Welcome to the Shire. Now I know I need to explain the title of this, and for you 'Lord of the Rings' fans I might not need to. It all started when in 2007 we moved out of our home in the country to move into a rental house in town while our old home was being moved into town so we could live in that while we build a new home in the same place. So we had the old place in the country, the rental house, and the old house that was moved into town. We also have a few places out in the country where Bret has bought some land. It got a little confusing when we needed to go to one of the many places for any reason. Bret is a 'Lord of the Rings' fan so the many places we own are named after some places in the movies. Our home place out in the country was named "The Shire" so I thought it was a fitting title for our blog spot. I'm new to this so I hope I can make it interesting for all those who might take a peak at it.