Time has moved on....

It is now July and we have been here in Tennessee since April. Things have kind of gotten into a routine. Although, things should be changing soon. We will be closing on the sale of the farm very shortly and hopefully moving into our "new" home. Yes, we settled on a house to buy and are moving forward on being able to move in. It is a comfort we will be able to buy the house outright, no mortgage, which is a blessing. It is also a blessing we had a ready buyer for the farm in the wonderful people who have been renting the land for over forty years.
We hadn't had much success looking at houses on our own when our daughter in law suggested someone she knows from college who is in real estate. We spent one afternoon with her looking at houses and settled on one. It is pretty much everything on one level, which is nice for me, with a huge master bedroom and two other bedrooms. One for an office and one for guests. Off the kitchen/dining area are double doors which open out onto a deck, patio, and pool. Especially the pool sounds good right now with the summer heat being on. It will be great exercise. The kitchen is a nice size and the living area is a good size.
Right now Ter and our son are scheming on how to hook up a laundry area upstairs so I won't have to haul laundry up and down steps. This will be cheaper than installing an elevator which they were first discussing. We will probably turn the downstairs into a rec/exercise room. It has been fun going furniture and appliance shopping. We are learning the stores with Pat and Myla's help. We are deciding on a few things now.
One huge advantage to the location of the house is it will avoid the horrendous traffic which Ter battles now to get to work. I love downtown Nashville, but it is better to avoid rush hour times where the freeway can become a parking lot...or close to it with the slow moving vehicles backed up sometimes for miles. I have driven in the rush hour traffic and the thought of the day is be patient, and don't try any quick moves. The area where we are planning to settle is a growing town, but they want to maintain their rural atmosphere. That is ok with me! I will be happy to start really getting settled here in Tennessee. I do like it here. Oh, by the way, the house does have a huge magnolia tree in the front yard.