| 1 |
The London New Year’s Day parade |
| 2 |
Savill Garden |
| 3 |
Running along the Thames River, even in the rain! |
| 4 |
The Runnymede fields |
| 5 |
Fruit, yogurt and All-Bran |
| 6 |
Friday Night Date Nights |
| 7 |
Friends made through the NCT |
| 8 |
Photography and my GF1 camera |
| 9 |
www.dailymile.com for tracking my workouts! |
| 10 |
Afternoon playtime with Madeline |
| 11 |
My Black Book system for task tracking |
| 12 |
Itsu sushi |
| 13 |
Freshly painted walls |
| 14 |
PG Tips tea (white, skimmed milk) |
| 15 |
Folding warm laundry straight from the tumble dryer |
| 16 |
Frosty mornings |
| 17 |
Our cat Sidney, even if she is a bit TOO needy sometimes |
| 18 |
Vanilla Müller Light yogurts |
| 19 |
My slow cooker! |
| 20 |
My convertible Fiat 500c |
| 21 |
De-cluttering |
| 22 |
Books, books and more books |
| 23 |
Reading stories before bedtime |
| 24 |
Friday Night with Jonathan Ross show on BBC |
| 25 |
My home office |
| 26 |
TED talks |
| 27 |
Windsor Great Park |
| 28 |
My brown spotty socks |
| 29 |
Family weekends with Richard and Maddie |
| 30 |
An email inbox with few than 100 items |
| 31 |
My job at Microsoft, which is challenging, fun and supportive of my schedule |
| 32 |
Sunny winter days |
| 33 |
Unexpected free time |
| 34 |
Fridays |
| 35 |
Snowflakes that stay on my nose and eye lashes |
| 36 |
High Society |
| 37 |
Positive feedback and recognition |
| 38 |
My HTC Mozart Windows 7 Phone |
| 39 |
Liz Earle moisturizer |
| 40 |
The Time Traveler’s Wife |
| 41 |
Silver white Winters that melt into Springs |
| 42 |
Sushi Nara restaurant in Staines |
| 43 |
National Portrait Gallery |
| 44 |
Daffodils as a sign of spring |
| 45 |
Riverside Vegetaria restaurant in Kingston-upon-Thames |
| 46 |
Designing and facilitating workshops |
| 47 |
Travel to places I haven’t been before |
| 48 |
Italy |
| 49 |
The smell of freshly baked bread |
| 50 |
Coming home after being away |
| 51 |
American Idol (long term fan, I have to admit) |
| 52 |
Living in Europe |
| 53 |
New Year’s Resolutions |
| 54 |
My siblings—Stephanie, Raleigh and Samantha |
| 55 |
www.moo.co.uk |
| 56 |
Public footpaths |
| 57 |
Marylebone High Street |
| 58 |
Harvard Business Review |
| 59 |
Brigidine School Windsor |
| 60 |
March—it means February is over! |
| 61 |
Facebook as a way to stay connected with old friends |
| 62 |
Running |
| 63 |
Beautiful Finland and my Finnish family (In loving memory of Eissa Nyfors) |
| 64 |
Quiet weekends |
| 65 |
The Finnish sauna |
| 66 |
Eton and the Eton High Street |
| 67 |
Homeland TV Drama |
| 68 |
Finnish Rye Bread (Ruisleipä) |
| 69 |
Pulla |
| 70 |
My daughter, Madeline |
| 71 |
Wisley Garden |
| 72 |
My smart, handsome, supportive husband Richard Banks |
| 73 |
My Finnish family’s summer cottage |
| 74 |
Foggy morning runs |
| 75 |
Holding my daughter’s hand |
| 76 |
Motherhood |
| 77 |
My mother, Sandy Peters |
| 78 |
The University of Kansas Jayhawks |
| 79 |
The large coffee cups provided at conferences in America |
| 80 |
Tiffany & Company |
| 81 |
Ice water |
| 82 |
Free refills |
| 83 |
Our riverside home |
| 84 |
Infertility Network UK |
| 85 |
Microsoft Lync and virtual working |
| 86 |
Ahi tuna |
