Happy 2012

Here we are ending the first week of the new year and already I can see that it is going to be a fast flying year.  It just seems like yesterday we were waiting for it to arrive and now it's a week old.

And I will say that with it has come some extraordinary weather for us.  We should be having cold weather and freezes but it has been warm.  It started out in the mid 40's and has slowly climbed so that yesterday we saw 67 for a high and today it got to 70.  But of course, that old proverbial other shoe is going to drop as tomorrow we start on a downhill slide and will see temps back to the 40's which is pretty normal for this time of year.  So far, we haven't had any precipitation and it is awfully dry but they are saying we could see a few showers after the first of next week.

What I'm waiting for is the precip that will come with the cold weather.  Not that I'm really wanting it to come but I know it will sooner or later.  And the worst of it is that I noticed my rose bushes are leafing out and the mums have new leaves and even some small flowers.  Just hope I don't lose them.

The Christmas decorations are all down and packed away and everything looks so blah.  It is a lot of work but I really do enjoy it all.  And I'm missing all the bright lights and pretty baubles and greenery.  So I'll put out some candles and floral arrangements to help overcome the vacant spots where the decorations were.

I'm a holiday nut and have something for just about every holiday.  Now, I'll have my red roses and carnations all out for Valentines.  They might be artificial but what the heck, they last forever.    Then I'll get the daffodils  and the spring knick knacks out for St. Patrick's day and of course, I'll have the Easter Eggs out for Easter and then it will be general spring time until the 4th of July when it all goes Red, White & Blue.  That will take me through Labor day and then it is fall, Thanksgiving and then back to Christmas.  Oh, what a variety and it makes it just a little special to have something to look at for all those special days.

So as we end the first week of January of the new year, I'm looking forward to what the year will have in store for me.  There are some things I want to do and places I want to go but time will tell if they will happen or not.   I just have one wish and that it won't go too fast.  I just want it to slow down so I can enjoy each and every day.

I hope you all have a great year.