New Year, New me? nope same me just better!!!

Happy New Year to everyone (sorry i know its a few weekly late...)

I hope you all had a safe and wonderful Christmas and New Years!!

Just thought I would start the year with a little update on my holidays and the first goal that I have set for 2014.

Christmas Tree 2013

We had a rather quiet Christmas with family (as we always do), we got up VERY early, ate way to much (i know i know) and had a fun time.

And with the festive season comes the not so festive clean up of the decorations, the gifts, the paper, food, mountains of chocolate etc, which is what i spent the next 3 days after Christmas doing!!

This little guy loves Christmas and did not want me to put
the decorations away. At least he didn't mope in the
corner this year when i took the tree down...

For us New Years was pretty quiet as well.  My other half had early work on New Years day so I hung out with the family again and played games and drunk some rather "interesting" cocktails that my brother and sister made up.

"Coconut Pineapple Vodkalada"

New Years day, "a fresh start" as some say, for me, nope i was up early and went for a hike up to the water tower where I sat looking at the view and ate my breakfast.

The following day I decided to go for a walk down the coastal track at Queen Elizabeth Park for breakfast.  The weather was not the best but it was still a beautiful walk.

Wet miserable day, but still beautiful

The same track last weekend, it was hot and sunny and gorgeous!!

Now that we are officially in the New Year, I have set a goal... or a challenge... or a death wish... I'm not really sure which yet.

April 27th 2014

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I have 15 weeks to build and train for this event, I am really looking forward to it, who doesn't like getting sore, wet, muddy, and electrocuted?

So keep an eye out for updates on my training and in early May i will do a post about the event (i might even try and get a helmet camera and do a video blog about it...)

"beauty may be skin deep... but fit is to the bone!!"

Louise Taylor xx

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