Well I am officially a septuagenarian.
As they say, getting old isn’t for sissies. The challenges are many but rewards for accomplishments feel so good. It’s been a challenging year for sure. A few health scares, cleared thankfully. Some home ownership set backs, finally resolved.
We were supposed to go out for my birthday but I was having diagnostic tests that morning and I didn’t want to go to dinner if they showed any problems.
After two hours of diagnostic torture I was cleared with a recommendation to just schedule a six month follow up to monitor.
The fancy dinner at 18th and 21st will be scheduled later in January. In the meantime we had a simple meal at home. Pan seared filet. Boiled and peeled potatoes. Steamed broccoli. A very good wine brought home from California a decade ago.
My husband did get flowers and a card.
The flowers are always a hit with me. I love having fresh flowers in the house, and when I am not growing them I love the seasonal bouquets from the local stores. Bringing me a smile whenever I walk in and am greeted with the scent.
So here we are at the end of 2022. What did we accomplish? What is in store for 2023? We are home again tonight. It is foggy and rainy. We don’t usually make it to midnight so I think we will sip our sparkling wine and celebrate using Greenwich Mean Time.
We made it through a very frustrating replacement of all of the upstairs windows which required rework and disruption for five months. Finally finished two weeks before Christmas.
We still have work to do on our new laundry room, and being seriously crazy we are designing the new master bath and closet. Hoping to find someone who can do it without massive delays.
All in all, we have been lucky and feel empathy for those struggling through weather disasters. Our tornado experience was not trivial but it pales in comparison to the aftermath of the hurricanes on our friends on the Gulf Coast. Here’s hoping for a better year in 2023.
AnnieRie Unplugged 
Happy Birthday! Here? I’m getting older and many of my best loved are walking through their 8th or 9th decade – IF they survived the past two years – sigh – and yet, over and over, I think, “well, we just all walk through life until we no longer can, right?” but somedays? for us, those we know or those we don’t, but realize we are far luckier than how life played out for them?
Nothing to do, really, but say – “well…survived this last year, learned alot – had it better than some, worse than some and well – onward, forward to walk through 2023 best as I can with what I can do ….”
Happy New Year!
Happy,happiness, Birthday.
Happy New Year and Happy Birthday!