Family and friends

It's been awhile since I've written about anything but the house but this past week (Wed - Sun) we returned to our old stomping grounds in Maryland.  The main purpose of our trip was for a very close friends wedding and we added a few days to visit family and friends.  The trip was non stop from the moment we arrived till we departed.

I realized how much I really miss everyone and we were very lucky to spend time with many people and so very much appreciate they made time to see us.  I also realized that I LOVE my new life.  It has been difficult to "leave everyone behind" but one of my big goals when we moved to Texas was to start a new adventure that focused on ME and getting my life back on track both mentally and physically.  I didn't realize till this trip just how much progress I have made.  I am in a much better place today than I was a year ago and know that it's still work in progress but some of the big hurdles have been addressed.  It was talking to friends and family that helped me see that I have drastically changed.

We weren't able to see everyone but we knew that would be impossible on such a short trip and hopefully those that we didn't get to see understand that we were crunched for time.

We can't wait to plan our next trip to Maryland.  We already have a few visitors planned for this year or early next year and we are excited to show them why we LOVE Texas so much.

Here are a couple pictures from some of our adventures.

Some of the gang enjoying good food, drink and conversation at Uncle Julio's.

Enjoying a relaxing afternoon with extended members of our family (Joy, Elyse and Nicki).

The handsome groomsmen and groom.  My handsome hubby in the middle.

My good friend Molli - she looks AMAZING!

Great friends Debbie and Mike - a wonderful couple that we have known for many years!

This is HOME!

We are IN!  We moved in on May 24th and we were about 90% unpacked by May 28th.  Of course the last of the unpacking is always the rough stuff but things are shaping up well.  We completed the closing paperwork on May 30th.  Yea things are a bit different down here in Texas, but that is mainly because we owned the land and had a construction loan.

The hubby returned to Maryland this weekend for a bachelor party so I spent the weekend organizing the office, cleaning and buying our bedroom furniture.  Sadly I wasn't able to buy our bed because the store was closed, but hopefully we can get that done next weekend.  Our furniture is being made and will take a minimum of 8-10 weeks so no worries on having the furniture before the bed.

With Rob gone for the weekend I was a bit worried about how I would sleep since normally when he is gone I don't sleep at all.  I woke up Saturday morning rested and refreshed - that was the moment I realized we were home! Waking up this morning was close to yesterday except for the major thunderstorm.  Have I said that it is DARK out here.  There are no street lights and I'm not kidding you when I say you need night vision goggles to walk around the house.  Fortunately we have some night lights but when the power went out this morning I had to carefully work my way through the house to the flashlight, lucky I didn't run into anything :>)

It's been a long process but it was worth the wait.  We love the house and are looking forward to many new memories!