Happy New Year 2022!
2021 was a very hard year, probably the hardest I and my family as well as everyone in the world really have had to face. The pandemic didn’t go away as we had more than hoped. People struggled with divisions in families and friends. We were again locked away trying to stay safe. No matter what we did it never seemed to be enough.
But I think I need to look at 2022 as an opportunity. I know what went wrong and I know what to avoid. I also know I can’t live the last 2 years over again. So…what am I doing now.
Well first I decided to retire. Now, I was going to retire this year anyway but decided to move it up a bunch. I learned from the last 2 years waiting for things to change doesn’t always work. Even when I did everything I thought was right, it somehow didn’t work out the way I wanted. So now I’m doing things for me. I’m reconnecting with people that I have long missed, Seeing family and friends that I haven’t seen much in the last 2 years. I’m going to have fun. That was my vow for 2021 and that didn’t work out so well. I’m making it happen now.
My husband and I are also buying camper. We as a family have camped for many years, since the kids were very little. We have owned a popup in the past but most of our camping has been done in a tent. This will be our first big roomy camper. I’m very excited. We are doing this not just because we want to camp but because we are planning a trip of a lifetime. A true bucket list trip. We are starting in Chicago and taking the Route 66 road trip starting mid May. We are planning about 6 weeks round trip taking Route 66 to California and then a more northern route back hopefully going through Vegas.
This is just the beginning of the rest of my life. I’m looking forward to making 2022 a truly awesome year. I hope everyone does the same. God Bless!
Cindy (cooks)
About the author
I love to cook…most of the time. But finding recipes in a cook book or online is sometimes more work than making the meal. I wanted a place to keep all my favorite recipes without the hassle. Hopefully this is the place. Also my kids are always after me to give them the recipes they grew up with. Texting or emailing them gets to be a hassle. So whenever they call, I just put the recipe here so they can look it up on their own.
