The year it was not 2012

Wow where do I start? 2012 is not behind us and for that I say good ridden. The ole saying of it's not how you start but how you finish isn't always true. 2012 saw the transformation of cars breaking down costing us no less that $100 a pop and that was just the beginning, We also went though like 3 cars for my job which helped to turn things upside down, It seemed anything that could go wrong did. Our finances are still as of this writing are not out of the woods. The idea of living paycheck to paycheck is an unflattering idea at that. My job of being an Independent Contractor for the News-Gazette has held up well and going into my 3rd year I can see why. No one wants to work. I keep hearing how many jobless people there are and yet from my experience people just want to do this kind of work. All was not lost though as my wife became a District Manager for the paper and yep you guessed it, still my boss. We both like what we do and the stress level is a lot better than working in the factory for all those years. 22 for me and I'm not quite sure how many for her. We've been burned by what we thought were friends only to find out using people is a way of life for this couple. What a shame. We've moved yet again for now 4 times in 4 years. That gets old and harder as you get older. We like where were at now with good neighbors that we have no problems calling friends. We don't think we'll be staying here much longer than another year to 16 months. The chance for us to move to Arkansas has arisen. Still some hard decisions will have to be made and bills paid. So far so good getting the bills paid down. Another reason for wanting to stay around for at least another year is to see my son graduate from H.S. He hasn't decided where he wants to go to College yet but he wants to study Business Mgmt. I'm in my 5th year Umpiring through I.H.S.A. and that has not only been a nice bit of change but is rewarding and something I love doing. Last but not least I'm in my 6 total year of Coaching basketball 3 @ Thomasboro. After some herniated Disc issues I was given the Head Coaching job there after a long time Head Coach Earl Hess stepped down. Long story short he's now my Asst, Save that story for a rainy day. My wife and I are going on our 4th year of marriage this year and although troubling from a financial standpoint we are really doing well and continuing to learn,live,be happy even when things don't look so rosy. As most of you know by now my Mom although she had cancer throughout lost her battle on Oct.30th,2012. My wife and I are truly blessed we were able to see her 2 weeks before she passed. She seemed fine but in the end it all unraveled in what many would say was sudden. I really liked to see friends and family that showed in her honor as she was a great lady and I owe so much to her. I miss the good ole days with cookouts and Holiday get together's but times are a changing and were all getting older. As it is still a very new year 1-1-13 I hope and pray for World peace and am grateful the Mayan's were wrong. I hope that I can at least recover the relationship for which I've lost with my son and he can 1 day forgive me. Hoping as our Great Nation can get back to being proud and not being so divided. Last but not least I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year and never take anything for granted. I never will again.