chattanooga living ♥️

since visiting chattanooga in december 2017, rick talking about wanting to live here since i met him and actually moving here i’ve discovered some things i didn’t expect and some things i anticipated! 

i anticipated:

traffic

i didn’t anticipate:

i wouldn’t mind driving in it and actually like the challenge! 

i ’m just thankful for lola my gps !

i anticipated:

a wide variety of grocery stores nearby, all of which were larger than gary’s & the pembine grocery!

i didn’t anticipate:

grocery delivery and how much i would love it!

i anticipated:

lots of restaurant choices & food delivery

i didn’t anticipate:

how many choices we would have and that i actually prefer to go out to eat as opposed to having it delivered!

i anticipated:

lots of shopping options!

i didn’t anticipate:

how many would be within 2 miles of me!

i anticipated:

mega churches 

i didn’t anticipate:

how many churches there would be!

i anticipated:

nice weather

i didn’t anticipate:

how nice the weather would be!

i anticipated:

mountains 

i didn’t anticipate:

seeing them in almost every direction!

i anticipated:

apartment (almost tiny home) life

i didn’t anticipate: 

how tiny our apartment would be, how easy 3 rooms are to keep clean and how much i love it!

i anticipated:

needing to find a job

i didn’t anticipate:

how much i would love the job that God had obviously already lined up for me!

i anticipated:

missing everyone back home

i didn’t anticipate:

though i  miss everyone, technology makes staying in touch so easy, the separation isn’t as bad as i thought it might be.

i anticipated:

rick & i would grow closer to each other because it’s just the 2 of us.

i didn’t anticipate:

how much our relationship would grow even in this short time and how much fun we would have!

i anticipated:

things to do!

i didn’t anticipate:

how many things there are to do, many of them free or very low cost.

i anticipated:

southern hospitality 

i didn’t anticipate:

how true that phrase is! we have encounters so many kind, helpful, friendly strangers that we do truly feel at home here!

i anticipated:

southern drawl.

i didn’t anticipate:

children don’t have one, but, ya’ll, i have a hard time understanding some adults!

😊

i anticipated:

an adventure and hoped it would be an enjoyable one.

i didn’t anticipate:

how much of an adventure it has been, how much i’d enjoy it and how much fun we would have! honestly, i think rick is tiring of me saying to him:

“honey, i  love our new city!”

here are a few more random pictures: