Bye 2024

What a Year!

What a year 2024 was, the last few years have all been ones of change, but I think this year I made the best decision I ever could have for myself and I am in a better and happier place than I ever have been. And now that 2024 is behind us I can only hope that the year ahead is even better.

I know that I have been fairly absent over the last few years, a big part of that has been my job as I work long hours and it can be very tiring. But also I have my girls to look after and spend time with and I've been focused a lot on that, not just for them but for my own mental health. I feel like the last few years I have just been in survival mode, just trying to get through every day as it comes, but in 2024 things changed a little bit and I started to actually enjoy life again. A massive massive part of that has been the introduction of my beautiful Dixie girl into my life, she has changed so much and I am so incredibly thankful.

Family

I am so very happy with my little family, my girls are 100% my life and I love them more and more every day... even when they can be naughty. The decision I made to get a dog has to have been the best decision I have ever made, Dixie has done more for me and my mental health than I ever could have thought possible.

Not to say that I don't love Izzy as much, I do and she has saved my life many times over the last few years. But I've realised since getting Dixie, that Izzy was keeping me inside, keeping me isolated, because I just wanted to spend all my free time with her. With Dixie, I have to take her for walks, I take her to the park, I have been more social in the last six months than I have in a really long time, probably even before Covid.

Dixie

Dixie has helped me to find myself again, she's helped me to come out of the shell I had been hiding in. I have gone from not wanting to be social to taking Dixie for walks and to the dog park every day. I've met many neighbours, other dog owners and have made a whole new social group out of friends from the dog park. I absolutely adore watching Dixie playing with her friends, she is my little energizer bunny and she just keeps going and going and going, no matter how tired she is or how hot it is... I think my girl has a little bit of FOMO (Fear of Missing Out).

She loves everyone at the park the humans and pups alike, she loves to run and play fetch and whenever two dogs are playing she will always be the referee to make sure no one gets hurt. But she equally loves all the human attention, the pats and cuddles, plus the treats of course. I love watching my little girl grow, it's amazing to think of the little itty bitty shy puppy she was when I first picked her up from the airport to the happy little outgoing fluff ball who always loves being around people and puppies now.

Izzy

The growth that I have seen in Izzy this last year has also been incredible, at first she was a little bit weary of the new puppy, it had way too much energy for her, but now they are besties. Izzy loves playing with her big little sister, of course Dixie is a bit bigger and can be a little rough but Izzy knows how to put her in her place, but they have never hurt each other. And I know that Izzy loves her sister so much because when Dixie had to go to the vet to get spayed, Izzy was laying in her bed looking sad all day... and when she came back home she cuddled with her all night and looked over her until she was back to her usual self. This situation, made my heart so happy, to see how much my girls love and care about each other and that I could see that love.

New Year

This year, 2025 I want to try and get back into certain things such as updating my website, doing more artwork, taking more photographs, and updating you all on general life information, good and bad. I really hope that I can keep myself to this, but right now it is just a plan and I'm going to do my best to stick to plans especially in 2025. Because my job is spent driving, it means I don't have a lot of time to write things down, so I've been thinking of taking voice notes to remind myself to do things, or even to help write posts, so I can be around more often.

I was really hoping to get back into streaming as well, but I think that that was wishful thinking, I barely have enough time to eat and sleep properly as it is, I cant imagine how I could find the time to stream, I'm really sad to admit this but sometimes you just can't do everything you want to do... As much as streaming and being in that community helped me in my mental health, I can admit that getting Dixie and being social at the dog park and making friends there has done even more wonders in that area and I would be scared to backtrack.

I hope everyone has an amazing 2025 and I wish you all the best, I love my girls, my little family and our little home. I hope that you all find your happy place too.