"LOOKING BACK ON 2012" WEEK 115 QUOTE 115

Click on this link "LOOKING BACK ON 2012" , scroll down to the screen with "2012 highlights", click on the arrow, and spend the next few minutes relaxing and smiling, watching the amazing places that a couple, Eric and Amaya have travelled through on bike, in 2012. This year they have travelled 20,000ks, through 11 countries, beginning in China and ending in New Zealand in the South Island. These two have the ambition to travel through every country of the world and have be travelling since 2006!
What an inspiration to end the year with.
This year on my blog THISWEEKWITHTHEKIDS, has been filled with series - 6 of them.
The 1st most visited series was, "SOME PLANS FOR SIMPLIFYING HOUSEHOLD JOBS" 
  ~ "Washing/Laundry" Week 70 Quote 70
  ~ "Cleaning" Week 73 Quote 73
  ~ "Cooking" Week 74 Quote 74
  ~ "De Junking" Week 75 Quote 75
  ~ "Shopping" Week 77 Quote 77
The 2nd most popular series was "BECOMING A MUM VIA AN ALTERNATE ROUTE"
  ~ "Infertility" Week 78 Quote 78
  ~ "Adoption" Week 79 Quote 79
  ~ "C-section" Week 84 Quote 84
  ~ "Stillbirth" Week 85 Quote 85
  ~ "Miscarriage" Week 86 Quote 86
The 3rd series most viewed was the series on "READING". It was inspired by Australia's Year of Reading.
  ~ "Why Do We Need to Read?" Part1 Week 92 Quote 92
  ~ "Why Do We Need to Read?" Part2 Week 95 Quote 95
  ~ "A Case for Reading Books in the Arts" Week 100 Quote 100
  ~ "A Case for Reading Classical Literature" Week 101 Quote 101
  ~ "A Case for Reading Contemporary Literature" Week 103 Quote 103
  ~ "A Case for Reading Plays" Week 104 Quote 104
  ~ "A Case for Reading Poetry" Week 105 Quote 105
  ~ "A Case for Reading Biographies" Week 107 Quote 107
  ~ "A Case for Reading Science" Week 108 Quote 108
  ~ "A Case for Reading History" Week 109 Quote 109
The 4th series was on cooking "HEALTHY EATING" which changed its name mid-year to "EAT ECONOMICAL, HEALTHY, TASTY AND SEASONAL"
  ~ February Week 72 Quote 72 
  ~ April Week 76 Quote 76 
  ~ May Week 82 Quote 82
  ~ June Week 89 Quote 89
  ~ July Week 94 Quote 94
  ~ August Week 97 Quote 97
  ~ September Week 102 Quote 102
  ~ November Week 110 Quote 110
The 5th series was "PARENTS TEACH RESPECT BY -"
  ~ "Their Example" Week 87 Quote 87
  ~ "Training" Week 88 Quote 88
  ~ "How We Live" Week 90 Quote 90
and the 6th series was "LIVING WELL THROUGH THE SUMMER -"
  ~ For Parents Week 113 Quote 113
  ~ For Children and Teenagers Week 114 Quote 114
The 3 most visited posts from 2012 were ~
  ~ "Stillbirth" Week 85 Quote 85 in the series "BECOMING A MUM VIA AN ALTERNATE ROUTE"
  ~ "Cleaning" Week 73 Quote 73 in the series "SOME PLANS TO SIMPLIFY HOUSEHOLD JOBS"
  ~ "Happy Mothers Day" Week 83 Quote 83
So far the most popular posts overall are ~
  ~ "Parenting a Special Needs Child" Week 41 Quote 41.This post remains the most popular two years running.
  ~ "How Can We Celebrate a Happy Family Christmas - With Teenagers?" Week 64 Quote 64
  ~ "Deciding What Colour to Paint a Child's Room" Week 48 Quote48
Posts I enjoyed writing or putting together were ~ 
  ~ "Are You Busy?" Week 96 Quote 96 which was the quickest post I put up as nothing much was needed to be added.
  ~ "Justice" Week 93 Quote 93 and 
  ~ "How Great are Your Ideas?" Week 91 Quote 91. I probably had the most satisfaction while preparing these 2 posts, because when I went back to Charlotte Mason's writings, her thoughts explained and confirmed what I had already been drawn to from others' writings.
Have a HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!  
I will be taking a break from blogging until February.
My hope in 2013 is to look out for opportunities to personally be inspired and to continue to inspire my kids.
Cathy