New Year, New Start

Happy New Year!  I have decided (decreed) that 2022 is going to be a wonderful, amazing year.  I recently read somewhere that in order to have a good day, one must decide to have a good day when one first gets out of bed.  So I decided that 2022 will be a wonderful year!  That should set the mood for the entire year, right?

New Year's Day started out pretty good - well, except for the snow and the bitter cold.  But we all woke up, having gone to be early the night before with no hangovers or lack of sleep from staying up till midnight.  We were all healthy. The electricity stayed on all day. We had food to eat and things to occupy our time (sewing and knitting and other crafty stuff).  It was a good start to a new year.  The next day was my birthday and Mr. Wonderful cooked me a scruptious dinner and I heard from our Utah family (they even sang to me when they called - I just love that group!).  I was able to stitch a little and even finish a project.   Again, a good start.

Yesterday, Mom and I met up with Fran for lunch to celebrate not only my birthday, but Fran's birthday on the 3rd and Mom's birthday today.  A lovely tradition with friends and loved ones.  

We lost our Rosie (white-faced, red cow) in November...she got some kind of disease and died very shortly after. We were going to breed her and Belle early this year since the calves are going to be a year old in March.  We had an opportunity to have a young bull come visit Belle for the next 3 months and took it.  

Not a great photo but that is #16.  He is an angus bull, about 15 months old.  Belle is his first 'girlfriend'.  Belle is a bit taller and a bit wider than he is but I'm sure he will figure out what he needs to do and get the job done!  After 3 months, he will go home and Belle can continue 'cooking' what we hope will be a calf in about 9 months.  We took the 2 calves over to our neighbor's property for the duration of the courting season cause one of the calves is a female and we don't want her bred this soon...want to wait another year before that happens.  Will keep you all informed of the progress.

Mr. Wonderful retired in mid-December and it's been fabulous having him home. He has so many plans for the 'farm' and the house and now he has the time to get those plans completed.  If the weather would only cooperate, that is.  

Today we have snow again...somewhere between 1 and 3 inches by the time it quits, they say.  I've got a space heater going here in the studio and plan on doing some work on a sewing project or maybe a machine embroidery one.  So many things to choose!  

Hoping you all are safe, and warm, and enjoying the beginning of 2022 - it going to be a fabulous year!  I decided!!!

Thanks for stopping by.