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Dealing with Post Festive Blues..

We have had a quiet weekend, all the Christmas deccies are down and stored in the loft - and momentarily the house looked bigger!  I'm considering a slamitin Ruby Starrs minimalist look - but I think it will hurt too much!  Everything feels a bit 'static' after the mania of the over indulgence of festive spirits.  In spite of making no new year resolutions I seem to have tasked myself with some daily 'requirements' - 15 minutes a day to relearn my Spanish - at the moment this is very satisfying as I am just going over basic ground and feeling rather pleased with myself as I'm getting most of it right- as soon as I hit grammar I will be less enamored!  I'm also keeping up my dancing routine - at least 30 minutes a day to good tunes if I don't get out for a decent walk... now I am feeling smug as the weather had been kind and we have had several very pleasant wanders around the coast AND I've been dancing as well!!! I got a long yearned for graphic...

resolutions and revolutions....

A new year, and new resolutions to make and break... I still didn't manage to learn to hula hoop last year so I'm not bothering to carry that revolution over... life is too short!!   Also I have spent much of the festive season with birds clipped into my hair as it was seriously resembling a birds nest so I am also abandoning the resolution not to get my hair cut again and will probably head to hairdressser fairly imminently... before mice move in!!! (I said this last year but just let Dr Fred cut it ) Moonrise over Warkworth Castle  I resolved last September no to buy anymore fabric until I had reduced my stash, so far I have managed this but I am wondering what 'reduced' actually means... I made quite a few cushions for christmas gifts surely that must mean 'reduced' - but the stash doesn't look any different!  If I manage to keep this resolution I will be be very proud (and probably miserable and even possibly ill)!! I have no new resolutions - I ...