New Year’s resolutions

Yes, it’s that time of year again.

New Year’s Resolutions.

This year I’m keeping it simple. And positive. Rather than trying to give something up, or feel guilty about something I ‘shouldn’t be doing’, I’ve decided to set myself a New Year’s Goal instead.

To learn Italian.

The OH and I will have been together 7 years on January 1st (yep, first snog was at midnight; classy) and what with him being Italian and all, I thought it would be useful.

The Mansi brood is from Ravello on the Amalfi Coast, so we spend a fair chunk of time between there and Naples. Namely to see family (his brother and Aunt are based there full-time) and well, simply because it’s our Favourite Place on Earth. While my basic ‘phrase-book’ Italian gets me by in restaurants and at airports, it doesn’t really cut the mostarda around a dining table of noisy Neapolitans.

Another spur to make this year the year I learn fluent Italian is that we desperately want Country Bebe to be bi-lingual. He is starting a great collection of Italian baby books (colours, numbers, animals etc) and I want to be able to read them with him.

So, I’m starting evening classes at home with a tutor next month – wish me luck! Or should that be buona fortuna? 🙂

I’d love to hear your goals and challenges for 2013! Are you taking up a new hobby? Planning to conquer a skill you’ve always wanted to master? Let me know in the comments below!

Happy New Year xxx