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<script type="text/javascript"> var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push(['_setAccount', 'UA-17695208-1']); _gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); (function() { var ga = document.createElement('script'); ga.type = 'text/javascript'; ga.async = true; ga.src = ('https:' == document.location.protocol ? 'https://ssl' : 'http://www') + '.google-analytics.com/ga.js'; var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); </script><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Welcome to the Monday <i>after</i> a holiday.  It feels like a one-two punch right?  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">We had some friends for the weekend [they only live 30 minutes away] and decided to <i>pretend like we were on vacation!</i>  We grilled, ran in the mornings and just hung out. The weather was unseasonably cool.  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">While were were sitting outside having a cocktail one evening <i>SOMEBODY</i> [it definitely wasn't me] thought it would be a great idea to cycle 20 miles early on Sunday morning.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Now here is the deal.  I have a bike.  I used it to ride <a href="http://www.brag.org/index.html" target="_blank"><b><i>BRAG</i></b></a> in 1999.  Uh huh.  475 miles from La Grange, Ga. to Savannah, Ga. in a week plus  sleeping in a tent....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Came home from that little adventure and parked it in my basement which is where it sat until Sunday.  15 years.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">But.....I am not one to back down from a challenge so we did it.  <i>Whew....I'm worn out....!</i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7kY32Wc5eG8ZDfyRQ4fjORBNdxjdx39f_MwzqG6KK-Xom6l2W9sUvGNwspBynhz7YcGKYjF4whFczasBEGY0MdYWHP8MS0OwrSm81w4jDDZ_EcZxytT9b9jO59QpaBbtXsnn1I1dBg/s1600/IMG_3213.PNG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ7kY32Wc5eG8ZDfyRQ4fjORBNdxjdx39f_MwzqG6KK-Xom6l2W9sUvGNwspBynhz7YcGKYjF4whFczasBEGY0MdYWHP8MS0OwrSm81w4jDDZ_EcZxytT9b9jO59QpaBbtXsnn1I1dBg/s1600/IMG_3213.PNG" width="360" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">I was excited about burning 844 calories though.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Enough about me.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yesterday after the ride I went over to help <a href="https://designsbysudi.com/" target="_blank"><b><i>Sudi </i></b></a>organize pillows for the Mart which starts Wednesday.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Here are a few pictures....</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGNfqPrzifz6xfAgfdgAQgXklgdqX5NqqvP5ebWgPQ5aj0xZMQa2t5kswP56PRWSU2o1SmsuiddU80z3EU99oWv3KlVbKVjRkE4dZ6bJhTNS_TLqx5Vw65nj6YOW4df4z9TdXA8Phtg/s1600/IMG_3221.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNGNfqPrzifz6xfAgfdgAQgXklgdqX5NqqvP5ebWgPQ5aj0xZMQa2t5kswP56PRWSU2o1SmsuiddU80z3EU99oWv3KlVbKVjRkE4dZ6bJhTNS_TLqx5Vw65nj6YOW4df4z9TdXA8Phtg/s1600/IMG_3221.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">That was like being in pillow heaven for a few hours:)  </span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also before the weekend I installed some relaxed roman shades in a kitchen dining area...</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKKqhpj57emJRPMasdQKTA5wfAldTp2JICJuGHLOFWqdABz0TvGp90EaNqCiBAk9aCuVLVuzzCmwJ4TEuimaNnJbLbqt-brVGQXYmsfFXZPStnmx5RoMD72F2Np5hie7NIiO9vEmu4g/s1600/IMG_5694.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghKKqhpj57emJRPMasdQKTA5wfAldTp2JICJuGHLOFWqdABz0TvGp90EaNqCiBAk9aCuVLVuzzCmwJ4TEuimaNnJbLbqt-brVGQXYmsfFXZPStnmx5RoMD72F2Np5hie7NIiO9vEmu4g/s1600/IMG_5694.jpg" width="426" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">And this vanity was delivered for a modern/rustic/zen bathroom [could I stick a few more styles in there].</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswBYbYvSTPUYyPg8iVwMaAxdaMjJzyeo9QRBsa9QygEWVY1JJkKBhDqkXzb0eGPAg0Em1rv-d-UhCWJ06WsLLAyqoRErn9pLapfJced0CA4NhnT2Ld_5CuQxBcsbXT87aoW9AuyFzUA/s1600/IMG_3206.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiswBYbYvSTPUYyPg8iVwMaAxdaMjJzyeo9QRBsa9QygEWVY1JJkKBhDqkXzb0eGPAg0Em1rv-d-UhCWJ06WsLLAyqoRErn9pLapfJced0CA4NhnT2Ld_5CuQxBcsbXT87aoW9AuyFzUA/s1600/IMG_3206.jpg" width="480" /></a></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">So that brings us back to Monday and what's happening this week.  The Atlanta Market, Scott's and Haven [blogger conference].</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Visual overload.  Just like that bike ride I will rise to the challenge.</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Shazam</span></div><div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNHgQnx8QiKB430c_hFMHZpT9gv23gIKqb0vVLQkToADooqyH5A_4xC6rct7r05pKvDWlZhTUR2eQI04Ai7Q9IABeP3NnEKl0RDUE236iwDeeec6vcoRHZJkaNV8hdPGoxIQoeGRn8ow/s1600/CBDA8CBD19B1D53AF0EF449FFA33BA8E.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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THIS AND THAT

Welcome to the Monday after a holiday.  It feels like a one-two punch right?   We had some friends for the weekend [they only live 30 minut...

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