2014 Is Coming To An End -

- and 2015 is about to begin. One year ends and another starts.
     Round and round and round it goes, etc. etc.

I only have a few resolutions, but they are important nonetheless.

Here they are (for better or worse).

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1. I aim to get myself and my body under control. 
     I shall never be thin (nor, since my late teens, have I ever wanted to be), but I should be a hell of a lot healthier than this.
     I know, I know; heard it all before, etc. etc. But this time is slightly different. This time various circumstances have conspired and it has become imperative that I get lighter. The weight that my body finds happiest (as I've no doubt mentioned before) is around 15 stone, so my goal is to gradually lose it over the next year or more.
     Obviously a lot of changes are going to have to be made, but the plan to begin with is to simply cut out the binging and snacking between meals to allow my body to recover itself a bit, then see where I am and go from there. Mother has helped me to come up with something to help me function day to day, to make things easier. And for added incentive I have something planned as a reward for when I finally reach the magic number; something that I have wanted to do for years something that until I am under 16 stone is out of the question.
     So we'll see. But it really has become imperative. Watch this space.

2. I aim to finish one of my stories.
     If I can't pick myself, I shall draw a title out of a hat. I just want to FINISH something. Anything. Even if it is no good (my family/friends insist they are, but they of course are biased), I want to finish something. To achieve something. Even if it isn't that much of an achievement to anyone else, it would be to me.

3. I aim to make more of my time off.
     This should be self evident, but it's something I have been struggling with.
     IReally. I need to enjoy my free time. Savour it, make the most of it, rather than spending it worrying and brooding over stuff that I can't change (to do with work, particularly). When I can afford it I shall be visiting nearby museums and having a nose around - on my own. I tried going on a guided tour a few months ago and while the tour guide was excellent and the talk was fascinating, I didn't enjoy it as much as I thought I would. I'd rather do things my own way in my own time - and when I can't I intend to keep myself busy walking Bingo, writing and crafting crappy looking dog toys.

4. I aim to try and take note of anything I might see, hear or feel that I can be thankful for, at least once, every day. 
     Self explanitory.
     A sort of 'count your blessings' thing.

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Well, that's it. Just four. Surely I'll be able to manage just four??

So, anyway! A Happy New Year and blessings to all.

.....2015 is going to be a GOOD year.....

Bingo Spent A Full Twenty Minutes This Morning Wrestling Madly In The Mud With An Obliging Husky Named Harvey.

Then we had breakfast and he got to share a bit of mine.
     He is now stretched out in front of the fire, dead to the world and snoring loudly.
     This afternoon he shall be visiting The Grandmama, during which (gorgeously unsuitable) food and loving affection shall be showered upon him.
     Then another walk.
     Then a DentaStick.
     Then bedtime and a nice long sleep dreaming pleasant dreams about squirrels and meatballs and chicken drumsticks and fresh heather and rotting leaves and muddy streams and obliging Huskies named Harvey.

Today is a Good Day.

..... I'm guessing he's going to ache a bit tomorrow, though.....

Alice x

Just A Heads Up:

If you happen to be sat enjoying a sandwich and a good book in a Subway Cafe, and happen to do an involuntary giggle-snort due to the hilarity of the story you are reading, and there happens to be a foursome of (stick thin, bored and sullen looking) teenage girls sat eating at a table nearby, your involuntary giggle-snort may very well elicit an extremely angry and disapproving glare from each and every one of them.

And to also warn you; if in response to the glares of said teenagers your reaction is to summon forth a second involuntary giggle-snort, that (surprisingly) probably won't be well received either.
   
..... There you go.
     Your day is complete now that you know that, isn't it?
     I thought it would be.

Alice x