Those little things

This morning I slept until 8 o'clock. So what I hear you say. It is Saturday, that isn't unusual. Well for me it is a little unusual. I am the one that gets up with the mini mi's in the morning and miniest is often up very early. Even when they sleep in or , like this morning miniest sleeps in and mini number one wakes but stays quiet, I am usually awake from habit, just in case or because my back is aching (quite regular that one). So this morning when I slept until 8 and I hadn't gone to bed late, it was an unexpected little pleasure. One that made me think about how we would get everything done that needed doing, but a pleasure non the less.


This got me thinking of all those other simple pleasures that put a smile on your face at the most unexpected moments. Maybe it's walking past a garden and smelling the newly mown grass, or putting on a coat that you haven't worn for a couple of weeks and finding a five pound note. The giggle of one of the mini's when you say something that isn't at all funny.

Maybe going to bed after a shower or bath into clean sheets is your foible, or cracking the seal on a jar of coffee makes you smile. How about that feeling you get when you get a letter or email that isn't a circular or spam or a bill? Or even better when a parcel arrives in the post.

Some people love the feeling of an imending sneeze, others prefer the actual nasal explosion.

Last week I added a new one to my list. we went to Bolton Abbey in the Yorkshire Dales and it rained. It really rained. It was torrential at times. I wasn't wearing a coat as it was very warm, but I did havemy big golf umbrella. There was something soothing about hearingthe rain on the umbrella, knowing that I was in the middle of a field with no shelter, but not getting wet. Simple pleasures.

What's yours?