Looking back . . . And looking forward

Once again time has passed swiftly. A lot of it! 10+ weeks  :-o   It's been a good year in the main, some not-so-good parts, but that's life in it's entirety.

I've thought long and hard, once again, about whether to keep this blog going or not. Blog posts do take me a fair amount of time . . . perhaps I'm not as quick as others!

However, this blog does serve as diary for me, and I know there are one or two folk who do want to follow what's happening in our family. So I've decided to keep it going and post when I can.

I met up with one of my friends from college (high school) days yesterday. A & I have known each other since the first day of Form 3, or Year 9 as it is now known here in NZ. On the Friday before Christmas we went to Dead Tragic, a show I was looking forward to. I've known Michael and Emma for quite a number of years now and really enjoy their shows. It was awesome!! We both loved it and had a great time singing along to songs from our growing up years.

Yesterday I drove over to Eastbourne where A grew up and was staying with her family. She is over from Australia, where she now lives, for a couple of weeks before she returns to Oz to begin a new job. We had a great time catching up, chatting, walking by the beach, enjoyed a lovely homemade pizza dinner, and we finally parted company some time after 10pm when I drove home. It was a great day!

I have great admiration for this lovely and courageous friend of mine who chose to re-train as a radiographer in her 40's! This was four years of hard work . . . but she has done it, and secured a job to go back to  =D>

I love this type of friendship where we've know each other for years, may not see each other for a year or so, but can pick up where we left off last time. Brilliant!

Tonight Brains & Locket have gone into the city with a few friends to see the New Year in. We're spending the night at home watching the Monty Python Live Show. Good for lots of laughs  :))

I'm looking forward to a new year and all it brings. I'm wrapping up this post before the clock turns midnight, as it soon will here in NZ.

I wish you all a Happy New Year, blessings to you and your family, wherever you, and they, may be.

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See you in 2015!