COUNTDOWN to 2018!

I am getting excited to kick this awful year to the curb.....and say good-bye to 2017. This has been one of the worst years here that i can remember...this and 2013, when my mom died, and i fell outside on my head with the dogs on concrete. This place has made me hate the number 7 anyway, unfortuneately.

We lost three of our fur family members this year right in a row, practically.....for starters of this being a lousy year.

The best things that happened this year was getting Grayson kitten, who is now a cat this year...who is full of love now. My working with him has paid off....he has helped with the losses here, and visits Stan,too, a lot to help him with his grief over Sullivan, the golden retriever... I also loved my vacation to Cape Cod this year...Other than these two happenings...the year has been shit.....so I am looking forward to the new year, and already feel optimistic that somehow it will be better....as it cannot always be shit

How about you?

How was this year for you and what are your hopes for next year?

 

I don't know.

I live 2027.

 

We always seem to remember the sad years. 2000 always reminds me of the death of my mother just before her 98th birthday and our cat also died this year. He was 17 and we still have his son to keep us company. Lets hope that 2018 is a better year for both of us.

 

Yeah....I hope so...i know what i am going to do and cannot wait...I will be painting up a storm of paintings for 2018, and am already happy about that. I can't wait!

I also remembered one other thing that was great this year...My brother and his wife were here for Thanksgiving for a few days...that was fun and full of love and happiness, even though i was run ragged.....lol

 

hmmm...thought of this song just now...so anything for New Year's is welcommed on this thread....

 

I'll help you all I can---I hope this year is a great year for you! I lost a cat, so got another one. One that has been living outdoors her whole life, so she's pretty happy right now. I guess 2014 was the worst one this decade for me. My lady friend of 17 years passed. ( she's the one I had a crush on in grammer school, only to get together 47 years later).

 

Losing people and animal people is never easy...never...

 

2017 Has Been A Good Year For Me......I Love This New Place More Every Day......Health Has Been Good.....

Had To Have My Old Birman Put Down But I Knew That Had To Happen For At Least 12 Months.

Looking Forward To 2018 Being Even Better God Willing......



Cheers Glen.

 

^^^ We lost many familiar faces in 2017 ^^^ Let's hope 2018 isn't a repeat performance


Powers Boothe
Martin Landau
John Hurt (I'm not an animal, I am a Man)
Bill Paxton
Hugh Hefner
Glen Campbell
Al Jarreau (Singer)
Roger Moore (007)
Mike Connors
Richard Hatch
Dick Gregory
Jimmy “The Superfly” Snuka
Adam West
Don Rickles
Harry Dean Stanton (Paris Texas)
Chuck Berry
Director Tobe Hooper (Texas Chain Saw Massacre)
Jim Nabors
Della Reese
William Peter Blatty (The Exorcist)
John Heard (C.H.U.D.)
David Cassidy
Judge Wapner (The Peoples Court)
Mary Tyler Moore
Director George A Romero (Night of the Living Dead)
Jerry Lewis
Fats Domino
Chuck Barris (The Gong Show)
Sam Shepard

 

2017 is an absolutely amazing year for me despite the craziness in my personal life. I definitely feel 2018 will be better. That's going to be an amazing feat.

 

I managed to get a some things done in 2017 on my to do list.

Bathroom:
Fixed tub drain
Installed shower head
Installed bathroom flooring
Replaced bathroom fixtures
Replaced bathroom moldings—base
Replaced window and door casings
Replaced outlets

Installed new register in bathroom and kitchen

Planted 14 bushes and removed old dead ones
Started very first time ever garden
R&R cabinet lights kitchen
R&R kitchen faucet
Installed gutter hinges
R&R new tires trailer
R&R new front storm door to full view
Installed sod North side of house

Dog pen:
finished fencing
Finished fence door
Installed lights (thanks Aeri)
Moved gutter/downspout
R&R sod
Fixed/mulched outside of corner pen
Installed decorative rock by pen door and gutter
Installed dog waste bin

Made cigarette holder

Patio Cover:
Installed hanging lights
Hung decorations and lighted guitar
Made Avery preventer
Installed door for electronics

Removed/installed new water heater
Pruned trees
Sold Tahoe
Sold Ford Monster truck
Finished living trust
Designed/installed license plate holder for Zero Turn mower
Replaced bulbs and fixed Malibu lighting front yard

Re-designed Little Pete's perch

Worked on new Tahoe underbody coating
Spray painted outdoor hanging baskets
Removed MIL’s timer street light for front
Fixed MIL snow blower
Installed MIL’s new TV
Fixed MIL’s TV cabinet

Helped fix across the street neighbors tractor mower

Installed plant lights downstairs/hibiscus plants

R&R new dishwasher/hose
Sold old dishwasher
Fixed kitchen cabinet/steel plate
R&R new OTR microwave
Sold old OTR microwave
Fixed/wired outside garage lights
Cleaned all 24 garage windows
Removed basketball pole/concrete
Stored Harley
Stored lawn equipment

The best part of 2017 was spending it with M.

2018......
Install gas fireplace downstairs
Create my animated SitCom
Finish framing out workout mirrors
Clean up front yard weeds and bad grass
Clean up downstairs living area
Hang memorial pic and cremation urn for Autumn

Continue to care for M.......
Appreciate everyday with her.....

 

BLOODY HELL.........I Have Kept A Diary Since 1984.....But Nothing This Complex....

Note To GLEN......Time To Lift Your Game Son.....



Cheers Glen.

 

That's rough. Glad you can see 2018 as a year to move on from.

2017 was the okayest year ever for me!

 

i've heard of less than half of those people.

oddly enough, the ones that i would consider the most famous, no one ever even announced that they had died.

 

I am off in the snow soon to go to the store and buy some sparkling red grape juice to toast in the New year....love that stuff.....and it is snowing here again.

 

I lost my father this year. Almost to the day, he died January 2nd.
But, I got married this year as well to a fantastic woman. And we bought a home together. Both of my kids are doing really well at their jobs, and my daughter got married this October past as well.
So it was a very good year for the most part, it was last December that was the worst when Dad was sick.

 

In some ways 2017 has been a year of progress & in other areas I feel like I'm still very much in limbo.....hopefully 2018 will by lucky year were I can really start moving forward in life.

 

I thought 2017 was pretty rough for America overall. I keep seeing these bits on the news recapping the year in money, or politics, or whatever. It's kind of sad that we have this unfortunate presidency.