Talk about new chapters!

While I am dying to talk more and more about the wonder that is my new bike, I do not want this to become a blog about bicycles. Suffice it to say that Ken and I went on a 25 minute ride this morning and I cannot wait to go for a ride again tonight!

I talk of new chapters as this year has been full of so many major changes. First my Mom passed (this will always be a marker of time in my life) and then I got married. I have hashed and rehashed all the changes so many times... but now some of the realities are hitting me again.

As Ken and I sat in the living room last night watching the much awaited and very satisfying Private Practice on ABC, I looked around me and saw Ken sitting on the sofa content as could be, our dogs laying like rugs on the floor around him, our new coffee table that is exactly what I hoped it would be; the screens were open giving a nice breeze of night time air and I realized how nice my life has become.

Never did I think I would find this kind of peace, even with the tumult, I call it peace. I am content, not complacent and I have a true appreciation for what my life is and what it is becoming.

We topped it all off with a dip in the hot tub and then drifted off to a wonderful night's sleep. :::sigh::: I don't mean to gloat or brag, but life is sweet at this moment. And after the last couple of years, I am learning, finally, to enjoy those moments as they come and for what they are. Moments and a life being lived.

OH! The rest of the living room furniture will be in on Friday -- a week earlier than expected.
So. Very. Excited.