| 87 |
it’s a small world ride at Disneyworld |
| 88 |
Soarin’ at Epcot Center |
| 89 |
March Madness |
| 90 |
My nieces and nephews: Ari, Mackenzie, Gus, Dexter, Jennings and Sterling |
| 91 |
Hubble 3D IMAX movie |
| 92 |
Spring break |
| 93 |
Sweet Tomatoes restaurant |
| 94 |
The smell of homemade sugar cookies, baking in the oven |
| 95 |
Coloring Easter eggs |
| 96 |
My dad, an amazing minister, listener and father, Rodney Peters |
| 97 |
Ken Follett’s historical novels |
| 98 |
Borderlands on the Xbox |
| 99 |
Radiolab podcasts (a show about curiosity) |
| 100 |
Jenson Button |
| 101 |
Six-year-old curiosity and imagination |
| 102 |
Spring thunderstorms |
| 103 |
Lilacs, which remind me of my wonderful years living on Lilac Lane |
| 104 |
Watkins Scholarship Hall at the University of Kansas |
| 105 |
Victoria & Albert Museum |
| 106 |
Will power |
| 107 |
Living near my English family, mother-in-law Meg and sister-in-law Sarah (and boys) |
| 108 |
La Perla Mexican restaurant in Covent Garden |
| 109 |
Windsor Castle |
| 110 |
Virginia Water Lake |
| 111 |
Driving by Windsor Castle and seeing the Royal Standard flying |
| 112 |
Ginger Chicken Udon at wagamama restaurant |
| 113 |
Our group’s Executive Assistant, Sarah |
| 114 |
Nesting swans |
| 115 |
Healthy cooking |
| 116 |
Teaching the Certification for Action Learning Coaches course for WIAL |
| 117 |
Lists |
| 118 |
Carcassonne, the board game |
| 119 |
Flowerz game for Windows Phone |
| 120 |
Guernsey Island coastal walks |
| 121 |
Getting a new pair of glasses |
| 122 |
Childhood traditions |
| 123 |
Strategy meetings |
| 124 |
Goslings and baby ducks |
| 125 |
My mother-in-law Meg |
| 126 |
Vegetable gardening |
| 127 |
Longer, brighter evenings |
| 128 |
Sausage and Bean Casserole |
| 129 |
My sister-in-law, Sarah Banks |
| 130 |
A sense of belonging |
| 131 |
Sainsbury’s Be Good to Yourself Beetroot Salad |
| 132 |
Raindrops on roses |
| 133 |
Achievement |
| 134 |
Cygnets |
| 135 |
Stress-free travel |
| 136 |
Seeing a city by going for a run |
| 137 |
Kissing Madeline good night |
| 138 |
Mad Men |
| 139 |
White Stuff clothing |
| 140 |
“One hour completed” notification on Nike+ |
| 141 |
RAF Red Arrows |
| 142 |
Queen Elizabeth II and the tradition of the British Royalty |
| 143 |
This list of my favourite things |
| 144 |
My stress-free school run |
| 145 |
Daisy chain necklaces |
| 146 |
Swans in flight |
| 147 |
Monaco Grand Prix |
| 148 |
Bupa London 10,000 10k run |
| 149 |
Birds singing outside the window |
| 150 |
Family dinner at the table |
| 151 |
Balance bikes |
| 152 |
Springwatch |
| 153 |
White boards |
| 154 |
War Horse on stage |
| 155 |
Hunter wellington boots |
| 156 |
Bunting |
| 157 |
Hosting parties |
| 158 |
Memories of my Microsoft Circle of Excellence experience |
| 159 |
Work-free evenings |
| 160 |
Our garden |
| 161 |
My sister Stephanie’s music |
| 162 |
Neal’s Yard Vitamin E & Avocado Night Cream |
| 163 |
My sister Samantha’s poetry |
| 164 |
My push puppet collection |
| 165 |
Living on the bank of the Thames |
| 166 |
Coincidental meetings |
| 167 |
The Lakeland catalogue |
| 168 |
My vintage 1940’s dining table |
| 169 |
Fresh apricots |
| 170 |
