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Trying to be more consistent this year!

HOME: I've started the Great Bedroom clear up. It's going to take a while!

HEALTH: my sleep patterns have been a bit erratic this last week and a bit. I'm waking around 3am and finding it difficult to get back to sleep.

LIFE ADMIN: nope.

DIGITAL DECLUTTER: email is down to 11,000, phone images desperately need sorting.

GARDENING/ALLOTMENTING: nope - too cold!

COOKING/EATING: I've eaten most of the Christmas food. Today I'm making a big veg curry with leftover veg and a big batch of bolognese sauce which will feed me most of the coming week. Then there's half a pannetone, a small Christmas pudding and a bowl of fruit to go.

READING/LISTENING: read Lessons in Love, book 1 of the Cambridge Fellows Mysteries by Charlie Cochrane. Edwardian murder mysteries. She's describes her books as "mysteries with a dash of slash". I wanted a gentle, short, fun read to get me back into the habit and these are it.

WATCHING: Still not caught up on Stranger Things and haven't started Heated Rivalry. I sort of watched the most recent Ghostbuster's film, Ghostbuster's Frozen Empire and found it very formulaic.

CREATING/LEARNING: crochet club recommences on 9th. I've got one round to do to finish my current blanket. Then I need to block the original granny square and Halloween blankets and stich them together. Then I can start on the utterly mad boho blanket.

CATS: all good.

VOLUNTEERING: first meeting of 2026 is tonight.

SOCIALISING: Zoom catch up with friends online but no in person socialising.

WORK: none since 19 December and I really, really needed the break!

I was a bit distracted over the last few days (elbows deep in a big clear up and sort out) and came back online this morning to see The Orange Twat has bombed a country and kidnapped its present. Happy effing 2006.

I do not like this timeline.

In more mundane news I'm back at work on Monday (boo) but will be working from the ex's (yey) finishing up some laundry.

I've had a delightfully relaxing Christmas break involving lots of sleep, watching lots of TV and starting a few new books and finishing crocheting another blanket.

I've barely left the flat since Christmas Day and am feeling so much better for it.

I have a few plans and goals for 2026 which will make for a separate post.

And because it's January I've just started the current round of the #orjenise100 hosted by orjenise over on Instagram. Get rid of 100 items during the month - she gives a simple daily prompt to encourage 10-15 minutes of decluttering. It's a low stress way the clear things. The last couple of rounds I've ousted 300-500 things - and yet my flat is still full!

Today's task is 5 items from the wardrobe - so off I go to find those.