Season of Change
If you know me personally you know very well that I tend to move at one speed when my mind and heart are set on something...... super crazy get out of my way fast. These last two months have been the most extreme case to date.
Lets start with home sweet home..... Matt and I had been praying that sooner than later we would be able to move out of our adorable yet very snug condo into a home. The doors started to open for this possibility back in July. In normal Hampton fashion we decided it was time , took a weekend to look and put an offer in for our first home....and they accepted !!! We spent the next 6 weeks packing , planning and trying to keep a 6 month old out of the 100's of boxes. We closed on September 6th and have been busy turning this house into our home.I will blog more about the Hampton homestead later!
Now for the twist..... I have always been curious about hair stylist who work for themselves. I have asked around and read articles but never really dug deep enough into anything mainly because I've always been happy with the salon I worked in. And this was still true. I worked in a salon full of people I consider family, had a salon manager that is like a mom and took care of me from every aspect of life and had a boss who has taught me some amazing lessons not just in the hair industry but in life. I think anytime anyone leaves a salon it is assumed its because of drama and its assumed the entire action is going to be drama filled. I know my choice to leave Affinity was a surprise to a lot of people. I could go into little details but the main point and the only one that matters is that it was the best decision for my family. And at the end of the day thats all that matters...my amazing husband and incredible little boy.
So in the midst of buying our first home and packing up the condo I found it to be the perfect time to join a dear friend and go into business for myself. If you have been a blog regular you have heard about Lisa...I would call Lisa my" unconditional love" friend.We have had seasons in our friendship when what was best was weekends out , seasons with just random texts cause we are both busy ...or even seasons of space. But the beauty in true friendship is unconditional love. I respect her in so many areas....as a mom ( her son is amazing and she deserves all the credit )...as a woman ( she helped me understand that standing alone on my own two feet was an accomplishment I"ll always be proud of )...as a handy woman ( the only person I know handier than her is my dad....its why I called her my contractor when I bought my condo)... and as a stylist. I am sure the gossip train thats been running like crazy...(.and for all you that are gossiping, we end up hearing it all so please keep making me giggle) .....has a story of us sitting around in a dark corner of a shady bar making evil laughs at how we will leave our jobs and start our new business. Clearly if you truly know us you wouldn't think that. This was a seed that had been growing in both of our hearts and when we realized the timing worked out to start this adventure together we were thrilled.
I am so excited to share pictures and stories of both of the new adventures in my life!!!! Stay tuned !!!
Lets start with home sweet home..... Matt and I had been praying that sooner than later we would be able to move out of our adorable yet very snug condo into a home. The doors started to open for this possibility back in July. In normal Hampton fashion we decided it was time , took a weekend to look and put an offer in for our first home....and they accepted !!! We spent the next 6 weeks packing , planning and trying to keep a 6 month old out of the 100's of boxes. We closed on September 6th and have been busy turning this house into our home.I will blog more about the Hampton homestead later!
Now for the twist..... I have always been curious about hair stylist who work for themselves. I have asked around and read articles but never really dug deep enough into anything mainly because I've always been happy with the salon I worked in. And this was still true. I worked in a salon full of people I consider family, had a salon manager that is like a mom and took care of me from every aspect of life and had a boss who has taught me some amazing lessons not just in the hair industry but in life. I think anytime anyone leaves a salon it is assumed its because of drama and its assumed the entire action is going to be drama filled. I know my choice to leave Affinity was a surprise to a lot of people. I could go into little details but the main point and the only one that matters is that it was the best decision for my family. And at the end of the day thats all that matters...my amazing husband and incredible little boy.
So in the midst of buying our first home and packing up the condo I found it to be the perfect time to join a dear friend and go into business for myself. If you have been a blog regular you have heard about Lisa...I would call Lisa my" unconditional love" friend.We have had seasons in our friendship when what was best was weekends out , seasons with just random texts cause we are both busy ...or even seasons of space. But the beauty in true friendship is unconditional love. I respect her in so many areas....as a mom ( her son is amazing and she deserves all the credit )...as a woman ( she helped me understand that standing alone on my own two feet was an accomplishment I"ll always be proud of )...as a handy woman ( the only person I know handier than her is my dad....its why I called her my contractor when I bought my condo)... and as a stylist. I am sure the gossip train thats been running like crazy...(.and for all you that are gossiping, we end up hearing it all so please keep making me giggle) .....has a story of us sitting around in a dark corner of a shady bar making evil laughs at how we will leave our jobs and start our new business. Clearly if you truly know us you wouldn't think that. This was a seed that had been growing in both of our hearts and when we realized the timing worked out to start this adventure together we were thrilled.
I am so excited to share pictures and stories of both of the new adventures in my life!!!! Stay tuned !!!
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