Parenting with Richard Banks |
| 171 |
Cooking Light magazine |
| 172 |
Breakfast |
| 173 |
Helium balloons |
| 174 |
Feeling of accomplishment |
| 175 |
Seeing the Queen and Royal Family – such a thrill! |
| 176 |
Research |
| 177 |
Sirloin steak, cooked on the grill |
| 178 |
A good night’s sleep |
| 179 |
Clarity |
| 180 |
My smart and reliable work colleagues |
| 181 |
Fresh mangos |
| 182 |
My homemade recipe cards |
| 183 |
Summertime fairs |
| 184 |
Neutrogena Ultrasheer 70 sunblock |
| 185 |
Family bike rides |
| 186 |
Madeline’s school performances |
| 187 |
On-time flights |
| 188 |
4th of July holiday |
| 189 |
Hampton Court Flower Show |
| 190 |
Parent-Teacher conferences |
| 191 |
Summer holidays |
| 192 |
Spending Fridays with my little girl |
| 193 |
Hot Stone Massage |
| 194 |
British 10K London run |
| 195 |
Running through the streets of London |
| 196 |
Making banana bread |
| 197 |
Meeting deadlines |
| 198 |
The soundtrack from Grease |
| 199 |
Working Frocks |
| 200 |
Outdoor theatre |
| 201 |
Neil’s Yard Arnica Salve |
| 202 |
The Long Walk to Windsor Castle |
| 203 |
Seeing my far-away family |
| 204 |
Freshly picked nectarines |
| 205 |
The Neosho YMCA |
| 206 |
Family vacation |
| 207 |
Crapemyrtle |
| 208 |
Stained glass windows |
| 209 |
Crosslines in Joplin, MO |
| 210 |
Tumbling River Ranch |
| 211 |
WarGames |
| 212 |
Blue Bunny Fat Free Frozen Yogurt |
| 213 |
US Women’s Gymnastics Olympic Team 2012 |
| 214 |
Neosho Morse Park running trails |
| 215 |
Murphy Orchard |
| 216 |
Peters Family annual reunion |
| 217 |
Avon Foot Works Therapeutic Cracked Heel Relief Cream |
| 218 |
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga |
| 219 |
London 2012 Olympics |
| 220 |
Team GB |
| 221 |
Jess Ennis, Olympic Champion |
| 222 |
Mo Farah, who ran in the Bupa 10,000 with us |
| 223 |
Spontex Microfibre Kitchen Cuisine sponges |
| 224 |
South Bank, London |
| 225 |
Learning |
| 226 |
My mentors–Dave, Ian and Holly |
| 227 |
The wildflowers in the London 2012 Olympic Park |
| 228 |
Dual nationality |
| 229 |
Edamame |
| 230 |
Olympic Park, London |
| 231 |
London 2012: Closing Ceremony |
| 232 |
Leadership development |
| 233 |
Camping |
| 234 |
Seeing old friends |
| 235 |
My Microsoft LifeChat LX-3000 headset |
| 236 |
Wizard card game |
| 237 |
Newborn babies |
| 238 |
Volkswagen Camper Vans |
| 239 |
Our wonderful neighbors, Hilary and Phil |
| 240 |
Flat caps |
| 241 |
Outwell Hertford L tent |
| 242 |
Beautiful Yorkshire (In loving memory of my father-in-law Malcolm Banks) |
| 243 |
Our friends and parenting role models, Matt and Kate |
| 244 |
Green woodpeckers |
| 245 |
Freshly baled hay |
| 246 |
Watching Madeline skipping |
| 247 |
My marriage |
| 248 |
Quinoa |
| 249 |
Leaves in Autumn |
| 250 |
Crisp Autumn air |
| 251 |
New opportunities |
| 252 |
Playing with LEGO |
| 253 |
Camper boots |
| 254 |
Jellycat soft toys |
| 255 |
Blott |
| 256 |
Annual Thames HospiceCare Santa Dash 5k |
| 257 |
Jigsaw puzzles |
| 258 |
Breaking Bad TV series |
| 259 |
The Orla Kiely collection at UNIQLO |
| 260 |
Early Christmas shopping |
| 261 |
Listening to Madeline read |
| 262 |
Running at sunrise |
| 263 |
Black swans |
