2012 - What's ahead?

If you go by facebook - 2011 looks as though it was the worst year on record, I notice a lot of people's negative posts about the year that was - maybe because they had a break up from a boyfriend or two, or maybe they didn't get what they wanted. Granted there are a few friends of mine that have a right to say they had a bad year - they lost loved ones, they lost their house in a disaster, they have had sick kids all year or they have lost a child. Sadly it's not these people complaining. Your year in a lot of cases is what you make of it. You determine how good or bad it is by what you focus on - focus on the positive and your year was a great one and chances are 2012 will be even better. Your life can be as great or as bad as you want it to be in a lot of cases. I forgot about the negative things that happened in 2011 when looking back and thought we had a fantastic year - then someone points out the negatives of that year and it turned out to be an average year.........but I won't focus on the negatives of surgeries and heartache....I want to be a positive role model for my kids.
A good friend of mine went to hell and back earlier last year and her outcome for the year was positive and inspirational at that...I love that I have so many positive people in my life. I have cut a lot of negative out in the last 12-18mths and it has been a huge weight lifted.
Our 2011 was -

• Hayley's first year of school and did brilliantly
• Charlie's first full year of Kindy,
• Hayley learnt to swim
• Charlie had his tonsils and adenoids out and for that is now a much better sleeper
• a year of realisation that 2012 is going to be huge with the clearance of debt
• our first year of our sea change which saw me make some truly beautiful friends
• my first year on a P&C committee
• Matt getting a job in the role he has worked hard for. 
• The start of our camping collection - ready for our adventures
• Discovery of hidden gems/places that not many people experience
• Witnessing friends get married
• Lots of new babies arrived around us.
• Matt and I celebrated our 5th wedding anniversary. 
• Hayley had her first sleepover
• My business flourished
• And perhaps a little bit of miracle news of our own

So many great things - the rest I can't quite think of at the moment.......so what will 2012 bring? whilst I can't tell most of it as I am not phsychic, I know for certain

• We will celebrate Mum's 50th with her this month.
• Hayley will turn 6 in January and complete year one this year
•  Charlie will turn 4 in April and finish Preschool ready to start prep
• Charlie will learn how to swim
• Hayley will learn how to ride her bike without training wheels
• We will camp at least once
• We will clear a debt that has been over our heads for 8years collectively. 
• My business will grow further
• And we may buy our first home at last.
• We will have more babies around us = many friends having babies early in the year :)

What else will 2012 bring is anyone's guess, but we are excited for the coming year for all that's above and more and it will bring far more positive than negative again. What will your 2012 bring?