{"id":6,"date":"2011-01-04T10:04:39","date_gmt":"2011-01-04T17:04:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=6"},"modified":"2011-03-01T10:05:06","modified_gmt":"2011-03-01T17:05:06","slug":"welcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/the2seasons.com\/?p=6","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p>Welcome to our new blog.\u00a0 Let\u00a0me tell you a little about us, about our plans and our blog goals.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/4\/8\/2\/6\/7\/284967-276284\/daughterphoto.jpg?a=13\" alt=\"\" \/><em>Photo taken by Louisville photographer Eric Graf<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/4\/8\/2\/6\/7\/284967-276284\/Lexington1.jpg?a=10\" alt=\"\" \/>I am Janette, the mother of two and wife of one.\u00a0 I am an empty-nester living in the south in Lexington, KY and am in the process of down-sizing from\u00a0the 4000 square feet family home in the suburbs \u00a0to a downtown townhouse of 2700 square feet.\u00a0 I love decorating, gardening, bicycling, working out, traveling, and reading.<\/p>\n<p>My daughter is Jordan, a newly-wed, who, along with her husband, \u00a0just bought a 1928 bungalow \u00a0in their new\u00a0northern town, Syracuse, NY.\u00a0 She loves decorating, crafting, bicycling, running, traveling, and hanging out with her new husband.\u00a0 Jordan grew up in the south and went to a southern university, and she is looking forward to the adventures of living in a cold-climate area.<\/p>\n<p>I had been writing a blog,\u00a0called &#8220;Down-sizingboomer&#8221; \u00a0for about six weeks when Jordan came up with the great idea of writing a blog together.\u00a0 She thought we could appeal to moms and daughters, to northerners and southerners, to newly-weds and empty-nesters, to new homeowners, and seasoned homeowners.<\/p>\n<p>We thought about a blog name and decided the2seasons.com would be perfect.\u00a0 Her age makes her &#8220;Spring&#8221; and my (ahem) age makes me &#8220;Autumn.&#8221;\u00a0 Get it?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/images.quickblogcast.com\/4\/8\/2\/6\/7\/284967-276284\/fall_vermont_autumn.jpg?a=93\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Our blog will have before and afters, decorating tips, recipes, and topics we feel would appeal to our readers&#8217; demographics.\u00a0We will include lots of projects we undertake\u00a0in our new houses.\u00a0We also do quite a bit world-wide traveling and will share that, too.\u00a0 In fact, we are leaving for Laos in just two weeks to build a school and playground and will be sure to write entries while we are there.<\/p>\n<p>We would love for you to become a regular reader and to tell your friends about us.\u00a0 Please subscribe, write comments, or add us to your favorites, and check back frequently.<\/p>\n<p>Come back tomorrow and read about 11 things you can do to update your house in 2011 for under $11.00.<\/p>\n<p>Till then.<\/p>\n<p><em>Pictures of signs and seasons from google images.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to our new blog.\u00a0 Let\u00a0me tell you a little about us, about our plans and our blog goals. 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