Annie and I go for a post-Christmas walk

Hope you like our hats!

As John Lennon’s lyrics almost said;

‘And so that was Christmas’

This year Christmas seemed to come and go very quickly.

I am not sure if it is a feature of advancing years but I have struggled this week to remember which day of the week it is. I now realise it is Friday and I have not posted anything on Simplicity Blog since last Sunday.

Annie and I spent much of the Christmas time in the house relaxing and generally 'chilling out' as my children would say – I’m still not quite sure what that means exactly.

Today Annie persuaded me it would be a good idea for us to get some exercise. So we decided to go for a walk. We donned our waterproofs and went for a lovely walk of about 4 miles in continuous rain. We stopped half way for a well deserved glass of red wine in a local pub. Unsurprisingly we met only one other person out for a walk in the entire 4 miles. After the walk we decided a chicken and mushroom pie and chips from our chippie in the village was a good idea.

We’ve made a pledge that exercise is going to be a high priority for us both in 2008. I need to lose 28 pounds.

We hope to run our first half-marathon in 2008 and we still have an ambition to run our first marathon in 2009.

I hope everyone who visits Simplicity Blog had a terrific Christmas and I guess we now have a few more days of disorientation as we head to the New Year Celebrations.

What do you think about New Year resolutions and have you made any yet?