I’m Tere.  I live in East Tennessee in the land of Smoky Mountains and UT Volunteers.  I see a lot of orange where I live.  Good thing I am a football fan.  I am a Nana and mom to 2 grown children.  I work full time and have been at the same company since 1981.  I am a widow.  I love my family.  I love photography and genealogy and home decorating and am in the process of building a new house that should be complete in late 2015.  I cannot wait to cook in my new kitchen.  I used to blog at livingthelifeoftere.blogspot.com but decided, after a break and many changes in my life, that I needed to start over with a new blog.  So here we are.