Backwards In High Heels

Makeover

As you will notice the blog has had a mini makeover. New Year good intentions and all that.

There was a distinct lack of festive posts. It would be easy to refer the honourable reader to the answer I gave one year ago. Yes in true Christmas television tradition I had a repeat - lung infection, antibiotics. In fact we cancelled the grandparents on Christmas Day and delayed that until New Year's Day!

Last year left me with a very flat start, well not to beat around bushes, a bout of depression. I feel very flat this time but certainly hope not to go entirely down that route again or have my anxiety/panic attacks stoked. Panic attacks are something I have never really discussed on the blog.  They have been with me for over 15 years and have completely impacted on my life. I worry that if I blog about it I will sound like a moaning wreck but in honesty I am not unhappy with my lot and who wants to dwell anywhere? Removing any sense of modesty I have always ploughed on to achieve as much as possible even if I have to take a somewhat unconventional route to get there and not visit the more traditional of life's stop offs!  So if anyone ever wants a post about panic attacks etc just say - my life is an open, erm, blog otherwise lets all bask in the idea that I am perfect ;o)

Such waffle aside Happy New Year everyone.

New Year's resolutions: to blog regularly! I love blogging and it is the one way I can keep myself writing and keep my mind ticking over. Yes, this year I shall be following on with the writing dream.Please shove me when I fall off the blog wagon.

And my final aside for today: weather. Will weather forecasters please stop saying that sun in winter is good weather and going into doom and gloom when so much as flake of snow is forecast. Snow is good weather for winter. I want snow. I want ice. I want frost. I want germs and bugs killed and the earth in my garden broken down.

Guru Beki

Just because I'm not posting epic witterings it doesn't mean I can't pop in a quick thought.

Today's lesson from Guru Beki.

You can avoid a lot of the crap in life if you don't let your spirits or knickers go down easily.

I Have a Very Good Excuse...

Oh dear. When you have a 'where are you, are you alright' comment left you know you have been a very, very bad blogger.

In my defence I have been working very hard this month. I started a new job (running alongside the myriad of others, job magpie that I am). I'm working as a self-employed researcher for AQA (Any Questions Answered) - visit their website at www.63336.com. Quite literally we answer everything and anything. If you go to the site you can have a free question to demonstrate. Then it is as easy as texting your question to 63336 (£1). A very handy number to keep in your phone for those emergencies when you need to know a traintime/what were the opening words to Bagpuss/who would win a fight; Fern Britten or Anne Diamond. Anything! AQA have answered 9million questions in 3 years.

It sounds horribly smug but I have spent a lot of time this month on my AQA work because it is so enjoyable. Shhh! Don't say that out loud of the 'You Can't Enjoy Your Work' Goblin will come and get me.

The newsheadlines:

- I am loving I'm A Celebrity though I wanted Rodney Marsh to stay in the jungle...forever. Sad bitter misogynist.

- Everytime I try and eat out I have to endure those bloody awful 30 something mothers whose idea of child control is to repeatedly say their child's (poncy) name

- One of the race teams I work with just won their championship and I am so proud of and pleased for them I could explode

- We are currently caring for 2 kittens and a cat with thyroid problems

- Bestest friend Lynne is back from Oz - for good!

- I won a very posh watch. Tried to flog it on ebay but it didn't sell so took it as a sign to keep it for myself. Beki got bling.

- It's official, I worship Martin Lewis at www.moneysavingexpert.com. That website has saved me hundreds if not thousands this year with its fabulous advice.

- I've got new glasses and I love them. The funkiest pair I have ever owned.

And finally. Mum, like many volunteers was sent a small gift in light of the charity we volunteer for having an anniversary. When she opened the box we both looked a bit astounded. Here is the gift

It is, in case you were wondering, a key ring.

It may be indicative of the mindset in this household but our immediate thoughts went to the similarity with this.