Happy New Year 2013

No picture as the year is too young!  Terry and I had a quiet New Years Eve.  Ate half a bag of chips and read books!!  I saved my new year celebration for this morning.  I drink my FP coffee black but this morning at 7:00 AM I indulged a bit with some Baileys in my coffee!  Oh yes, yesterday I said good-bye to 2012 with an Americana which I had not had at Starbucks for many months!  I guess my celebrations tell my age and that is fine!
A quick look back at 2012 says that it was a good year.  One could go on and on about things that seemed to not go well but I go back to my friend Jim B who died in January of 2012.  The last 18 months or so of his life he dealt with cancer but kept such an upbeat attitude and never lost his love of God.  Each time I would see him and ask him how he was doing he said good.  Then he would add that there are days when he didn't feel that well but when one looked at the alternative he was happy!  I made a calendar out of monthly pictures for Terry for Christmas.  On January I have a picture of Jim's funeral card.  Terry and I each have one and we have laminated them and use them for a book marker. 
I think we will spend the first day of 2013 talking a lot, reading a lot, taking an hour walk on the beach and maybe splurging a bit and having a late breakfast of eggs, hash browns and steak!
Some of the highlights of 2012:

• just being together is the greatest highlight
• taking in 42 Minnesota State Parks
• taking in 9 national parks
• getting our little tiny teardrop camper
• seeing Terry's oldest grandson graduate from high school
• spending time with grandchildren
• I spent time writing each morning from November 1 through most of December.  That was fun and I plan to do more in 2013.
• bike rides, tennis matches and walks
• Terry helped me build a lumber rack and then I spent time, with her encouragement and help, cleaning my woodworking place--so so so fun and nice now.  Not finished but so thankful
• spending time with family and friends on our fall trip
• SOME THINGS FOR 2013
• Cynthia and Mike will bring a new grandchild into our lives!
• We hope to experience new adventures out of the country and to the western U.S.
• We hope to resolve some lingering health issues that are on going.
• Grand kids just continue to get older, Henry grade 4, Liam grade 2, Leo grade 1, Faustina K and the rest are not far behind!  I hope I am correct on those as it is getting difficult to keep up with them. 

Of course there were difficult things to deal with too.  No need to dwell on those things but my prayer is that in the difficult things God's love and peace will come through.
My FP is almost gone but what is left is cold and for me that is so not good!
Happy New Year and may God's love, peace and protection be yours through out 2013