Terry and I enjoyed a quiet New Years Eve. Terry made her wonderful meatballs for dinner and we stayed home. Actually she read in bed until the new year came in but I could not make it that long!
I have several goals for the new year but I think I will share them as time goes on and I can write about success!
Looking back on 2015. it was a different year for us. One of the things I do is fill the car with gas (Dad would say put gas on the car) the last day of the year and then see how far we traveled for the entire year. As Terry wrote it in our gas book she looked back and figured out that we had driven under 15,000 miles. That is less then our Alaska trip which we did in less than 3 months in 2014. I guess with age one may slow a bit.
For 2015 we were able to get some home projects finished and some more started so that was good. I think we will see more in 2016.
I upped my tennis game a bit last year. For that I am thankful as it makes matches more fun.
I did enjoy much time in my wood shop. Making bookcases and rubber band guns was a lot of fun. It also was great to get a couple of tables made and two covers for radiators in the house. There does need to be more.
I failed at some too. I did not make progress on the guitar but there is still hope.
The bike, well it did not get much of a workout but I did ride some and that is good.
One of the highlights for Terry was to see her grandson, Zach, graduate from Georgia Tech. I seems like he is on the fast track to success which is wonderful.
The Lee Reunion in the Black Hills was a lot of fun. We do not get to see family enough so it was special. I also took in the Saunders Reunion in Cayuga. The two were so different. In Cayuga there were little kids ALL OVER the place and in the Black Hills there were more mature people sitting and talking! Both were fun.
There were dark times in 2015 too. A friend, who was on my tennis team, died in June. He was 71 and it was not expected. Just a week ago another acquaintance, who I had played tennis with in December, died suddenly. I think he was 71 or 72. Those times are emotional and sobering for me.
Of course there are always things in life that are difficult, some more than others. 2015 saw some of those. I could list some of them but they are not uplifting and for sure not inspiring. I expect more of them in 2016 and I ask for God's grace to endure and move on. Difficulties can be anything from personal failure to family and friends. Yesterday Terry and I had lunch with some friends from Michigan. They were telling of all the things that went wrong last year. Things like AC going out, microwave failing, things in their Michigan home breaking and then they shared about a son who is living with half of one lung. When the sharing came to a close we looked at each other, mentioned family or friends who are no longer with us and decided we are very blessed.
What will 2016 bring? We do not know for sure. In Terry and my plans there are more home projects and a bit more travel. I will experience my first cruise as we take in the Virgin Island National Park in the last part of January. There will be a grand daughter HS graduation in May and we are hoping to take in Arcadia NP in Maine on the way to St. Paul. So we have some plans but how they play out will be interesting to see. We hope and pray for good health.
I actually wrote before my FP so that is next. I got to start out the year on a good foot.
Here we are at July and the months is Dave's. An outstanding father, dad, woodworker and a man of God he had it all. We miss him.
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