Looking Back On 2014
At the end of last year I looked back at life stuff and posts from 2013 and I have decided to do that again this year. Also, I can’t be the only one who is amazed that its going to be 2015 in 3 weeks. It doesn’t feel like January was a whole 12 months ago.
GETTING A PUPPY
The year started out with looking for a puppy. We named him Alfie. The first time we went to see him, he undid my shoelaces then chewed on my hand for 10 minutes.
So freaking cute. Also if you were wondering the girl in the photo is my sister.
My Ovarian Cyst Story was the longest and scariest thing I have ever written. And I was totally amazed by the internets reaction to it. I’ve had a lot of people tell me how brave I am for writing this and honestly it wasn’t an act of bravery. It was me trying to get over what had happened. I mean I got CFS from worrying so much about surgery. But in a selfish way I’m glad I have this now as I can go back and read it in 20 years. I wrote more about the after effects of surgery and living with CFS in Annoyed, I Am Not My Illness and Unemployed.
TINY WATERCOLOURS
I also tried to do more art stuff in 2014, with posts like My Favourite Things, The Road Goes On, What’s In My Sketchbook and Tiny Watercolours. There is hopefully going to be more posts like this in 2015 and I know many people have asked about me selling some of my work and that should be coming in 2015 too. Hopefully.
BOOK REVIEWS
Before I had this blog I made videos about books on youtube. The Silo Series by Hugh Howey may not be the best review I’ve written but it marked the beginning of me going back to writing more about books. I don’t have many people I can talk to about books and its nice having somewhere I can write about the books I liked. Or didn’t like.
I started my Currently Reading series where I share what I’ve been reading over the week. This is a really easy way of being able to talk about the books I enjoyed without having to write a full review of them.
November and the 30 Day Book Challenge was very hectic, even with planning ahead (I started writing posts in October), but in the end I managed to post every day in November. I actually really enjoyed posting every day and going into December I had itchy fingers from not pressing that Publish button. I would love at some point to be able to publish new content every day however can’t at the moment without becoming unwell.
MORE LIKE THIS: Looking Back On 2015
In all, this was another crazy year and I have no doubt that 2015 will be the exact same. I just want to thank everyone for reading and following this thing I call a blog.
Wishing you a very merry Christmas.
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17 Comments
shazzameena
I’ve gained so much from following your blog. My friends have also, as I’ve passed on book recommendations. Thank you!
bluchickenninja
You honestly have no idea how much it means to me that you read the stuff I recommend. I have problems just getting my sister to read a book I liked and the fact that you would go out and buy something just because I said it was good is frankly amazing.
shazzameena
I have been recommending ‘The Rosie Project’ to anyone who’ll listen. I’m currently enjoying ‘The Cuckoo’s Calling’ – having finished ‘Fangirl’ 🙂
bluchickenninja
I love The Cuckoo’s Calling. I gave it to my dad to read but now I’m slightly worried I won’t get it back.
Victo Dolore
Merry Christmas!
Dagny
Merry Christmas, Emma! It looks like Alfie is taking life easy.
Wishing all the best for you in 2015 and some relief from Chronic Fatigue. You’re a brave young woman.
bluchickenninja
Thank you!
Anke
Merry Christmas, I hope your 2015 will be great. Love your blog! 🙂
bluchickenninja
Hope you have a good 2015 too!
dynasticqueen
Happy holidays and a prosperous New Year to you. I really appreciate how much you share of yourself with us all, when you don’t know us from Adam. Thanks. ^_^
bluchickenninja
Thank you!
Michael
Retrospection is a good thing.
AdventureHen
I really like your review. It really focuses on the positives – who wants to remember the crappy things of the past? Your post left me with a smile and confidence.
bluchickenninja
I can assure you that was not intentional. Glad you liked it!
bluchickenninja
I liked Wool. One thing that annoyed me is that it was written as a series of short stories and it really doesn’t feel like one cohesive story but overall I enjoyed it.
Eva Wilson
I’ve really enjoyed reading your blog. I’m glad I decided not to be scared to read more blogs 🙂 Thanks for being you!
bluchickenninja
Thank you 😀