What I love about my home in Leesburg, Va.
In 2005, we
built a quintessential Georgian style estate sitting on 10 acres
boasting views of a mountain range out back and a golf course out front.
We felt this home would be a great family home. Our kitchen is the
heart of our home. The kitchen table seats 12 and that’s a great start
for family gatherings. We have hosted Thanksgiving dinners for two
decades, birthday celebrations, Christmases and gaggles of our son’s
friends. Not sure how my husband would describe it, but this is my dream
home in a perfect setting. It is peaceful, quiet and beautiful -- open
vistas, gravel roads and sounds of the neighboring farm make me feel
right at home.
My home is my
sanctuary, my safe place -- a place where I have evolved and reinvented
myself over and over from an overweight, four-time cancer survivor to a
competitive bodybuilder to Transcontinental Mrs. USA 2019. Falling in
love with my Leesburg community made our home even better. Leesburg is a
progressive, charming small town with a supportive community spirit
where I made history. An avid community volunteer and advocate for
seniors and veterans, I was titled the very first Mrs. Leesburg and
competed in Mrs. Virginia America in 2019.
Our home
includes an executive office, plenty of outdoor space, a spa, theater,
bar, a commercial grade gym and plenty of space to relax, entertain
guests and host family gatherings. While it is hard to pick a favorite
room, our formal living room is the most sentimental. It has a clash of
generational items from both of our families -- chandelier and furniture
from my husband’s family home, alabaster statues from my first duty
assignment in Athens, Greece, decorative items my mother selected or
made and a single family photo of my great-grandmother Very Ella
Williams. None of these women are with us today, but whenever I’m in
this room, I feel them, I am thankful for their legacy and can admire
their great taste.
Our home has
also been the incubator of change for two entrepreneurial spirits and
facilitator of hopes and dreams we did not know we had when we arrived.
We have evolved here. Over the years, we have opened our home to
hundreds. I have prepared for competitions in my gym, we have started
and sold businesses.
Today with
covid-19 our home is the epicenter of our lives and the evolution
continues. It became headquarters for 110 FIT, my fitness business, when
the state mandates shut down my business; a primary classroom for our
teen son when schools were closed; and Zoom/Skype meeting headquarters
for my husband’s job.
You’ll Fall In Love With These T-Shirts and They Won’t Break Your Heart
Summer is here and I’m planning on wearing a T-shirt the entire time. Finding the perfect T-shirt is tricky, though. I have some favorites (these) but that doesn’t mean my T-shirt hunt is over. In fact, I feel like I’m in a constant search for more and more T-shirts I love. That’s because with plenty of shirts, you fall in love, and then they change on you. After one wash, or perhaps several, they start to change color, or maybe even worse, size. But I’m proud to announce that these shirts are upfront with you from the beginning and won’t break your heart.Thankfully, Faherty makes not only incredibly soft T-shirts, they are also pre-shrunk. This means that they don’t shrink in the wash...ever! That’s right, ever. I’m actually currently wearing their sunwashed pocket tee. I’ve had it for a year, and I’ve worn it so much that there is a hole in the top right shoulder, but other than that, it’s exactly the same as the first day I bought it. It’s lightweight, being made from 100% organic cotton, extremely comfortable, and comes in seven sunwashed colors. The shirts are garment dyed and expertly washed in Peru before they get to you. These have pockets over the left breast, and nice details across the shoulders and down the seams. While this might look like a basic tee, it really isn’t. It’s an essential.
I actually love a lot of the stuff Faherty makes, and so does my partner (especially this dress). Faherty is a great place to stock up on summer essentials like shorts, beach shirts, they even make a mean beach blanket. But be sure to get a couple of these T-shirts. They’ll be your new favorite.
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