I'm baaaaaack!!!!

I can't believe it's been a whole year since I've posted anything here. Where has it gone? I was going to be consistent with a blog, but life happens, I guess. In fact, I lost my blog address. Fortunately, I found it again. So let me update everyone on what's been going on in my life. I've been in Texas for the past year, and it's been a crazy time. I have never seen such a hot place. Literally. Here it is, February 14, and it was 72 degrees today. Supposed to be 75 tomorrow. I used to think I would really like that -- the heat during the winter, that is. But I've discovered that it's not as fun as I figured it would be. Being from northwest Indiana, I just plain ol' got tired of the snow every winter. There was tons of it each season. Big, thick blankets of it, even. And months of dreary days. Blah. Depressing. I hated that, and I still do. I don't want months of snow, ice and frigid cold. But I don't want months of heat, either. I guess I should explain. This past summer here was, in my humble opinion, pretty much hell on earth. I got here in January, and by March, it was pretty warm. Ok, I thought, I can handle that. Then it got warmer. And warmer. And by May, it was reaching the high 90s. It just continued to get warmer and warmer. We had a whole summer -- literally -- of 100-plus degree days. No break. Day after day after day. No rain came. Just scorching heat. I have never seen such a dry, crackly place. There was a pond at the place I was living, and it almost dried up. Everything was parched. In fact, the fire danger was sky-high, and the area where I was living had a massive wildfire that destroyed numerous homes. Suffice it to say that by the time October rolled around, I was hoping for some relief. But it hasn't come yet -- we have been mostly in the 60s and 70s this winter. We had 10 minutes of snow the other day. That was it. I MISS the snow -- at least a little of it. I want to experience the seasons again. I don't think there will be a spring here. We'll just dive right into hot summer in about a month and it will be here for a long time. I am not looking forward to it. I'm really missing Tennessee. I loved it in the Pigeon Forge area, and if God allows, I'd like to head back that way. It would be a relief to be back there in the green beauty of the Smoky Mountains. It has been so dry and brown here. So this is my update on my life for right now. We will see how and where God leads. He might have me stay right here, and I guess that's OK if it's being in the center of his will. I'm hoping for something else, but I'll do whatever he says. Stay tuned and I promise to write more!!!