Run, Forrest, Run....

So I ran, and unsurprisingly it was amazing! I can't imagine anything more satisfying than a run along Cowes seafront on a crisp, sunny morning. It really is blissful.

But I must confess I'm not a glamorous runner. If you've ever seen the Friends episode where Phoebe runs, that is me. But like Phoebe, I really don't care! I do it because it gets the endorphins going, is a great stress reliever and I don't have to have a 2 year old in tow!

Well so far, so good. I'm very much enjoying 2012 so far. Report on my aims for the year:

1. I have successfully amended my 30 things blog here http://lucysthirtythings.blogspot.com/2012/01/okay-so-this-might-be-bit-of-cop-out.html so that it is all still achievable (although not easy) before the big 3-0 ;-)

2. Home cooked meals are going well so far- home made shepherd's pie, creamy mushroom spaghetti and butternut squash soup were all the menu last week. I am hugely enjoying my copy of Hugh F-W's 'Veg Everyday' book, and hope to try at least one of his recipes from their this week. I also plan to experiment with some home made curries, as that is one thing I've not ha great success cooking so far. I will report back on my successes soon.

3. Run- my least successful resolution so far! Partly due to the gales we has here this week, but I just have not yet come up with a plan to fit some runs in. Having said that a work colleague was telling me about this http://www.parkrun.com/home which looks great! I'm hoping to rope a couple of friends in and try this out before January is out.

4. Declutter- this is going well. We have tidied away Christmas for this year, which is always a good feeling. I've also got rid of lots of Henry's too-small clothes, and sorted the kitchen table. I class this as success!

Some new year photo spam- this is my beautiful Henry Robert, aged 25 months.

Happy New Year

Welcome to 2012......I have a feeling it's going to be a great one!

I am a bad, bad blogger and haven't been on here for months. Full-time work, a two year old and a shift working husband have all conspired to keep me away but I will try harder.

It's that time of year where many of us start to think about resolutions to make us happier, better, slimmer people, so I thought I'd reflect on a few of mine on here......

1. Resurrect my 'Thirty things to do before I'm 30' list....I now only have 15 months...how on earth did that happen? http://lucysthirtythings.blogspot.com/ I wonder how many I can cram under my belt this year?

2. Make more home-cooked meals for Henry, Tom and myself. Actually I mostly only eat home-made, but often the boys have already eaten a tea of 'yellow food' and that makes me sad. I need to plan better so that there are things ready for them to eat before I get home from work.

3. Run......I love to run, it makes me happy, it makes me slimmer but I have found it really hard to fit it into my life at the moment. I need to think really hard about where I can fit it in, and obviously this will get easier as the days get longer.

4. Cut down on clutter. I'm not quite sure on my plan of action for this, but I will blog more about it later as I muse over how to achieve this in 2012.

So there we go, food for thought. I'll no doubt add to these, but they are my starter for ten.