Another year has gone by and to paraphrase Edina Monsoon I hit an oil slick and 35 and things have been zooming past me.  I had 2 sons, two dogs, a cat and a husband all relaying on me for food love and shelter.  Altogether not a bad gig.  I have lost a few friends; some have passed and some I had to remove like the tumor they had become.  Jolly image isn’t it?  So I sit here contemplating my life with a scotch in my hand how I can improve next year; can I be a nicer man, a more loving husband, can I lose 40 pounds in 2014. My goal is to lose 40 lbs before I turn 40.

It has been a good year for the Rawles family.  We won some, we lost some we adopted a son.