Flexibility

Having horses and children has taught me a very valuable thing. To be flexible and willing to make changes at a moments notice. The last couple of months have been busy, people have
been out of sorts, and Christmas is really never what I imagine it will be. Last month I listed
some goals that I wanted to accomplish by the end of the year. I don't think I have finished
one of them. Every year we go out as a family and cut a tree down at a tree farm about 2 weeks
before Christmas. This year David and I bought a little display tree at Target 2 days before Christmas. Marissa and I decorated it on Christmas Eve night. Most of the family has
been sick, some family members have been fighting. On Christmas Eve morning I woke up to
find Chance completely in the tack/grain room. How he fit I'll never know and how he didn't
get stuck is a total miracle! The room is barely big enough for 2 people to stand in, never mind
a horse! And the biggest miracle was that Chance didn't touch any grain at all despite the fact that there were 2 open bags in reach. I guess he thought it was way more entertaining to torture Phoebe (the chicken). He was eating her bed of hay as she was huddled in the corner unharmed. I'm not sure if I left it open or if he figured out how to open it. It is now latched with an extra clip.
So now it is the evening of Boxing Day. An English holiday that David's mother enjoys celebrating. We eat another huge meal and have a fun Yankee Swap. Everyone is stuffed and
sitting around chatting. I have snuck off to check my e-mail and write this. Another Christmas is over, New Years is next week. Time is flying by as usual.
I have to say it has been a wonderful year and even though things seem out of sorts and really kind of weird this Christmas I'm grateful for it all. I have wonderful friends, a great new career, my kids are growing up and getting along (doing very well in most aspects of their lives), my husband and I have been able to laugh most of the craziness off and made time for a snowmobile ride the other day, and all of the animals are healthy and happy.
Life is good and I think the only New Years resolution I will make for 2008 will be to continue
to remain flexible. Everything else will fall into place.