Welcome 2013!

Happy New Year! 2013 has arrived, wishing for good health and happiness for all.  We have had quite a year, having lost our brother Bill over the holidays definitely has changed how our Christmas was observed.  Leaves us with heavy hearts.  Mr. Outdoors and I ate our black-eyed peas today,ushering in that good luck they are noted for. I had forgotten to buy any peas so Mr. outdoors rushed out to buy us some before the day was over. Brother Bill was a decorated  soldier and trooper and had the 21 gun salute given at his funeral and the flags were at 1/2 mast in his honor, taps were played and all three of his children spoke ever so sweetly of their Dad.  So onward and upward we go into 2013, we've had our good luck peas so i say "bring it on".