Perhaps its my memory playing tricks but my feeling is that 2008 was a pretty good year on the whole. 2009 on the other hand has been b..... awful for me both personally and business wise and I can't wait for it to be over.
And as if to emphasise the fact, yesterday we had a couple of horses from the livery running round on our lawn. It will not be difficult for you to imagine the damage they did. Just a few days after 8 inches of snow had melted and with all the frost having left the ground they had a wonderful time galloping round and round the chestnut tree. The worst part of it was that they only got out of their paddock because one of the livery girls had failed to fasten the gate properly, so it could have been avoided. Too much alcohol over Christmas, I suppose.
OK, its not the end of the world and I expect a few hours with a flat shovel and later in the spring a heavy roll will put the matter right by next summer. Either that, or as some wag suggested, we could use the deep hoof prints as a putting green. I didn't find that very funny.
So, roll on 2010. And I just hope my usually sunny temperament, which has been severely tested in 2009, recovers to its happy habit and that there are fewer reasons for me to lose my rag during the next twelve months.
Happy New Year.