My year-in-review post is a little late this year but it is still January so I figure I’m good. 2015 was an interesting year for me; I did several things that I had always wanted to do but just didn’t and I am so glad that I did.
Volunteer: I love animals, all of them (except rodents, true phobia). My husband is also an animal lover. We have our dog Maggie, 2 cats-Squeaks and Bugger and 2 rabbits-Thumper and Harvey. We got our rabbits last year from a farm sanctuary that rescues farm animals and when we went to pick them up I fell in love with the whole place! I have dreamed of helping out somewhere but just never did anything about it, so now was the time and I have been volunteering there about once a month since then. My husband joins me when he can and built a goose shelter and a peacock shelter for them. I love every minute of it even though most of my time there is spent shoveling poop.
Became a vegetarian: This of course is a direct result of volunteering at the farm sanctuary. In the past two years we have become very aware of the meat industry, we stopped buying factory farmed meat and started buying our meat from a local farmer who raises his animals with care and compassion. But after the first day at the sanctuary and meeting the sweet animals that have been saved from slaughter and other horrible situations, my husband and I both decided to stop eating meat. I never thought in a million years that he would stop eating meat, after all his favorite meal was a big, thick steak barely cooked. Neither one of us miss it at all.
Growing a garden: We have always grown tomatoes in a planter and sometimes some herbs, this past summer I said “Let’s have a real garden honey.” We do after all live in the Garden State. I asked him to help me create a garden bed with a fence, just something small, to keep the critters out. Well, my husband doesn’t do anything half-ass. He built me a gorgeous, fenced in raised garden with a gate. He also said that it was my responsibility to maintain it, he didn’t want to be involved. Let me tell you how rewarding it is to see the plants grow, to pick the veggies and then you get to eat them! And yes, my husband loved it too. This year it will be even better!
2015 was a great year for new things and here’s hoping that 2016 will bring more of the same. We are planning our first trip to Paris together and we are renovating our house so I’d say that’s a good start. Cheers to everyone for a great year and to trying new things!
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