{"id":7761,"date":"2018-01-05T03:15:52","date_gmt":"2018-01-05T03:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=7761"},"modified":"2018-01-05T03:48:20","modified_gmt":"2018-01-05T03:48:20","slug":"year-in-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/snicklefritz.net\/blog\/?p=7761","title":{"rendered":"Year in Review"},"content":{"rendered":"

How was your year?\u00a0 Was it pretty good or did some bad things happen to you?\u00a0 Did you lose a loved one?\u00a0 I am very sorry.\u00a0 My niece lost her husband just before Christmas and I had two friends at church who died then, also.<\/p>\n

Did you take a vacation?\u00a0 Did you do something new you have been wanting to do for a long time?\u00a0 Did you lose weight?\u00a0 Did you gain weight.(I can relate.)\u00a0\u00a0 Did you get married?\u00a0 Did you get a divorce?\u00a0\u00a0 I know the pain that can cause.\u00a0 Did you have health problems or were you at the peak of health?<\/p>\n

Whatever happened to you in 2017, it’s over now and we can start afresh in 2018. I’m brushing off myself and looking back on 2017, so here goes.<\/p>\n

January<\/p>\n

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Lily, our daughter’s Golden Retriever had her first litter of pups.\u00a0 They were so cute. I hope they are in good homes and are well loved.<\/p>\n

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We practiced shooting guns in our son-in-law’s woods.\u00a0 I rather enjoyed it.<\/p>\n

February<\/p>\n

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Wintery blue skies.\u00a0 Looks like the new Crayola crayon color “Bluetiful.”<\/p>\n

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Made some Valentine type projects.<\/p>\n

We attended the Indiana Home Show in Indianapolis where I saw this kitchen island which is like a cutting table I want David to build for me for my shop.\u00a0 He hasn’t gotten it done yet.\u00a0 Maybe this Summer.<\/p>\n

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We actually did some porch sitting even if we did have to bundle up.<\/p>\n

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I cannot wait to sit out here again. Maybe next week when the frigid temperatures will be gone for a few days. I see thirty and forty degree days on the horizon.<\/p>\n

March<\/p>\n

My birthday month.<\/p>\n

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I knit David a pair of socks and he loves wearing them.<\/p>\n

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Molly Marshmallow enjoyed some sun while sitting in her favorite chair.<\/p>\n

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More porch sitting.<\/p>\n

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More sock knitting. These were gifts for Christmas this year.<\/p>\n

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This flower bloomed in the snow.\u00a0 Helebores.\u00a0 They are so beautiful in the winter landscape.<\/p>\n

Wow, do I miss the flowers outdoors.<\/p>\n

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Did some antiquing for my birthday and bought this tablecloth that I then saw featured in a magazine about antiques.<\/p>\n

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I really need to get that tablecloth out and starch it and put it on my table now to brighten our days.<\/p>\n

April<\/p>\n

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Bought new chicks.\u00a0 These little girls have become excellent layers.\u00a0 We get a dozen eggs every two days. Miss Mary Foster, my little lame chick, is the one in front. I love her.<\/p>\n

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More sock knitting.\u00a0 Do I see a pattern here?<\/p>\n

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Made a quilt for a sweet baby girl in our church.<\/p>\n

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The redbuds burst into bloom. Spring was here!<\/p>\n

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Was time to put the Easter decorations out.<\/p>\n

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The grandkids here for the annual Easter egg hunt.<\/p>\n

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Flashing the dollar bills they got for collecting the dollar eggs.<\/p>\n

May<\/p>\n

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Finally flowers all over the garden.\u00a0 I am so looking forward to this time again.<\/p>\n

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We got our upstairs bathroom remodeled. This is the before picture.\u00a0 I can hardly remember it looking like this.<\/p>\n

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Our baby chicks were turning into pullets.<\/p>\n

May or June( I can’t remember the date.)<\/p>\n

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My fairy godmother….<\/p>\n

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took me to a Trump rally in Pennsylvania. One of the best times I have ever had and I’ve had some good times.\u00a0 Made me love my country even more than I did.<\/p>\n

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Our almost finished bathroom. I don’t think I\u00a0ever took a real after picture.\u00a0 I love my new bathroom and I love soaking in that big tub.<\/p>\n

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Dame’s Rocket.\u00a0 A surprise flower that came up from my wildseeds I had planted last year.<\/p>\n

