When life gets in the way…

So the list has fallen by the wayside so to speak and my only excuse is that well life has been happening.  But as life happens there is no exciting story of what I’ve been up to, no great romance.  

But I think the long hiatus is more because I changed careers!  YAY!  It’s not a dramatic change, I haven’t gone from being an office manager to an astronaut in training, I changed industries.  After 9 years in what I found at times to be the soul sucking world of recruitment I am now enjoying a different pace of life and learning different things. I’m now part of a research and consulting firm, its small, its nice, it’s a growing experience.

I’ve felt the list has taken a bit of a back burner over the past few months, but then when I really sat down and did some thinking about it, so I wasn’t my usual knitting self over winter and I’ve not been creative and crafty.  But then when I think about I have ticked things off – big things have gone. 

I’ve also managed to conquer two of my secret list items.  These were important to me, to show me that I could do them for me.  I don’t want to share what they were as they were quite personal goals but know I am happy I have grown slightly as a person because of them being completed. 

Slowly the list is coming together with things that can be accomplished by April - more on that soon. 

It's been 7 months...

Hi my name is Mandy, it has been 7 months since I last blogged...  

Which as someone who set out to blog once a week for a year is pretty terrible, especially when I myself read several blogs daily by people who blog daily.  Who has the time, there is some-days where I am find myself so busy hanging around on the couch that I don't do the dishes and ok I'll be honest I might be hung over these days, but I am actually envious of these people who are able to sit and write a blog of funny quips and quirks that are happening in their lives on a daily basis.

To make my 52 blog quota I am going to have to blog 4 times a week for the next 10 weeks and I am going to challenge myself to do it. There are some things on my list that just aren’t going to happen (and overseas trip is one of them).  So there are other things that I am going to have to put my all into instead and so blogging is one of them. So be prepared for some boring catch ups ahead!

Here I go, wish me luck!