January Birthdays, Thank You's and a Little Reflection

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These amazing people all have birthdays in January!

maja_li, teganscrush, missymoo83, galidor, brissygirl, oncelikeshari, marianna_merlo, eevilalice, teenageworrier, hd_my_otp, citrus_lime, hallowdraconis, merb14, aigooism, delphipsmith, faithwood, yazzigazzi, dariuchka, chosenfire28, blamebrampton, oxoniensis, njphelps, cimmonade_91

And for you, I have four Blackadders and a cake, because delphipsmith is not only a fan of all his incarnations, she has also been a drinking buddy good friend of mine for over 30 years.




And I’d like to thank these folks who all sent me (gingerbread)men to put in my mouth as well as other sparkly pretty things:

delphipsmith, winter_june, arineat, joan_waterhouse, demicus, capitu, nenne, cassie_black12, knowmefirst, sassy_cissa, sesheta_66, vampira6, dysonrules, groolover, vic_vega66, frayach, fireflavored.

And to everyone who sent me gorgeous fic, cards, art (lordy, thank you again, mayfly_78!), pressies, and well-wishes…







Last year, my New Year’s Resolutions (which are always either whimsical or practical or both) were to be more consistent with a skin-care regime and to get a few juicy celeb tweets back to me.

Between Clinique & L’Occitane I achieved the first, and now actually make an effort to remove my make-up every night, use night cream and pamper my skin daily, including drinking lots more water - which wasn't easy considering I was on diuretics for half the year! LOL! My skin is much happier and ever-so-much clearer. (Coming off most of the other cardiac drugs probably helped too.) Today I ventured out without make-up and was told I looked 35 by someone who a) wasn’t trying to sell me something and b) wasn’t trying to pick me up (sadly, ‘cause she was gorgeous).

I think I can safely say that I also achieved and perhaps even surpassed the second of my resolutions, the highlight (for my husband at least) being told he was in a worthy career by Mark Ruffalo. (I have another favourite celeb experience, but you’re sick of hearing about him, so I’ll shut up about that.)

This year’s resolutions are: to stay out of my overdraft – or rather, the part of it where I start getting charged interest, and get all the fiddly little health things that got put on hold by my dicky ticker sorted. This means getting my [now] missing tooth replaced, another arthroscopy on my knee (which needs doing every 10 years till I’m old enough to get it replaced) and a couple other minor but irritating things.

So, between that, the overhaul of my job (as well as the entire NHS), plus looking for and buying a new house, I think that’s enough for the year to come.

Thank you again for all your support during an interesting 2012 and a very Happy New Year to everyone on my flist! Xx