The Big Move:On the road to TN

So after packing up all our stuff and sending the moving truck on it's way,it was time for us to start to the journey to TN. The preacher that is serving as a temp.at a local church rented our home and was coming in that Saturday afternoon and we pulled out that morning. So many beautiful sites along the way. I really enjoyed the ride. Dad drove the camper in front of us and me and mom drove the car behind him.

 Yeap she loves the cool air on her face..lol

 Rode like this for half the trip..lol

 Downtown Asheville is so pretty

 Dad had been up since Friday morning around 6am and this was Saturday late afternoon,he was on no sleep so we decided to stop in Asheville and stay the night so he could get come sleep.

 Pretty little view from camp site 

 They thought I was leaving them when I went to the car..lol

 Hitting a bad rain storm

 Beautiful water flowing from the mountains after the rain

 Finally hitting the TN Line

 Stopping by the welcoming center

 You think I need anymore? LOL

 Heading through Nashville

 First sign of Clarksville

 Downtown Nashville from Hwy

 Finally to our new town

The Big Move:Packing up Home

Well we are here in TN and camping in our camper til we find a place. Looks like it might be kind of hard getting a home because a bunch of soldiers at Fort Campbell Base just came home from overseas and plus they are bringing in a ton of new people for some new plant. Real Estate is really going here. So people are grabbing houses quick. We made it up here safely and I am thankful for that. The other day I went out for the first time on my own to try to find some lunch and it looked like a long country road with nothing on it,so I just got on the Hwy and finally found a Mcd's and yeap I ended up in KY.  Then when I came back to my exit turns out that whole country road was a place filled with places and lead out to the huge Army base. I felt dumb,but hey it was fun and a new adventure finding my way around. The town is great,love it here from what i have seen,they have anything you want on the main road and then it leads down to the historic downtown area and huge Cumberland river,beautiful. Ok so my first post is going to be the packing up post. So here we go.

My home place marker I always came home too.

A friend of my sister's came and took our pool down and we gave it too them. The real estate lady suggested we get rid of since we were renting it. That's after with our big hole but no pool..lol and below is without the deck we gave to very nice couple that off the free section on Craigslist that had been wanting one. The man was coming this week I think to fill it on in.

My empty bedroom dad painted it and had new carpet put down over the house. I miss my room at times. Then the empty living room,so sad looking:(

For weeks our house was just a boxed up or laying ready to be boxed..lol

 Our building packed full too

My temp bed in the living room

 Moving Truck arrives with dad driving

 Starting the loading

 Truck being drove away by our real estate agents son to be drove up by him that Monday to Storage in TN

 The empty building

 Wore out from weeks of boxes,taping and packing..lol

 Even more stuff in the truck to go with us..lol

 A Welcome Wagon we made for the Pastor and his family moving into our home

 Still packing at like 3am the morning we left

We finally got finished whew!!!! We had some really great neighbors that just jumped right in without being asked and starting helping load the truck. We are really thankful for the love and help they showed. Glad the packing part is over but still one more round to go when we get to a new home. We have made it this far though. Praise the Lord

Book Review: Billy Graham in Quotes

I recently had the chance to review this book and really liked it. I always love finding quotes and stuff from others that make a point. In this book it takes a wide range of topics and then tells what Billy Graham  quoted on the topic. I was actually riding on my way during the move to a new state and flipped to a section and it was titled home,funny since I was moving to a new place. It's filled with great ones from Billy Graham. This would make a great book for the Billy Graham fan or someone who loves looking at good points and quotes. I was quite pleased with this book and would recommend it to others.

I received this free from booksneeze.com for my honest review

We are Here!!!

Just wanted to drop in and let everyone know we are here!!! I went and bought a laptop sooner then expected and got back online. We made it safely and I am really happy with what I have seen so far. More posts to come,just wanted to say we are here and safe:)

Not Goodbye,just see you later

Well everyone my Internet will be cut off tomorrow and so this is my last blog post til sometime in the Summer. I should have a lot to talk about when I get back. We have a great Christian family renting our house,he is a local Church pastor until they vote a new one in. They are moving in Saturday. I had a first big breakdown last night,my room was finally empty and I went to pick up the last box to carry out and I looked around and just sat in the floor a few minutes and cried. So many memories in this house. We can always come back to it,but who knows what God has in store this could be our last time together as a family here. Ok gotta stop or I will break. I have truly seen God move in this change.I will make a list later and let you see just how it all played out,truly amazing. I have learned many lessons through this. People just stopping by or calling and saying there praying and we will miss you. It really means a lot. Most people close to us know how much we have prayed and we have struggled through the past couple of years. We have neighbors who have stopped by,one baked a cake and another offering anything,another one coming to help us load the truck,another one cooking us a meal tomorrow night. Hearing from people that are so encouraging and praying for us. You really find out who cares about you during times like these. I appreciate and love the people who just come in and love us because they truly care. No asking just popping in or calling, a minute of their time to just say we love ya and praying for you. Well I am going to start crying,so I better go. So we leave Friday and by next week we will be in TN. God bless you all til we meet again:)

