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LAKE LANIER
6294 Woodlake Drive
5 Bedrooms | 4 Full &1 Half Bathrooms
Sold for $1,275,000 | FMLS #6753841
We’ve had the opportunity to work with our clients to buy or
sell some fabulous homes throughout 2020. Take a look
at just a few of these amazing properties:
MORNINGSIDE
1371 Edmund Court
4 Bedrooms | 3 Full & 1 Half Bathrooms I
Sold for $750,000 | FMLS #6769826
BIG CANOE
291 Woodland Trace
3 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms
Sold for $365,000 | FMLS #6650834
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and Thank You!
2020 has been a year of unprecedented change
for us all. Whether your family converted the dining
table into an elementary school, or moved your home
office to the mountains or lake, it has been our
distinct pleasure to be there to assist every step of the way.
Our wish for 2021 is that it will bring health, kindness and happiness
to all. We hope to be able to continue to do what we love, and that is to
help our clients reach their real estate goals, whatever they may be.
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VIRGINIA HIGHLAND
1050 Kentucky Avenue NE
3 Bedrooms | 2 Bathrooms
Sold for $775,000 | FMLS #6732830
ANSLEY PARK
456 Ansley Walk Terrace
3 Bedrooms | 3 Bathrooms
Sold for $656,500 | FMLS #6723263
EQUESTRIAN ESTATE
4079 Post Road
7 Bedrooms | 7 Full & 2 Half Bathrooms
Sold for $1,500,000 | FMLS #6777214
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Virtually worn out
My tough, Irish Grandmother would overcook unseasoned chicken to a tasteless
pulp. Because to her, anything beyond necessity was frivolous. Overcooked because she’d
get bored and start at 2 p.m. Virtual education is reminiscent of the times Nan would
boil a head of broccoli into compost. For most kids, seeing friends is the seasoning that
makes school palatable and this plain chicken diet is wearing them out. The promise of
vaccination in the coming months is fantastic but the anxiety and stress is here right now.
Elliott and Margo survived first semester, I guess. Admittedly, the goal in our household
was just that — survival, both literally and
figuratively. We set the performance bar low
enough to trip over, and at times we did.
Teachers have never worked harder or under
any more adverse circumstances so I cannot
imagine how painful it must be writing
emails like, “I’d really like to see Johnny
engage a little more in class...” Not that
we’ve gotten that email — we don’t have any
kids named Johnny.
Kristen bore the brunt of it. While
I have to go into my shop each day, she
has been juggling her profession with the
needs and wants of housebound kids and
two dogs. She thrived going into work
prior to the pandemic. She had a beautiful
office overlooking Centennial Park and enjoyed a great workplace camaraderie. Now she
pulls pocket doors closed, a modicum of privacy for her own meetings before preparing
lunchtime mac ‘n’ cheese for slack-jawed children. Perhaps the most interesting thing her
home office overlooks is the puppy humping a pillow.
City Schools of Decatur announced K-5 students (Margo) have the choice to remain
virtual or return to in-person learning on Jan. 19. It is only four hours a day with specials
still taken from home but when drowning you don’t question the quality of the rope
thrown.
Unfortunately, middle school (Elliott) and high school will remain completely virtual
for the time being. And they are doing away with “Wellness Wednesday” which for my kid
has been Rip Van Winkle Wednesday and his favorite day of the week.
I would be exhausted by all the virtual engagement too. A college friend posted on
Linkedln: “Join Cognizant and Nuxeo for a webinar on Cloud, AI, Low-Code and Modern
Content Management: trends that are transforming businesses during the pandemic.” All I
could think was—do I ELAVE to? I mean, maybe I should since I barely know what any of
those words mean but honestly, I’d rather sweep the showroom floor. What I love about the
handmade rug business is that it is old fashioned, tangible. A beautiful, durable good is sold
by one helpful person to another happy person. But 2020 turned my small business upside-
down too and now it seems I need a guy named Nuxeo to tell me what to do about it.
Maybe a silver lining here is that the kids will become even more adept at technology
than they already are. If that’s where the world is heading, they might as well have the skills.
I could use the help convincing Captcha that I am not a robot. I think I’ve clicked on every
traffic light but one of them is sort of in two squares at once, you know? Or the letters
and numbers are
offered through some
Salvador Dali filter
and I can’t figure out
if its’ a capital G or a
melting 6.
But I digress.
Just like 2020 was
a total digression,
an unconventional
education. Nan knew
plenty of hard times
over her long life —
she was Elliott’s age
when the Spanish flu
hit in 1918. I wish I
could ask her about
it. Maybe in some
way her cooking
helped prepare us
for these hurdles. Nothing could be more virtual than Irish wisdom from the grave. Plain
chicken is still chicken, and something to be thankful for. IE]
Timmy Daddy
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Tim Sullivan
Tim Sullivan grew up
in a large family in the
Northeast and now
lives with his small
family in Oakhurst.
He can be reached at
tim@sullivanfinerugs.
com.
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