O Christmas Tree

 The Rigby "Blue Spruce" Christmas Tree

 My handsome lumber jack husband ;o)

I have never ever had a real Christmas tree until now.  M was so excited to share that experience with his preggo wife.  Soooo on Saturday we road out to a Christmas tree farm in a beautiful quaint town in VA.  I love the countryside here.  It is so beautiful with the rolling hills and old homes.  Once at the farm we searched high and low for our perfect tree.  M also introduced me to Blue Spruces last year and I knew that it was what I wanted for my first real tree.  The tree really is the perfect shape.  Last year we didn't decorate because we were about to move, so I was glad to get all my great decorations out for our last Christmas with just the two of us.  The only downside to a real tree is it will not stop shedding and between my hair, the dogs' hair, and the tree I am a sweeping maniac. LOL

Could you live on a boat?

I know I mentioned before about how insane housing prices are in this area.  Before M and I moved here he mentioned to me about buying a large boat/yacht to live on.  My first thought was No, but now it is starting to seem like a good idea.  This is the only time in our life we would ever be able to do it.  We have to clear some debt before we will seriously begin to look into it.  You can now get boat loans for around 20 years.  The price range we would look at would make our payments a couple hundred dollars a month.  If we were to buy a home that would be a couple thousand a month.  If we sell our home and clear most of our debt we could live on the boat for a year and pay it off.  That would leave us with a fun toy and then we could go buy a house.  This is definitly something that would not happen for a year or two, but it is a possibility.  I LOVE the water and being on a boat.  I could totally move to and island or coastal town.  We have made friends here who have a 300sq ft apartment and a 40ft yacht.  If you havn't been to DC before the Potomac River runs around it and leads into the Chesapeake Bay and then into the Atlantic.  It will be good to see how our friends like it.  They have said there is a community of families who do this at their dock.  I can't imagine doing it with a big family, but what do I know.  So my question for you guys is..... Do you think you could live on a boat?  Here are some pictures of some possibilities:

Photo from johnnyjet.com

Photo from yachtsray.com

(in my dreams)

Photo from yachtcritic.info

Home away from home

Here are some pictures I took with my cell phone of our new tiny home. It was built in 1940 and to this day has alot of the original charm. It is 2 bedroom (well I don't know if you can call that second room a bedroom) and 1 bath with a living room, dining room, kitchen, basement, and sunroom. I am going to try today to remember to take a picture of the side of the house so you can see exactly how shallow it is. I have been able to get dishes and cookware put away strategically. I have no clue where I am going to put all of our clothes. When I say tiny closets you have no idea. I am excited about decorating it because it's not ours so I can try things I would probably not do in our TN home. The dogs are LOVING the big backyard. Have a great weekend everyone!!

These are a few of my favorite things

10 Things I will miss the most in TN

1. Family

2. Friends

3. Our Home

4. New Vision Baptist Church

5. Pickwick Lake

6. My Job

7. Downtown Nashville

8. Titan's games

9. Hair Dresser ;o)

10. My closet and garage-lol

"Change always comes bearing gifts." Price Pritchett