Goodbye 2020 ...

 It's been a quiet month on my blog ... inspiration was on holiday and sadness took its place.  Christmas was very different this year and plans changed every day until Christmas Eve when everything was finalised.  The important thing was to ensure the safety of all the family and to ensure that no one was on their own and this we achieved ...

Since then I've been trying to look forward ... tomorrow sees the start of the New Year and who knows what will happen!  Usually I spend the end of December trying to decide on my new year's resolutions ... this hasn't taken me much time this year as I'm not making any!!!  There are lots of things I hope will happen and lots of things I hope to do but I will not be making plans ... I'm going to try and live each day as it comes.  

I've been spending time creating in my art journals ... all my thinking about 2021 led to this:

Before I finish I want to say a big Thank you to all my followers, to all my visitors and to all that have left such supportive comments over the year - I appreciate each and every one of you.  I wish you all the very best for the New Year and hope that it will not be long before we can hug family and friends or at least see them.

Say Safe!

Happy New Year ...

New month, new year, new decade ... and, hopefully, a new me! 

If you are a regular reader of my blog you will be aware that I 'retired' at the end of November ... an unplanned retirement but I hope it will prove to be a good decision!!  I'm starting the year with trepidation about this change ... it may take me sometime to 'get in the flow' ... there is much that I am looking forward too but equally there is much that worries me ... only time will tell.  Watch this space!

I have started a bullet journal ... I need to be more focused and I thought this would be a good way of keeping on top of stuff as well as being a fun project ... this is the title page:

... and this is the first page ...

2019 was year of extreme emotions ... from the lowest point in the Spring when my father passed away to the highest point at the beginning of November when my beautiful daughter got married ... and then I resigned.  My mental well-being has taken a bit of a battering ... I thought if I created a mind map of 'positive thoughts' it would help me keep me on track ... (the 'lose weight' is an annual quest not really a positive thought!). 

I hope 2020 brings you all good health and happiness.

Enjoy!