Hello, from Florida...

I almost went a whole week without blogging. You KNOW it must have been chaos here for that to happen. My mother texted me today asking when I was going to get my Internet turned on because she said she was having "social media withdrawals." Who am I to disappoint? Here's what I've been up to:

It all started on a blustery Friday morning. My sister, my kids and I set out on a journey to Florida with cartoons and snacks at the ready. And boy, were they needed! It wasn't as terrible awful as I thought it might be, however it was a bit stressful and by the next day all of my nails were bitten off. I won't go into a mile by mile novel about what occurred but let's just say that I learned a lot more about my sister that I didn't already know. For example, she doesn't ever paint her nails because when she does it feels like they're "smothering." Whoa.

The bright spot of our eight hour drive was stopping at Cracker Barrel as one of my wise friends suggested. Here's a Vine video from that trip- ( Look me up, I'm MrsK )

Anyway, after many tears we finally arrived at our destination. The following day, we picked up the keys to my new place and set out to make sure it wasn't a piece of crap. It wasn't.

But then we didn't know what to do. So we got out our iPads...

and then later remembered we were in Paradise and sat outside...

Ooo, Ooo, Ooo! We also had our first alligator spotting! Paige is the one who originally alerted me to it. It was quite scary until we realized it was just a little garbage or debris floating around. You know me, though. Before I knew if we were going to die or not, I ran to my camera because if it was in fact an alligator, I couldn't possibly miss the picture for all of my readers. I'm here for you!

Anyway, it's nice here. I'm sure we'll enjoy it. I have been pretty stressed trying to manage all this without J. My sister helped tremendously and I almost cried when she told me her flight was leaving on Tuesday because I thought she wasn't leaving until today. I'm forever indebted to her, though. There's no way I could have done this move without her. You should have seen the ridiculousness that was moving day. Shortly before the movers showed up, there was a fiasco with the electric company. One that was likely to cost me $500+ if it wasn't remedied quickly. Did I mention they were going to cut off the power, too? Anyway, after talking with a super helpful guy, I was able to keep power and avoid a ridiculous fee thanks to my days spent paying the electric bill month after month in Cookeville, TN. Glad I did that! 

The movers arrived and Cray K was so excited! It was interesting trying to mark off all 191 boxes/furniture all while chasing him down so that he wouldn't go out of any of the open three doors in our new home. It was a moving day miracle that he went down for a nap while so much commotion went on. Two days later and I'm still unpacking, but I'm getting there. It's starting to look more like a home.

I sure hope Captain J appreciates this. He's still off training in Ohio, but he will rejoin the fam sometime this weekend. We can't wait! He sure is missed.

Over and out,