Yes, it's all excellent while it's happening, but if your hangover is stretching into a third day  you are either old or you severely overdid it (both for me. Not only did I make an absolute moron of myself, but can remember all of about twelve hours from the whole festive period). I'm not writing this to make us all feel worse though, I am in fact going to try to make it all better. 

Okay...Here are ten reasons to feel great - no matter what happened over the last seven days 
(exceptions to be made if you lost any limbs - it's highly unlikely that a list of feel good factors will perk you up / you became bankrupt / or any other seriously shocking things. The following list may be of no help at all, apart from number 2 and the quote on number 10)

1. God. I've just realised I have ten positive statements to come up with and have gone blank. 

2. Okay...Here is one. At Redcar Urban Arts, we are doing a Buy One Get One Free offer on 10 x 10 canvases. This means, that for just twenty five pounds (the reason I typed out the whole number in text, is because for some stinking reason the pound sign doesn't work on this keyboard) you can get TWO canvases!! The only catch is, the offer stops at 30 people! To make this easier for you, you can tag an image from your facebook account to ours and we'll get it printed up for you within a couple of days. I'm sure you all have some cracking photos from over Christmas?! It's a good deal so grab it quick.

[That was supposed to be my grand finale of this post, but I got writers block. I really do want to share some feel good things too though...]

3. If the world is really going to end in 2012 - what's the point in worrying about anything AT ALL? Hell, let's all go mental! Who cares if you want to do your shopping naked or eat rice crispies all day? Tell people what you truly think about them and sing out loud to Jimmy Nails Crocodile Shoes. [If the world doesn't end, you may always be known as that freak that went mental back in 2012 - and you may have no friends left...but at least you were being true to yourself].

4. We have the new year to look forward to. I love a new year me. You can have a fresh start, set new goals and hibernate until spring time. Spring time is great. 

5. Now is a good time to think about where you might go on holiday. Even if you're short on cash there are some good alternatives such as camping, hitch-hiking around Europe, being a stowaway on a royal mail train or you could just become enlightened and travel far and wide in spiritual realms. The world's your oyster. (I actually don't get that? what does an oyster have to do with it? And why would you want to be trapped in a shell anyway? Answers most welcome).

6. All them smellies you got for Christmas? Pour the lot of them in the bath and get off your head. (Right, I'm clearly clutching at straws here. I think I need ten minutes and then I'll come back to it).

7. January. Do one crazy thing in the month of January. Why? Because it's dull and it'll inject a bit of je ne sais quoi back into your life. Me and my brother are thinking of re-creating a scene from Monty Pythons Holy Grail: you know the horse and the coconut thing? We might do that through the town one day. I'll let you know if we come up with something better. 

8. Look back over the past year and think about all the cool things that have happened. Yeah, I'm sure we all cringe at a few unsavoury situations we've been in, but what's wrong with giving yourself a pat on the back for all the things that DID go well? If nothing else, a few lessons have been learned, you're older and wiser and you can do everything better this time around. 

9. Festivals! Yep, we have summer to look forward to all over again. I have a confession. I ran out of 'feel-good' things and googled 'what to look forward to in 2012' and festivals was one of them. I wonder if they'll be doing Redcar Rocks again this year? It would be brilliant if they brought that tomato throwing one they have in Spain to Redcar High Street!

10. You're going to see some cool changes to Redcar Urban Arts in the new year, but more on that later! (this wasn't a cop out, there really is going to be some good things happening) but just to leave you with one final thought of goodness for the day: "Do not take life too seriously. You will never get out of it alive."- Elbert Hubbard 

Happy New Year to you all and I hope that 2012 is a good one for you. Oh, one more thing, if you don't want to tag your picture to our page, you can email it to  urbanarts@virginmedia.com 


Kerry x