New Year’s Eve has always been a reflective time for me; a time when I weigh up mistakes, regrets and achievements. As I embrace a New Year full of promise, I am able to laugh at all my embarrassing blunders and there are usually many.
Hindsight is a wonderful thing and maybe would have saved me from that last glass of wine which seemed a good idea at the time but left me dancing on the table at my work’s Christmas Party and then spending the rest of the evening talking to the Big White Telephone. Dating the wrong boy; well, we all know how that story ended! The extreme change of hair colour; what was I thinking! Not to mention my brief foray as a relationship counsellor.
One valuable lesson learned this year is that no one knows what truly lies around the corner and that life is just too damn short to spend a minute stressing over what you did or didn’t do; or even what you could have done differently. At the time you did what you thought was right which was better than simply doing nothing and any way being a spectator rather than a participator is cowardly way to live your life. Grasp those opportunities for you or they will not come this way again.
So from our home to yours, I wish each and every one of you all a year filled with much happiness, good fortune & good health shared with those you love.
My mantra this year? Suck it up, Precious, because 2014, I’m going to kick your ass!
Amen to that Sister!
Happy New Year, Dallas 🙂
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And the happiest New Year to you too Marianne, any new trips planned for 2014?
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A few 😉
Formula 1 testing at the end of January and Iceland (hopefully to see the Northern Lights) in March.
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Can’t wait for those pics!
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Happy New Year 🙂
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The very same to you,Hayley
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Happy New Year, doll! I look forward to reading of your latest adventures. And blunders. 😉
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Well everyone knows that I’m a cack-handed Carrie & Happy New Year to you too!
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Happy New Year , good health and much happiness xxx
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And the same to you & yours Trish
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You go Girl!! Wishing you the best with wonderful stuff to look back on at the end. 🙂
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And my wish for you Gunta is that all your dreams come true in 2014
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You know, sometimes those detours are sent to show us an even better road than what we might have originally selected…and to give us stories for our blogs. 😉 Happy New Year, Dallas….and may 2014 rock and roll for you. You’ve definitely earned it.
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Bless you Kitt – published author no less! Don’t forget to pop your link on here so everyone can have a look at your success – here’s to 2014!
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Thanks for the offer, Dallas! You’re so sweet. Here’s the link to the announcement of my first book as well as an excerpt. *Hugs*
http://wp.me/p2FkOM-rT
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I think its important to celebrate all our successes as it encourages others and besides you know I’m dead nosey!
PS Love the new Avatar picture, very glam
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Thanks! You’re too sweet. 🙂
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wise words Tinky Town…. all the best for 2014 to you. and looking forward to reading more of your stories, quotes and writing.
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Bless you and looking forward to see how things go for you and your fabulous villa this summer season
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You and me both!!!! 🙂
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Not forgetting your handsome boy!
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Happy new year and here’s to mistakes that make stories! Without them what would we tell our grandkids?
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If I tell any future grandchildren about my adventures, I’m pretty sure they’d have me committed!
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Happy New Year, Dallas. George Bernard Shaw said, “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” 🙂 xx
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LOVE that quote!!!
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🙂
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I love that quote too & Happy New Year to you Sylvia wherever you happened to “bring it in” and I still laugh about that Meatloaf request you had during your beautiful piano playing.
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😀 Thanks for reminding me. 🙂
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I just read that we are entering the Chinese Year of the Horse – a year full of true spirit, grit, determination, vitality and endurance. Sounds like its going to be your year!! I look forward to our journey ahead. Life is so very precious and uncertain. So lets live the moments and breathe the joy of the unexpected. 🙂
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I do hope so as last year was pretty pants and having been compared to an old carthorse before, I think this may be my year! You always know the right thing to say and I so wish I had that skill
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Dallas, our lives would be the poorer if you didn’t have ‘ouch’ moments but we love the ‘ah’ moments too. Here’s to more reports from the front. Love your blog! Happy 2014.
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Happy New Year to all of you; I am so looking forward to another year of all your great pictures especially the ones with all the rescues that you work with although I have increased the amount of boxes of tissues in our Tesco online shopping order. I can’t tell you how many times your uplifting animal stories have raised my spirits on gloomy days!
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We’ll do our very best to be there for you on gloomy days 😀
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LOVE your mantra for 2014! And I share it with you!
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Happy New Year! I’ve had so much fun reading your blog. I’m lovin’ your mantra. I may adopt it for myself.
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Go sister! Love the new mantra and wish you all the best keeping it up 😉
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Wow – I’ve been away for so long…I totally enjoyed just catching up on a few of your last posts. Happy New Year!
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Belated Happy New Year to you too!
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