Count your blessings - July 2026

1. Seat airco in Jans car.  Yep, the opposite of seat heating exists too. 
2. Having meals outside: breakfast, lunch, dinner.  Sitting outside at the table with a coffee or a glass of wine and having the time.
3. Seeing the tomatoes grow spectacularly
4. A friend who takes the effort after I received disappointing news. Much appreciated.
5. A lavender buzzing with bees, butterflies, ....
6. Reading a book start to finish in one day
7. The boys testing new sports on some local camps and having fun
8. The ease of the boys walking to and from the playground on their own. Ah the independence. 
9. City playground services that are closeby and cheap and that the boys still like. Fun to see that they also have well adapted activities for a teenager group. "The best ever"  is Kabouter's review.
10. Having neighbours around that you can call for help for: to water plants of pet the cat or in medical emergency or when someone has a mouse in the living room...
11. A samaritan neighbourhood doctor showing up when I really needed help when blocked with acute lumbago (and the doctor's on duty was not responding)
12. Strong painkillers. Lots of them. 
13. Meeting up with our Texan friends in Maastricht for a lovely dinner
14. Watching a cow give birth in the field next to us
15. Seeing fun pictures half way the scouting camp
16. Walking along the gorgeous summer fields behind the abbey to pick-up yoghurt at the CSA farm
17. Watching the entire season 7 of Virgin River 
18. Visitors in the east of Belgium
19. Job opportunities (despite the low summer period)

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