Count your blessings - November 2025

1. A sunny week of vacation in Gran Canaria
2. Jo Claes and Jodi Picoult books...some days of only reading. Only non-stop reading. 
3. Too much appetizers.
4. The drones that disrupted our air traffic only the week after we flew back. 
5. Traffic works that disrupted my work commute for over 5 months, finally being over and finally having back the normal travel time
6. Spending a day off with Beertje and hiking to the Baheyon cascade together at his request
7. Our GP phoning on a holiday and sending Jan off to ER correctly. 
8. A squirrel visiting our little city garden in Leuven and playing around in front of our eyes
9. Re-establishing contact with my Canadian host brother
10. Having video calls with my Canadian host family and with a my Canadian and German relatives
11. The nostalgia triggered by some Ringelings chips at work
12. The physical feeling after cracking up in laughter after brainstorming reluctantly with team to tape a "mandatory" thank you end-of year video and then coming up with very silly ideas.
13. Being able to follow a funeral of a Canadian friend via the internet.
14. My new pale baggy jeans
15. A beautiful frozen landscape
16. Heated seats in the car
17. A really nice yoga lesson (where I first doubted to skip the class but then went after all)
18. Hanging out at Leuven by night with friends
19. Hanging out with the other parents at judo
20. Running into an old-time friend whom I've not seen anymore in 12 years and committing to reconnect. 

This is a monthly list of simple things in my life that make me happy or that make me smile.  

As the world often seems full of negativity and disaster, I want to pay attention to these small things that make me happy in my daily life and be grateful for them. You can find all of them via this link