I wrote this on NYE but forgot to come back and post it sooner than I have done.
I had planned to do blogmas. Well I say planned. I felt like I wanted to and did no planning and therefore no blogmas. Oh well maybe next year.
What I had definitely planned on doing was reading 2 books in December. Starting of with The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily, I wanted to finish reading it on the 14th as it had 14 chapters, then read a book I've had on my shelves for ages and simply bought it because of the title - Winter Solstice by Rosamund Pilcher. I got a little ill mid December and felt too tired to read after it so I ended up finishing The Twelve Days of Dash and Lily on Christmas day (which is when the story actually ends). Although the winter solstice has passed I think I will try to read Winter Solstice after my next read, which is Movie Night by Lucy Courtenay, as the weather may be more apt outside for the setting of the book.
I spent Christmas day with my parents and it was amazing. We had our first Christmas with our our new-this-year cat, Tia, and she watched us open presents and enjoyed all of hers. We had an amazing dinner and just a great time together.
On to resolutions. I don't normally make any as I know they can be sometimes unrealistic and people tend to not fulfil them anyway but this year I want to make some realistic ones and document them here.
1. Read all the magazines I have hoarded. I have a huge pile of magazines I haven't read yet, some are 5 years old. I set that goal last year and made a start when I found myself unemployed in September, but I'd like to get it right down this year as it clutters my bedroom which is small to begin with.
2. Read more books and re-read some books. I also have hoarded books and not read them. In September, I converted one of my many notebooks (I have a lot of them too) into a reading journal. As I read lots of new books this year I think it would be great to intersperse them with some old favourites. Some series I'd like to re-read and finish, as I hadn't read every book, are the Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter. I'd also like to read all the Oz books as I have the full collection and they are for children so hopefully won't take too long.
3. Start running. This will be the hard one. I'd love to do Run Disney but I know I've got to start small so mum and I are hoping to do a race for life this year.
4. Finish watching tv series I have started. Asphodelmoon made this resolution and I think it's a great one. I watched so much tv when my parents and I had virgin media when we lived in Bedfordshire and when we moved to Norfolk we lost that as they didn't supply our area. A lot of these series are now on Amazon or Netflix so I'm going to make a point of finishing them as they have now completed their run too or are about to. They are Grimm, Sleepy Hollow, Gotham, Continuum, Bates Motel, Orphan Black, The Shanarra Chronicles and Ripper Street. There are also lots I have started to catch up on and series that I've seen a few episodes out of order I'd like to watch the whole of like Pokemon and Charmed.
5. Watch more musical films. I'd say I'm not a big fan of musicals but I have found I enjoyed quite a few so I'd like to make the effort to watch more especially the Rocky Horror Show as cosplaying and the music are a staple at conventions I go to.
6. Cut out dairy at home. One day I'd like to be vegan (I'm already cutting down on meat) but for the moment I'm going to switch up my milk at home to plant based.
Have you made any resolutions for this year?
Lotty
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