At the end of the year it's so tempting to look back with nostalgia at what has been left behind. Like many bloggers do to welcome in the new year I tidy up, clear out and refresh, including the computer. This morning whilst deleting unwanted photographs I found this photo of our park home which we had to leave in December 2019. We got the keys in December 2009 and moved our belongings in during one of the worst Winters we had experienced in years. After the initial snagging (including leaking water pipes and a leaky sewage pipe!) had been completed, we found it warm and cosy and fully expected to spend our retirement in the country........
It wasn't to be....After G developed health problems, the stress of trying to juggle healthcare appointments with February shutdown of the park proved too much and we had to leave and buy our little semi on the edge of town. If only we could go back to 2009 and experience those years again before all the health issues surfaced I would be very happy.
I doubt if any of us will miss 2020 so lets look forward to whatever good things 2021 will bring. We are en route to Spring so get planning folks! We can't wait to get back to the allotment and we hope to be able to plan something good for our Golden Wedding Anniversary in October, even if it's only a meal in a restaurant.
What would you like to do in 2021?
Things change in the blink of an eye. Its adapting to that change that's important and you e done that with you lovely new build. Well done.
ReplyDeleteSo nice that you can look back with such good memories. Hopefully your anniversary plans will come to fruition, like you we are hopefully for a family gathering to celebrate our Ruby wedding anniversary. Every blessing for the new year.
ReplyDeleteThis covid has certainly turned peoples lives upside down. Since March one GD has been in our house once for a desperate bathroom visit and one son has been in the house once. That's it. The only person I have physically touched is my husband. Few visits with children and grand children physically distanced on the driveway. Not ideal in Canadian winters!! Will be so glad when this is a distant memory. Your old house looks lovely but when the time comes that you can't manage it it becomes a burden and takes a lot of the joy out of it. Your new house is becoming a home and a much more manageable situation. Happy new year and take care.
ReplyDeleteI would love to travel. I had a transatlantic cruise booked, and am hoping to visit those parts of Spain and Italy again someday. Your house looks lovely. I'm sorry that you had to leave it. I hope you get to have your dream anniversary.
ReplyDeleteSeeing our two sons who we haven't seen for 12 and 18 months is what I dream about. Also it would be good to unpack our belongings in a finally completed home where currently we live in chaos waiting daily for builders/ plasterers to turn up. I hope that your current home becomes as much loved as your last.
ReplyDeleteI want to take a vacation to the mountains, to a place where it is quiet and the scenery is wonderful. Or even a trip to a cabin in Northern Saskatchewan with our sons.
ReplyDeleteGod bless.
I'm taking one day at a time and looking for the brightnesss wherever it may be. Wishing you a happy 2021 Angie and hope you are able to celebrate your Golden Anniversary as you would wish x
ReplyDeleteI'm just taking one day at a time, but I would love for our smallholding in Wales to sell and us to be able to settle into our new properties in Lancashire.
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