WHAT DID MY SUMMER TEACH ME?
I thought I'd do a little seasonal update on what living Mindfully looks like for me through the year ahead. This is my Summer look back over Christmas, January, and February. Lots of hot days, plenty of family time, a couple of big and small purchases, a fur-child update, a blogging milestone, and a great quote that appeared at just the right time.
THE IMPORTANCE OF FAMILY TIME
We had a lovely family time together for three days over Boxing Day to New Year. So many conversations, gifts, meals, time with each other, and time to chill out. It's always such a special feeling being happy to be together - so special that not.one.single photograph was taken! I decided to be in the moment and let the memories sit in our hearts instead of on a camera reel.
That being said, we then had the added joy of 4 days with our grandgirls at the end of January. There's always lots happening and updates to send to their parents (who are busy enjoying time together without the added input of little girl voices...) So, I took several photos to send through to their mum and here's a little compilation for anyone who's interested in how we entertained them for very little cost and lots of fun and joy.
A BIG AND A SMALL PURCHASE
I don't tend to spend a lot of money these days - but I thought I'd share a couple of purchases that tick each end of the spending spectrum. The first is this lovely coffee cup that made me smile - I managed to break my birthday coffee cup from my daughter, so I found this one to replace it to honour the thought.
And then the BIG purchase was an upgrading of our solar energy generation. We've had solar panels on our roof for the last 10 years that offset our electricity bill significantly during the day, but switch off at night and we use the power grid. We decided to upgrade to a solar battery that takes over when the panels turn off and supplies electricity throughout the night, and during power outages. We'll probably never recoup the full spend, but it's so nice to not lose power when there's a general outage, and to run appliances cost-free day and night. This is our new system located in the garage.
LUNA'S EYES
We have a delightful Scottish Fold cat named Luna (due to her moon face!) and over Summer she had an issue with her third eyelid bulging out - it wasn't painful, but it wasn't something we wanted risk getting worse. So off to the vet for a visit, a bit of home treatment that didn't end up solving the problem, and finally an operation to correct the problem.
It was lovely having her back to her usual self again and to not be worrying about her anymore. Our pets do become our fur children as time goes by don't they?
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| Before and After - nice to have it all resolved |
5 MILLION VIEWS!
At the very bottom of my blog is a little counter that shows the number of views of my blog. It clicked over to 5 million this month - absolutely amazing! And a big thank you to everyone who ever pops in here. If you're interested, these were the top 5 posts of all time - obviously a LOT of people are interested in Neurographic Art! I've added links if any interest you enough to click through.
AND A WONDERFULLY MINDFUL QUOTE TO FINISH WITH
I saw this quote and immediately remembered the post I wrote recently about being a noticer - this time Ullie-Kaye is writing about noticing the positives and focusing our attention there, something I want to be Mindful of throughout the year ahead.
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