Month: February 2017

We have unpacked one 16 foot POD and two smaller 7 foot PODS, so our house isn’t completely bare on the inside. It’s chaotic as we continue to unpack (and wait for new carpet in the bonus room/Pete’s new office), but that’s going to be the case for a while. Meanwhile, I’m getting to know…

I have now lived in Tennessee for almost a month, but my mind continues to be blown every day.   I went to a local Toastmasters meeting yesterday. My former group was an Improv Toastmasters group, and a more experienced member warned me that other groups can be much more formal, and will actually fine…

I knew Tennessee would be different from California, but only now am I beginning to think I am in an alternate reality.   When it comes to lifestyle, I love this place. Less than a mile from my house, there is a small parking lot with free access to the Harpeth River, so I could…

Note this post was originally written on October 28. Our realtor texted us to ask how our travel was going after we’d wired our money to the title company. Knowing she was from Kentucky, I told her we’d be going through her home state, forgetting what I was implicitly demanding by the rules of Southern…