still here!

happy first day of 2012! i've spent most of today walking in the sunshine with my best friends, a wonderful way to start a new year. we have been in newcastle since friday and it's lovely here. i have been itching to blog over the past few days, documenting the last moments of 2011, however have been so busy and also internet access-less. i guess this isn't such a bad thing because it means that instead of being inside in front of a computer, i've been out and about having fun and making the most of my time off. it's also a new years resolution of mine to be on my laptop (and phone, and facebook) less so it's probably a good thing that i've been a little absent, almost like a practice run before the new year! right now i'm in the lobby of our hotel, making the most of the one off free 15 minutes of wireless internet. i have decided to keep blogging throughout this year and i won't put an end date on when i think i'll stop. i'll just keep writing away until i no longer feel like i want to do it, a feeling that hasn't come yet and is why i want to keep going. then there is also the amount of encouragement i have received from my family and friends to continue, knowing how much they get out of coming here every now and then inspires me to keep it up. so that's all i wanted to say... to wish you a happy new year and let you know that i will still be writing in 2012, only possibly less frequently because i will be spending lots of time doing fabulous new things, keeping all of my resolutions and achieving my many goals (some of which include seeing more movies and growing my hair long, really big picture stuff!). i love that today is the start of a brand new year. so many possibilities and experiences and memories await us, we just don't know what yet. i think that's something special, and it applies not only to the start of a new year but to the start of every new day. i came across this quote recently and it resonated with me... 'today is a perfect day for a perfect day.'