Celebrate the Small Things

Celebrate the Small Things is a weekly bloghop hosted by Viklit over at Scribblings of an Aspiring Author. The idea is to post anything you want to celebrate from the last week.I'm a day late, but I have a lot to celebrate so I didn't want to miss a week.


This week I'm celebrating:

- Having a lovely birthday meal on Tuesday for both my mum's and my own birthdays this week. It was nice to see my brother and his girlfriend, since I don't see them very often, and of course my sister and my boyfriend.

- I had a lovely birthday on Thursday; my boyfriend, Jamie, took me to York for a couple of days, which is one of my favourite places. We had a great time; we went on a ghost walk, which was fun, we walked part of the Roman walls surrounding the inner city, and of course we did some shopping. I had a great time, it was an excellent birthday present.

Comments

  1. Rob Z Tobor15 March 2014 at 11:52

    And I guess it was Sunny as it has been here . . . . . . . Well COOL

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  2. Cathrina Constantine15 March 2014 at 12:46

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY, LAURA!! Sounds like a wonderful week. Have a nice weekend Too!

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  3. Alex J. Cavanaugh15 March 2014 at 13:02

    Ghost walk - very cool! Glad you had a good birthday week.

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  4. Annalisa Crawford15 March 2014 at 13:24

    Happy birthday for Thursday! I've only stayed in York for one night, and visited a couple of places briefly. I definitely want to go back some day, but it's a long way up for me!

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  5. Suzanne Furness15 March 2014 at 14:57

    Glad you had a lovely birthday and enjoyed your trip to York. Like Annalisa I have visited once before a long time ago.

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  6. Tonja Drecker15 March 2014 at 14:58

    The ghost walk sounds fun! Happy belated Birthday!!! It sounds like you had a great one :)

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  7. Bevimus15 March 2014 at 17:03

    Sounds absolutely wonderful! I'm so glad you and your mom got the great birthdays you both deserve! Happy belated birthday to you!!

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  8. shelly15 March 2014 at 17:03

    Happy belated birthday!

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  9. Sharon Himsl16 March 2014 at 06:27

    A good week indeed. Happy Birthday!!

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  10. Michael Di Gesu16 March 2014 at 16:43

    Glad to hear you had such a wonderful time on your special day. Birthdays are GREAT! I know many people hate having them especially as they get older, but not me... keep them coming! LOL.

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  11. Jackie16 March 2014 at 18:29

    Happy birthday to you and your mum!!!
    A ghost walk sounds interesting...and scary!

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  12. Heather Musk17 March 2014 at 11:00

    Happy birthday to you both! I'm glad you had such a great time, it's nice to be spoilt on your birthday.

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