Everything has a place.
Things are slowly being put in their place. Funny how objects that held such purpose in our old home are of no use here- what a learning experience! Tim spent the day trying to make the office closet functional for us and I attempted to organize the laundry room- doing a load of laundry is pretty spectacular! :)
Some tulips in our new kitchen window...
Couple shots I took before leaving Los Feliz....
Merry Christmas!!
The only thing around here that is reminding me of Christmas is the bag of random wrapping paper leaning up against the wall beside me, the fire in our new fireplace, and the great big hug Tim gave me before getting out of bed this morning that accompanied a quiet "Merry Christmas!" It's been a wild couple of weeks filled with a lot of stress but we made it and are both so excited to be here. Can't wait to have all of our friends visit to check out our new digs and to start actually enjoying this beautiful home! I hope everyone is comfy cozy today, surrounded by those you love and who love you. Merry Christmas!
Cutting down the tree- 2009
Say Goodbye to Hollywood : My series finale
***I am currently driving my life up the state of California, I will be back in business Monday December 28th!!*** Dear Los Angeles,
Leaving you will never be easy but will always be inevitable, so it is with a heavy but hopeful heart that I take the plunge and move my life back up to the Bay Area. Eight years ago I packed up my childhood bedroom and left San Jose with big dreams. What I didn't realize was that all I needed to do to feel that those big dreams were fulfilled was to simply figure out who I was- to test the waters, to ride my bike without holding onto the handle bars. It is true that I spent my childhood in Willow Glen but sometimes I feel as though it was here, in this apartment, in Los Feliz that I truly grew up.
As I move from room to room packing up all of our belongings I can't help but feel like I am starring in my own personal series finale. The kind where the family is packing up, moving away, starting over. Each time their hand touches an item they hold it for a minute, turn it around in their palm, graze their fingers along the edges of it and slowly the sides of the screen start to blur into memories. My series finale is filled with moments like this. Moments that stop me dead in my tracks and tempt to buckle me at the knees, moments that seem to steel the breath right out of my chest. Sometimes these moments bring a bright smile to my face and other times I feel terrified that when I drive away for the last time somehow these memories will remain inside these walls and I'll never be able to revisit them the same way again. In my heart, I know this isn't true, but change has never been easy for me.
I see Sean and I with 7 little bottle fed kittens. I see Thanksgiving with friends, a clogged kitchen sink that led to dishes in the bathtub. I see painting the living room yellow with Heather, waking up the next morning and deciding to repaint it brown. I see myself watching Tim walk down the driveway on his way to a 7 week tour, hopeful that our relationship was strong enough to withstand what was to come. I see myself sprawled out in the living room at 2AM working on my watercolor final. I see the graduation signs Tim taped to the back door the afternoon of my last final. I see Top Chef nights and Project Runway dinners. I see lots of tears, laughter, and most of all: I see comfort.
All of that said, I am packing these boxes with a lot of excitment for the future. All who know me know how important my family is to me and I can't wait to be closer to them on a daily basis. I see Madmen nights with my mom, movies with my sister, wedding planning with my best friends, wine drinking with Aubs on our new deck, photoshoots with Ivy, and the list goes on and on. This is the first place Tim and I will be moving into at the same time together and I am so looking forward to experiencing all of that with him!
So, Los Angeles, the time has come for us to part ways. I am so thankful that you are not forcing me to leave but instead I am choosing to hit the road on my own terms. You have been more than good to me, you have taught me many lessons, and showed me so much about myself. Thank you for bringing so many amazing people into my life - I promise I won't be a stranger.
Love always,
Meg
PS I won't miss the 5, 10, 101, 110 downtown freeway change-over. At all.
{goodbye kitchen!}
Bay Area Kids Photographer : Malin Family
Shot a handful of holiday card portraits this year- Isabel and Elena were two of my favorite subjects!
Sisters, sisters There were never such devoted sisters, Never had to have a chaperone, no sir, I'm there to keep my eye on her Caring, sharing Every little thing that we are wearing When a certain gentleman arrived from Rome She wore the dress, and I stayed home All kinds of weather, we stick together The same in the rain and sun Two different faces, but in tight places We think and we act as one Those who've seen us Know that not a thing could come between us Many men have tried to split us up, but no one can Lord help the mister who comes between me and my sister And lord help the sister, who comes between me and my man
-White Christmas
