I love living here. I don't miss my home town just the people there. I've tried several times to get my folks to move here but they will not. All hope was shot down when my parents bought a beautiful place on West Point Lake. I'm glad they have it because now when we visit we all (Dustin, Drew and me along with David, Susanna and Wheeler AND Mom and Dad) have our own space. Three stories and 4000 square feet of our own space.
I still love living in Florida. I was trying to move to FL when I met Dustin. Then when he came home one day, after we were married, and told me that he got a job in Panama City I had the house packed in 3 days. The only problem with that was that we had 3 weeks to move. So we survived the rest of the time on take out food because I packed away all the pots and pans. We moved into his parent's weekend place on Crystal Lake and put our house on the market. We only had to bring our clothes from GA because the house we moved into was fully furnished. After a year and a half on the market the house finally sold. We had 2 offers and took both of them. The first offer fell through and when the second offer came we jumped on it. I have to say that we jumped on it hesitantly because the people buying the house wanted all of the furniture too. The bedroom suite that I'd had since I was 12, a hand-me-down bed that Dustin's parents gave to him along with some older furniture and even the couch that Dustin had had since college. I really think that the people buying it really just wanted the pool table. It was a gorgeous Brunswick circa 1995. They even made sure that we left the art work on the walls in the game room. All of which came from Big Lots! Whatever, the house sold. By that time we had Drew and were busting at the seams in the tiny house we were in and needed somewhere to put our roots. We researched and and worked with Wilma Taylor, our realtor, to find the house that we finally bought. I love this house. It has all the space that we needed and a playground in the back yard! It has room to park a boat, when ever we decide to buy one and a cute little courtyard in the front of the house. Gorgeous azaleas and crepe myrtles and palm trees. We even had space to put in a garden! The only furniture that we had when we moved in was Drew's bedroom suite. We really had to buckle down and find some really good deals on stuff because on top of buying a house we had to completely furnish it. Master bedroom suite, couch, chair and ottoman, rocker/recliner, coffee table, rug, TV, credenza, guest bedroom suite, dining room table and chairs, table and mirror for entry, sofa table, book shelves and a new pool table. These are all of the things that we got on our very limited budget. With Gods help we made it all work.
I'm a stay at home mom now and wouldn't have it any other way. There is so much more to do here and so many more opportunities for us and for Drew here that were not available to us in GA or AL. There are 3 parks within walking distance of our house. Not to mention the mini park in our back yard. We are so close to town that it only takes 15-20 minutes to get anywhere I need to go. It takes less than 5 minutes to get to a grocery store. The church we are going to join is a straight shot from the house and the people there are phenomenal! We have a small group meeting every Wednesday night and love being a part. During the summer both Pier Park on the beach and the city of Lynn Haven have free concert series'. Lynn Haven has theirs on Tuesday night's and Pier Park has theirs on Thursday nights. Drew loves going to these events. He gets to run around and play and wear himself out. The music is usually good and the breezes can't be beat.
We have really good friends here and not to mention a lot of family that live close by. I've always lived close to family and I'm not sure I could survive if we moved somewhere they weren't. Dustin's family is so much like my family it's almost scary. I dearly love my in-laws. I know you don't hear that often but I truly do. In fact my mother-in-law is who I hang out with the most. If I don't talk to her at least twice a week then Drew and I go visit her. I truly, truly love it here.
I guess I've rambled enough for one day. Besides, I've got cookies to make for small group tonight.
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