when anne {who runs the "sneak peek" column on design*sponge} contacted me a month or so ago and asked if i might be interested in sharing my home with the readers of d*s, i was thrilled and said absolutely. oh - wait a second. i don't currently have a home, i thought. after some discussion anne thought it would be fun to share some of the shots of the house before we moved out - and possibly, in the coming weeks, a second run of what it looks like now. above is a sneak peek of the new dining room and here you can find the post at design*sponge. thank you to grace and anne for extending the invite - it is an honor!
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to my husband - i adore you endlessly and am so very proud of who you are - as a husband, a father and a human being. have a wonderful day my love...
thank you, thank you. thank you for your support, sweet words and kindness. we spent the week really settling into the house and it feels like home again - it is almost surreal how quickly we fell right back into it - i hope to chat about it in more detail later this week. but i wanted to thank you all from the depths of my soul...
and i hope you had a wonderful weekend. we played in the new backyard, grilled salmon and feasted on caprese salad and grilled baguettes; and took the girls to their first concert - Fiest gave a free concert at Memorial Park - just a few blocks from our front door. a wonderful weekend filled with reminders that life is truly what we make of it, to take every twist and turn with grace and to love where you are right this moment, regardless of where your passport will soon be taking you...
xoox~jla
hello friends - i do hope you are enjoying your summer immensely. well... we do have some news to share. i have to say that i have been rather hesitant to sit down and write this post as it will make the decision that much more solidified. mainly due to the nearly inexistent american housing market - our voyage to italy has been put on hold; we are moving back into the house this weekend and hope to try to sell again when the market turns in a year or so. it has been rather like a roller coaster ride as we tried to decide what was best for our family, both financially as well as emotionally. in the end it makes the most sense to us to try and wait the downturn of the market out. we returned from atlanta a week ago now and have spent nearly everyday trying to get the house ready to accept us again. i have a difficult time stepping backwards and this has been my biggest hurdle over the last week. changing the paint colors, moving some furniture around - adding some new pieces - and my sweet, wonderful father-in-law who basically re-created our entire backyard to include a new bricked patio and two new vegetable gardens helps make the experience feel as if maybe this is a new journey and we are not slipping back into a mirrored reflection of our lives just three months ago. the decision had seemed like such an easy one at the time - this is what we want for our family - let's do it. but maybe slowing down, stepping back again and realizing where we are must be where we are meant to be at this time, has helped put it into prospective.
so, i do hope you stick around for more adventures here as opposed to abroad - but we hope those adventures will come one day very soon - i, of course, will keep you posted. and i have to believe that we at least obtained the girls' passports for some immediate purpose - maybe that means some jaunts in the meantime...
have a wonderful holiday weekend - i hope to be back in full swing in the next week or so.
be well friends...
xoox~jla
p.s. the new Photo Trade theme will be announced by 11 july
