It has been a good year for us, for which we are forever thankful. Today, as 2025 struggles to draw its last breaths, I was up at 6:15. It gave me a quiet 90 minutes before Di came down. Ellie wasn't due to arrive until 11-ish. Having prepared a tea for Di, I grabbed a shower and then headed out on my morning walk. I was out for just over an hour and completed the challenge I had set myself - to walk 100 miles over the month. In fact, when I checked, I had completed 1482 miles during the year and listened to 28 audiobooks. My total book count for the year (including the audiobooks) was 148.
Once I was back home, I grabbed breakfast and got on with some domestic chores. The temperature outside had soared to a balmy 1 °C, having started the day at 0 °C. Ellie was dropped off and, though it was 11:30, asked if she could have breakfast. We had her brunch!
The afternoon was spent preparing the week's shopping list and then heading to Sainsbury's to fulfil the list. When we got home and unloaded, I had thought we would get some Kindle time. It didn't happen. I had decided to make chicken and bacon pie in red wine gravy for dinner. When I worked out the timings, it was clear I had to start immediately so that the filling had time to cool down. The recipe, gleaned from ChatGPT, was easy to follow and turned out to be absolutely delicious. I have made a copy so that I can make it again next time I have some leftover chicken and leftover wine.
That's the final entry for 2025. It has been a good year for our family.
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