Review of the Year

As I'm logged on I thought I'd do this now as it could  be another 4 months before I'm back.  2010 has been an eventful year.

The year started with celebrations.  Some very close friends of ours got married on NYE 2009 and so obviously as the clock ticked over midnight into 2010 we were all still partying.  The wedding was in Northallerton, the weather was atrocious - Snow, Snow and more Snow, but the wedding was GREAT.  A was best man for T (for the 3rd, and hopefully final time), S was in party mood and we were together.

Work has continued to be busy.  I have taken on my first full-time employee, which scared me far more than I ever thought it would.  Client list has remained virtually the same but work taken on on their behalf continues to expand.  Leadership within one of the clients has been eventful but hopes are high that this can be resolved early in the New Year.

Home life has been filled with ups and downs.  Saw beloved stepdaughter E in McDonalds (of all places) albeit only for a minute.  Her reaction was to get up and leave but she did keep looking back in through the window at S, who she has never met.  Filled with complete pride when she absolutely aced her GCSEs and almost as significantly, the cupcakes we sent in congratulations were not returned.  Also of particular note, beloved stepdaughter A unblocked me on Facebook for a couple of months which must mean she is a little interested at least mustn't it?  Devastatingly, my beautiful mother-in-law died, riddled with Cancer, in early November.  Her fight of over a year was bravely borne and thankfully, the end came quite quickly.  We have the utmost gratitude and thanks to Bolton Hospice for her care in the last 10 days of her life.  She was the most wonderful, beautiful and surprising lady who is missed every single day.

The saga of the house continues.  Unfortunately, it now appears as finished to the unknowing eye.  This means that A is reluctant (at the best of times) to get on and actually finish it! This year we have made some significant steps forward.  The gardens, patios, paths and drive have all been finished.  However, the gates remain only partially complete, S's playroom still is untouched, there are still 2 ensuites to put in, the main bathroom needs changing and our ensuite leaks.  The rewiring needs completing, the kitchen needs finishing off, the stairs ditto and the office could do with rediscovering its original purpose rather than just being used as a general dumping ground.

2010 has been a good year but tainted with unrelenting sadness.  I have many hopes and aspirations for 2011, some serious and some light-hearted.  Our sadness will not lift in 2011 but hopefully will become less difficult to live with.  In our hearts and minds forever MMW 1934 - 2010 xxx

Blogging Failure

When I set up this blog I did so hoping that it would be a good place to 'dump' many of the issues taking up space in my head.  I also thought that it would be something which I could easily keep up to date with.  However, having just read the bloggings of a friend of mine, I was prompted to log in.  Now that I've retrieved my password and been reminded of what my blog is actually called, I'm not sure that this blogging is really for me!! I struggle to operate both facebook and twitter accounts and refuse to degrade myself to the point of automatically sending my tweets to facebook.  Why therefore do I also want to blog???  My last post was in August, a whole four months ago.  Must try harder or acknowledge that I am never going to keep up with them all.