The first few weeks…

Try to imagine two adults, two teenagers, two 12 pound puppies (they are full grown, about 9 months old and I will call them puppies forever) and two cats in a 900 square foot space (the second floor would be renovated first so we did not want to put anything up there) without air conditioning…

Moving on…

We left Wisconsin on June 12, 2015 at 3am. I had arranged a pet friendly suite, in Knoxville, TN, so that would be our pit stop at the end of day one. If all goes well we would arrive around 5pm. Steve and our son Zach drove a small moving truck with all our things…

Getting ready to go…

Steve came back the day before Gabi’s graduation party and two days before the graduation ceremony. We were so excited to be finally moving forward and not in limbo anymore. Gabi was excited to be done with high school and to move on with what her future brings. We celebrated with family and friends. Graduation…

Finding a house…

Our next big decision was where should we live? Steve and  I loved the idea of the mountains. Our children, on the other hand, loved the idea of the ocean. Steve’s job is north of Charlotte and no where near the ocean, whew! (The ocean is okay to visit, but to live there all the…

The new year without Steve…

2015 I got sick with a fever and cough a couple of days after Christmas. I ended up having influenza and pneumonia. As an asthmatic, it was complicated. A few days after starting on antibiotics and steroids, our Realtor called with a showing request. I had been out of work for a week and there…