2013 happened to be a rather busy year for me really.
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I made rash resolutions, including going teetotal for a year , although I didn’t achieve all of them I had a last try (that failed too). Roxy the dog came and went . I went on holiday with 9 other bloggers which was surreal but great fun!
I went on a weekend away to Hollin Hall Hotel. Took part in a swap. We found Lincoln and welcomed him into our lives. We started dog training and made some good progress.
I Took up running and started competing in local 10k races , started the Running Commentary series, pondered my fitness motivation, ran a 5k road race, ran a few more 10k races, tried to fathom how to keep maintain fitness all year round
![Felbrigg3 Felbrigg3](//lh6.ggpht.com/--jxA_sxZiuA/UsJt30jgSSI/AAAAAAAAWz4/1ymqKnjLcsE/Felbrigg3_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800)
We cooked at home regularly and ate out at The Olive Tree, Browns Kitchen (twice), as one of my Christmas presents I went to Pudding Night at Elveden I visited plenty of local sights: Blickling Estate, Felbrigg Hall, Houghton on the Hill, the Broads, the coast , Hingham, Poppy’s Wood, went to Thetford Forest.
Took an interest in beauty blogging, had a bash at baking and again.
The flowers in our garden bloomed beautifully, I vlogged (nobody cared), I ventured to London to see the only band I would go there for: Muse, took a holiday, headed to a family wedding and had a brilliant time at The Household Cavalry Open Day
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Did you notice the total blog revamp? It took a while. Photoshop elements and I met, and had a party I started Photo Show & Tell for a while before I accepted that it wasn’t taking off. There was a local Bloggers cocktail party in Norwich , a family friend's wedding in September.
In Autumn I took plenty of walks in the sunshine, I tried to take my camera everywhere endeavoured to make myself cheerful by putting some autumnal touches to our home, found a woodland wonderland, explored a Bronze age site, explored Peterborough…
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Had a blogging wobble but perked up again. It turns out I bought quite a few new clothes (oops) but had great fun with putting together outfits all year.
\Here is to a brilliant 2014!
PS. This post took me an eternity to compile and only includes links to around a sixth of this year’s posts.
Sophie
![SONY DSC SONY DSC](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-eIP8hYw5JRI/UsJt0zB5WLI/AAAAAAAAWzY/2VCbUXY7Hh8/autumn8_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800)
I made rash resolutions, including going teetotal for a year , although I didn’t achieve all of them I had a last try (that failed too). Roxy the dog came and went . I went on holiday with 9 other bloggers which was surreal but great fun!
![Blickling Hall8 Blickling Hall8](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-SspETWt5h5U/UsJt2fkANkI/AAAAAAAAWzo/z2RkexjhaRc/Blickling-Hall8_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800)
I Took up running and started competing in local 10k races , started the Running Commentary series, pondered my fitness motivation, ran a 5k road race, ran a few more 10k races, tried to fathom how to keep maintain fitness all year round
![Felbrigg3 Felbrigg3](http://lh6.ggpht.com/--jxA_sxZiuA/UsJt30jgSSI/AAAAAAAAWz4/1ymqKnjLcsE/Felbrigg3_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800)
We cooked at home regularly and ate out at The Olive Tree, Browns Kitchen (twice), as one of my Christmas presents I went to Pudding Night at Elveden I visited plenty of local sights: Blickling Estate, Felbrigg Hall, Houghton on the Hill, the Broads, the coast , Hingham, Poppy’s Wood, went to Thetford Forest.
![Felbrigg6 Felbrigg6](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-a58ZBktHIy0/UsJt5X5s0lI/AAAAAAAAW0I/YWwfOHyRuB0/Felbrigg6_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800)
The flowers in our garden bloomed beautifully, I vlogged (nobody cared), I ventured to London to see the only band I would go there for: Muse, took a holiday, headed to a family wedding and had a brilliant time at The Household Cavalry Open Day
![june7 june7](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-K66wNrOcEZI/UsJt6wZjPQI/AAAAAAAAW0Y/RuMPnmDOV7k/june7_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800)
Did you notice the total blog revamp? It took a while. Photoshop elements and I met, and had a party I started Photo Show & Tell for a while before I accepted that it wasn’t taking off. There was a local Bloggers cocktail party in Norwich , a family friend's wedding in September.
![KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA](http://lh3.ggpht.com/-67D1MF93u0I/UsJt8ZaPgCI/AAAAAAAAW0o/CtKeIOL9HGo/Autumn5_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800)
![hcmr4 hcmr4](http://lh5.ggpht.com/-uljEMHD_ahE/UsJt-AUeF2I/AAAAAAAAW04/DSlVvhLRPX0/hcmr4_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800)
Had a blogging wobble but perked up again. It turns out I bought quite a few new clothes (oops) but had great fun with putting together outfits all year.
![KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA KONICA MINOLTA DIGITAL CAMERA](http://lh4.ggpht.com/-jXMKgh0vaS8/UsJt_wbuKMI/AAAAAAAAW1I/ffsgzDjoIk8/showandtell5_thumb1.jpg?imgmax=800)
PS. This post took me an eternity to compile and only includes links to around a sixth of this year’s posts.
Sophie