So it’s here again, another birthday. 35 years young and still going strong!

People quite often say that kids keep you young, but if I’m honest my 4 year old son Jake and my 2 year old daughter Lily just keep me knackered most of the time!  Don’t get me wrong, I love them more than the planet we walk on, but some days I just need a lie in, know what I mean?!

Lucky for me Auntie Helen is taking the little cherubs tomorrow and they’re gonna have a great time with their cousins and the 2 dogs, and the bonus for me and the wifey is that we get some good adult time to go the movies and see that James Bond flick instead of watching Peppa Pig or Dora the Explorer.

More importantly we actually get a lie in on Sunday – Woo Hoo!

As far as another year wiser… Well in the past year I’ve learned that:

• No matter how hard you try some people will never be satisfied, you’ve just gotta move on
• Some things just aren’t worth getting stressed over, the world still turns
• You will get knocked down, you’ve just gotta get back up and fight back
• Apple Macs are the future, even though I type this on an Acer Notebook
• Coffee is as important as the air I breath
• I know I can rely on people as they can rely on me, we just need to realise that trust is harder to earn and easily lost
• My wife Ann and my 2 kids Jake & Lily are the only thing that really matters, as long as we’re healthy and happy we have everything we ever need

I saw somebody’s favourite quote the other day on their Facebook profile, it was one from Dr Seuss and I couldn’t agree more…

Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.

Here’s to the next year – Love, Life, Lust – Long May it Reign!