Change is tough in some ways for most of us, if not all of us.  Even when the change is by choice, there are adjustments to be made.  For me, I guess the main adjustments to our move have been finding a new church, meeting people (I knew NO one here!), getting used to a not-quite 21st century small town, and having no wifi.  Oh, and the seven mile trek up the mountain to get home, which takes 15-20 minutes to drive, due to all the twists and turns.

Casey is no exception.  Although I must say, even with his…..uh…..specialness (bless his heart!), the adjustment process has gone quite well.  Kenn did me a wonderful, HUGE favor……TA DAAAA!

Yes, that is a doggy door!!!  And yes, he installed it into a stone wall!  Casey used it pretty quickly.  But as before, he had no problems going outside, just struggled to figure out how to get back in the house.  I promise, it swings just as easily both ways!  Bless his heart.  I am happy to report the process has now been mastered.

The house is both on a lake and in the mountains.  The lot is very sloped so there’s not much grass for Casey to romp in.  But since Krystal died, he’s been very clingy to me.  He’s always been a cuddly pup, but now he doesn’t like me to be out of his sight.  Although he can find a little strip of grass to do his business, it’s mostly done on concrete.  So it rolls down the incline.  That took both of us a while to get used to.  I bought a little fire hydrant to give him something to aim at. (I asked Jonathan, an expert writer, to reconstruct the previous sentence so it doesn’t end in the word ‘at’.  His response?  If the sentence is about Casey peeing, restructuring is ridiculous.)

We have all been enjoying our new vehicles, including Casey.  He and I go check the mail in Kenn’s Razor, an all terrain vehicle that is loads of fun driving around on mountain trails here.  We use it to tool around our neighborhood, too, and to get to the boat dock.  Casey seems to enjoy boating.  I bought him a life jacket and sun glasses for boating.  He likes his vest and tolerates the glasses

I can’t help but marvel at all the changes that have happened in the past three years.  Some have been extremely hard, like losing sweet Krystal, but most have been great!  I have a lovely new husband and a lovely new home.  We’ve met wonderful neighbors and have joined a wonderful little church.  Life is good.  God is very good!