January 12th
I have been a poor blogger indeed but have promised myself to be better this year.  Once again I am anticipating a trip to Green Mountain and look forward to sharing the details with those who read this.I also hope to use this blog as a way to make sure that nobody could possibly think that retirement is the end of everything but rather the beginning of a very exciting time of your life.  I think I have said before that there is so much to do out there that it is never necessary to be lonely or bored.

After my visit to GM last year I made my health a priority and have managed to go from not walking at all to managing nearly 3 miles.  Better still, I believe in myself and although I know that my arthritis will finally dictate just how far I can go, I no longer let it stop me even trying.  In fact my goal for 2014 is to try to get up to 4 miles.  Also, as I tend to walk rather slowly at the moment, I would like to get up to at least a 20 minute mile.

I plan to have a little go at knitting this year, hoping to hold the arthritis  in my fingers at bay a bit.  I have some lovely patterns for knitted nursery rhyme characters, the Clangers and Nativity figures and I think one of these will go with me to Green Mountain where weekend time can hang a bit heavily on your hands if you haven't got something to do.  (I like to have a break from exercising on the weekend there and do not make guest appearances on treadmills or other machines!!