adversecamber: a quick catchup

We've been in New Zealand for over 12 months now, and yet another new year dawns with many previous and ancient resolutions stagnant and/or unfulfilled.

I'm not a big fan of new year, as it brings the realisation that yet another cycle has passed without the following taking place:

Weight loss - it's been 20 years now that I've been unhappy with my mass and dimensions, and that's far too long to be continually pissed off.
Getting fit - it goes hand-in-hand with the weight loss, but this year made me realise that even back in the day I wasn't really fit; so why I thought I could go from zero to a football tournament is beyond me.
Writing - ideas by the score pop into my head and are duly noted in various books and journals. The making notes is a good thing, the failure to do anything with them is a bad thing.
Poetry - okay, it's a subset of writing, but I've not completed a poem for at least 6 years (and probably closer to 10) and each time I attempt to update youthinkthisisntme.com a little bit of me dies inside.

However it's not all bad - so many good things have happened this year including (but not limited to):

Living in New Zealand - we really love it here and feel part of the Sumner community. It's a welcoming and social place full of families like us and people have gone out of their way to make us feel incredibly welcome (even though we're yet another gang of poms!)
The kids - seeing them adapt and grow here, as well as adding another year under their collective belts, fills us both full of pride. Even in this short year there have been many 'firsts' that we won't forget.
Moving house - we left our previous rental and are now renting 'up the hill' and the views are worth the hill-walking and the 50+ steps. It's the kind of house you never get bored of coming home to and one where we know we'll enjoy entertaining.

Like it says in the title it's only a quick catchup, but my new year resolution is 'no resolutions, but must try harder'...