New Zealand beaches are so awesome. Hard to beat. My husband and I have just returned from about 3 weeks from holidaying at various beaches – Raglan, Orewa, and Cook’s. As much as I love holidays and the beach the highlights of holiday times are often the people you meet and spend time with.

Alan, my husband, loves cycling, kayaking, running..I love a good book and meeting people. Met up with fiends we hadn’t seen for about a decade at a market day and spend quality time with lots of special friends – memorable times.

Now it’s time to make my goals happen and step into the year with great expectation of all that is going to happen. I will be attending a Youth With a Mission jubilee at Bethlehem, Tauranga next week and then I have art classes for adults’ and children coming up on the 22nd and 23rd January.

“If it is to be it’s up to me” has been one of my favourite quotes for years. May this year be your best year yet!