2014 in Review

Where has the year gone? To be honest, I'm not particularly sorry to see 2014 go (so much bad luck!) but there were plenty of good times!

January

Fireworks, Got my stone and a half award at Slimming World, Attended the Pinned it, Made it Lush party, Hung out with my cousin in London

February

Visited Chinatown for Chinese new year, Went on lots of London walks, Won couple of the year in our Slimming World group, Visited Peterborough, Acted like a tourist

 March

Visited Manchester, Got into Breaking Bad, Went to two jewellery making classes, Visited Camden Passage, Work leaving party

April

Visited Amman, Aqaba, Wadi Rum & Petra, Attended my cousin's wedding, Played tour guide for my friends visiting London

May

Moved to Peterborough and walked in Hampstead Heath

June

Did the London to Brighton Trek, Visited the Cat cafe in London, Walked more in Peterborough, Celebrated my 26th birthday, Commuted, Went to Birmingham for Blognix

July

Lots of commuting and started a podcast with Topher

August

Visited Cornwall and Devon with friends. 

September

Slept, ate, went to the Classic Car boot sale and made the worst cheesecake ever. 

October

Commuting, Visited Manchester to house hunt, Had a bit of an accident with my car, ate Halloween treats

November

Moved to Manchester, Made new friends, Said goodbye to old ones, Made mulled wine, Attended the Christmas markets in Manchester

December

Went to Florida, indulged in Christmas activities such as baking, making a gingerbread house, decorating the house and having fun with friends 

Here's to 2014 and now bring on 2015, I'm ready!

How was your year?

Devon

A few snaps from the first couple of days in Devon. Lots of walks, board games and silliness.

Doing my best Maria impression.

Topher and his uncle doing their billy goats gruff and troll impression.

Emma having a pensive moment among the flowers.

Eddie the dog wants his blanket back.

Yeah...I don't think this counts as a proposal.

The boys relax.

The girls take a selfie.

Hard to believe I've never played Pictionary before!

This is supposed to be Pegasus. It looked like a turtle with wings... 

Luther thinks this looks like an arm.

And this is a veil.

Pasture was pretty difficult but Topher knew I wasn't going to get it when he drew more cows at the top and I started shouting "Aliens!"

If you haven't played, I definitely recommend it. 

Next time, one of our days out.

365 Project: August Edition

 

1st: Kings Cross, 2nd: Books, 3rd: Fun tea, 4th: Chopping mushrooms, 

5th: Stuffed peppers, 6th: Hot air balloon, 7th: Portuguese tarts, 8th: Sticker caterpillar,

9th: Fab lolly, 10th: Chicken tray bake, 11th: Before photo to show at SW, 12th: Auto correct fail,

13th: Train journey 1, 14th: Train journey 2, 15th: Range planning, 16th: Devon day 1

17th: Exeter, 18th: Haytor Selfie, 19th: Topher & Luther, 20th: Topher falls down hole,

21st: Emma is officially a time lord, 22nd: Weird fortune cookie, 23rd: Cat, 24th: Bowling,

25th: Falmouth, 26th: Back to work, 27th: Topher shaving fail, 28th: Train journey 3,

29th: Kings Cross at night, 30th: Pretty flowers, 31st: Editorial calendar for September.

How was your month?

Back from the West Country

For the past 10 days I've been off galavanting in a location quite unknown to me. The UK! I think the last time I had a proper "staycation" in our beautiful country was when I was a very tiny person. So this was brand new territory to me. Topher, his sister Emma, her boyfriend Luther and myself journeyed down to Devon and Cornwall to visit both sets of their grandparents. The weather wasn't always on our side but we had a brilliant time and I can now say I have driven for 9 hours in one day. I think my previous record was 2 or 3. That escalated quickly. 

So over the next week or two I will have to bombard you with holiday photos I'm afraid. I will sandwich in other posts so it's not too repetitive though. 

That's all for now, just a short one to get me back in the swing of things. I'm also pleased that my scheduled posts actually posted while I was away so that's pretty nice. 

What's your favourite "staycation" destination?