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Belmont Mansion Transformations

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Are you a fan of Fixer Upper? Home Town? Then I have a home transformation I'd love to share with you! I posted a few weeks back about the restoration of the grand salon floor at Nashville's historic Belmont Mansion—the setting of my Belmont Mansion novels. Here's a shot of the grand salon floor as they were just about to start the project. They gave us a glimpse of the floor at that … [Read more...]

Instagram LOVE

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I love Instagram. I'm not a huge poster (I'm working to do better). But I love to scroll and get glimpses into people's lives—and into who they are. What someone posts says a lot about a person. This is by no means an exhaustive list. But maybe you'll "click" with one of these people, too, and choose to follow them. So without further adieu... So what … [Read more...]

Here Comes the Sun

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I’m not a morning person. Not. At. All. My husband is. For the first 20 or so years of our marriage, he thought if I just kept getting up early (as you have to do with babies, then school-aged children), it would become a habit. It hasn’t. He finally understands that there are some rhythms that are simply programed in our DNA. All that to say I’m not sure I’ve ever seen (or at least … [Read more...]

Little Bits of Christmas

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If you’ve been around here long, you know that earlier this year we moved into a teeny, tiny condo in a downtown high rise. While I have lived here long enough to figure out how to live my daily life, the holidays are a new thing. So what’s a Christmas decoration-loving girl to do? It turns out that little bits of Christmas go a long way in making our space festive. Here’s what I’ve done: … [Read more...]

On Elevators and Christmas

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Yesterday was a normal day. Wake up. Spend some time with Jesus. Run some errands. Do a bit of online shopping. (Oops! Not on the to do list, but there you go!) Change into workout clothes intending to walk for a little while on the treadmill before sitting down to work on this post. But first, a trip downstairs to get the mail and pick up a package. As you know, I live in a downtown high rise, … [Read more...]

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