Back on the Our Military Journey (Thus Far) post I mentioned that I moved to Pensacola on December 30th, 2016. We wanted to start the new year fresh and fun, so we decided to throw a New Year’s Eve party. We woke up on NYE and made a plan for the day, which consisted mostly of going to various thrift stores to try and find dinner and coffee tables. As we sat on the couch eating breakfast, we watched the tail end of Oceans Eleven with Brad Pitt and George Clooney (this is an important detail).  As we drove around, my husband would NOT stop talking about getting a dog. The topics of…