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A New Place

Well, it's been a while but here I am. We live in a new house in a new area of Virginia Beach. We love it here but it was tough to move ourselves. This experience has caused me to realize just how spoiled I am. After a lot of hard work, we have all our belongings in the new location. We don't have everything unpacked, but we're making progress. We also have a yard to take care of now and it keeps calling my name...I always prefer to work in the yard before work in the house. We have a screened in porch off the kitchen and I love being out there. I eat breakfast and lunch out there, work at my laptop out there and just enjoy listening and watching the birds while I'm out there. Two bunnies live close and like to play together in the yard. And our new neighbors are wonderful. They are the original home owners of these homes which were built in the early sixties. They seem geniunely pleased to have us in the neighborhood and have all stopped over to introduce themselves. They've brought roses and brownies and even mown our yard while we did the moving.

Heart Child will celebrate her first birthday on Saturday. I'm trying not to think about the fact that she will be celebrating without us. It's almost more than my mind can absorb. Grandparents shouldn't have to be so far away from grandchildren; that should be illegal! Oh well, it's not and we are.

I went to my first Writer's Group meeting last night and thoroughly enjoyed myself. I listened to a lot of different works and heard a lot of different viewpoints. I was glad to hear the group give positive input and ask questions to make each writer think more clearly. I believe I'm going to learn and grow through these monthly meetings. There were eleven of us counting me. That's a good size for sharing and lends diversity.

I was hoping to be at the Writer's Digest Conference in D.C. tomorrow but it didn't happen. Our new home is more expensive each month and has put a crimp in our budget. It's not that we don't have enough money to live, but we need to be here a couple of months before we do any big spending. We don't want to start dipping into savings in order to do those extras.

I'll try to be more consistent with my blogging. I was going to use this as my journal, but haven't been able to get into the rhythm. I've spent too many years with a book and a pen to just switch.

Speaking of, I'm going to start moving my journals onto the computer. I'm going to edit out what the children really don't need to read and type all the rest in for them to have and share with future generations. This will also allow me to dispose of all those books that we keep lugging around. I don't think everything in them is beneficial for others to read.

Well, I have a lot of boxes to unpack.

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