
Bookclubs
Real castles
Walking over a small portion of the Seven Sisters Cliffs
Memories of special family beach cottages holidays
A Tom Hanks movie
The kitchen chaos after my son has cooked an amazing meal
Brunch
Memories of my mother’s tea and cake, always on offer
When a girl pops into my office to update me on her news or to see how I am
Cards – birthday, Christmas, Easter, Just to Say, ….you name it
Real people in real church, post-lockdown
School talent shows – pupils and staff
Drinking peanut butter milkshakes with my sister, Florida style
Collecting for my scrapbooks
Watching a Shakespeare production at the Globe, stand-up ticket
Kind words
An admin job done
Dimples
Fruit salad with mango
A play on words
Wrapping gifts
A beautiful salad bowl
The voice of a friend on the phone
Fridays
My husband’s photographs
Taking my Dad to a National Trust garden
Purple
Maltesers
Our house guest’s singing in the kitchen
God-incidents
A robin on the edge of the wheelbarrow
Joyfully married children
Funny WhatsApp trails
Handel’s Messiah
Waterstones book shop
Completing this list