2014 just caught fire and I ran with it.
January - work, sick, but went to Hawaii with Shannon and my folks for a week, that was cool. Don't do it when you sick (nods knowingly), stress, sick (respiratory) has us questioning the health of our home/neighborhood.
February - work, still sick, and its effing cold. Homeshow wash/rinse/repeat. stress
March - work work work and we start seriously toying with the idea of selling. Trip to Utah before things cut loose (dirt-bag camping & hiking). Start scheduling endless todo list to move house things along.
April - work work work, get ready to list the house. Get RPR & compliance plus close out my open loops with DRP - work and chase trades and paperwork. and stress over all of it. Eric back landscaping for the summer
May - work work work, list the house. May is all about work, and if it's light out, yard work. maybe.
June - work work work, house listed, water runs high (but no flood!) super Saturday's start up again (Yay) along with foot pain. (Boo)
July - work, work etc. Some where in there we start toying with the idea of building a new home in Okotoks. conditional sale. Mike completes his 90.3 - proud.
August. - work - week off company-wide holiday. A backpack, a hike, a scramble, and purchase of a C-can to store crap in for when we move. Deposit on home in Okotoks and start on a design. House is now SOLD. Final hike with boys and Peter to round out the month. (feet still a problem - defer treatment to end of season), move Eric back to Edmonton for final year of undergrad.
September - work work, house design stuff. Taz (our cat) dies in Shannon's arms (not the least bit peacefully) he was 12. Solo day to O'Hara for larches, a little bonus to me for working my butt off. Silverland tree planting project complete. Favorite month, always too short.
October - Fall work mode begins, surveying for winter designs, herding cats etc. Move to temporary townhouse in NW High River at end of month. We host a little party before leaving. Winter comes knocking shortly after. Can't find a bloody thing.
November - work, last bike/hike of the year, start physio on feet, O'Hara ski trip finally after ten years of being invited. Settle into the townhouse life - work on new house is well underway. (decisions decisions)
December - work, start with the gym (really really), physio - recovery is slow. Take time off from walking and no skiing etc over Christmas to help speed recovery. A fun Christmas, nothing fancy, just friend and family time.
To summarize, this was a year of recovery and moving forward. I was running to fast before the flood tripped me - some things had to go to make room for new things. This was a project for 2014 with lots of bleed thru into 2015, but its coming. Coming along very well actually. Structuring a new way forward. Not just the house, lots of things are getting a tweek, but as they say, patience is a virtue.
If you have found your way here, hope all is well. Probably won't be updating here much, but hey, a placeholder in the blogosphere of life. Click to read full post......
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