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2024 - After 33 Years We're Moving!

Hi Friends!


How are you doing?  How has your summer been?  Has 2024 been good to you in general?  I’m only up-to-date with friends, not on social media.  It’s been a minute…as the saying goes for checking in with SM friends. A lot is happening.


We are moving!


Spring ‘24 started out with a bang for the Buckhead Sweeneys:


We road and air traveled around Tuscany, Florence and Rome, Italy.  After Italy, we headed to a horse show in Kentucky and added a visit to a Maserati shop.  We were on the hunt for my long-lost ‘76 Merck.  We found it and we’re buying it back.  The old Merck is getting a full face-lift and tummy tuck right this very minute.  


Merak Maserati 1976
Used to be blue, now silver

Merak Maserati 1976
Photo taken by friend I sold it to in '80s, Oregon

Merak Maserati 1976
In the shop, getting ready for new Atlanta home

If you’re wondering: where on earth will they keep that car on McKinley Road???  


Oh my, do we have good news on that front…. After 33+ years, we are finally leaving McKinley Road!



After Kentucky, we went to Urbana, Illinois to attend Diana’s law school graduation (…Summa Cum Laude…:).  


UIUC law grad
Memorable, humbling evening

Next stop after Illinois that was NYC for Eli and Diana’s wedding.  Incredible matrimonial-elopement weekend!  Diana was a stunning bride, Eli was a sharp, handsome groom!  Family in attendance was the icing on the cake. 

Elopement
Beauty and Brains

Phew, that was a lot of 2024 crammed-in travel.  


After the wedding, in June, we suffered the loss of two, young, dear people.  Unspeakable. 


When July rolled around, Jeff and I were hit with a dreadful case of pneumonia.  I know.  What?  We were sick, and I mean sick, for the entire month of July. 


Our house was full of coughing, hacking, blowing, moaning, and limping sickness!

We were supposed to spend July 4th at our blissful beach house overlooking the Atlantic.  No such luck.  


Amelia Island
Our blissful beach house


Eventually, we did make it (barely) down there to recuperate.  And oh what a beautiful place to recuperate in.  Stunning private view that never, ever gets old.  Birds, rainbows, sea turtles, rising sun and moon, ships in the distance, ever changing water color and peace.  Pure peace.


All good things must come to an end and before we knew it, we were back in sweltering hot, stormy Atlanta.  


Don’t get me wrong.  I love ATL.  But it is sweltering hot and stormy June - August.


So, a lot of you know that Jeff and I planned to demolish our McKinley home and rebuild.  It goes like this:  


Tear down

Rebuild


Call it all off. Don't do it.


Tear down

Rebuild


And, now, the latest is…


Call it all off. Don't do it...


After returning from the beach and recovering from pneumonia we called off the rebuild plan, again.


Praise. The. Lord.


It's time to get off of McKinley Road? Take a look at these photos:

Savanna playing in her playroom over 30 years ago. That room is my current office. It's time to go?

My dad, 33 years ago, holding Savanna (6days old) in my current office space. Time to go?

We bought a new home in Buckhead and couldn’t be more excited.  Please visit us! If you want the whole scoop, give me a ring.


Hedgwood Homes
Final rendering when complete

Hedgewood Homes
When we first drove by

Otherwise, here’s the skinny:


It’s in Garden Hills, The Delmont.  It’s currently under construction and has everything we were after with a new-build on McKinley.  And, MORE! Way more.


The best part for Jeff is the 3+ car garage!  The best part for me is the amazing greenspace view and huge oak tree.  Entry way and elevator are pretty nice too.


Cheers!  


Meanwhile, we will still be moving into our condo on Peachtree.  Boy, is it looking quaint and cute with various, lovely things of my late mother’s.


porcelain
Condo and McKinley will soon hit the market


So, yeah, a lot is going on in our lives regarding real estate.  


Thankfully, we’re getting a break from it all soon!  


I hope all of you are experiencing exciting change in your lives too.


God has been so, so good to me and my family.  I pray you reap similar blessings through faith in Him.


Thank you for reading!


Love, Shelley


Persevere in prayer, being watchful in it with thanksgiving - Colossians 4:2





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