Out with the old and in with the new!

Hello to all my beautiful family and friends and Happy New Year to one and all :) it has been a good start to the new year so far. I often get excited with the new energy that comes with a new year and I suppose like so many others, it makes me start thinking of what I want to achieve for the next coming year and then some. I can see why so many people have New Year's resolutions, to move house, move jobs, lose weight or to change something about their lives in someway. It's a time of Goal setting, making new plans for the future and to reflect on the year that was. I guess this time last year I had made the life changing decision to uproot myself and make the very big decision of leaving my job that I had been doing for seven years, leaving my darling Dad on his own, knowing that I may not see him again, leaving all my beautiful friends that I love so dearly. Thinking at first, just wait until that celebration has happened, or that person's birthday, it was then that I realised, if I don't go soon, this opportunity may not happen. My kids have been so supportive, if it hadn't been for my son Robert saying Mum, just go! You know how much you love to travel and he said, look how quickly the time went with Helen being away for two years. So with all their encouragement and the fact that everything else just fell into place, I knew that the decision had already been set, I had already set that goal in motion hope that my family and friends could understand that.moving to the UK was what I had to do :)

So reflecting upon last year's goals, it now brings me to what lies ahead for me this year? Having been in the UK for six months I look forward to many new adventures, travelling to Paris, Venice in the immediate future, well when I finish up at my contract job at the end of March. Also this year I would like to make it up to Scotland and over to Ireland. I now need to manifest abundance to achieve all desired dreams :) I have Family and friends coming over also this year, so really excited about that, I am putting out there for a better bed for my guests :)

I hope you have all had a wonderful new year and made plans for the up and coming year.

New Year's Eve made plans to go into Wells with Rani, could have easily stayed home, the weather was horrid! We braved the rain and the wind and the Brolley's turning themselves inside out! Fortunately we got a park near the Cathedral and didn't have too far to walk to the Crown (which is probably one of the main local pubs) we get inside and it's all a buzz of people of all ages, people sitting at tables, some wearing fancy dress, other's just wearing a hat or bright colours, something interesting to bring in the new year. A quick glance around, no tables left :( so we decide to stand at the bar, god I haven't done that in the while, not since I worked on the other side of one lol we shared a drink, amused ourselves by doing a little people watching for a while. There was a lovely atmosphere in the Crown, we see a group vacate a table and we make a run for the table, at last we can rest our now aching legs! We continue to chat and drink and listen to the subtle background music playing. Until.... A crowd of youngens come in near our table and start singing and squeeling and talking very loudly. I looked around and see most people in the bar area were trying to avoid there noise and plugging up one ear whilst trying to converse with the other ear. A table to our right couldn't stand the noise, so they moved over to our left and on to the end of our table to try and get a bit further away from all the noise! That was the start of a really great night. They were siblings that had come from Newbury, two brothers and a sister and her boyfriend.i have trouble remembering all their names, but I do remember Derek and Julie I think who sat closest to us :) they were a really lovely family and we found out that every new year they make atrip to somewhere new together to bring in the new year, as they don't like to stay home. One year they went to Edingburgh and another year they went to Munich and they had also been to Adelaide as well to visit some family. We all got on quite well and celebrated the new year together :)

Julie and her boyfriend and her brother John? far right Derek

We went outside at the stroke of Twelve and had some fireworks in gentle rain, they still seemed exciting, we all hugged and kissed each other :)

Derek and Rani laughing as they couldn't see, due to the flash!

Ahh that's better! No flash:) Derek and Moi

Well just watching the news before heading to bed, it looks like we might be under water tomorrow :( might not make it to work. It will ease over the next few days hopefully.

I'm off to bed now beautiful people, start of a new week and back to five days, so better get my beauty sleep, till next post, love to you all xxxxxxx

 

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