Movin' On

Anticipation and anxiousness. A feeling of sadness of leaving family and friends. Wondering of the life that could develop, if we stayed; but always feeling the pull of an unknown adventure. I remind myself of all the “never would have beens”, if I hadn’t moved on. I never would have met Roy who lived in Maine, or enjoyed the seacoast lifestyle, nor met a very special friend that I have corresponded with since she was 8 years old. If we hadn’t left Maine to return to Indiana, we wouldn’t have been able to spend time with new family members. Movin’ on to Idaho we enjoyed the wide open spaces and super friends. Onward to Michigan to a northern lifestyle, more super friends, and family during holidays. I learned long ago that you really can’t have it all, at least not all together in the same place. The only place for all to come together is in the heart, and so to all those we know: you travel with us.

Kitchen Improvement

This is a belated posting as Roy actually made the change to the kitchen cabinet below before leaving Michigan. I was waiting to blog the change until the rest of the cabinet was re-stained. Since we're soon to be moving-on, and we're getting further from the time in which the project was done, I figured I better post this cool improvement now.

The nook in the cabinet with the spindle railing is how the cabinet originally came. The nook is 2 inches deep to the railing. It seemed never to be good for anything, but collecting junk. Spices didn't comfortably come out over the rail, and looked messy, too.

Roy built a long cabinet door with an attached inner shelf that tilts the spices out with it when opened. He plans to touch-up the faded stain on the rest of the cabinet.

Here's our new spice drawer! It's a great improvement! It utilizes the space well, rids all of these bottles from our other cabinets, is handy to the stove, and looks nice!

Home Life

Fall is in the air here in southern Indiana. Here is the view out our dining area window. The days are a wonderful 70-80 degrees with the nights cooling into the 40s. I've been wanting to blog our activities, but it seems that there isn't much to tell. I've been working with Otis outside daily on his physical skills. He has made tremendous gains. Just yesterday, he began walking independently. He still has a ways to go to become steady on his feet, but he's literally off and running! A video is coming! Other activities include exercising dogs, reading, playing cards, eating Roy's good cooking, and doing some online projects for the Chippewa County Animal Shelter. Roy has been riding his bicycle daily and is doing 10-20 mile rides. Up until his knife accident he was getting some golf games in. Roy and I have been watching a wonderful t.v. series on DVD called, The Tudors. It is about the reign of Henry VIII. It has peaked our interest about the time period several times, and we've gone to the internet for answers. We've recently gotten back into geocaching and have done several around Corydon. All is set for us to relocate to Campbellsville, Kentucky November 1st.