We are closing in on the end of an exciting year for the Cowan family.  I have posted about most of the things we did but think a highlite reel might be in order.

We bought a small parcel of land in late 2013 and spent most of 2014 making it more comfortable.  We added a flush toilet and hot water with shower so we could get clean while doing our thing in the scrub brush of south Texas. We have added creature comforts almost weekly including last weeks purchase by Santa of a pressurized convection oven so I can have my biscuits of a morning.  I feel that it is important for a person to start the day off with a good biscuit, some sweet cream butter and a dab of real good jam.  The oven will see some meat loaf soon.  New blue-ray unit will allow us to watch as many John  Wayne movies as my family can stand to watch.

Dorothy and I took a trip of a life-time to Scandinavia in the fall.  We spent 33 days looking around the countries of Denmark, Norway, Sweden and Finland.  We saw some sites over there that were amazing.  Pretty countries, all.  Good food, even if some of it was not something we would normally eat at home.  Pickled hearing can be eaten with about 200 different sauces.  Our local store has about one.  Google “Danish brown cheese”, read about it and say you wouldn’t eat that on a piece of toast.

We have not had any major health problems, although old age is creeping up on us.  I go today for pre-op for my cataract  surgery on the 9th.  Guess I will be lucky if that is all the problems I have for a while.

We lost a few of our class mates during the year and that makes me sad.  I was trying to put together a reunion but could never get a good time in an appropriate place for all of us, then got busy with travel and all that.  Sorry about that.  Maybe I will get the urge this year.  Actually I am not a very good planner of anything.  I am more of a write a check type guy after someone else has done the work.  Poor character trait if you ask me but that is what I have so must live with it.

We are looking forward to 2015 and are already looking at travel books about our country’s national parks.  D wants to see Glacier and I want to see Yosemite.  I guess we will see both just as soon as my new light weight down jacket gets here.  Old people get cold.  Sequoia (red woods) would be nice to see also.  Could fly into San Fran, eat down at fisherman’s wharf, rent a car and do some touring.  Sounds about right.  There is a famous eatery down at the bottom of the hill near the chocolate place that I would like to eat at again.  Dont remember the name of the place but maybe one of y’all know it and will let me know.

David has been posting pictures of west Texas and those bring back some good memories.  I can damn near name the menu of Al’s Burger Bar.  Most people who comment on the pics love the same things that we all liked.  Sissy burger would be good about now, even for breakfast.

Here is wishing each of my forever friends a Happy New Year.  May you prosper, even if oil  is in the toilet.  May you enjoy another year of good health and most of all, may you be as happy as you can be.  I think happiness is way underrated, dont you?

G