"My favorite room in my house is my bedroom; my private space where I can go to do my reading or list..." — Shirley Ballas

I've discovered if you have a small circle of people you know you can rely on - in good times, bad times, happy times, sad times - who aren't going to judge you and will, sometimes, just sit and listen to you without saying anything, then I think you're very fortunate.

You have to put your partner and family at the top of the list and there must be downtime - time for gardening, cooking time, book reading time.

A tradition I have on Christmas morning - my son has always been the one that cooks the breakfast and I am always the one in the evening attempting to cook the beautiful Christmas dinner. And during the day we just have a nice snore, a nice relax and watch a movie.