Big Boo-Boos!

Oh my, it's been a long time since my last post.  In fact, it's my longest time between posts--EVER!    

Life has been a busy ride the last couple of years.  Or more!  A bit of a different and more active ride than our usual somewhat mellower style but quite interesting nonetheless.  Boo-boos have been made along the way and lessons have been learned.  

Here's the scoop:

You may recall that we moved into a new house in a 55+ community in January 2022.  We absolutely loved the house, and we couldn’t have asked for better neighbors. They were a bunch of wonderful people!

In addition, the community offered an endless number of amenities and events, and the neighborhood sometimes held various outdoor get-togethers in the green space behind the homes.  

It was all pretty neat stuff! 

But you know what? 

As wonderful as all that was,

it wasn’t the right place for us!  

Sometimes life is like that, 

you know?  

No matter how grand something is, 

it doesn’t mean that it’s for everyone!

For some reason, it never felt like home for various reasons.  After initially cozying it up a tad bit, the desire to continue to do so completely disappeared.  I know cause I searched all over for it--under the bed, in the closets, the oven, even in the garden but it was... 

gone…

outta there... 

absent...

vanished!"  

Another issue was that after living on an acre for 18 years, the tiny backyard left us wanting for a bigger one—not necessarily a giant yard, just bigger!  We knew the lots were super small before moving in so we picked a lot on a green belt so it would look like we had maximum space.  Ah yes, it was gonna be amazing!

Big boo-boo!  

It didn't work. 

After all the houses around us were built, our backyard seemed to shrink.

ONLY four foot, rod-iron fences were allowed too, and they don't make for much privacy.  We know because we had one.  

We also landscaped but made the mistake of putting too much landscaping on the sides of the house when we should have focused on putting trees in the backyard.  I can’t believe we didn’t add trees, especially as much as I LOVE trees!

That was a great, big, 

leafy, green boo-boo!  

~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

So yes, the house is currently on the market.   

As I write this blog post, we're happily living in our RV, and that’s where we plan to stay until we know what's next!  We're trying not to be in a hurry though.  At least that's what we tell ourselves. 

We're praying about all of this now because we can't plan any better than prayer!  Of course, WE are clueless as to when the house will sell and what comes after that but God has the answers.  Our part is to exercise patience which isn’t easy. We certainly want to land in His appointed place at His appointed time.  

While waiting, the plan is to do some RV meandering with regular visits back to our North Texas home base.  

As for the boys, they just go with flow no matter what!  

They're the BEST!

Chewy & Elmer

We'd certainly appreciate it if you would keep us in your prayers... please!

Stay tuned.

Extra-Large Smiles,

Donna