What a difference a year makes.......................and what are you looking forward to in the next year?

Hmmm, probably not the best day for me to answer this as I'm feeling a bit blue and probably won't have a balanced outlook on it.

What's changed? Moved - twice. Changed job - twice. Split up with fiance.

As for the next year - I just want things to get better. I'm trying to be better at keeping in contact with friends. And there are a few people in my life at the moment who just make me feel really sad all the time, and I want to figure out how to make it work or how to be strong enough to cut ties with them.

Nice to see you back, I've been wondering how you've been getting on. Glad you are feeling positive and I think some single time is exactly what you needed to get your head straight. Just means that the next man you find will hopefully be the right one as you'll be in the right frame of mind when you start looking!

Hmmm, the next year. Well I'm looking forward to doing my OU course although a little nervous about it too! Looking forward to our house being just ours again, although having LG has been nice and the money has certainly helped it's time we all moved on and MrSC and I could do with having some space again. I'm looking forward to getting a bike on the cycle scheme through work and hopefully getting fit riding to and from work!

Hiya, glad things have picked up for you

not much has changed for me, other than getting married?

this next year will hopefully involve moving house!

I'm really pleased that things have worked out for you and you sound so positive about the future.

The past year has been eventful.... marriage and baby due Sunday, but the next year or so is going to be very different as we'll be a family of 3!

Quite a lot has changed for me in the past year as i'm now married!!

It can't be a year already surely? Has time really gone that fast?

In the past year Ive moved twice, H got made redundant after the first move and we got married.

This past year has been the best for me in a very, very long time ?

I have got my own house, lost over a stone, gone down a dress size, feel comfortable in myself, have a lovely, lovely boyfriend and I haven't been happier ?

Good to 'see' you again PH ?

The past year was eventful and quite fabulous really as I got married and realised a long time dream of visiting Sri Lanka, my sister got married and is now 8 months pregnant, I got a great new job and Villa finished 6th in the league giving us a shot at European football so lots going on.

The next 12-months are likely to bring more change as we will be moving to a new area, my H is looking for a new job, my new niece or nephew will shortly be arriving and I'm looking forward to a good season with progress in Europe (although if Saturday is anything to go by, the players don't share my aspirations)

A year?

Last August I was a newlywed. Now I've been married a year and I couldn't be happier.

My nephew was a few days old - he is now walking.

I used to have a waist - I don't any more because I am 7 and a half months pregnant. ?

My house is less full of crap than it was, because I am in the middle of throwing it out.

Lol @ Emsy Truff. MrHalo is a villa fan. He shares your pain.

I'm less well off financially but much happier as a person than i was this time last year. Most of this is down to selling up and moving off an estate into quite possibly our dream house. For years all we've wanted in a granite cottage with character and that's exactly what we've got.

Okay so we've got a bigger mortgage to pay and less money all round but to me it's worth it, i like looking forward to going home at the end of the day or looking forward to the weekend unlike last year when i was finding excuses not to go home and planning each weekend so we would be out as much as possible. The difference between living there and were we are now is huge and i feel a lot better for it as a result.

After an eventful couple of years with half the flipping family dying, moving jobs and house, getting married etc, the past year has been nicely quiet.

I have changed a lot though, and have stopped going out and drinking loads and smoking 20 fags every weekend. I've lost the stone of booze I was carrying round with me too!

In the next year, I'm hoping things stay the same really. I love where we live and work is bearable at the moment. I'm starting a Masters in January which I'm excited about.

Finally bought our own house again after selling ours, moving to the other end of the country then renting for a year.

Doing up the said house (slowly!) but is gradually getting there and will be beautiful when it is done and will be all ours.

Got a new job that I can work full-time in and mostly from home. Loving it!

All in all - had a fab year and just hope it keeps getting better and better!

This time last year I was scared of going into my 2nd year at uni in case I couldn't do it. Now I'm about to go into my final year and I'm determined to do it!

Celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary.

I was ill last year and in the space of 12 months have realised it wasn't something that was stress/over doing it related, fought to get tests done by a rather uncaring GP and got a diagnosis of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome.

