The year has changed again, or ramblings of the past!

So here we are, another year has passed and we have arrived in 2014, so Happy New Year everyone!

So, do I review 2013 or go on about hopes and plans for 2014?? Oh god, decisions! Well, firstly, I am writing this from South Africa, after a hot and sunny New Years Day. Hot Christmas and New Year is a bit strange, though I'm not complaining. We arrived in SA on the Friday before Christmas, to spend the holidays with my family. the plan was for them all to come to the UK, as youngest sister wanted to have a cold Christmas, but middle sister buggered that up by becoming preggers, and as baby is due in at the end of Jan, no self respecting airline as going to let her anywhere near one of its planes!!! So, small change of planes, saw me and hubby coming south, so we still get the family Christmas, albeit a hot one.

The holiday has been fantastic, though I managed to come down with flu on the Monday before Christmas, but a wonder drug called Myprodol soon sorted things and out, and I was still able to enjoy the festivities. For my birthday we went to a rather posh hotel in Umhlange (just north of Durban), right on the beach. New Year was celebrated with a few (24!!!) festival balls and now for hubby, hols are over, as tomorrow he must make the long journey back to the UK via Dubai, as unfortunately the buses are calling, and he is back to work on Sunday 😔😔. I however am here for another week before having to make the same journey.

So, what's happened in 2013.............this and that I guess. Work is its usual delights and challenges, but generally pretty good. At the end of 2012, we had a bit of a change around staff wise, which was a bit unsettling and disruptive, something which continued throughout the year and unfortunately will continue into next year, due to further changes of staff, thought some are more welcome than not! We decorated the spare rook and planned to have the kitchen replaced, though this was put on hold when I wrote off my car at the beginning of September having been hit by a lorry on the motorway. Anyway this is back on track and hopefully we'll get it done in March.

We spent two weeks in Cyprus in June, enjoying unseasonably hot weather, and in October I ran my first 10k race. I wasn't the fastest ( by a long shot) but I ran the whole distance, and considering it was only month after my car crash I was happy. Christopher still rules his roost, and is very well settled.

So, what is 2014 going to bring?? Well, I've a few plans and aims, but hose are mine to maybe divulge at a later date. I'm not a huge believer of resolutions, but am happy to have a few plans and aims. However, I will try to blog a bit more.....