The Little Things.

My day-to-day life, like most people, is kind of humdrum.  That's not a complaint, far from it; I love how easy things are for me, how I get to do as I please in my own time and apart from doing some housework, I can relax and indulge myself with my favourite things.

Sometimes I forget to appreciate how good things are for me right now.  I'm on my own a lot, since S is out working hard for us, and I can find myself feeling bored and a bit sorry for myself.  Sounds silly, but I can get into this mopey mood where I wander around the apartment, looking for things to do and when I realise that actually, there's nothing to do right now, I veg out in front of the T.V. and spend endless hours watching The Food Network.  Poor me, right?

I feel like I need to remind myself how lucky I am.  I've had the most amazing opportunity to live in another country, with someone who is so special to me I can't even begin to put it into words.  I need to remember to really appreciate the little things, to treasure the moments I have right now because who knows what will happen tomorrow?  To pull myself out of my weird little funk and think 'Things are so brilliant right now.  This is a great moment.'  Moments like these -

- settling in for an afternoon of reading a great book and munching on extra strong mints (they are really minty and so, so good).

- getting the hugest box of chocolates I have ever seen at a giveaway. Holy moly.

- hanging out with this cutie for the afternoon.

- finding these!  In England, these are called Maltesers and I had such a craving for them recently.  I didn't think they existed here.  So chuffed.

- catching this little rainbow on a traffic sign, reflecting the lights from the cars passing by.  Too pretty not to take a picture of.

What great moments did you enjoy this week?  I hope you're having a wonderful weekend!

Love, K.