Well it happened a lot sooner than I thought it would but my house has sold; now the ink is barely dry and there still has to be a house inspection and all the other stuff that goes into buying a house but baring any unforeseen happenings I will be moving “for good” the end of June.

How strange; I’m a little scared but very excited. I know I will miss my family and friends and my god this has been my home for 27 years but I am…. happy.

Whoh!! Stop this train and let me off!! I can’t believe it’s the middle of May already! I have been getting ready to move to the mountains for at lest the summer. I had my land up there cleared a bit more and my camper moved back to the building site. Yep I’m going to spend the summer (8 weeks) in camper with at least 1 dog and a cat. I am planning on taking a travel nursing job. It’s a way for me to afford having 2 residences. The paper work for that job is unreal and I had to get 3 shots and have some lab work done. It will be worth it I know it!!

While I was up there last weekend my #3 son was in another auto accident. Seems a lady talking on her cell phone did not notice her light had turned red and smashed into my son, the car was totaled. He had minor injuries and I think he will be OK but now I have to deal with the insurance company. Today the boy and I are going on an all day mystery tour in search of a car. Yippy kiya!

What more could happen in my already confusing and complicated world… the house could sell. There is a nibble. It would be a good thing but right now it would also be a head ache.

Things here on the Outer Banks could not be better. The weather has been to die for. #2 son says the surf has been great. My #1 son is away right now he is on the ground crew for one of the boats in the Tybee 500 catamaran sail boat race and is loving life.

Well gotta go. Looks like its going to be a good weekend.

Spring in Willis with freshly stocked streams, apple blossoms and cool fresh air

I just got back from the Virginia mountains. Spent 4 days up there while a big "hole" was dug on my land where the new house is going to be some day. Its a real shocker to see a beautiful piece of real estate get a gash taken out of it but I did not want to build on the ridge line so I had to clear from the hill side. If all goes according to plan the top of the roof will sit under the ridge line and hopefully blend in. We shall see, after all "the best laid plans of mice and men" don't always go as planed.

Weather up there and here at the beach has been a bit wet. I keep saying that we need the rain but I also need to get rid of the ants in my front yard and that will take a dry, calm day.

It has been so long since I last wrote in my blog. The past month has gone by so fast and I can’t really even say what I have been up to. I listed my house with a realtor the first of April and have been trying to keep it really clean that stops now, I’m over house work. My hat goes off to those people who can keep their house looking like a “Better Homes and Garden” magazine spread I’m not worrying about it any more all I’m going to do is try and keep the dog hair under control and make the beds. I’ll clean the bathrooms on the days the house shows!!

The yard and garden are both pretty looking good. I’m having some problems with ants, it seems they want to take over my front yard but I’m taking care of that hea hea hea. I planted green beans and they are up. I put some tomatoes and a few green pepper plants in yesterday. The flowers I transplanted last fall from a friends garden are doing well. We have had beneficial rain so all the world out side my window is green. As I sit writing this I see robins and finches in the trees their songs a pleasure to my ears. I love this time of year on the Outer Banks.

I was in Fort Myers Beach Florida last week. I spent my time there just really relaxing. Other than occasionally going out for a meal all I did was walk to the bay in the morning the ocean in the evening, ride my bike and kayak. The company was great I stayed at a friend’s beach house. She stays in the apartment under the house and lets friends and family have the up stairs. Who could ask for more?; a nice place to stay good friends to visit with and privacy.

I’m heading up to the mountains this weekend the excavator is coming and hopefully the land will be cleared and the septic will be put in. This moving to the mountains is going to take a little longer than I had hoped but It will happen.

Spring is happening on the Outer Banks. With every breeze this oak loses more of last years leaves, a sure sign of the spring to come. In the next week or so this tree will be full of buds and by next month it will be covered in light green new growth.

My niece and her kids came down for the day. the weather here on the island was warm with what seemed like light winds so we went on over to the beach. Well it was quite a bit cooler and much windier but the kids had a great time .

Next weekend is Easter and the beginning of the summer season. Easter comes very early this year and for the first time I see businesses that are not opening for Easter. I cant blame them; things slow right back down after the Easter week, weekends tend to stay good as long as the weather is good. Traffic seems to have picked up a little and since houses are not selling and construction is way down a lot of folks are looking forward to the traffic and hoping for a good season.

I am so over this! Last month I went to Las Vegas and while I was there I saw “Menopause the Musical” and one of the main themes was hot flashes. Well folks ever since I have been home I have been flashing. We are not talking little personal summers, these are events where people look at me rise an eye brow or two and say “you seem to be a little red in the face”. It is said god is a fair and just being but from my point of view as a woman I don’t think so! The sex hormone god gave women causes them endure a “monthly visitor”, child birth and menopause. Men on the other hand get a hairy body(that they are not expected to shave), a deep voice and a desire to play paint ball…… Oh.. I forgot when they get older they also get an enlarged prostate that restricts the flow of pee….. never mind I’ll keep the hot flashes.