619 miles

this is happening | jenn's life | may - july 2014

2014 has been one CRAZY and INCREDIBLE year so far. I got married in January. Then I got a new job in April! I went to training for the new job in May. Our new counter-tops, sink & faucet were installed while I was in training and in June we picked up my stepdaughter to spend summer vacation with us. It has been a whirlwind of a year and I'm just trying to figure out how to manage everything. Here's a peek of life via my instagram feed.

I was hired by Southwest Airlines to be a Flight Attendant, so yeah.. now I'm a pilot in the military AND a Flight Attendant, it's fun for sure. We've had family visits, trips to museums, homemade donuts, painting closets pink, and a couple lazy saturday's thrown in there. It's hard to believe 2014 is halfway over and I've had some many amazing things happen. I feel so blessed!

I've also been working on a friend's website and I can't wait to launch it. It really makes me want to design a new one for 619 miles (which by the way is no longer the distance between me and Kerry, but hey.. whose counting?!?!).

I hope to have some kitchen renovation updates coming soon. I love the new counter-tops so much that it almost doesn't bother me that nothing else is finished....almost!

Happy Valentine's Day 2014

Love from me (& Reese) to you!

Merry Christmas

Wishing you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! 

See you in 2014 :)

all you need is love & a dog

I am helping my amiga, Kelly, at her business The Highland Dog. We are giving away this print I designed in a nice frame for anyone who subscribes to her newsletter. If you're in Louisville and you love dogs, sign up and you could win this cute little print.

And while we are on the topic of loving dogs, here are a couple of cute shots of my dog Reese. I left her with Andrea while I'm out here in Little Rock for training and I miss her tons! My friend Kelly and Amy also helped out and I'm so thankful to have such awesome dog-loving friends!

I took these photos a week ago with my friend, Amy's DSLR. I really am going to have to invest in one soon. I love that last shot with Andrea's colorful dress and rug. Ol Reese loves laying in that spot... especially when anyone is preparing food!

a doggy daycare day

My friend Kelly opened up a dog B&B last fall called The Highland Dog. It is a super awesome place that is basically like dropping your kids off at your best friends house (who is as crazy about your dog as you are). I'm so inspired by Kelly's bravery to start something from scratch and become a business owner. It is a goal of mine to be a business owner and I feel so blessed and lucky to have such awesome friends who have followed their dreams.

I've spent a little bit of time hanging out at THD with Reese and last week I was able to drop off Reese for a day of fun dog daycare. Kelly posts photos throughout the day of her four-legged guests on her Facebook page, which I love seeing, even when Reese isn't there.

Here are a couple of shots of my Reese on her doggy daycare day. If you love just seing cute dog photos, you should definately Like The Highland Dog Facebook page.

getting cozy with Hobbes 

watching Wilson (Kelly's dog) and Hobbes run up the ramp

one of her favorite indoor activities (besides sleeping): keeping watch

Happy Happy Happy

Kelly's Mom made St Patty's Day bandanas for THD guests. Reese is sporting hers here

 

Thanks Kelly for treating my Reese-dogg so well. She loves it at The Highland Dog! We can't wait to come again :)

casa nueva inspiration - painted floors

As it is with owning a home, there are unplanned costs that always seem to pop up! I've been a homeowner for 4 months now and I have had my fair share. With unplanned costs creeping into my home renovation budget, I have been brainstorming ways to cut costs. The flooring that I wanted for the entryway and extending into the kitchen is gonna cost me over $2,000... YIKES!

It is a vinyl fiberfloor that has a matt textured finish that looks just like slate and has a lifetime warranty. My friend that owns a Dog Hotel (The Highland Dog) has it in the hotel's kitchen and I thought it was real at first. What I also liked about it was that my dog, Reese, had ZERO issues walking across the floor. And Reese.... well she has issues with certain types of floors. Remember this video where she walks backwards on the laminate floor?

 

Reese in reverse from jenn n on Vimeo.

Yeah.. she does that on any floor that she deems "slippery". Some people might think that it is weird to base my flooring purchase on my dog's preferences, but I say why not?! You can have a good looking floor that your furry friend can walk on too.

I'm still trying to figure out how I can have the floor that I like for a budget I can afford, but in the meantime I have been brainstorming ways to get a good looking floor without breaking the bank. My brainstorming lead me to painted floors. The entryway is a wood floor and the kitchen is vinyl.

Entryway

kitchen

I figure for minimum cash I can paint the floors as a way to update the space. My only concern is how it will hold up to Reese's paws. I know that I would use floor paint and that it's meant to be walked on, but I still am not sure how it would hold up in the long run. Of course if it doesn't work out I can always cover it up with new floors.

For inspiration I went to my Pinterest boards! After looking at some I had pinned previously and adding some new ideas into the mix, here are my top picks for a painted floor:

via Molly Loot (she even shows the how-to)

 

via Elle Decoration

 

via Design Sponge (Check out Lori's step by step guide to how she got this look)

There were several other images that I found, but despite my best efforts I couldn't locate the orignal sources, so I didn't feel comfortable reposting them. I'm pretty inspired by these and I am ready to bust out some paint brushes and stencils and get to work!

 

life via instagram

Reese apparently has a taste for veggies. If only I could get her to pick them when they are actually ripe!

We played a little twister. Andrea and I were the last "standing", but she beat me.

 

We had a backyard campout with Cam and the neighborhood boys. The storms rolled in, but we managed to get a little smore's making in. Quote of the night (as wind picked up and thunder began): "I don't care about smores I care about my life!"

I've been helping my Aunt Tracy with a whole new color scheme for her house. We tackled the bookcases today and they look soooo awesome!

I stumbled on these hiking booties for Reese when I was cleaning this weekend. I laughed so hard watching her walk in them I was crying. She's a good sport.

hello snow!

I finally made it home last night around 10pm and I heard reports of possible snow accumultion. I was excited about that, but honestly it ususally doesn't materialize quite the way it is predicted. I was pretty tired after a long day of flying so I went to bed with it rain/snowing (nothing accumulating yet). I woke up in the middle of the night to let out Reese and I was excited to see the pretty white landscape. I just love how the snow looks at night. I didn't have the energy to snap some shots last night, but this morning I went out with Reese and took these photos.

my life via instagram

Just a peek into my week as documented in instagram. I have experienced snow and near 80 degree temps in less than a week. Craziness!

I'm ready for the weekend, how about you?

under the weather

I came down with something on Friday and it hit me pretty hard on Sunday. My head was all full feeling... sinuses hurt... I was drowning in a sea of kleenex.

So what is a girl to do when she's feeling under the weather? Yep... snuggle on the couch with a box full of kleenex, the TiVo remote and Reese... of course!

 

 

She's ridiculously cute. seriously.

It turns out that in addition to the sinus issues, I also have an ear infection. blah!

Hopefully I'll have some fun stuff to post soon. Ohhhh like a month's worth of Project Life pages!