Happy New Year!

 A lot can be said about the year 2020. Hindsight is twenty twenty!  Is there anything you'd have done differently? 

 Obviously the pandemic of Covid 19 occupied everyone on the planet. Shortages, lockdowns, social distancing. How did it effect your life? I hope each and every one of you stayed healthy. For that you should be grateful.  All else is just something to be handled.  Life is good

I know  some families are missing loved ones because of social distancing. The mothers and fathers who are in nursing facilities can’t have visitors. It’s heartbreaking on every level. Medical procedures were done and families couldn’t comfort their loved ones with visits.  Those who lost loved ones, for any reason, had trouble with funerals. 

Our 'new normal' has new parameters.  We continue to wear our masks when we get groceries  and eat out.  But we don’t go out as often as we used to. We are in the risk group. I sure don’t want to get it or pass it on to someone else. I’ve read that like other pandemics this one will get under control and will be written up and become history. Like the plague, Ebola, Avian flu, AIDS  etc. What makes Covid so frightening is the rapidity and reporting. 

I think mistakes were made by our leaders and the media. It caused so much panic. So many people became greedy from fear of the unknown. Sad when you think about it.

What does this new year bring us? Only time will tell. For myself I’ll take each day and enjoy it. Life is good!

For the past two years I’ve challenged myself to make 500 cards. Both times I’ve failed. So this year I’ll just make cards and share them here.

Handmade cards because:

No one displays an email on the mantle or

Shows off a tweet on the fridge or

Saves a Facebook post in a box of treasures

Using a template from Crafty Al, I made 9 cards. A combination of three pretty papers and card stock 

How did you spend your New Year’s Eve? We stayed in and hoped for the best. Living in a rural area I was expecting more noise. But it wasn’t bad.  On the first day of this fantastic year we shared a meal with our hosts, Christy and Rik. A low country boil! Unfortunately it was a rainy day but we sat on the porch and enjoyed the meal and good company

It has rained all year!  :^) The 1st and 2nd day of this brand new year gave us non stop rain.  When we went to bed last night it was still raining.  It looks like the system has passed and we should have some sunshine today.  It's almost 0800 on the 3rd and the clouds are still with us. I could use some clear skies and sunny weather.

All is right in our world