8 steps to a happier 2017
I love New Year. I love the build up to it and the little traditions that you find yourself undertaking every *Hogmanay (*New Years Eve for anyone who isn't Scottish!) Mum always cleaned the house and changed the bed linen on Hogmanay, which is a tradition we still stick to. It's nice because it symbolises a fresh start and a chance to get rid of the old and welcome in the new. I also have lots of really fond memories of New Year. It is always a time where I remember people coming together. Our family would always sit down and watch some hilarious television and play outrageous board games. We always watched Hogmanay - live from Edinburgh - with traditional Scottish music and bagpipe playing before the canon was lit, marking the New Year. Dad always poured the drinks - whisky for himself and apple juice for us - to make us kids think we were drinking whisky too! After the bells we always had our neightbours and friends round first-footing and we were always excite...