Book Review:Growing up Amish by Ira Wagler

If you read my blog you know I love reading about the Amish and Amish Fiction. Their culture has always been an interest to me. I love reading books from people who were Amish and know the inside. Fiction is great but most of it is made up. I like to hear the real side of their culture. So when this book became available to review,I had to take it. Ira Wagler was born and raised in the Amish faith. It is filled with many stories about the life and culture and the real inside of what being Amish is like. At the age of 17 he got tired of rules and regulations by the Amish and packed his bag late in the night and left a note and left his home. It talks about his struggles of being drawn to the English world and back to the Amish life he had always known. He left the faith for good at 26 and now lives not as a Amish man. This is a pretty good book if you like to read true stories about growing up and being raised in the Amish faith. It isn't made up or fiction,it is all real by a man who lived it. Very good book.

I Received this book free from Tyndale Publishers for my honest Review

So Sweet

So sweet our Friend and Neighbor stopped by today and gave us a going away cake. It was so good and my favorite Red Velvet:)

Super Busy

Hey Ya'll,

Been crazy around here. Packing and cleaning. We are renting our house so we are painting,putting new carpet down and packing to leave. We were suppose to leave today but some things came up and we had to hold it off til next week. My mom tripped over a nail off a piece of deck we were taking down from where the pool was and the next morning she was hurting and it was swelled so I took her to the E.R. She should be fine. Then the next day my grandma fell off the curb onto one those long concrete things in parking spots at a CVS store. We went back to the E.R and they ran scans on her. She broke her glasses and got a really bad black and blue bruise on her eyes. They might have to do surgery after the swelling goes down for some fragment bones in her face. So please pray for all that. We know a couple and a they brought over a man that is being their temp.preacher til they vote in one and he looked at the house and about possibly renting it. Very nice man and real friendly. I would love to leave my home knowing a good Christian family is living in it. I had a break down the other night after they left,not over moving or the house,but over how disappointed I am in some people that I thought were part of my life. It's put some trust issues in me about some things. Anyways the lord knows about it,so please just pray. Pray that I find a good Church where I am going. I've looked at some online and they have women's bible studies and things which it neat. I want a church where I feel welcomed and can fellowship with Good people,most of all I just want a God fearing good one. Well busy week ahead. I am sleeping in the living room on my mattress my room was painted. Kinda fun like a big slumber party..lol:) My sister's friends came and took our pool so now we got a big hole in the back yard,but we are going to fill it in with dirt. Well onto the super busy week. That man that is a preacher is going to come by tomorrow with his whole family and show them the house. So until next update,have a good weekend.

Want to be Pen Pals?

Time is swiftly flying by and there still seems like so much to do. Next week at this time we will be in our new town of Clarksville. It hasn't really hit me as far as emotions go. It will probably happen when we pull out and leave our home of 26 years. So far though I am just ready to get the move on and going. Can't wait too see what is in store for us. I did this on facebook and a lot of you sent me yours. If you would like to be pen-pals through mail,just comment me your address and I will not publish the comment. I love sending and getting cards and stuff. So I thought it would be fun. I will be without Internet until July or later or earlier if I decide to buy a laptop for the camper. I might just take a break from the whole Internet thing until we get settled into our new home,but if you want too be pen-pals,I love sending mail..so just comment me your address and I will not publish the comment.  I will probably be on here again before I leave. So I hope you have a great day.

Packing,packing and more Packing

Not much time on here lately..lol..packing,packing and more packing. Boxes are everywhere..lol:)  I did not realize how much stuff one could collect over so many years. I am happy though this gives me a chance to get rid of all the stuff I have been meaning to get rid of forever that I don't need. So far two huge loads of stuff from the house we have put on the free section on Craigslist and did a curb alert,where people can come on a first come first take basic. We still will have another huge load,the one last big one. Time is flying and next week will be our last week here. I can't wait to get there,I am just really ready to start somewhere fresh and new. Hey my room at where we find a place will finally be clean(well for a little while I suppose). The plan as of now is we are leaving either on the 10th or 11th and stopping by pigeon forge or Maggie valley to camp and then on too Clarksville we will be living in the camper until we find a house. Hopefully we won't be in the camper long,but it will be fun camping a little while. I am just excited to get out there and find a place. I want to find a good Church and be involved in the ministry hopefully in someway. I hope God uses me greatly somewhere in a church there and hopefully have some other Christian people my age to fellowship with. Who knows what God has in store,I am excited. Unless I decide to get a laptop,after June 10th I will not be on here for a little while. I think I can make it it without a computer..lol:) Just amazed at how everything has feel into place