| 264 |
Listening to Richard practice the guitar |
| 265 |
Wedding anniversaries |
| 266 |
Corn on the cob |
| 267 |
Dar Williams |
| 268 |
Featherdown Farms |
| 269 |
Great Crested Grebe |
| 270 |
Frank Rosenstein, Seattle photographer |
| 271 |
My Flickr daily photos |
| 272 |
London on a sunny, Autumn day |
| 273 |
Our magnetic world map “puzzle” for learning geography |
| 274 |
The Tech Link helpdesk at work |
| 275 |
Catching fireflies |
| 276 |
New challenges |
| 277 |
Our annual pumpkin carving party |
| 278 |
The Windsor 8K run |
| 279 |
The Magic Faraway Tree by Enid Blyton |
| 280 |
Built-in bookshelves |
| 281 |
The used bookstore in Egham |
| 282 |
Working at Starbucks |
| 283 |
Alpen Light bars |
| 284 |
Richard’s sketches |
| 285 |
Borderlands 2 on the Xbox |
| 286 |
Feeling competent |
| 287 |
A smooth day of travel |
| 288 |
Photographing street art |
| 289 |
Vespa scooters |
| 290 |
Time to think |
| 291 |
Airstream Bambis |
| 292 |
Achieving more than I thought was possible |
| 293 |
Shelling peas |
| 294 |
Joseph Joseph measuring spoons |
| 295 |
The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein |
| 296 |
The Spa at Pennyhill Park |
| 297 |
Updated running music |
| 298 |
Walking through fallen Autumn leaves |
| 299 |
Yankee Candles, especially their autumn ones |
| 300 |
Jack-o-Lanterns |
| 301 |
Family hugs |
| 302 |
Spaghetti Bolognese |
| 303 |
Global Knives |
| 304 |
The Lion King |
| 305 |
Great Little Trading Company |
| 306 |
Maddie’s half-term journal |
| 307 |
My new Kindle Paperwhite |
| 308 |
Getting lost in a novel |
| 309 |
MUJI |
| 310 |
Moleskine Daily diaries |
| 311 |
Singing in the car |
| 312 |
Waking early and refreshed |
| 313 |
American Democracy |
| 314 |
ASICS Gel-Nimbus Running Shoes |
| 315 |
Origami |
| 316 |
Watching Maddie swim the front crawl |
| 317 |
School photos |
| 318 |
An unexpected compliment |
| 319 |
Prague (what a beautiful city!) |
| 320 |
Daydreams |
| 321 |
Snowboarding |
| 322 |
FileSolutions® Home Filing System™ |
| 323 |
Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Judith Viorst) |
| 324 |
John Lewis Christmas Adverts |
| 325 |
Parakeets in our garden |
| 326 |
All-Bran Chocolate Crunch |
| 327 |
Thanksgiving |
| 328 |
Advent calendars |
| 329 |
Wrapping Christmas presents |
| 330 |
Remembering my reusable carrier bags at the supermarket |
| 331 |
Getting my car washed and waxed |
| 332 |
Transparency |
| 333 |
NCAA Basketball Tournament |
| 334 |
My utility room |
| 335 |
Madeline’s school uniform |
| 336 |
The Kingston 10K |
| 337 |
First snow |
| 338 |
Geese flying in formation |
| 339 |
Watching Maddie’s Christmas Nativity |
| 340 |
Parkrun |
| 341 |
The smell of a real Christmas tree |
| 342 |
Picking Christmas ornaments to put on the tree |
| 343 |
Spider webs covered in frost |
| 344 |
Christmas crackers |
| 345 |
Fog in the Runnymede fields |
| 346 |
Christmas cards |
| 347 |
Carol services |
| 348 |
Making snow angels |
| 349 |
Singing Christmas carols |
| 350 |
Listening to a cat purr |
| 351 |
Christmas lights |
| 352 |
Paris |
| 353 |
Having Richard come meet me at the airport |
| 354 |
Rearranging furniture |
| 355 |
Our home’s proximity to central London |
