Whew! What a weekend.
We moved from the loft to our new house (!!), and it was exhausting and wonderful all at the same time. I really expected to have a lot of sad emotions leaving the loft. After all, it's the place where I entered as a roommate with my dear friend Merry and left my years there as a wife to my other half, Austin. We filled those exposed-brick walls with lots of laughter, Friends reruns, happy tears and sad ones, Chipotle burrito bowls & how could I forget the Jordan Valley fireworks on those summer nights that honestly felt magical.
Anyway — surprisingly — no sad tears. Just an extra-long sigh of gratitude.
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We moved from the loft to our new house (!!), and it was exhausting and wonderful all at the same time. I really expected to have a lot of sad emotions leaving the loft. After all, it's the place where I entered as a roommate with my dear friend Merry and left my years there as a wife to my other half, Austin. We filled those exposed-brick walls with lots of laughter, Friends reruns, happy tears and sad ones, Chipotle burrito bowls & how could I forget the Jordan Valley fireworks on those summer nights that honestly felt magical.
Anyway — surprisingly — no sad tears. Just an extra-long sigh of gratitude.
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaQ8JJImBxNCht3Gy0hT8TfMhPPQXheOreViuvwe2O5sx_fcH0zCsALWHq1SmUwP3-JWVqDbOR8uB8ObOtYfNPa_XURSWf-RfBBHXUcufDH-78kfexcBHQMHoqNicjfEOGfSiwBG7fvusC/s1600/living-3-ana+elliott+loft+via+shelearnsthings.com.jpg)
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