1st week

I have to admit, my first week here in Florida was pretty bad. I was completely home sick. It never hit me that I was moving away until I got here. I cried and cried. I have been away from my hubby and I really miss him because Florida is supposed to be our new adventure together and I felt a little lonely. I am here with my dad but he has been out and about with his fishing friends. My new job at the airport was supposed to be an easier less stressful job but it was the opposite. So I have been on the job search once again. I have had a few calls and have been lining up interviews. My first week I knew nothing, knew no one and kept getting lost everywhere I would go.

I am now going into my 2nd week and I am starting to LOVE it. I drive by the ocean everyday. I get giggly when I see the palm trees sway. I can go swimming anytime I want. I know where I am going, and people at the marina actually know me by name. Kind of like cheers! I was coming out of a little shop looking for my dad when someone said HEY Jennifer are you lost again? lol. I thought that was pretty funny it's nice to know that people know you. The locals are giving me all the inside scoop. I am scouting out places to go. I lucked up on finding a Cheddar's restaurant here. I LOVE Cheddar's so I was super excited! Florida also has THE BEST 80's radio station I have ever heard, they play all the underground 80's music too. They also have a lot of 80's bands that come thru here as well.. So that is a double bonus. So needless to say this week has been pretty good!

I also found out that my sweet hubby might have a job that will start in late August. With this economy we were scared we would be apart for a few months. We have really been putting our faith in the Lord that things will come together. I am ready to start this adventure and I pray that it will be a good one! Thought I would post a picture of the 1st time Ryan and I ever came to Clearwater back in 2008. Kind of hard to believe we live here now :)

A good Memory

Last year me and my best friend Kim went to a concert to see one of my favorite non-punk bands Better Than Ezra. I had seen the band a few times before and this was a free concert in Louisville. Ryan had planned to go with me but he couldn't take the time off work. I had no one to go with. Kim had just had major surgery a few days before, but she said she would go with me since she knew I wouldn't go by myself. On the way there, she was like ummm ummm, by the way it's not that punk music you listen to is it? I was cracking up. I said no and played her a few songs. She had actually heard them before. That night was one of the best times ever spent with Kimmie. I felt horrible that I made her go into the "Pit" where people jump around but I wanted to be close. She was such a trooper for 1st off going with me, then to have had major surgery and to be there celebrating with me was a BLAST! I can't believe it has been over a year already since we went but I just wanted to post the memory of that great time we had. After the concert we went to The Hard Rock Cafe and on the way out to our car we passed the tour bus and there was the bass player!!!! She said go and I will take your picture with him.. We were standing literally a few feet away, I had my opportunity but I chickened out. I was star struck. I kicked myself for that afterwords. I am posting a few pictures of the night and a video of one of my favorite songs by them that remind me of Kimmie.


We were down in this. I found this picture from a newspaper
I took these from where we were standing.

Moving to Florida

We just found out a few days ago that we would be moving to the Tampa Bay area! Ryan was accepted into school there, we both felt it was what we were supposed to do. We asked Heavenly Father that if it were meant to be for us to be there he would help provide the way. We just weren't expecting it to be so fast! We started looking into schools in Feb of this year. We at least wanted to apply to schools in an area we could enjoy. We both love the Clearwater Fl area and luckily he was accepted. After we found out he was accepted I started applying for jobs and got a call back from the St Petersburg Airport. I went down for an interview over 4th of July weekend. Last Saturday they called and said I got the job and I report the next week. That only gave me 7 days to plan to move. I was shocked and excited at the same time. Ryan is still looking for a job and he will join me as soon as he does.

We are both excited and blessed that were are given this opportunity. I will start my new job in a few days working at the St. Petersburg/ Clearwater Airport. It was hard to say goodbye to all my friends but we know we will see them soon, and they are excited to come visit us.

We will be about an hour away from Disney World, 4 hours away from Miami, and we will be in the Tampa metro area. We have lots of options to play with and explore. And did I mention we are in walking distance to the beach? We plan to be beach bums. We are also looking forward to not having to scrape the ice off of our car every winter :) I am posting a few pictures of our neighborhood.