Happy 2014!

So after a week of chilling up at the Lake and stacking on the kilos with Christmas festivities, the boys and I decided to have New Years Eve at home with a movie marathon. The deal was that we had to watch movies we hadn't seen before and that we could choose two movies each… that's 6 movies. I decided that we would start our cinematic sit-down at 4pm, assuming all the movies ran for about 90-100 minutes, and that would take us through to midnight… boy was I wrong!

We also decided that we would have a different food with each of the movies, which when we put them all together, sounded horrible, but when you have a two hour break between each one, it's not so bad. So here is a taste of our program for the evening with corresponding foods:

Esylium - with English Muffins (a bit of an afternoon tea appetiser)
Knowing - with chicken Korma and rice (the main meal)
Jobs - with Strawberries and Jelly (for 'S'teve 'J'obs)
The Heat - with Hot Fudge Sundae (as a 2nd dessert)
Pain and Gain - with Popcorn and finally
The World's End - with White Chocolate

Believe it or not, we did do a Google search on names of foods starting with 'E' K' 'J' 'H' 'P' & 'W' and they were the most liked, and easiest to make without missing out much of the movies.

Not realising that most of the movies were actually over 2 hours long, we were only coming to the end of 'The Heat' when midnight turned over. We started watching 'Pain and Gain', but our heads were nodding, and by 1.23am the night was over with 1.5 movies to go (and some White Chocolate). So we're going to finish our movie marathon in the morning.

As for 2014, I have many resolutions - especially to focus on finding balance in all aspects of my life and be happy, to be discovered as an author and be published, nurture my boys in their education and aspirations, have courage, stop being so hard on myself and just appreciate the positive aspects in my life. I do not know what adventures we will have, what inspirational moments or what each day will bring, but I know that, as a wise 40 year old, I have no expectations and I can only live each day the best that I can. Happy New Year everyone! I hope it's a blast! xx