As my silence this week may have suggested, we have been out of Perth for the past few days. We spent 4 nights in the forests south of Perth, along with Mr Bite's family, in a region that is known for its intermittent mobile phone (and internet) coverage. Returning to connectivity is somewhat of a novelty now...it's a little disconcerting to think how much it is part of my life when I'm at home.
This brief blogging break means that my focus is jumping from Christmas straight to New Year, a leap that I am quite happy to make. Although I'm not one for New Year's Eve parties (my temperament is aligned with going to bed quietly so I can wake up refreshed in the new year, rather than staying up until midnight and thus feeling tired before the next year has even begun), I do like the freshness that the dawn of January brings.
I spent some of our time down south reflecting on what 2011 has meant to me. The list that comes to mind is below - mostly, it is a good one, and I am grateful to be able to write it.
There have been years in the past when I've looked back and thought "I'm glad that year is over", but this one - and indeed the last few - have been quite the opposite. It's a fortunate position to be in.
I am now looking forward to 2012, and have some goals and aspirations for the year that span work, travel, life, and fitness. However, they shall come in a later post. For now - Happy New Year!
How do you like to celebrate New Year's Eve? What does 2011 mean to you?
South-west forests, Western Australia
This brief blogging break means that my focus is jumping from Christmas straight to New Year, a leap that I am quite happy to make. Although I'm not one for New Year's Eve parties (my temperament is aligned with going to bed quietly so I can wake up refreshed in the new year, rather than staying up until midnight and thus feeling tired before the next year has even begun), I do like the freshness that the dawn of January brings.
Margaret River, Western Australia
I spent some of our time down south reflecting on what 2011 has meant to me. The list that comes to mind is below - mostly, it is a good one, and I am grateful to be able to write it.
2011
A wonderful trip to Tasmania
The first full year living with Mr Bite
A reasonably large shift in my approach to food and eating, and in my food preferences
A renewed and extended love for baking and cooking
My sister departing for Europe, and then returning
My brother moving out of home
My maternal grandmother passing away
My friends starting to have babies...and more babies
Some changes in my exercise routine, including the additions of cycling and Body Attack
The start of blogging
A new camera
35 books read, down from 60 in 2010 (see point two on this list as to why!)
I am now looking forward to 2012, and have some goals and aspirations for the year that span work, travel, life, and fitness. However, they shall come in a later post. For now - Happy New Year!
Nannup cow, south-west Western Australia
How do you like to celebrate New Year's Eve? What does 2011 mean to you?
