Blessings

We spent Labor Day with the Labradors!  Weather was hot AF.  Literally.  But, as we do, we made the best of it.

My mouth literally dropped open when I got the first glimpse of the cabin.  It is beautiful!

While Al set up the generator for the air conditioner, I got the bed made, unpacked clothes and loaded up the fridge.  (common routine) We then took a walk over to the cabin to anxiously investigate.

I have quickly realized that cabins are very different from a normal house.  You have very few walls and random beams that sit around your flooring.  This made for some adjusting in our pantry and a few other places.  I was so glad to be able to go inspect this before any actual inner walls had been installed.  We also realized we inherited some new mountains!  Yay!

As always, Bun, the dutiful dog, waited for us on the bottom floor.

We took a trip to Morristown to check out the grocery store options.  Although Morristown is an additional 15 minutes further out it offers way more options for shopping.  Morristown had so many options for grocery stores I wanted to go ahead and decide which I would favor beforehand.  Food City was the winner.  It is very close to a Kroger here.  A lot of healthy choices and a large facility.  We then went to Longhorns for a date night.   🙂  Ended up spending the evening IN the cabin on the top floor listening to the sounds of nature, looking at the stars with our telescope and candles surrounding us.  So relaxing and enjoyable.

Spent one day doing our obligatory mowing.  Al actually mowed more than one day.  I spent my time watching and loving on the puppies.

Last night was spent by the fire with both dogs beside us.

Let me be honest, these past few months for me have been very stressful.  I’ve spent my time renovating my mom’s condo and getting it ready to sell.  On the weekends that Al has been spending at the farm alone,  I have been painting rooms and packing our home here.  It has really taken a delicate balance for all things to work out smoothly.  And it hasn’t always been smooth!  I have only had literally days that have felt retired and I have accepted the fact that I probably won’t feel totally retired until we are in Tennessee and this house has sold and is behind us.  But, in the same breath, my retirement could not have come at the most perfect time.  I was able to spend the last month of my mom’s life by her side.  Helping out where I could and being where I needed to be on a moments notice.  For that I am so grateful that it worked out the way it did. 🙂

Oh, Al and I experienced the largest and longest shooting star ever.  I was breathless!  I cannot wait for this to be my life every day.  I don’t know what I did to deserve this small piece of Heaven.  God knows my heart and He surely know how utterly grateful I am for His blessings on us.