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My other “wild seed.”\u00a0 Miss Molly is such a playful pup.<\/p>\n

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Clematis growing up on our deck.<\/p>\n

Really June<\/p>\n

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My\u00a0 baby brother’s baby girl got married<\/p>\n

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She was a beautiful bride.<\/p>\n

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Her dress was exquisite.<\/p>\n

That same weekend, because her brother was home from Germany, my other niece, my brother’s oldest child got married.<\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, we were not able to stay over another day for her wedding as we had to get home as I was having tests the next day.\u00a0 My health issues were resolved, thankfully.<\/p>\n

July.<\/p>\n

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Found a darling garden shop on one of our little trips.<\/p>\n

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Bought more sock yarn. This yarn is already socks and most were given away.<\/p>\n

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The garden just kept getting more and more beautiful.<\/p>\n

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Played with fire with friends from church.<\/p>\n

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And watched fireworks, but the music accompanying the fireworks was so dreadful, I contacted the radio station who sponsored the show and complained.\u00a0 The music was the least patriotic music I have ever heard.\u00a0 And rap.\u00a0 Ugh.<\/p>\n

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David and\u00a0I made a trip to Evansville so I could see….<\/p>\n

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Beth Moore.\u00a0 On the drive home we saw President Grant’s childhood home and passed through some wonderful little, historic towns.<\/p>\n

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August<\/p>\n

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Went to King’s Island with this crew.<\/p>\n

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The garden began to look like Autumn.<\/p>\n

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Pumpkins were growing on the fence.<\/p>\n

We took our three youngest grandsons to the state fair.<\/p>\n

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I think they had a good time and we ate our way through the fair.<\/p>\n

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Went to my fiftieth class reunion and saw some school friends I hadn’t seen since we graduated. They didn’t\u00a0look quite\u00a0the same as in our yearbook!<\/p>\n

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Although these three really look the same to me.\u00a0 I have many memories with these\u00a0friends.\u00a0 The lady on the left is David’s cousin and drove us on our first date. We saw the movie, “Joy in the Morning.”\u00a0 I still love that movie.\u00a0 David held my hand through the whole movie.<\/p>\n

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Visited with James Whitcomb Riley.<\/p>\n

September<\/p>\n

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Went to Grandparents’ Day at three of our grandchildren’s school.<\/p>\n

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October<\/p>\n

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Worked on a pumpkin table runner which was given away this Christmas.<\/p>\n

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Watched our grandsons play soccer.<\/p>\n

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October<\/p>\n

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Decorated for Halloween.<\/p>\n

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Did some driving on country roads to see the foliage.<\/p>\n

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Made an apple quilt. I’m keeping this one.<\/p>\n

November<\/p>\n

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Attended our younger grandsons’ school’s Veteran’s Day program.\u00a0 Love attending this every year.<\/p>\n

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Saw our granddaughter in the Music Man.\u00a0 It was wonderful.<\/p>\n

Time to get out the Thanksgiving decorations.<\/p>\n

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Lily had her second and my daughter says, her last litter.\u00a0\u00a0 She is such a good mother.<\/p>\n

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I can’t stand how precious this picture is.\u00a0\u00a0 Everyone should get to hold a puppy every single day. The world would be so much happier.<\/p>\n

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Drove some really beautiful back roads of Indiana.<\/p>\n

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And toured some primitive shops on those back roads that hardly anyone ever travels.<\/p>\n

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Had Thanksgiving dinner where I didn’t get that one picture for some reason.<\/p>\n

December<\/p>\n

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The puppies were older and even more cute, if possible.<\/p>\n

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Christmas came all too quickly.<\/p>\n

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I was feeling so nostalgic this year remembering Christmases past.<\/p>\n

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If we could only spend one day in those times gone by.\u00a0 But it would probably make me cry that I would have to leave it again, so maybe it’s best to leave the past in the past and keep the sweet memories.<\/p>\n

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Socks were a part of the gifts to everyone.<\/p>\n

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But when You get right down to it. Spending time with those you love is worth all the money in the world.<\/p>\n

I know that it will be a split second and I will be writing about 2018 and looking toward 2019 if I am blessed enough to live that long.\u00a0\u00a0 So here’s to another year. May it be the best ever, free from care and heartache.\u00a0 Full of love and joy.\u00a0 Bye.<\/p>\n

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