2022 The Good, The Bad and The Ugly.

I had planned to do a good, bad and ugly post but realised that too many things fell into all three categories, or at least two of them!

• Family and friends definitely in all three
• The death of mother in law - again all three ... good she is finally at peace, bad the fact that she is no longer here, ugly the behaviour of certain members of her "community"
• Wee Henry - good obviously that he is here but bad he has had to face health issues at such a young age.
• Politics were definitely all three

Nutting it all out, though, I think the good will usually win out if we take the things that make us happy and focus less on the things that make us sad and angry because at the end of the day we do have a choice over the balance of positive and negative.

I am so glad I have continued with my yarn crafts. They bring me so much joy and I have made some really good friends though them and have enjoyed some quiet solitude as well.

I am over the moon that I resurrected and continued with my blog - it has given me an outlet and has led me to so many wonderful people waaaay across the world and right around the corner.

I am thrilled with my venture into vege gardening and am looking forward to learning more and growing more next year.

It sucked that I had so many bugs this year (including the spiky virus) but I am still here and my health is, to a huge extent, up to me and my choices.

I am grateful that Himself and I are still as strong as ever after nearly 48 years of knowing each other. (This could also be under the bad and the ugly!).

So as we settle down for a quiet night in I wish you all a very happy New Year. Be kind to yourself and to others. Laugh more and stress less and remember that the older we get, the less shit matters.

 And I won scrabble for the year!