Last post for 2009

Well, it's quarter to three, there's no one in the place.......The year is coming to an end. What a busy, important year for us. This will be the last post on this blog and we will open a new blog for 2010 and for our adventures in the upcoming year. The previous post, summarizes a lot of the year, but the most significant thing for both of us has been our relocation "Up North". We are very happy and content with this choice, even though it has been a lot of work, and has caused many changes. We have met fabulous people, and feel very at home and connected here. Dan

Pat--ditto to what Dan said. It seems a good time to end this blog, as we enter another "new beginning." It's exciting to think of this phase or our lives, it's rejuvenating and liberating. Who would think this could happen as we become senior citizens! I think we treasure the moments more, realize life is short, and as we see health issues become more common in our friends and ourselves, appreciate what we have now. We appreciate the times with our family members, feel overwhelmed with joy over the grandchildren, appreciate the beauty of what we have. Sadness is a part of it, this year so aptly felt by Dan's brother Jim's untimely death. We have found a sense of community upnorth, and a shared sense of experience and outlook.
Next year.............who knows?
Look for our new postings at www.patanddan2010.blogspot.com