It’s funny how help often appears out of the blue. 

     I took Gavin outside for his last pee last night and ran into an old friend I hadn’t seen in many months.  She and her husband were walking their GSDs past the house.  I’d forgotten she was a real estate agent and that her husband is an estate lawyer.

     We got to talking and things came around to my heart attack, stress, the MIL’s house, and all the confusion we had over estate law.   Suddenly, I had a great offer of much-needed help!

     Her husband is going to hand hold The Curmudgeon through all the ins and outs and get everything done that needs doing with the estate and she is going to sell the house for us!

     It feels as though a mountain of crap lifted from my shoulders.  The Curmudgeon is happy to deal with people we’ve known for over twenty years and I now feel better than I have for quite a while.

     I tend to forget how large our local farmers market is until I take a visitor there as I did today.  I rather enjoyed watching my ‘adopted son’s’ jaw drop when we walked in the door and heavenly aromas hit him.

     We walked down one side and back up the other.  He snapped pictures and tasted a few samples as we walked along.  We stopped at a local winery stand and tasted some wines.  We both bought some.

     He kept wishing for more time because our time was limited.  To do the place justice you really need to have enough time to do one walk-through and then another one or two to stop at different stands to buy items. 

     I love going there.  Although, some days, I do tend to spend a bit more than I should.   How can you not when there’s so much good food all around you?

     As I look forward to this new year of 2012 I wonder what’s in store for us.  I do hope we don’t have a repeat of 2011.  This year I haven’t made any resolutions.

     Last year was filled with much sorrow for The Curmudgeon when he lost his Mom.  Then the overwhelming stress began for me in dealing with the hoarded mess that was her house.  I never would have been able to do as much as I did over there without G’s help and the help of Nancy and her family.  I’ll never be able to thank them all enough.

     I don’t need to repeat ‘the heart attack’ that was way too scary!  I hope my health will continue to improve this year.

     Please 2012 do bring us some nice weather so we can go outside more than we did last year.  We had so much rain and wind we barely got to enjoy the yard all summer.  Our lawn is mostly dirt now since the rain caused the grass to die off in large areas.

     I hope this year brings much joy to all of you.  Many hugs!