Reflections

Today is a day to reflect back on the past year so that tomorrow, we can sit down and put together our goals for 2013.  

Here were some of our blessings and adventures in the past year:

• Bought a new to us truck to help with the move & replace my old Subaru.  We bought it off of craigslist and it had a bad tranny so we bought it without even test driving it!  Luckily everything turned out good once we had a new transmission put in.

• We bought a house in the Northwest, sight unseen so I could go back to college and finish my degree and be closer to family.  The great thing was, when we got here, it had a secret room nobody had told us about!!!  A pantry!  This is half of it, the other half has deeper shelves.  It's about 4' x 10'.  Now I just need to fill it with jars!

• We had doves nesting in the grape arbor.  Loved listening to their cooing.

• Bought a small motorcycle & took a 2 day safety class.  It will be my summer transportation around town.  SO MUCH FUN!

 

• loaded two trucks and two utility trailers and moved with 2 dogs from East of the Mississippi to West of the continental divide!

• Went to my brother’s wedding and got to meet my new sister-in law for the first time.

• Celebrated our 13^th anniversary!

• Did a batch of 30 broiler chickens.  We learned a lot, but next time, we'll do cornish cross rather than broilers.  We weren't satisfied with our ROI on this project.

• Started Crossfit.  Very challenging and I'm getting stronger!

• My sister visited for Thanksgiving!  We had a wonderful visit and we had fun visiting a Japanese garden.

• We ended up with 7 thanksgiving turkeys due to a craigslist adventure, 4 Royal Palms are still out in the pasture and 13 free laying hens from another craigslist adventure.

• Made butter for the first time in my great-grandmother’s churn.

• Got to spend Christmas at my folk’s with the whole family. We saw a bald eagle setting in the cottonwoods in the back yard, went moonlight sledding, and spent plenty of time with friends and family!

 May your 2013 be blessed with mistakes, adventures, good food, good friends, fellowship, love, laughter, and opportunity.