Well its been months since I last wrote anything on my blog. I didn't forget about it, life has just gotten in the way. I'm sure everyone knows how that happens. I transferred from my location in Blytheville, back to West Memphis which I was very happy about. But on a sadder note my wonderful loving Mother passed away on June 14th. It was a very difficult time for me, my life has been kind of a blur since then, but I feel as though I am beginning to come out of that fog. I miss my Mother every day, and can't believe she is gone but life is continuing on and with the news of our upcoming grandchild it is proof that God takes home his children and delivers others in their place. Mom would have been very proud of Justin and Elise's impending little bundle of joy just as she was with Justin and Garrett. She loved her grandson's more than life itself as she did me. She will watch over us all from her place in heaven.
As we continued to explore our interest into retiring abroad in Equador my husband began to have second thoughts, "I don't want to be that far away from the kids" he said to me one day. So we began to rethink where and when we wanted to retire. We had discussions of when, that was set for the end of the year, December 31, 2010. Jim will officially retire from the salvage industry. Then came the where!!!! Well, that led to another journey, Jim's choice was North Florida, I wasn't so sure. Being close to the kids was important so we decided to take a vacation and check it out. Hence came our first vacation we had taken together for longer than a couple of days in 30 years. Wow that was an experience. No just kidding, it was wonderful. And during that week we found our perfect retirement location. No it isn't out of the country, but instead right here in the United States. The place is called Fairhope Alabama, it's like stepping back in time. My brother and sister-in-law moved there for my brothers work and we went to visit them on our vacation. We fell in love with Fairhope. Its hard to explain the draw this small quaint town has but it captured our hearts.
Soooooooo, that is our focus, I of course will still have to work, unlike if we had moved to Equador, we could have lived on Jim's retirement, but our kids are going with us and that makes it all worthwhile to me. Our journey has now begun to get our house sold, get me transferred, and work towards getting down to our retirement location in as short a time as possible.
Follow me on our journey as each day brings new opportunities and paths to follow.
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