Last Updated on 28 May 2020 by Colette
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My lovely friend Jane from Hodgepodge Days tagged in me in the Top 7 Tag which features:
Your Favourite 7 Posts from 2018. They can be any posts at all that you are proud of.
7 Things You Loved The Most About 2018 Whether you visited somewhere, or just had one of those moments you will never forget, if you loved it, list it!
7 Things You Are Looking Forward to in 2019.Whether those plans are set in stone or you something you would like to do this year, share with us.
In theory I’m supposed to tag another seven bloggers to take part but what I’m actually going to do is say – hey, if you want to then do!
7 Favourite Blog Posts from 2018
I always find it hard to look back over a year and pick out favourite posts – I end up spending ages looking through things I’d forgotten I’d even written! I recently wrote a post about my most viewed blog posts of 2018 but these are not necessarily my favourites or even ones which were written in 2018. So, in no particular order, here’s my seven favourite blog posts of 2018:
Google Keep – 10 Reasons you need to use it now!
Learning Personal Survival Skills During Swim Academy Pyjama Week
Timber Festival 2018 – Family Festival Review
Just So Festival 2018 – Our Highlights
Twenty Reasons why you should book Holiday Village Tenerife
Top Tips for Visiting Siam Park With Kids
Supply Teaching – Six ways to get re-booked
7 Things I Loved Most About 2018
2018 was a pretty lovely year all things considered – we travelled a lot (more than we had expected), got a few jobs done around the house (though perhaps not as many as planned) and spent a lot of time with friends and family. I could list so many great things about 2018 but the things which came to mind first were;
1. Seeing my best friend get married to a very lovely man and having a really wonderful time celebrating them.
2. Realising I could speak more French then I thought and that holidaying with our team is definitely a lot easier than it used to be
3. Our first all inclusive family holiday
4. Seeing all three kids grow in confidence in the swimming pool
5. Finding a school I really love to work in on a regular basis
6. All the sunshine
7. Festival fun with friends
(It would appear, from this list, that the summer months were my favourite!)
7 Things I am Looking Forward to in 2019
I feel like on the whole, 2019 should be quite a settled year for us – though voicing that out loud does seem a little risky! Looking ahead we have some lovely plans for the year but there’s no big changes to our routine forecast – everyone is in full time school, Dave and I are both pretty settled in our working arrangements and we have no plans to move house or add to our family – of course I could be looking back on this in six to twelve month’s time and wondering what on earth I was thinking but for now I’m feeling pretty content heading into the new year.
So, seven things I’m looking forward to in 2019 – the first four are all travel related unsurprisingly; taking Ben to Alton Towers for his “coming of height” trip with Aunty Custard and Uncle Chris, a family holiday to the South of France with Eurocamp in May half term, a summer villa holiday (location as yet undecided!) and a child free trip to the Minori for a good friend’s 40th birthday party. And then the final three are more home based – we’re hoping to finally get on top of our garden and have an artificial lawn laid, I’m looking forward to the living room finally being finished now that we’ve removed the fireplace (I’ve hated it for the last decade) and last but I’m just looking forward to enjoying my family as they are.
