My new adventure began in February of this year.  I had no idea what my future held.  I didn’t know where I would live beyond my temporary apartment, no idea which church I would attend, whether I would get a job, go to school, find other things to keep me busy.  I have lived in Murfreesboro for seven and a half months now.   I have had ups and downs, but thankfully, the ups have come more frequently than the downs!

I am finally getting settled in my new home.  I still don’t have doggy doors (can’t find a handyman!) but I am able to just leave a door ajar, now that the yard is fenced.  My stuff is gradually finding a home, even if it takes a few rearrangements to get in a permanent place.  There is grass in both the front and back yards, and a row of knock out roses were planted along my back fence.  I have a small yard, but it is perfect for me and my pups.

Speaking of the pups, after a rough start, they are adjusting nicely.  I boarded them while some very nice guys moved my heavy stuff from the apartment to the house.  After the big part of the move, Kenn and I (more on Kenn later!) picked Krystal and Casey up from the kennel to bring them to their new home.  We walked in the door, Krystal looked me right in the eye, and squatted and peed.  I thought it was about 30 seconds after we walked in the door;  Kenn says it was more like 15 seconds.  She turned 14 years old while boarded.  I can’t help but wonder if that was her way of telling me just what she thinks about all of this moving around!    She ended up peeing at least 10 times that day alone.  i didn’t have any rugs down, so we were able to stay on top of things.  Casey just walked in, smiled and wagged, and ran to his toy basket to start tossing his toys in the air.

Besides my new home, I have a wonderful new man in my life!  I was on Christian Mingle, a Christian dating website for the past six months.  I had spoken to several men, but I finally realized that online dating just wasn’t going to work for me.  I decided to just take my profile down.  Before I did, I looked one more time.  I saw Kenn’s pictures and thought he was attractive, but he lived in Ohio.  I read his profile and he said the perfect trip would be any cruise.  Hmmm…..I have been on 25 cruises and counting.  He also thought a perfect first date would be a trip to a zoo.  That got me.  I wrote to him and told him I liked his profile and if he didn’t live so far away, I would be totally hitting on him.  We started messaging back and forth, then talking on the phone, and after about 30 hours of talking, we decided to meet in the middle.  The man knocked my socks off!  He was respectful,  kind, a little shy, and I couldn’t take my eyes off of hIm!  I truly never expected to become so smitten.   The best part?  He is crazy about me!!!  We have spent the past five weekends together.  Turns out he has a lake house in northeast Tennessee.  He entertains me by taking me boating and riding mountain trails in his ATV.  I’ve entertained him here by getting him to help move my belongings, hanging mirrors, installing window shades, cleaning up puddles.  He is definitely getting the short end of the stick!  The distance certainly isn’t ideal, but we are enjoying the time we do have together.  We definitely feel that God had a hand in us meeting!

I was sitting on my patio this evening and the first birds I’ve seen since moving here arrived in my yard.  They were bluebirds.  I am home.