Friday, January 3, 2025

TGIF! A well deserved break for the working class. It’s always hard to go back to work after the holidays. January is a tough month because we always have HOA stuff, Tax-Aide (I only withdrew as a leader), and now home remodeling. 😵‍💫 Yesterday was just that…a full day of paperwork. I think it was 3:00 pm before I changed out of the pajamas so I could feel normal. Lucky nobody stopped over.

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Thursday, January 2, 2025

The 1st day of the new year, there is nothing like staying in the pj’s and watching college football all day. Well, that’s what I did. Cindy spent the better part of the morning cleaning up from New Year’s Eve…she wouldn’t take any help. Then a good afternoon nap for her was well deserved. I tried to make some progress on the bathroom remodel. We got our 3rd quote and it’s in the ballpark of being reasonable.

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Wednesday, January 1, 2025

Happy New Year! 🎉🥳🎊 We came a lot closer to the midnight hour than we have in past years. It’s one of the reasons I’m late getting this to you. We stayed up past 10:00pm Can you believe that?!?!This was a party that started at 4:30pm. We had our usual spaghetti and meatball dinner. We had an expanded guest list and it was so much fun to be with family and friends.

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Tuesday, December 31, 2024

Happy New Year’s Eve I was reflecting on 2024 yesterday thinking about all the great memories we have made this year and there were so many (see note to follow). The ALS diagnosis has cast a long dark shadow in my life and yours. It hasn’t killed my spirit although there are days where it isn’t as bright. Still, I look at what life has brought me and it is so full of positives that the light does shine through the darkness.

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