Away We Go.

  My Husband and I just two weeks ago, hauled our three kids,  and our siamese cat to Nashville Tennessee. To live.

  We boarded a plane at 6:00 am with five fully loaded suitcases,  three car seats, a stroller, our cat and grandma (for support, and airplane assistance). Flew approximately 3300 km to the beautiful state of Tennessee.

We thought, opportunities like this don't come across your path very often, and that this could be a real interesting life experience for everyone.

It is hot here. Really, really, hot, and really, really humid. It's very green, with winding roads and beautiful houses, with streets and neighborhoods like you see on the movies. The kind of streets where you think to yourself "where on earth do they build communities that look like that?" They must have filmed it here. Big beautiful plantation houses, architecture that we just don't have back in Alberta.

They were soaked and so tired

We arrived here soaked in sweat after about two minutes of being outside. In the airport parking lot.

We got to our house, let the poor cat out, after her being in her kennel for about 12 hours. She was so happy. Sat on the carpet and dozed.

We had no furniture. No bedding, no pillows, no towels, no food. We were in for an interesting night. We went to Target and got blankets and pillows, and we all slept on the floor.

So happy to be out of the kennel

We woke up with sore hips, and backs, and no one felt like they had slept at all, Except for Opal (the cat) I'm pretty sure she slept just fine.

The movers did not arrive until Thursday, and we had arrived on Sunday. We spent a lot of time out of the house. exploring the area, stocking the fridge, and pantry, buying some furniture.

Snack time in the parking lot!

The first pieces we bought were these great wooden outdoor rocking chairs. We hauled them inside, then we would haul them outside depending on where we wanted to sit.

   We were counting down the days until the movers would arrive with our stuff! (our beds was what we were most excited for, and maybe the couch...)