A POST FROM MY DAUGHTER

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8zhEZzwzPl0-FpgWgr8ttnD693eo-3-3Lgb_dERWe85jEE8hDmYzs5CPPoK7tK0u2i0IzUnFXKyQ_otaYhkUmwMfbOkz2iER5mBNhyphenhyphentSCdZVVjRTcCis5RXGohhJcNBV4dIsCqczU6Pq/s1600/A+Post+From+My+Daughter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD8zhEZzwzPl0-FpgWgr8ttnD693eo-3-3Lgb_dERWe85jEE8hDmYzs5CPPoK7tK0u2i0IzUnFXKyQ_otaYhkUmwMfbOkz2iER5mBNhyphenhyphentSCdZVVjRTcCis5RXGohhJcNBV4dIsCqczU6Pq/s640/A+Post+From+My+Daughter.jpg" width="427" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hello, friends!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This is my daughter Jacqueline. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As part of BIO... BY INVITATION ONLY...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">a group of international bloggers are given a prompt each month to blog about.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">This month we were to ask someone else to write our monthly post!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I chose my sweet daughter! I started blogging because of her (you can read about it <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/09/how-i-began-blogging.html" target="_blank">HERE</a>) so I thought it only natural to let HER say a few words to my readers...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"></span></div><a name="more"></a><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><img alt="International Blog Party" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DKysk_hTwhSOS63BkOD7Vr8hw-eNwdnCi-QE-9MXp3QZQNj0aO8cbSYmcQYlH_BFTkUu_nahW5tInY_sK77Cw1kpavvp3720brGjotfOHKdimv_lN0XLZwkT8o5ymF76ncu3l-_ujLs/s200/By+Invitation+Only+SMALL+ICON.png" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My husband and I moved to Washington, DC six years ago. In 2009, we bought our very first home in a quaint, community-esque neighborhood of the city. When friends would visit our house for the first time, I used to describe it by saying, “It’s the first house with the front porch.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">More recently, I have directed newcomers by stating, “It’s the technicolor row home.” </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Our home is multicolored as a result of my indecisiveness. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">We are giving the exterior of our almost 100 year old home a face lift, and I am on the hunt for the perfect exterior gray… not a blue gray, not a green gray, definitely not any gray with purple undertones, not too beige of a gray… a perfect, inviting, and purely gray... gray. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Admittedly, I have a problem choosing colors.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> My husband wishes there was a support group for color indecisiveness as selecting an exterior color is not my first offense. My dear hubby has painted the downstairs of our home 1, 2, 3… no, 4 times. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Upon moving into our 1920s house, the walls were white, adorned with hand smudges, dirt smears, and nearly 100 years of grim. I wanted a warm color for the entertaining space so I picked Benjamin Moore's Philadelphia Cream, mimicking the color in my mom’s study. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jonathan painted the living room, dining room, and kitchen this color. Then, with love and a meticulous hand, he painted stripes of Philadelphia Cream and a complimentary color in our foyer and up the stairs. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I lived blissfully in my cream home until, inspired by my mom’s move towards a fresh, white look, I wanted to repaint the space. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I sampled colors on the wall, looking for a warm white for the first floor. I chose Ballet White. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My husband painted the whole downstairs Ballet White while I was out of the house.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> During our years of home ownership, he has learned that it is easier to paint in my absence as I am not a detail oriented painter, dripping and splashing as I go... and I can be a bit of a micro manager as he strokes the color on the wall. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When I returned home and saw Ballet White on every wall, water works ensued. Ballet White, as the name probably indicated, looked pink! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Although pink is my favorite color, it was not the warm white I wanted for our downstairs. My compassionate and patient husband, repainted the walls two more times- China White, which turned out to be too stark of a white, and finally Fossil, still not the perfect white but asking him to repaint a fifth time is currently no<a href="http://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=927889236153598968" name="_GoBack"></a>t an option.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With awareness of my color picking disorder (I have heard acknowledging the problem is the first step), I began reflecting on the root cause of my color condition. And I have made a self-diagnosis… MY MOTHER!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I loved growing up at StoneGable and reaped all the benefits of my mom’s cooking, hospitality, encouragement, wisdom, and love.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I hoped by imitating my mom’s decorating choices, I could infuse my home with the warmth that StoneGable possesses.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> Growing up our home was the place where family congregated on holidays, the house where friends would have sleepovers, and a place where those in need of a temporary home could stay. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The house had a comfortable business... and a delicious meal and deep conversations were always served at the table. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With Philadelphia Cream on my walls, I hoped to recreate my mom’s warm and generous spirit. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Also, strongly imprinted on my memory is the freshness of StoneGable. Curling up in line-dried sheets, spring buds blooming in the garden, and changing seasonal decorations are still a few of my favorite things.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> I especially love my mom’s self-taught, adventurous attitude when it comes to home life. Nothing seems impossible for the Wonder Woman of the house.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> She is constantly acquiring new skills to refresh her home and cooking. Whether it’s making croquembouche for the first time and building a 10 foot tower of sugar glued cream puffs, trying her hand at reupholstering chairs (so hysterical… read this <a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/2013/04/one-painted-and-reupholstered-dining.html" target="_blank">BLOG POST</a>), or learning to paint furniture, my mom is invincible! </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She learns, tries, and masters new homemaking talents that keep StoneGable fresh. With newly painted white walls, I hoped to invigorate my home with the same freshness of StoneGable. