new year , new beginnings

Well, christmas came and went in a flash for me as i was working for most of it,i made the dinner for 12 people , 3 of which were vegetarians and it all seemed to go quite smoothly, my eldest son was amazed that i held myself together as he half expected me to be in a state of manic chaos...
New years eve was a chance for me to let my hair down and have a drink and a good time, we were up at the village hall for the new year eve and we had taken all our own food , there was a bar and a disco, the hall was packed to capacity as it was the first time an event for new year had ever been held in it.Everyone had made an effort to dress up and my mother and her partner joined us, lots of dancing a lots to drink and the midnight hour came in with Auld Lang Syne and party poppers and kisses all round, it was a lovely evening ,
Next day stephen and i went out for a drive in the car and ended up at Bakewell in the Peak District, it really is a pretty town in a beautiful location and we ambled by the river and watched people feeding the ducks , afterwards we headed off to Hathersage again in the Peak National Park , where we stopped off at the milldale pub and had a warming meal.
The holiday for our youngest son and his girlfriend is almost overand back to university again for him down in London, it was nice having them to stay, our eldest son the language teacher is back at school on Monday , back into the thick of it again , hubby went back to work this week and i am starting on the early shift at 6 am in the morning, the weather is bitterly cold and there i8s a virus sweeping the country at the moment Norovirus, lots of vomiting and upset stomaches , so no doubt we will all be busy on our shifts dealing with poorly folks suspecting they have the virus!!!
Had a lovely e mail from a friend that we met in India, Francine who lives in Australia, she is busy travelling as usual , and hopefully coming to England in April , so it will be great to catch up with her again.
As to new years resolutions , well i didnt really make any , but instead made a wish that all my family members are kept well and happy throughout the year,

cold, cold ,cold!

Hello,
My goodness the weather has taken a turn for the worse, it is so cold , i heard on the weather news this morning that some places in england will be down to -9 degrees today and that is seriously cold !!!
went to Sheffield yesterday to meet our youngest son and his girlfriend , they are presently living in London , so have come north for Christmas, she is from Japan, and her family roots are Bhuddist so don't really celebrate Christmas like we do here.
They both decorated the tree and there was much excitement as we took all the decorations out of the boxes to put on the real tree,we have seen them so many times ,but Yuriko had never seen them so there was great delight and much laughter as we had a glass of wine or two to help proceedings along, Christmas music in the background and at last we began to feel festive.
Our other son and his partner are coming over on Christmas morning and other family members are coming for a get together and some food and games and present giving.

New Beginnings

Hello to all of you out there,
Well i am new to blogging so i thought i had better get started,so i guess i should say that i am going to put news and views of my everyday life and see how that goes for starters, probably bore you to tears, but i will give it a go.

I am a paramedic in Dewsbury West Yorkshire, England

Jill Allen, HUDDERSFIELD,