Then had to learn to live with that diagnosis and how my life has changed because of it.

I lost 3 ladies who were all at my wedding including my darling Nan. Nan was quite recent so still raw and still trying to accept that she's gone.

This time last year I had just moved back into the country after living in the city (and hating it) for a few years. In the last year the only thing thats changed is my job - the new one pays better but i HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATE it!! So hopefully in the next year I'll find a new job! This time next year I'll be married and should have almost finished paying off my loan/credit cards! Hopefully we'll be thinking about having kids in the next year or so too.

Well, in the last year, I got married (yay), got pregnant and had a miscarriage, and then got promoted (yay). We're better off financially than we've ever been, so we're making the most of that! Overall, I feel as though H and I have already had a taste of what 'for better, for worse' really means, but I think we're even stronger for it.

The coming year is going to be challenging at work, and as I'm trying to get upduffed again, it's going to be pretty challenging emotionally too. Hopefully, I'll be a Mom this time next year...

Well in the last year Ive got married and changed job (twice) I am about to move 70 ish miles away though will be living apart from H (back at weekends though) with my new job whilst waiting for him to find one near me..

H started speaking to his mum again at the wedding but we found out why she hadnt spoken to him in over 2 years (and apparently its all my fault! yes I join the loopy MIL brigade)

Im looking forward to my new job but not living apart from H - not the best start to married life huh

Im just hoping that this new job lasts longer than the last one (actually 1 1/2 weeks, technically 1 1/2 months)

Ive been off work since getting back from honeymoon, sort of on gardening leave, and am now bored, especially now the olympics are finished, though I should be grateful to my agency for arranging to get me paid for this time..

1) I've completed my PSHE certification course at work.

2) Have changed patch at work so I can be nearer to home.

3) Have changed church and am delighted that hubby is coming regularly now.

4) Have lost 3 1/2 stone since April and am now a size 14 NOT a size 20!!

Whoops. Forgot to answer the 2nd bit!!

Looking forward to getting to grips with my new patch, getting more involved with the new church, losing more weight then blowing it completely by getting pregnant (if I can ever persuade hubby).

This time last year I was in a shitty job that I hated and was desperate to get out of. In fact this day last year I went for my first interview for another job, which I ended up getting. I've loved the past year and feel like my life has finally started, aside from the fact that my job is very stressful I love it.

In other life news it's been a bit quiet.

What am I looking forward to? Well Thailand (my top holiday destination) in a few weeks. I'm going to be a bridesmaid in April for my best friend and I can't wait.

My favourite cat died and then my favourite Gran died. Our cottage didn't sell so we couldn't finish renovating our house and we have slowly been getting into debt. Work has been boring as hell and I have been driving around in a very old car without a stereo for almost a year. It's been a mildly depressing year so far.

However, the cottage is up for rent from the beginning of next month. I am going for promotion. The debts should sort themselves out within 4 months. We are also due to come into some money and are planning to buy a new car with stereo, power steering and central locking! I have re-discovered my love for camping and we are planning on having a baby next year. The depression is slowly rising.

Well, in the past year, I think I have only posted a handful of times but have been mainly lurking on here every now and again.

I have been lucky enough to have visited Cuba, Portugal and the maldives.

Mr T got made redundant after 27 years at the same place and has decided to retire - the lucky b@stard! He was praying for redundancy so it wasn't a shock.

I've had a new job for a while now, it's ok but I'm applying for others as I am bored.

I am finally debt free.

I've gained a bit of weight and put this down to contentment but plan to start a diet soon.

I'm looking forward to seeing Mr Tarts side of the family in 2 weeks oop North.

i can't actually think what else I am looking forward to as I have no actual concrete plans as such. Although I am hoping to visit the Italian lakes at some point in the next year.

nice to 'see' you back PB.

Just managed to get back to seeing this. Thanks for the replies, it's nice to hear how everyone has been and how much people have been through, and how they sound stronger and better for the things that have happened, it's also amazing to think how much things have changed for alot of people....madness.