One Year on.....

This time last year I was in a very different mood than the one I find myself in tonight. This time last year I was full of uncertainty and lacking direction. It wasn't a good place to be and at times I wondered if things would ever improve. Tonight I am full of reflection. I wrote THIS blog post after new year, I was trying to be positive and in someways it was a note to myself, so that if I felt myself slipping I could read it & remember that I had to make things better.

So here I am writing my first blog post for a very long time (sorry about that!) thinking how much my life  our lives have changed, one year on.

On October 31st all the hard work of the previous 8 months paid off and we opened the doors to our Coffee shop called......Chouxchouxbedoo! What else!?!

I'd love to tell you it all went swimmingly, that it was great fun & we loved every minute but I'd be lying if I did!
Getting to where were are today took months & months of blood, sweat & tears & back breaking hard word & sacrifices from all of us. There were so many times when I thought it would all get too much, that this next hurdle would be one too many but we kept plodding on and kept believing we'd get there one day and get there, we did. Admittedly we put off the 'Grand Opening' several times & every time someone asked when we'd be opening all I could reply was "soon". But eventually, finally, soon came and we opened our doors to family and friends to show them and share with them what all the fuss had been about.

There are still little bits that need finishing in the shop and still things that we need to get to grips with, but we have a steady flow of customers, many wonderful regulars and we really are doing what we set out to do all those months ago!

2012 hasn't been kind to many of my friends, it's taken loved ones, shattered hopes and dreams, caused worry and heartache and left them aching to see the back of it, exactly how I felt about 2011.
I faced my 2012 with a determination to be positive & boy did it test me at times!!

So I guess my hope this New Years Eve is that those of you who didn't have the best time in 2012 will have a wonderful 2013, and that some, if not all of your hopes and dreams come true. And to those of you who had a good 2012, I hope your 2013 is just as good if not better!
Even when we get what we wish for, it can still be a challenge as many of us know!
So here's to rising to the challenges, what ever they may be & wishing you all a very Happy, Healthy & Prosperous New Year xxxxx Cheers! xx