Spooky + Satisfying + Stocks

Hello and welcome back to TPL,

Fall is my favorite season. Between football, my birthday, sweaters, chili and fires, I just don’t think there’s a better season. This has been a fun and cold week in Atlanta as we gear up for Halloween! I love seeing beautiful homes decked out in spooky accessories. It reminds me of this post from a few years ago when Oliver and I walked through our neighborhood as first time residents!

I can’t believe how little Oliver was in these photos. This was his first Halloween, and this is us now (photo by Jimmy). We went to Halloween carnival last weekend and my children are now too old for cute costumes, as you can plainly see!

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House of the Week

This week’s home is listed by Kristen Sodemann of Beacham & Co. and I chose it because of the abundance of natural light and lush landscaping.

Photos by Rod Collins

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TPL Loves Food

Lucy McCloud of Beacham & Company recommended this Chicken Piccata recipe to me this week. It comes from The Defined Dish Cookbook, which is one we both love.

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Passion Project

During Covid I got super into both the Stock Market and Trading. I got so into it that I’m on the second season of a podcast I created about trading small cap stocks. I’m certainly not the only one who got into trading during the pandemic. With the rise of Robinhood, the publicity of the GME and AMC squeeze and of course the current NFT craze, America’s eyes are focused on the market and many are dipping their toes in for the first time. Our latest episode is my own personal journey with the market, and I’d love you to listen. You literally don’t even need to know what a stock is. I swear.

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Have a happy and safe Halloween everyone!

Blayne

The beauty of change

The last time I wrote on this blog the world was ending. We’d been sent home from work, told to stay in our houses and become teachers to our children. The last 18 months have been hard on the world, and I’ve certainly felt it. I’ve tried to keep in mind that diamonds are created under pressure, but the pressure has been both overwhelming and life changing. I know I am not the same person who entered quarantine in 2020, and I doubt you are either. I’ve changed.

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My children, Oliver and Quinn are doing great. Oliver is in first grade (can you believe it?), and Quinn is in 5/6. Jimmy is still working at Delta and loves it there. The children have actually started a YouTube channel and I know they’d love your support… hahaha. We got through the pandemic as a family, with only 3/4 of us getting Covid. We camped out through Christmas, worked from home, and brought several backyard blow up pools. Porch cocktails and cheese plates became a thing, and our “brand new house” is now looking well loved and in need of some new paint.

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Things at Beacham & Co. are going so well. We’ve put out so many beautiful marketing pieces recently and even won some national awards. The Beacham Insider, which came out this week, is one of my favorite pieces. Click to read it! This issue has a lot on information on the market in general, and specifically the Atlanta housing market.

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For those of you who like houses, and I know you do, last week I shot an incredible family home in Sandy Springs listed by Kathy Rubenstein. Can you BELIEVE this backyard??

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My art is still going well, and I love the way the pieces have matured over time. This is one of my favorite recent pieces. Thank you so much to so many of you who have supported me! I am planning on (finally) having a live show at my studio, so please be on the lookout for more information.

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I will leave you for now, but we have so much to catch up on! I plan on writing once a week, so make sure you’re subscribed to my email list. To tide you over I want to throw it back to my favorite TPL Fall recipe. Chili!

Talk soon,

Blayne

My Dad’s Chili Recipe

Testing 1, 2, 3?? Is this thing on?

Well, it’s been almost 2 years since I’ve written to you guys, but I think in times of turmoil we return to what we know. You all were such an incredible support system to me for so long, and in times of crisis it’s important to stick together. To get back into the swing of things, I thought I would just start by making a gratitude list.

1. The fact that my kids are friends. They have been so supportive of each other, and it’s been refreshing to see.

2. Our incredible teachers who gave us so many awesome activities.

3. My instagram community. I love all my friends on there and keeping in touch with everyone. I’ve started a highlight section of my favorite Corona Quarantine activities if you want to go see.

4. FaceTime with family and friends. We’ve done a FaceTime story time with someone every night, and it’s been my favorite part of the day. It’s kind of like having a babysitter for a little while, which is so welcome. I’ve streamed it to our TV, which makes the kids super engaged.

5. My awesome Beacham & Company marketing team for adapting so beautifully to this “new normal” and creating unique and useful pieces. I became the Sr. Marketing Director at Beacham last year, and I’m so excited about the work were doing.

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Everything is new, and each day presents new challenges. Today was harder than yesterday. The future is just so unclear; however, I’ve found so much comfort in this.

Also… THIS story about the canals in Venice running clear makes my heart SO SO happy.

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See you all soon. Stay safe.

Blayne