Happy New Year!  Wow!  It is really 2013!  

I did finish the muumuus I told you about.  I made one for Thanksgiving and one for Christmas.  I even wore them on the right days.  

We had our first real snowfall on the last day of 2012.  It was only about an inch and did not stay around very long.  It has been very cool for us sun and heat lovers since the snow.  I had to break ice in the water buckets for the alpacas and Buddy several times.  Buddy's leg continues to heal.  The hole is getting smaller and smaller but he has to keep on wearing his cone until the hole is completely healed.  I hope it is not much longer.  Buddy seems healthier and in better spirits lately.  I continue to cook for him and have upped his portions by adding a couple of cooked eggs to his food.  He doesn't waste any time gobbling it down.

We celebrated the fifth birthday of our youngest grandson on Sunday Dec. 30th.  He had a custom made zombie cake made by his Aunt Shawna. Everyone made sure he got lots of gifts even though Christmas was just a few days before.

I decided I was tired of the old house so gave a part of the living room a little face lift.  I painted the wall over the fire place.  The paint color is "Arizona Sequoia".  Then I rearranged all the pictures and added a few more.  I think the new paint highlights the pictures nicely.

I have also been cleaning out kitchen cupboards, getting rid of old foodstuffs, disinfecting areas where there were mice and putting in new shelf paper.  I still have to do that to the big pantry and I am planning on painting the kitchen too.

Tomorrow all the holidays will be behind us and the New Year's regular schedule will start.  Everyone back to school and work.  I will be catching up on things I could not do or would not do while everyone was at home.  I did write down some New Year's resolutions, although, they seem to be about the same every year: lose weight, save money, write a book etc., etc., etc.  I looked back on my weight loss chart that I have been keeping since 2009.  I have lost the same 20 pounds and gained it back over and over again! Ha!  This year I will be 60 years old!  I don't know that it really matters whether or not I lose those 20 pounds for good. People tell me those extra 20 pounds makes me look 20 years younger, well, maybe not 20 years.....LOL!