another years end

The end of a year always brings mixed feelings for me…. on the one hand I am terribly excited to be making a new start with all sorts of possibilities and yet a part of me is sad that another year has passed by and perhaps I didn't really make the most of it! Not to mention, that the end of the year brings my birthday which makes for even more introspection! What if I could have done and seen more? Created something wonderful? Been a better parent, friend or daughter? Saved that extra dollar? A thousand what-if's all to no avail - the year has passed and there is another just a day away now, all ready to be planned and savoured!

And that is the best part of this time of year - oh, all the possibilities!!!! A whole year, freshly minted and all shiny and new, waiting to be used to its full potential. I don't make New Year resolutions any more but I do always attempt to become better at something……and that something is usually 'being organised'! I spend a good part of the week after Christmas and the first week in January, writing lists and preparing a new planner along with reading blogs about organisation as well as books about getting things done and doing them better. I have been mulling over my Word of the Year and have finally settled on one that I feel will speak to me for the next 12 months. More on that in another post.

I would like to take this opportunity, right here at the very end of 2014, to thank all of you for coming here to read my thoughts and share in the joy of my family and home. Its been a pleasure to use this space as a bit of fun, a bit of therapy and a lot of shared thoughts.

From my home to yours - from the far south of this wondrous blue and green globe to the far reaches in the north and all in-between -  I wish everybody a wonderful, richly blessed and fulfilled 2015.