February Musings

 This little life of mine here in middle Tennessee is moving all over the place. Okay, so the word moving is etched in my brain this year. ETCHED! It's been a year of moving. Moving us here, moving Jen and Serg into their new place, moving into my sister's house for a bit, moving Boo and Grady to their new place, moving back into this house, moving my dad in his new place, moving our stuff to and from storage, moving our stuff from the camper to the house and now back to the camper, just moving, so. much. moving! And it's not done yet.

 T and I are in the midst of a pretty big build/remodel. After looking at more than enough homes in town, we finalized that we ARE indeed staying put in our home, which led to how to make this sweet place suitable for us, which led to more conversations than I can count with the words "build and remodel" smattered in, which led to us meeting our son's friend who became our fabulous contractor, which led to all new flat work around the house and a new garage/shop, which led to remodeling the house here in the next 8 weeks, which led to this here post. 

Why you ask?  Cause as I sit in the sunroom that is either very cold or very hot but won't be, mind you, once this amazing room is torn down and redone, I'm looking outside at the snow on the ground pondering how much we have left to do before we say, "We are settled".  Oh those words... soon, just not super de duper soon. 

This is the garage and patio cover build. Both are coming along nicely. We can't wait to hang out outside this year with the family. Lots of bbqs to come! 

Miss Valerie! We facetime Bec, Brock and Miss Valerie often. Sweet girl!  This is her cute dino from Gma and Gpa this Valentine's Day. We miss them greatly and can't wait to meet little man soon!

This is me on the regular sending photos to T. "What about this?" Home Depot and Amazon love us right now. 😁

This picture↑ and this picture↓ are some of our favorite moments since we moved to Tennessee! And our Why. 💜

And this here... the JOY that fills our heart to see our son help build a place we call home with his own two hands. See, this one here, he's been good with his hands since he was a toddler, building something or fixing something and always smiling in the middle of it all. For a few years, Gabe and Sarahh asked, when are you moving here?  Are you moving here? When are you coming to Tennessee? And now that's it's a reality, and were finally here, to see our son as an integral part of what most likely will be our very last home- ever, WOW. Talk about big emotions. I may start singing Circle of Life. 

Like Grandfather, Like Father, Like Son. enough said. 💗

The Nashville Zoo and cousin time! We had a blast. If you come through the area, definitely worth seeing. 

These two pickles just make me laugh. Memaw and Poppa, that's us. 

Our first Tennessee Valentine's! Who would have thought 36 years after this man of mine proposed to me that we'd be taking a picture in our home in Tennessee. Not me! Yet here we are. T has said many times, The mind of man plans his way, but the Lord directs his steps. Amen to that one. 

 

I have pictures of T teaching our own kiddos how to cook. He's patient and quite good in the kitchen. Here he is with our grandson doing the same thing. 💓

A new wine bar opened up in our town square called Hemispheres. We just discovered it! Super cool premise. They rotate wines to different hemispheres quarterly. This quarter was the Northern Hemisphere and next is the Southern. These kinds of finds make a town your town. A place to go and be. We took Cribbage and shared a glass of wine together away from the mess back in our home. Ahhhh. a moment of reprieve. 

And here is the photo that started this here post today. I'm working on little man's half-blanket, using a basket for an ottoman since ours is in storage, dreaming about what will be. 

Soon.