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Well hello there! Remember me? Are you ready for my yearly post? Don't get too excited, now. Let's not all cheer and shout at once. That would be me. All. By. Myself. Since I'm the only one who reads this, I can say and do what I want, right? Right!

OK, here goes. The fire pit from the last post was done by someone that didn't know what they were doing. So, it crumbled and the stones were rocky (haha. see what I did there?) and unstable for walking on. So we had to have it ripped out and redone. Big expense, but we love it. It's really done properly now, and it's very nice! We also had a wood shed built so that our firewood will stay dry and we can keep plenty of firewood on hand. Fires at the cabin are so much fun. We love toasting marshmallows and making smores. Yummy.

The stars at the cabin are magnificent. There is very little light pollution, so we can see the Milky Way and billions of stars. Last October there was a meteor shower (forget which one) and we laid on the deck on a blow-up mattress and watched it. I'll never forget it as long as I live. So stunningly beautiful.

Here is the Milky Way over the mountains from our deck:

 You can see the Big Dipper in this shot:

We also had the heating and air replaced. The old one was undersized after adding the new master bedroom, so the new one is so much more efficient. Big improvement!

In the last year, we really haven't done much as far as building things. It's mostly been buying this and that to make things more cabin-like. We bought a log bed, and spruced things up a bit. Our next project will be furnishing the basement den, but we are really in no rush to do it.

In other news--we have a new grandson. Well, he's kinda new. His first birthday will be August 20th, and his name is William. He is such a fun and exciting addition to our family!

Today is the anniversary of my hubby starting a new job. It's been one year! This job requires lots of travel, so we have become good friends with Southwest Airlines, and Dallas and St Louis now feel like home. I think in the last year, we have been to those two cities combined at least 25 times. It's been fun, but exhausting at the same time.

Here are two of my latest pics of the cabin. The front porch all dressed for the Fourth...

And here is the latest from the front of the cabin with a view of the new fire pit and wood shed. Also dressed up for the Fourth!

OK, folks. See you next year. :)