A Brand New Year

Yep, it’s 2012 now. Christmas was great. I came down with some kind of bug between Christmas and New Year’s, but I’m fine now. I am starting 2012 on a good note.

I spent a couple of hours with Kevin and Renea and their company on New Year’s Eve, but didn’t stay very late. Brian called at midnight, and I talked to him for a few minutes then went to bed. New Year’s Day I watched football and took down my Christmas decorations. They are now packed in boxes and Kevin will be storing them in his attic until next year. I am in the process of getting my house back in order.

I had to take back the beautiful clock I bought for my living room. It was battery operated and the minute hand would work on the down side, but not on the up side. So, I’m back to looking for a clock. I have also started planning what to plant in my front yard when the weather breaks. Of course, right now it is cold (20 at night and 40 during the day) and extremely windy. The wind blew so hard last night my bird feeders were completely empty this morning. The wind has died down a little, so I hope that doesn’t happen again. The wind blew so many leaves into Kevin’s pool that it almost burned up his pool pump. He leaves the pump running when the temperature goes below freezing.

We had enough rain in December that I didn’t have to water the Dawn Redwood Tree. However, we still ended the year a little over 8 inches short of rainfall for the year. Doesn’t look like rain for a few days now so I guess I will have to water the tree.

Wishing everyone a healthy and prosperous 2012!