| 356 |
My Crate and Barrel Melamine nesting bowl set |
| 357 |
Meg’s Sunday-before-Christmas tradition |
| 358 |
Once in Royal David’s City, particularly when sung by King’s College Choir, Cambridge |
| 359 |
The original 1964 version of Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer |
| 360 |
Christmas morning |
| 361 |
Having family come to visit |
| 362 |
Visiting Dublin |
| 363 |
The Porterhouse, Temple Bar, Dublin |
| 364 |
Magnolias |
| 365 |
Yo Sushi! New Year’s Eve Party |
| 366 |
Auld Lang Syne |
| 367 |
Joseph Joseph |
| 368 |
Doing counted cross stitch |
| 369 |
The Moomin Family |
| 370 |
Cutty Sark |
| 371 |
flow magazine |
| 372 |
Genealogy |
| 373 |
Moshi Monsters Guess Who game |
| 374 |
Having Richard come back home after time away |
| 375 |
A good quote |
| 376 |
Japanese Kokeshi dolls |
| 377 |
Finnish School of Kingston |
| 378 |
The sound of a swan’s wings flapping in flight |
| 379 |
Costa Coffee in Eton |
| 380 |
Sledging down Runnymede Hill |
| 381 |
Magna Carta Tea Room |
| 382 |
Womens Balance essential oils from Neal’s Yard |
| 383 |
Cassidys Hotel in Dublin |
| 384 |
My childhood frog number puzzle |
| 385 |
The company of my daughter |
| 386 |
Eddie Redmayne |
| 387 |
I Have Been Around the World, Dar Williams |
| 388 |
Success |
| 389 |
Friendship |
| 390 |
FinnGo |
| 391 |
Selkouutiset for news in Finnish |
| 392 |
Cirrus clouds |
| 393 |
Our Sonos music system |
| 394 |
My new Surface |
| 395 |
Running home |
| 396 |
Disney’s short, Paperboy |
| 397 |
Pixar’s short, Boundin |
| 398 |
My White Nokia Lumia 920 |
| 399 |
Oxyal eye drops |
| 400 |
Sibyl the Fortune Teller doll |
| 401 |
Our weekly ironing service |
| 402 |
Personal reflection |
| 403 |
A tidy house on a Sunday evening |
| 404 |
Black Mirror |
| 405 |
Kats Kalma destressing massage bar |
| 406 |
The blue support structures on Tower Bridge |
| 407 |
Snow flurries |
| 408 |
Picking blackberries in Ankerwycke |
| 409 |
The Ankerwycke Yew |
| 410 |
Canoeing along the Thames |
| 411 |
Plants vs Zombies |
| 412 |
My new running top from Richard |
| 413 |
Our dressing room |
| 414 |
Carola & Lasse – Mä lähden stadiin (1967) |
| 415 |
Microsoft Front Lines |
| 416 |
Run to Read 5K fun run |
| 417 |
Teamwork |
| 418 |
One Woman |
| 419 |
3’s funny DancePonyDance ad |
| 420 |
Easter egg hunts |
| 421 |
Craft afternoons |
| 422 |
First Direct bank |
| 423 |
Pink cherry blossoms |
| 424 |
My Dutch tulips |
| 425 |
The Simple Things magazine |
| 426 |
flow magazine |
| 427 |
Baby geese swimming in a straight line |
| 428 |
Studio Ghibli |
| 429 |
Totoro! |
| 430 |
Kansas wheat fields turning golden |
| 431 |
The big blue sky in the Midwest |
| 432 |
The Daily Muse |
| 433 |
American parades |
| 434 |
Beach huts |
| 435 |
Crabbing in Southwold, Suffolk |
| 436 |
Bruisyard Hall |
| 437 |
Love’s Recovery by the Indigo Girls |
| 438 |
True to My Soul by Stephanie Phillips |
| 439 |
Homegrown tomatoes |
| 440 |
I’m Moving On by Rascal Flatts |
| 441 |
Stop the Cavalry by Jona Lewie |
| 442 |
Icicles |
| 443 |
Cardinals |
| 444 |
American trains |
| 445 |
Do You Want to Build a Snowman? from Frozen |
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