A new year

Hello everyone,

A new year is upon us.  We had a fantastic time in the states.  It just wasn't enough time to do everything we had planned.  Next time (in 2 years) we are planning to stay 2-3 months (hopefully including Thanksgiving). But that's in the future and anything could happen between now and then.

two days after our return, I had orthopedic surgery on my foot.  That turned out to be more of a hassle than I had planned on and I was more or less off my feet for a month.  Of course still suffering from jet lag may have had something to do with it!  I have now been released by the surgeon and (gingerly) have begun my walking program again.  Yesterday was the first day and I must say it's going to take a while to get back into shape!

Our Christmas was quiet.  I was involved in the church celebration by accepting the role of "Church decorator".  It was fun and the day we started, we played Christmas music.  Everyone was drinking tea and singing along with the music....it was great fun and everyone really enjoyed themselves.  The church looked lovely for our candle light service.  Next year I'll plan things a little better by starting the window decorations ahead of time. 

The remodeling of the sanctuary is now complete with the hall downstairs nearly done as well.  We are very proud of our little 100 year old chapel.  It's really lovely and something to be proud of.  The hall  will be used for not only church activities, but will be utilized for outside activities as well thus adding income to our budget.

Dave and I are still growing in our love for each other.  I can't believe that our second anniversary is next month!  I was telling him in some ways it seems much longer than that.  It feels like we've always been together.

The extreme winter weather has finally released it's hold on us.  For a while the entire country was encased in snow and ice and we had the coldest December on record!  Up north those poor souls are still having snow, but it's not to the extent that it was.

Last evening we started planning our Summer holiday with intent toward going to the west coast of Scotland.  It's a lovely area to see and we can take a small ferry to a couple of the isles off the coast.  My kind of vacation!  :)  Hopefully the weather will be as warm and clear as it was last time we went.

You can still keep up with me/us on Face Book....I'm there most days, and would really enjoy hearing from you.  It's great fun talking to folks back home.

Life is good

~Sharon