52 Weeks of Happy...52/52

The happiest people don't have the best of everything, they just make the best of everything.

Joining in with my friend Jen at little birdie, here is my final selection of happy moments from my week for the 52 Weeks of Happy Project.

1. I got my knitting mojo back.

2. I bought a pretty necklace over the summer and managed to break it on the first day of our holiday in France. I was in a market and was carrying my handbag on one shoulder, my big camera around my neck, and a hot and tired Angus on my shoulders at the same time. The poor chain on that necklace stood no chance! It's lucky I noticed the chain had snapped before I lost it. I took it to a little watch repair place in town to be repaired this week and the man just fixed it for me, there and then, and refused to take any payment for it. A kind gesture.

3. I won Mag's giveaway a while back and collected the parcel from the post office today. It contained, among other things, three balls of Noro Silk Garden yarn. It feels quite unusual, but in a good way, and I can imagine is has a wonderful wieght and drape to it when it's knitted or crocheted up. I've never worked with variegated yarn before, or silk, and am looking forward to finding a use for this. Thank you Mags.

4. I spent a joyful couple of hours with Bella this afternoon on the sofa, crocheting and watching Strictly Come Dancing. I don't usually go in for this sort of tv but have a weakness for this particular programme. I love the glitter! And so does Bella and it's nice to be able to share this with her now that she's a little older.

So, it's the last week in Jen's project. That quote above isn't mine by the way. I don't know it's exact origins (I have tried to find the original source without any luck) but after Jen included it in her first post I decided to keep it up there throughout this project as I felt it said everything that needed to be said.

I have really, really, enjoyed taking part in this project. It is good for me to remind myself of the things that make me happy throughout my week, and to be thankful for them. Sometimes they are big things - the children, friendship, letters from the queen - but mainly they are small things like the changing of the seasons, a charity shop bargain, a little posy from the garden, cooking or baking something that worked out, making something. A new magazine or some nice yarn. Often it's the little things that add up to big things, don't you find? 

I don't think I'll continue with this project but I'd like to find another way - my own way - of celebrating these small things on a regular basis. This is common throughout blogland - I can think of lots of people who celebrate "This Moment", "Reasons to be cheerful", "Simple Pleasures", "Gratefuls" etc and I just need to find a way of doing this that suits me. Thank you for reading and for all your comments - it's wonderful to know that you've enjoyed this as much as I have. And thanks to Jen, whose brilliant idea this was!