1001-1010

1001. Carpet cleaner (sorry, couldn't resist).
1002. Tea strainers.
1003. Savoury scones.
1004. Cafés with wobbly tables.
1005. Picture windows.
1006. Time with friends.
1007. Shockable teenagers.
1008. Laughing too hard to walk properly.
1009. Trouble-free family evenings.
1010. Binary.
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991-1000

991. A house of sleep.
992. Super snuggly bedclothes.
993. Quiet peaceful household noises.
994. Breathtakingly cold sunshine with rising mist on fields.
995. Crocuses.
996. A good reality moment.
997. Friends who understand the shortcuts in life conversations.
998. New hope around us.
999. Healthy debate.
1000. Jehovah Jireh.
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981-990

981. Unexpected conversations.
982. The end of the holidays.
983. An empty laundry pile.
984. Warm radiators to dry it all.
985. A news-free day. So much calmer without the Today Programme.
986. Forgotten chocolate.
987. All our neighbours.
988. The moment when sobbing turns to sleeping.
989. Traceable meat.
990. Precious signs of Spring.
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971-980

971. Cousins who make the effort to call in even when we don't return the favour.
972. Grandparents who wash up.
973. Degreasing sprays.
974. Compassion.
975. Really rather tasty chocolate cake.
976. Clear skies.
977. Diversity.
978. The local feline appreciation society.
979. Half term holiday survived.
980. (shhh) A reduction in seizures.

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961-970

961. Friendly staff in local shops.
962. Second and third cousins with chocolate.
963. A daughter who can crack eggs,
964. Mix cake batters,
965. Hoover,
966. Feed her big sister,
967. And write long shopping lists.
968. Living somewhere where it is impossible, and potentially illegal, to walk to the shops without bumping into at least one familiar person.
969. Friends and neighbours who forgive how literal that bumping into can be sometimes.
970. New scouring pads.
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951-960

951. Knowing the One who knows all the answers.
952. A nearly 8 year old who nearly swam alone today.
953. A carpet free house.
954. The honesty of small children.
955. Unexpected generosity of opinion.
956. Peacefully semi busy days.
957. A variety of different painkillers.
958. Silly jokes.
959. Farmer's markets with farmers selling their own meat.
960. The hope of lie-ins.

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941-950

941. L m Montgomery.
942. Georgette Heyer.
943. Frances Hodgson Burnett.
944. Kindles.
945. Time off.
946. Craft shops.
947. Watching a small girl giggle because the sentence she had just read all by herself was a really funny one.
948. A bigger child finally sleeping without chloral hydrate.
949. Plans from doctors.
950. Confirmation that I have respite for the nights I plan to be away.
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931-940

931. Painless outpatients appointments.
932. Sympathetic security staff.
933. Read-it-yourself bedtime stories.
934. Snow heavy enough to make Oxford pretty, slushy enough not to settle.
935. A daughter independent enough to operate shop lifts by herself, when they are too small for two girls' wheelchairs.
936. Walking into a bookshop, and leaving with actual books, not notebooks and stickers.
937. Waterproof shoes.
938. Warm gloves.
939. Windproof coats.
940. Milk chocolate with nuts in.

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921-930

921. Clear roads south.
922. Easily entertained children.
923. Plans to meet again in the not too distant future.
924. Forgiving cats.
925. Gritters.
926. A new pancake pan.
927. Frozen pancake batter.
928. Relatively painless unpacking.
929. Sorting out troubles before the sun goes down.
930. Perfect peace for troubled minds.
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911-920

911. Hug attacks.
912. Multiple child pile ups.
913. Accessible tree houses.
914. With rope bridges.
915. And twinkly tree lights.
916. And cakes.
917. Clean cold crisp February days.
918. Aconites.
919. Snowdrops.
920. And willow mazes (today's ten brought to you courtesy of Alnwick Gardens).

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