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We took a much-needed break at the beach this afternoon 🌊🌊🌊 Trying to carve out little moments of Play while w continue to work work work. Just trying to cross the February finish line. We all needed this so badly 🌊🐚🐚🐚🌞
Sigh 🥰 He’s my dream man. He works so hard for our family & has the best smile ...even when it’s covered in sawdust 🤣🤣 We’re racing time the finish line at the @inlet_cottage & trying to have it rentable by Feb. 1st 🙌🏻
Today was a dusty & noisy one! 😅😅 Jeremy & a new friend/concrete expert got to work chiseling out the existing concrete ramp at the @inlet_cottage, busting it up, then refilling in the hole where we’ll lay new concrete for a deck. I painted white trim all over the house & touched up the yellow paint all over it too. Looks soooo much fresher now! Jeremy also got that huge rusty antenna down. Jeremy got the French doors hung so I start painting them white tomorrow!! They swing out & open up to the future deck. I drove two hours to go get the outdoor dining table that will seat 6+ on the deck. Excited to see this outdoor space coming together!! Can’t wait to landscape around it! 😍
We made black-eyed peas & cornbread for good luck today ✨ The kids were most excited about the sprinkle-brownies I made & we did a countdown from 10 and yelled “HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!” as I made the first cut 🔪😋 So cute!! It’s been such a fun weekend hanging out with old friends who are visiting us in town. Feeling incredibly grateful & excited today 🤍 Happy New Year, my friends!! We made it to 2021!! 😅🙌🏻🎇🎉
2020. Wow.... what a year! While the name or number “2020” has gotten a bad rap as the globe suffered lockdowns sheltering from a terrifying virus or evacuated fires or ran from killer bees, etc etc etc..... for ME —or US—it has been a milestone year! I looked back over the photos from this year, which do not include any exotic vacations, but instead saw pure joy, fun & inspiration. This was the year that a fire was lit under me. I gained the courage to auditon for an orchestra & enjoyed rehearsals & a stunning concert. I even played a different instrument & further challenged myself. This just fanned the flames inside me & I sat down and penned a book. We had the scariest night of our lives as our little Etta was rushed to two hospitals. We truly thought we might lose her & I will never forget that terror & helplessness. But we were fortunate & we walked out of that haze. I was so incredibly grated for the “stay at home” order because I had the BEST 2.5 months with my husband & also the most PRODUCTIVE few months of my life. I laid out my PR plan & pitched my story while still in the editing process, as I prepared for an ambitious self publishing timeline. In the meantime, we biked 5,10, 20 miles a day! We canoed every other day. We built furniture & made art & grew a fantastic garden. We made an audiobook & tinkered with music. I want the rest of my life to feel like the pandemic shut down (except with beaches open & the ability to travel 🤣). While we’re still not hanging in large groups, we at least have a couple family/friends we continued to socialize & grow close with & it has been a joy! The book began taking off & I went on a “podcast book tour” and spent a couple months getting really good at interviews. I was published in magazines & on the news & on the radio & then flew out to Hollywood to meet some hugely influential folks in my life & interview for several hours in a studio. It was such a wild experience—all of it. It felt incredible to achieve the big visions I set out for myself earlier in the year. I refused to flake out on myself or go at it half-arsed. And I’m proud of myself. Just as the biggest month for book promotion began (c’td)
The antique Heywood Wakefield chair is 98% done! 🙌🏻 Swipe to see! 😍 I just need to do a little touch up paint on the spline from hammering it in & get jeremy to add two screws on the bottom to hold the seat back down. But the paint, new cane webbing & upholstery is done! I saved this beauty from a healing trash pile & so enjoyed bringing her back to life! I don’t think I ever want to re-cane a chair again, though 😅🤪🙃 It’s way harder than DIY bloggers made it out to be 😂 But it sure does have that historic coastal charm I wanted to fill the @inlet_cottage with! 😍👌👌 Details like this are part of what separate it from all the IKEA-filled vacation rentals out there 🤍✨🌊🐚
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