Merry Christmas to all my family and friends!
We’ve had a unique year this year. Looking at this year, we’ve been able to see many things as inconveniences and tried hard to focus on the blessings.
January through the first half of March had us enjoying our Florida house. In January we ripped out most of the carpet and had the terrazzo floors redone.
In March, we went to Orlando for the week to watch my great-niece Kaeli’s softball tournament. She plays ball for Cortland University. It is a good way to visit with Deanna and Kaeli and enjoy the ball games too.
We returned to South Carolina in mid-March. When we walked into our house. We found that the roof had storm damage and caused a leak. This made the entire kitchen ceiling collapse. We didn’t have our kitchen for the rest of the year.
In June we went on a road trip and went to the Zombie Knitpocalypse knitting retreat. On the way, we spent a few days at Mammoth Cave National Park and had a wonderful time!
I taught my Furman practicum class online in July. It went well.
In August, we went to the Smokies and stayed at the Treetops Resort. We had a great time hiking and relaxing.
In September, Hurricane Helene hit on my birthday. We were without power for 6 days and it flooded our basement. It killed our HVAC system. We had several trees down in our yard, including our beautifully big pecan tree. Trees fell on top of one of our rental houses and another house had trees down int their yard.
After cutting as many of the downed trees as possible and then paying a tree service to get the trees off the rental house, we decided it was time to head to Florida! We also had to roof redone on the rental house.
In November, we went on a 12-day cruise on the HAL Zuiderdam out of Ft. Lauderdale. We went to St. Maarten, Antigua, St. Lucia, St. Kitts, St. Thomas, Dominica, and Half Moon Cay. We had a great time!
In December, we went on an 8-day cruise on the Caribbean Princess, out of Port Canaveral.
Even though we had some ups and downs, we are happy to be healthy and happy. Compared to some of the other people suffering from the hurricane, we are thankful for so many blessings.
We will have a quiet Christmas and plan on watching lots of Christmas movies all day long!
I hope you enjoy your Christmas and have a safe and fun holdiay1
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