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I was not smiling last night when I saw the snow and contemplated a drive to Handsworth this morning. Nor was I smiling for much of the journey, firstly due to iced and then due to the odd driving of other road users when there was no snow or ice on the road but they insisted on driving as if there was.
I did smile when I got inside school, although the biggest smile was when I left school to discover that all the ice had melted - yippee!

An INSET day so no teaching - and it was a good one that kept me engaged which is a bonus!
Home at a decent time.
Time with my boys.
And a bubbly bath.

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Marshmallow toasting over the bonfire with lanterns hung in the tree.

Park Run this morning was wet and muddy but a sense of achievement to get up and running! 

An addition to the lounge made up for taking down the Christmas decorations. 

And I thoroughly enjoyed the last liqueur cherry in dark chocolate, and the last Lindt truffle. 

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This made me smile yesterday morning. That's how I look as I get into a lovely hot bath! Possibly less hairy though ;) 

At tea time the light just before a thunderstorm was glorious. Navy blue sky and brilliant white light. And the storm was pretty spectacular too.

And this made me laugh (winky face)

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Decorated biscuits by Jude. 

Sunshine in the garden.

And beautiful pictures of Melbourne as John starts the looooong journey home. 

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Bluebells and a butterfly on a beautiful day spent writing (a post on my website) and reading (Pep Guardiola-another way of winning) 

That's top of my smile list but also on the list:

Dry washing, dried on the line. 

Curry for dinner. 

Snuggles with my poorly little boy. 

David Walliams' childhood game of lighthouses...

And this version of Happy with the Minions - especially the unicorn. 

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(Photo by Isaac) 

Bluebells (and a yellow weed I think!) by my swinging bench. Too dangerous to approach on crutches if I value my other foot so I'll wait until I can weight bear before having a closer look. 

Lovely tulips that I can see as John put them in front of the window! 

And finally John sent morning greetings from Mexico.

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Today is St George's Day, and in Catalunya it's San Jordi when women are given red roses and men, a book. I love roses but I'd rather have a book. Or perhaps both?

Anyway, I bought the boys a book each and they were happy!

Things that made me smile today -

I survived another day without going mad!

I finished a piece of work for BBC - I've been singing about being loco ever since!

The boys and their antics made me guffaw at points today - they certainly have great senses of humour.

The bluebells are out in the garden. Didn't get out to take a picture though as my back was too sore from crutches. perhaps tomorrow!

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A lovely sunny day reading in the garden - except when I had to come indoors to avoid burning!

John came home from Switzerland and promptly starting destroying things. 

And I found a new use for my massage roller.

Fracture clinic tomorrow...

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A good sleep, a sunny day and lawn mowing are all things that made me smile today.

The smile was wiped off my face by a tree root and my foot having an altercation which resulted in a cracked ankle and I'm back in plaster again :(

Still, it could be far worse: I didn't need an operation to reset it, I will walk again eventually and it is far from life threatening. So I'm smiling still. 

Although that could be the painkillers... ;)

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A beautiful sunny day.

A challenging run in the sunshine. And lots done before as well.

A core class at which I actually managed to do everything quite successfully (although I am definitely lopsided!)

Lunch in the sun and then planning in the garden with my (soon to be patented) "Bootbox laptop sunshade"

And then the boys came home, and then John came home.

All smiles :)

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Happy birthday to my big boy Isaac who is 15 today! 

Smiley faces on frosty cars...

The Library of Birmingham on the way back from Nandos...

and (well) toasted marshmallows in the garden.

And now I need to start thinking about next year's challenge...

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Toadstools in the garden. Pretty red and rather large...

And now obliterated thanks to Stevens and Stevens, Fungi Destroyers: armed only with sports equipment, they scythe all errant mushrooms in their path! You have to smile at their enthusiasm.

Also making me smile today:

Teaching PE today was just like herding sheep, sheep with tennis rackets!

Class assembly rehearsal. 

Looking at Jude's packed case for residential, and discovering that he has actually packed everything he needs!

Educating Yorkshire is on!

It's Thursday - no teaching tomorrow. (Still be working though!)

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I'm not doing very well on the photo taking at the moment as I'm not out and about very much.

I can't even get a third of the way down my garden for fear of hurting my foot further.

So I'm relying on pictures BCH (before Switzerland)

I can see these from the part of the garden I can reach.

I can see this in the distance growing up the fence - very distant and rather wild but there are flowers!

And I can't wait to be able to stand under the trees and look up like this at the blue sky.

For now I'm making do with managing to get onto my beloved swinging bench :) (sadly no flowers on it at the moment)

I had a smile - and a laugh - at the young man from the Hyundai garage who called today to see if we liked our car. He asked about my foot and then tried to move the conversation on to the car by saying "Your legs apart... oh, no I didn't mean that. (pause) Leaving your legs apart... no, that's worse...." after which I rescued him by saying "You mean, apart from my broken foot..."  I could feel him blushing down the telephone! Poor lad!

And GBBO - no excessive finger slicing or great disaster this week but bread shaped like a football predicting octopus? And a loaf of bread with tomatoes on the top as ' an inventive spectacular bread'?