2011

Another year has passed, and so I thought I'd jot down some of my thoughts on last years successes and what I hope to achieve in this fresh new shiny year.

2010
*Biggest achievement was getting pregnant. It's not as easy as you think you know!

*Lots of cooking, lots of feeding friends and hosting dinners. In case you haven't noticed I get quite a bit of joy out of feeding my friends and family. As time goes on, it seems to fill more and more of my life and I find myself dedicating more and more time to it.

*Do a job I don't hate. It was nice having a pleasant job all year. After the last one, I really needed that time to regroup

*Making the garden productive. although my garden is stupidly huge, and in all reality I don't think I'll ever make the entire garden manageable, I have managed to make part of it useful. My veggie patches are all full of yummy things that grow, and I only hope I can bring them happily through 2011.

*Living a loving life. I love that I can tell my friends I love them, that I tell my family I love them, and that I truly do fall in love a little bit more with Tony every day. Life could so easily be a big black hole, but with lots of people to love and cherish, how can it ever be?

2011
*Being a Mum. Obviously this will happen one way or the other, but I hope to be the kind of Mother to my child that my Mum was to me. Warm, loving, open, dependable, caring, patient and brave.

*Build a beautiful life. Well really this is just a continuation of what I'd been doing in 2010. But I guess what I mean is to surround myself with loving people, comforting food, lovely experiences, a welcoming home. It's all these simple things that really make my heart sing, and so I hope to continue to build on what's already there.

*Give Tony (and me) the kind of family life he wants. To build something that is new and ours, to create our own traditions, and start the journey that will be our family.

So no diets, no weight loss, no budgets, no drinking less or any of those cliched resolutions, just family. That's what makes us happy, and that's what I want for this year. I think I might pull it off too!