We just celebrated nine months of marriage, which means we are 3/4 of the way through our first year! We're also celebrating six months in Clarksville this month, though sometimes I still wish we were celebrating the opportunity to move back to Texas... Yeah, I'm still learning to be happy here, but I wouldn't pass up the opportunity to move back home if I had the chance! It's also a beautiful spring so far, some of the trees have beautiful purple or white blooms and it's gorgeous driving down the highway. We've had a couple tornado threats and lightning struck the winery yesterday in a quick storm, but there was no permanent damage to the property. It's good that I work at a winery with a cellar so we can get underground safely if need be!
I've been working at the winery just over two months, and I couldn't be happier. It's a perfect job for this detail-oriented wine-loving planner! Things are about to pick up at the winery, too, with a twice-monthly jazz concert series and our annual Poor Man's sale, where people come and stock up on wine at ridiculously low prices (and yes, we take shipping orders that day).
We have also made some wonderful friendships here, especially from our young married small group with our church, and we entertain fairly often (something I love to do)! I'm even having coworkers over tomorrow night, since Austin will be in Nashville for a conference. If any of you know the story behind Austin's drink dispenser.. well, it's already out on the table for the party tomorrow... he won that one!
I was also grateful to host one of my best friends with us for a few days just this last week, but we still have a long list of people we would love to see in Tennessee (and she needs to come back, too)! We're just a short drive from the Kentucky Bourbon Trail and there are a lot of fun breweries in middle Tennessee as well.. but enough of me selling this place. We know you miss us.. you're reading our blog!
As we've said before, we don't know how long we'll be in Tennessee for, but Austin's plant is just starting up, and he's already started putting in overtime. There isn't much of a chance that we would relocate before the plant is fully launched, but the plans we think we have for the future seem to constantly change, so we try not to plan too much and we are reminded every day to live in the moment. It's the lesson we are perpetually learning - especially myself, because I like to plan everything!
I will be getting to visit Houston in about two and a half weeks for a friends wedding and Easter festivities, and I don't think the trip can come soon enough! My heart is longing to be in Texas as I see pictures of our friends at the Houston Livestock Show & Rodeo! :) These trips to Texas always seem like whirlwind trips, but I enjoy them. We don't plan on being back in Texas until my family reunion in June/July, though we'll be primarily in Hunt, Texas. The next time we'll see our family after that is in November... so y'all had better come see us!
We miss our friends and family who are away from us, but I promise you're in our prayers. We'd love to know how we can pray for you, too, and a little life update from you all :)
Y'all take care!
All our love from Tennessee -
A&E
