Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!

Seasidegal58

Just popping in very quickly to wish all my wonderful MSE friends a very happy New Year and a prosperous, healthy and peaceful 2025. 

See you all on the other side!❤️🥳🎉

OpalGirl

Happy New Year @Seasidegal58. I hope 2025 is a good one for you!

debtfreeoneday

Happy New Year 

Justcrackingonwithit

Happy New Year to you too!  Hope you've had a good one in Scotland with your family x

beanielou

Happy new year xx

redofromstart

Happy New Year to you.  

milann

Hope all the ickyness passes quickly for you.
How long is the train journey……that’s some distance you’re travelling?
Happy New Year 🥂

Seasidegal58

Thank you @OpalGirl, @debtfreeoneday, @Justcrackingonwithit, @beanielou, @redofromstart and @milann. ❤️
Milann - the rail journey is a London - North of England return. It'll take just under two hours each way as it's a semi-fast service so not so bad time wise. 

We had a quiet, but very relaxing New Year's Eve. DD prepared a really tasty dinner and we had dessert and bubbly whilst watching the third Lord of the Rings film and toasted in the New Year. 

It snowed last night and we've had flurries on and off today in between blue skies, but it's very cold. I finally saw my first wintry red/orange sunset since I've been up here!
I did my first Pilates session of the New Year this morning and afterwards updated my 2025 wall calendar with birthdays, events, etc, ready to take home. I always get one as a Christmas present - it's an Angela Harding calendar as I love her beautiful nature artwork. I always buy one of her Advent Calendars too. We will probably start watching the new Harlen Coben thriller tonight on Netflix. I'm going to save the Veras and binge watch them!

2025 'INTENTIONS'
Whilst reading one of the lovely @in_need_of_direction's posts on her diary, she mentioned that she would be making New Year 'intentions' rather than 'resolutions' this year, which I think is an ideal mindset for me as well as my 'resolutions' always fall by the wayside.  I've not got a list, but want to carry on losing weight until I reach a healthy body size and up my exercise programme a little as the pounds come off. I also want to make a point of enjoying myself as much as I can in my retirement years and continue doing the things and seeing the people that I enjoy being with and are important to me. It's a loose programme but a continuation of what I've been doing already mostly and one that I'm happy with!👍

milann

I’ve also set myself an intention to ‘enjoy life’……so far so good in 2025.
A friend of a similar age - just retired - suggested these are probably the best years of our lives. We don’t have the commitments we use to have, have time to enjoy things and if we choose what we do (not everything that gives enjoyment is too costly) we can enjoy and appreciate life to the full. This really struck a chord with me 😜

Seasidegal58

That's such good advice from your friend @milann and - true....😀

The snow  melted overnight here as it rained and just left patches of ice on the grass but it's still very icy on the roads and the hills and mountains are still snowy. It's bitterly cold as well. 🥶

This afternoon we drove out to a nearby village with two of the neighbours and had coffee and cake. The little cafe was packed and the car spaces nearly full, although I think quite a few walkers were about. 

Late afternoon we were treated to this beautiful winter sunset: