Mamalade

Can you believe it, my last entry was on the first day of the year – and now it is the last day. Where did those other 365 days go? (That’s right, 365 – it was Leap Year, remember!) I had intended to update at least monthly, but somehow, it just didn’t happen. Ah, well, let’s get this one in before the year ends in a few hours and make a fresh start in the New Year.

I’m still in that unreal post-Christmas limbo state, where its hard to know what day of the week it is. Christmas never seems to fall on a particular day, it’s just Christmas Day – and all the days of the following week are out of whack. The heat doesn’t help.The last few days have been very hot and humid and I don’t feel like doing anything.

But it was quite pleasant last week and we had a comfortable Christmas. Ben & Agnieszka came up from Sydney for a couple of days. We all went to Lea & David’s place for Christmas Day. It was a nice relaxing day. No one got their leg stuck in the back of their chair this year like Hayley did last year, but I must confess I did something just as stupid at the Minglers Break Up a couple of weeks ago. I had taken off my shoes because I was hot, then somehow I managed to put the leg of my chair on my big toe – then I sat on the chair! Not a good idea.

I suppose I’ll have a think about New Years Resolutions. I usually make the same ones each year – something along the lines of going to bed earlier and getting up earlier, spend less time playing Spider Solitaire etc. They never last more than a few days, so they are still fresh the following year. Is it worth it? I think so. I always think of this lovely quote:

“If Thou hast broken a vow, tie a knot on it to make it hold together again. It is a spiritual thrift, and no unbecoming baseness, to piece and join thy neglected promises with fresh ones. So shall thy vow in effect be not broken when new mended: and remain the same, though not by one entire continuation, yet by a constant successive renovation.” Thomas Fuller 1608 – 1661

I’ll leave you with that thought. I’m off to play Spider Solitaire – and my latest addiction, Flea Round Up.

Happy New Year!