Time to get out the map

Why did I decide to blog you ask? Well as a way to hold myself accountable to live life. I have always lived inside of my own personal comfort zone satisfied with everything aroud me. That all changed several months ago when the Navy was kind enough to relocate my family out of that happy place. I now reside in a strange land called Memphis where I have yet to gain my footing in life. In the begining I had to keep the happy face on for my family so they could succeed in a new place and that worked they are all thriving in the strange land. I on the other hand am not.

That is a hard sentence to write let alone read.

Now that is out of the I have decided to get a life... hahaha I know.... most everyone has been told that or felt that but I am going to do that. Last week I even announced it to my hubby...." Honey I'm tired of working, running errands, and being in the house I'm getting a life". I'm not sure he took me serious because on Sunday after my morning routine of reading the paper and drinking my diet coke I got up off the couch.

 His response " what are you doing?" 
Me " getting a life"

So I got dressed he followed we got into the car and proceeded to debate where to go to start this life... boating at Shelby Farms, gambling in Tunica. We ended up at the Memphis Zoo which was fantastic! I would say the best zoo I have ever been to. The animals were plentiful, the zoo itself filled with plaques of trivia that had me amused the entire time.

For my next adventure I joined a womens social group I found online. They meet several time a month doing various activies around town or in their homes. So now I might make friends in this strange land instead of meeting my far away friends on skype.... not that I have any intention of giving up skype or the great friends I have already. Today it is raining and my hubby is hard at work on his science project while I have started this blog to force myself to engage with life (in the strange new land ).

For today adventure, besides starting this blog, I am going to bake with fresh lemons.... I know what your thinking... whoa slow down there turbo BAKING!... but yes I'm going to do it. I found a reciepe online that makes a lemon pound cake with fresh lemons and no extract. It's raining... I have lemons.... I'm going for it... then I might just join that flash mob group I was reading about..... Wish me luck!