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I know that no paint color alone can communicate the essences of StoneGable. It’s not about my mom's cooking, decorating, or homemaking, rather our home is inviting because of my mom’s s selfless love for others and her faith. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am constantly learning from her example (and her blog) the attributes that makes StoneGable a home to all. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Thank you, Jacqueline. </i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>I have been crying buckets since reading your post! I'm so blessed that your memories of home are so special and happy!</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><i>Just remember, this is still your home and Jonathan's too... It always will be!</i></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">About the author and her husband...</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><img height="400" src="https://fbcdn-sphotos-d-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/72_541968179354_2800_n.jpg" width="398" /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jacquie and Jonathan met at Penn State </span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YahGmmaiVnjQFu2AvMZjWHLlJFFFS3wUbUz-dWWuLvrqCE2WEzigD9T6nt3908aw9ZPrOb82UWkxy0McEpF-mtdiJmS6txST5zgKS1ff_csxMSBKoujBpn1aTIzYtercpi2a6yzrwyeu/s1600/IMG_1897.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5YahGmmaiVnjQFu2AvMZjWHLlJFFFS3wUbUz-dWWuLvrqCE2WEzigD9T6nt3908aw9ZPrOb82UWkxy0McEpF-mtdiJmS6txST5zgKS1ff_csxMSBKoujBpn1aTIzYtercpi2a6yzrwyeu/s400/IMG_1897.jpg" width="266" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Married the year after graduation</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: center;"><a href="https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/25086_700922718648_750088_n.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://scontent-b-iad.xx.fbcdn.net/hphotos-prn1/25086_700922718648_750088_n.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And now live and work in Washington, DC</span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><o:p><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Despite their very busy lives they come home to StoneGable often!</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A big thanks to Marsha at<span style="font-size: large;"> <a href="http://splenderosa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">SPLENDEROSA</a></span> for  hosting</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">BY INVITATION ONLY.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Head over to <a href="http://splenderosa.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size: large;">SPLENDEROSA</span></a> to visit all the other participating blogs.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"><img alt="International Blog Party" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3DKysk_hTwhSOS63BkOD7Vr8hw-eNwdnCi-QE-9MXp3QZQNj0aO8cbSYmcQYlH_BFTkUu_nahW5tInY_sK77Cw1kpavvp3720brGjotfOHKdimv_lN0XLZwkT8o5ymF76ncu3l-_ujLs/s320/By+Invitation+Only+SMALL+ICON.png" width="296" /><br /><br /><br />Today kicks off a very special Thanksgiving event that will run until Friday...<br /><br />The<br /><br />THANKFUL FOR HOME TOUR<br /><br />Join these great blogs and see the inspiring ways they are thankful!<br /><br /><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>Monday:</b> </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.savvysouthernstyle.net/" target="_blank">Savvy Southern Style</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://findinghomeonline.com/" target="_blank">Finding Hom</a>e</div><div style="text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.lilacsandlonghorns.com/" target="_blank">Lilacs & Longhorns</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://theinspiredroom.net/" target="_blank">The Inspired Room</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thecrafty-woman.com/" target="_blank">The Crafty Woman</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">  <b>Tuesday:</b></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.stonegableblog.com/" target="_blank">Stone Gable</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://debbie-debbiedoos.com/" target="_blank">Debbiedoos</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://meeganmakes.com/" target="_blank">What Meegan Makes</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.maisondepax.com/" target="_blank">Maison de Pax</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://confessionsofaplateaddict.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Confessions of a Plate Addict</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">  <b>Wednesday:</b> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thistlewoodfarms.com/" target="_blank">Thistlewood Farm</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://eclecticallyvintage.com/" target="_blank">Eclectically Vintage</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://mysoulfulhome.com/" target="_blank">My Soulful Home</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.cedarhillfarmhouse.com/" target="_blank">Cedar Hill Farmhouse</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://southernhospitalityblog.com/" target="_blank">Southern Hospitality</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Thursday:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.thelilypadcottage.com/" target="_blank">The Lilypad Cottage</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://alittleclaireification.com/" target="_blank">A Little Claireification</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://freshideastudio.com/" target="_blank">Fresh Idea Studio</a><a href="http://pennywiseblog.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">Pennywise</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.therusticpig.com/" target="_blank">The Rustic Pig</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong><br /></strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><strong>Friday:</strong></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housepitalitydesigns.com/" target="_blank">Housepitality Design</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.housepitalitydesigns.com/" target="_blank">s</a><a href="http://www.mom4real.com/" target="_blank">Mom4Real</a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://countrydesignstyle.com/" target="_blank">Country Design Style</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.everydayhomeblog.com/" target="_blank">The Everyday Home</a> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="http://unskinnyboppy.com/" target="_blank">Unskinny Boppy</a></div></div>

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