Goodbye 2014 & New Years Blogging Resolutions

I am really sad to see the back of 2014 as it has been such a brilliant year for me. It has taught me that if you work hard, believe in yourself, surround yourself with supportive and positive people then you really can achieve everything you set out to achieve. I have worked so very hard this past year, and really proved to myself what I am capable off. I want to thank everybody who has supported me throughout 2014 I don't think I could have had such a good year if it wasn't for the brilliant and caring people surrounding me. 

^ This is my favourite quote and it really sums up my year and hopefully the following year too.

My new years blogging resolutions for 2015 are:

To blog every single day throughout January 

Take better and more frequent photos

Invest more time in the planning and preparation of blog posts and ideas

Be more active on social media and blog comments
Reach 100 followers on bloglovin

Wishing all of my readers, followers, friends and family a happy, happy new year!

Family Time at Christmas

Today I have spent boxing day with my lovely family. This morning we went on a loooonnnggg walk with our little dog Benji all down the canal. There was so many people walking the same route as us, it must be the thing to do on Boxing day aha. It was lovely to be out in the fresh air all morning, we definitely walked off all that we ate on Christmas Day in preparation for all the food we were about to consume today.

In the afternoon the sky decided to bless the midlands with some snow, much to my boyfriends annoyance as his football match was called off mid-game. But I really enjoyed sitting inside watching the snow fall with my hot cup of tea getting ready to go out. I love it to snow at this time of year however when it randomly decides to snow in February (Typical of the UK weather) it's not that great as we have places to be, but for today it was most welcome. 

For our evening meal we headed down to The Mermaid, a country pub right by our house. I had a steak (as usual) with mushroom sauce, my Mom and Dad also had steak, and Molly had chicken. It was lovely to be together for the whole day today, we all have busy lives and although we live in the same house it's not often that we are all together for a whole day. 

Now we are flicking between Christmas specials on the TV in our pyjamas and I couldn't be more content. I love this time of year where you can do nothing and not feel guilty about it, you can stuff your face with whatever you want and watch films all day and it is totally acceptable. Today is the last official day of the Christmas celebrations and tomorrow we begin to ease back into normal life. I am extremely grateful for my beautiful life where I am so lucky to have such amazing, supportive, fun and loving people around me. I am so blessed. 

I hope you have all had a wonderful Christmas break however you celebrate and whoever you chose to spend it with, whatever you got under your tree, wherever in the world you are, I wish you all a Merry Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, filled with happiness and love.