2016 – Holy Cow !! Who would have guessed that it’s January already. Now I don’t want to jinx this winter going fast thing.. but if it’s January already, then February is almost around the corner. Hopefully we won’t have such crazy snow storms or even worse such cold weather this winter. If it gets really cold the frost goes down too deep and well that also means that the pipes all start to freeze and you’ve got trouble! So we for sure don’t want that. Just keep thinking Spring!
So now with the beginning of a New Year also comes the great opportunity to start over with a clean slate. And what a better way to do that other than with a new planner. I wanted to try this one planner that I’ve been reading about and was lucky enough to get one for Christmas. Now this planner isn’t one that you just pick up and can use, there is some reading and goal planning that also goes along with it. Yup, just up my alley! So while I was thinking about this upcoming year I started to think of things that I didn’t get done in 2015. But because dwelling on the past sure can make your belly hurt, I decided to think about what I did get done this year instead. Now some of them was fun and well some of them were done purely out of obligation. Here is my 2015 list: Helped to organize an Irish Stew supper for the community in our parish, help to publish the second book in a serious of 5 for our town (this book dealt with our town’s business history going back to 1915 and it really was a big task), worked on setting up a photo gallery in our town for the Irish Fest, got a crown for my tooth (yuck!), joined a new committee for creating an exercise trail for our town (Vice President), took a new position at work, started a soap business (Yea!!), got a mole checkup (promised William for 7 years that I would do this and finally did it), hosted 3 big family occasions this year on the farm with 2 of these occasions within 10 days of each other and around 100 people, and finally got my Secret Project done!! Yup, it was kind of a busy year now that I look back. And I’m not sure which one is actually the best that I got to check off, but I do know that I worked probably too long on the secret project and honestly wasn’t sure if I was ever going to get it done. Oh well, better late than never! 
All wrapped up and ready to go
The book that I created is recipes from my Aunts and pictures and information that details their family as they grew up. I was able to add quite a few pictures and information and not that I’m biased or anything, but it is seriously a pretty cool book. I delivered them just this week and from what I’ve heard, they like them as much as I do. Score! Well now it’s time to think about next year and my goals. My thoughts for 2016? It’s going to be an awesome year!! Happy New Year!!