I cannot believe it is already Christmas Eve, December has flown by in the same way as the rest of 2018.

Our plans today include visiting a local village and check out their lighting display. Every year the cul-de-sac is lit up by Christmas lights and they also raise money for charity. I visited with my brother last time I was home for Christmas and just loved it so it is time to take the Aussie. I think this will set us up perfectly for the rest of the festive period.

I will hopefully share some photos of our Christmas Eve after Christmas, but here are some photos I took last time we visited the lights show.

After the lights I am hoping that we can go to Midnight Mass at the beautiful old church in the town where I grew up. The Aussie and I went last time he was in the UK with me and it was a lovely experience and way to end Christmas Eve / start Christmas Day. I’m not sure who will be coming but I know me and my Mum will definitely be there.

Then it will be time to begin Christmas Day which will be sent at home with my Mum and Dad and my brother will be coming over for lunch which will be the perfect family Christmas, especially with the Aussie with us as well.

At the start of the year I posted about my plans for 2018 which you can find here.

Getting towards the year I have been reflecting on my year and whether I have achieved everything I wanted, if I didn’t why not and what do I want for my 2019.

1) Goal Weight – my goal weight / fitness plans have been a bit fluid this year. I am below the goal weight I wanted right at the start of getting fitter and healthier and I am also a smaller dress size than I hoped / expected to be. I am about 10kg away from my ideal dream weight at the moment I think. I plan on having skin removal surgery sooner rather than later which should get me to about 5kg away from the goal weight and then I will assess what the goal actually should be and is achievable.

2) Take part in the following events:

a) Triathlon Pink event – I was signed up for this event but didn’t feel anywhere near ready to complete this event still. I don’t know if/when I will ever do it but it is a nice aim to keep in the background;
b) Twilight Marathon – I was signed up for the 5km event but due to circumstances was unable to participate. I will keep my eye out for it in 2019 and hopefully will manage it.
c) Gold Run 2018 – This one I did, it was hard work doing 5km in the middle of summer but I loved it!
d) I wanted to participate in the RSPCA’s Million Paws Walk which I did, Colour Run which I did and the Leukaemia Foundations Light the Night walk which I didn’t do but I did do Bridge to Brisbane, the MS Moonlight Walk and a few others.

3) Visit Sydney – I did this with my family for the first time ever and I loved the place. I wrote about it here, here, here and here and intend to get back again in the not to distant future.

I have to say I had a blast this year which is reflected in my blog and It is difficult to even narrow down the best moments because I have had so many. Now I just have to try and suss out what I want to aim for in 2019.