2019

2019 has been a year of mixed blessings.  It started out calm with me planing a busy show schedule.  From not knowing if my beloved Jango would live to a triumphant return to the show pen. It’s been a tough year, we thought we’d weathered the worst and he made a good recovery even went on to finish a series and win me a buckle. Then he crashed and it looked like his show career was over. With lots of support and prayers, all kinds of rehab and work he made it back to the show pen and we had a successful show!  As it got hotter it became apparent that we would need to limit our showing and most of the summer was spent with Jangs hanging out in the pasture living a normal horse life.  But we have plans to hit the show pen in 2020 and go for more wins!

Rachel and Michael discovered a love of cruising, and scuba diving, and have made a couple of "diving cruises".  Marilynn is working hard on finishing up her high school course and is taking a course at Kimichi Vo Tec.  She has put aside her riding, for now, to concentrate on school. 

 

Josh and Ashlyn decided to "come home" now that her final year of college can be completed with online courses.  Josh found a job with a good company in Durant and Ashlyn was able to transfer from her job in Denton to Durant.  They were going to move their mobile home, but after consideration decided to sell it in place.  Rachel found a lovely lot in Mead, on the way to the lake and they decided to build on that. Ashlyn, Josh, and their two dogs came to live with us till the house was completed. So in July, the family went to work. The lot had to be cleaned up and readied for the build, house plans had to be chosen, and contractors found.  Michael and Tony brought their equipment over and went to work cleaning up the lot and in roughly one month we were ready to pour the slab.  By their first wedding anniversary in September, the house was well on its way, they spent their first night there in November, and the complete move in was after Thanksgiving.  

In the middle of all the building, Tony had a routine colonoscopy, a mass was found, biopsied and found to be cancerous.  Surgery was scheduled immediately and was successful.  It turned out to be very early Stage 1 and the mass was removed and there was no other involvement of tissue and no other treatment required.  We were truly blessed and thankful. 

I am trying out a new adventure, just after the new year, I am going on a cruise with the family.  I have never done this so it will be fun to see how I like it.  

Days still pass by slowly but when I look around I think where has the time gone.  2020 will be here in THREE weeks!  Another year gone, memories made, and I am thankful to be here to see it all.