The Year in Review

Most of 2007 was pretty good. Mexico in February, Jamaica in March, Hawaii in April with Danny as a surprise (God, I loved that!!). Right foot fixed in June, wedding in September so everyone was home and then the announcement about little baby Whazit coming in April, absolutely fantastic!!! Then Nov. 28th I got my other foot done so I'm hoping that it will be as good as the first, no sure about that yet. Now looking back I shouldn't be the least bit sad but I am and I just need a good kick in the pants. I got really bummed because we couldn't sell the house, I had this dream of being able to have the whole family home and not to have anyone stay in a hotel (not that you guys get to all be home very often). Of having the grandkids being able to play out front without getting run over by some stupid teenager coming down the road at 80 mph. And then there were the chickens...Oh well, at least it was a fun pipe dream. I think Jim & I were both absolutely blown away that our house didn't sell but it's an old house and a lot of money. The good news is we really like it here and I love the ducks and the glacier.The worst part of 2007 was yet to come though. It started with losing our old cat Kona in October, sad but she'd had a good and long life with us. She'd been a stray that ran into my place about a week after I moved back to the valley so she was pushing 17. Not too long after that as you all know JD, our beautiful ragdoll cat, got terribly ill but he managed to pull himself through it along with a lot of help from our vet (and Jim's money). He was good for about a month and then he got sick again and he never made it. We tried everything but ended up bringing him home and few days later, Dec. 22nd, had the vet come in and put him down. I don't think I have ever been so upset. Even as I write this I am crying again. I just miss him so terribly much and so does Jim. He was just such a buddy.
So Christmas was a sad one and a lonely one but it all perked up when Jamie and Johnny showed up on the 26th complete with 'Baby Bump' and then Heathery arrived on the 27th. I hated to see everyone leave. We have inherited a new daughter though. Well, not really, but we do have a very sweet Rotary Exchange student living with us until Feb. 7th. Tania is 18 and is from Hamina, Finland. She is terribly quiet which after living with Danny and Jamie is really hard to get used to. Jamie was kind enough to tell her that the house was haunted and that her little sister was murdered in the bedroom she is staying in. Jamie you are such a brat and I love your guts!!!And now it's 2008, we are looking forward to 3 weeks in San Jose del Cabo in February and we are anxiously awaiting little Watzit. We've got plans for a few renos in the living room this summer and a lot of scraping and painting on that old boat. Lord knows we didn't get one thing done last year to the old girl.

So Happy New Year everyone, let it be healthy and safe.