Things I did in 2009...

What did I accomplish in 2009?

* put my blender into use and started making soup
* survived taking four courses at uni in order to change my degree
* had my first birthday in Edinburgh
* passed my first year at Edinburgh
* saw some brilliant films either big blockbusters, little ones in alternative filmhouses or curled up on the sofa with great friends
* visited Cardiff and Barry Island
* went to Somerset
* saw friends in London and then 'Hairspray' and 'Romeo and Juliet' with the lil sis
* volunteered
* spent two weeks in the highlands with my family
* spent three weeks in America with some great friends
* kind of got over my fear of flying i.e. I didn't cry too much. Perhaps it would be better to say I didn't let my fear stop me from doing what I wanted
* climbed Mount Laffayette in the White Mountains of New Hampshire
* went to NYC
* ate lots of new American foods for the first time
* saw the White House, lots of cool art, monuments and museums in Washington DC
* went to the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, an amazing experience
* survived an American public bus
* saw my first baseball came
* returned to Edinburgh for second year
* had to say goodbye to a close friend
* enjoyed sewing at the cath kidston shop
* had many a wonderful breakfast at a number of little cafes in Edinburgh
* kept on with the Swahili
* visited friends
* wrapped up my Christmas gifts in brown paper and beautiful ribbon
* saw the new year in at hogmanay

Another year over...

Well I've just celebrated a lovely Christmas with my wonderful family. I received some beautiful gifts, each one hand chosen for me and that was obvious. I'm a very blessed girl.
The end of the noughties is upon us... what a decade it has been!
Thinking back to where I was at the turn of 2000, just beginning my time at secondary school. For me, this decade will be a time of Lord of the Rings; Harry Potter; The Beatles; an obsession with the 1960s; a longing to travel by VW campervan around NZ; some lovely family holidays in Scotland and France; exams, exams, exams; realising who my friends are; becoming my own person; taking a gap year and learning more about God; beginning to get the travelling bug, facing my fear of flying to get to Uganda then America; starting my new life in Edinburgh at university; witnessing the start of the 'war on terror'; obsessing over Jane Austen; some very bad fashion faux pas that will hopefully never emerge on facebook; school uniforms; my first trip to London's West End to see Billy Elliot, later to see Hairspray; growing up...
Here's to the next ten years and may they be full of many happy memories also!