Y’all. OMG! So yesterday I reached out to a company (basically a one-woman show) I’ve worked with on another project to freshen up the logo here on JLL. I sent her the current logo, totally admitting to it’s cheese factor. I created that logo the first time I ever played with AI (Adobe Illustrator for the non artsy fartsy followers). I knew it wasn’t where it needed to be but I loved the concept of it and really just wanted it given that professional touch. It was the Monday before Thanksgiving so I would have been cool with waiting until next week for a reply. If my youngest hadn’t gotten deployed at the last minute (#GoNavy) I would have had the whole family here and taken off the whole week too so I am all for taking your down time. Anyhoo, she replied all gungho (is that a word?) having seen the logo of my mediocre creation in the original email. I was excited. Ok she had a few questions which I quickly answered. This morning I saw her creations and just about shit a brick. OMG y’all it was soooo wrong. It was so wrong I literally almost cried and I’m not a crier… cryer… (wtf spellcheck which is it?). (more…)
Introduction? Reintroduction? Or Whatever…
I can’t count the times I’ve said something like “I should write a book…” about this or that but mostly about being me living my life with my man. I know, sounds boring. No one wants to hear about you and your happy life {insert eyeroll here}. What most don’t know is that my man has been a juvenile diabetic since the age of three. What you see me posting on social media has always lacked the messy back end of our life.
While I know the story has merit and I have no doubt it could be really helpful to other people living through some of the struggles we have dealt with and continue to deal with, I seriously lacked the confidence to be the one to bring that story to life. My husband has always championed me and believed I can do anything I set my mind to and I say I believe that too but I really don’t or didn’t… until recently. (more…)
Let There Be Goats
Recently we decided to make Tennessee the next long term stop in our roller coaster life. Our Florida home will be going on the market and the search for the perfect spot in
Tennessee has begun. First come the scouting trip. Wait, no, first comes the scouting for a place to stay while scouting. Why is it so hard to find pet friendly accommodations????? After hours of searching for hotels and KOA sites with pet friendly cabins I fell upon airbnb.com and a great little guest house on a goat farm that is totally pet friendly and best of all wicked lotta affordable perfectly located between Knoxville and Nashville. For this next adventure, we want land. My wish list would include a great view, a small but functional home set far back from the road, a water feature of some sort, lots of room to roam and no neighbors right on top of me. My other half’s wish list just adds abundant wildlife for hunting and a barn or workshop to his wish list. (more…)
