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One year ago today, I wrote my first blog post. Happy Birthday Decor Happy! (I didn\u2019t really post over the summer, so I didn\u2019t officially start real<\/em> blogging until October of last year.)<\/p>\n

I hope to keep writing and posting beautiful photos of beautiful spaces. (I also need to get a thesaurus to find other ways to say beautiful.)<\/p>\n

I want to thank a few of my blogging buddies who have been supportive of my blog through their comments, emails, links or advice: Victoria and Kelly<\/a>, Nancy<\/a>, Maria<\/a>, Greet<\/a>, Paula<\/a> and Holly<\/a>. The first person to comment was Liz<\/a> \u2013 that was a happy day.<\/p>\n

In honour of my 1 year blogging, I thought I would share 10 random bits of information about myself. <\/p>\n

1) I have a degree in Commerce and Political Science from the University of Toronto. Boring, right? <\/p>\n

2) In a previous life, I was a Human Resources Manager for a large municipality and a software engineering firm.<\/p>\n

3) I went back to school for interior design (BCIT in Vancouver.) It was challenging, rewarding, and inspiring all at the same time.<\/p>\n

4) We adopted our beautiful daughter when she was a few weeks old from Georgia, USA. If anyone is considering adoption, I can tell you that it is an amazing journey.<\/p>\n

5) My husband is also American (from a small town in NY). His company transferred him to Toronto 16 years ago and we met here.<\/p>\n

6) We lived in Vancouver, BC for 4 years. Our first home was a 15 minute walk to Kits beach and our second home was in North Vancouver nestled in the mountains. I miss that!<\/p>\n

7) I used to teach yoga and hope to do that again someday soon. I still practice but not as often as I should.<\/p>\n

8) Like most people, I love to travel. Did the Europe backpacking thing with girlfriends after university; visited warmer climes in the winter \u2013 Barbados, Jamaica, Curacao, Venezuela, Dominican, etc; would love to rent a villa in Italy or France for the summer (just putting it out there.)<\/p>\n

9) I live in a booming town called Milton, which is about 45 minutes northwest of Toronto. We are fairly close to the Escarpment where there are a number of hiking trails (love hiking.)<\/p>\n

10) I love to help clients create a home that makes them happy.<\/p>\n

Thank you for reading my petite<\/em> blog. I hope you feel inspired to create a home that is comfortable and beautiful (there\u2019s that darn word again.) <\/p>\n

Vanessa<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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