Happy New Year!

I am so ready for a new year!  I want to wipe the slate clean and start over fresh.  It always feels like that when I've got all the Christmas decorations down, packed away and have done a deep cleaning.  I haven't gotten that done yet as I've been down and out with a cold, but I should be getting there soon when this is over.  I've been lucky, I haven't had a cold or flu since March 2014!


Today is the sixth anniversary of Ray's funeral.  After the funeral we went to the cemetery and found out that they had dug the wrong plot.  So, he was actually buried the next day.  So much has happened in the six years since then, yet it still seems like yesterday.


I'm doing quite well from my surgery.  There is no neck or shoulder pain!  I'm just still wearing the neck brace.  I have x-rays and another follow-up with the doctor on January 26.  Maybe he'll tell me I can stop wearing it!  I had a substantial "out of pocket" costs I had to meet before everything else was covered, so I've got quite a bit of medical bills due. 


It's nice living "small."  So much less to worry about.  Small home, less stuff, more time.  I really do have everything I need.  It's easy to want more, but that is just "stuff."  I think 2016 will be a great year. - Jimmy