The hubs is out of town. I needed a shower but put it off so long the night before that I decided to wait until morning, not wanting to sleep on wet hair. I get up and all is right with the world. I let the two cairn terriers out without issue. Our chihuahua is super old, almost completely blind, hard of hearing and his sniffer is starting to fail him. He was snoring so I decided to let him be. He freaks out beyond anything you can comprehend if he’s caged in any way so we just have a little bed next to the other dog’s crates for him. He gets up and wonders half the night so it’s no surprise to find him snoozing hard when I get the others up.
Month: November 2018
Logo Nightmare = Personal Growth!
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…

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…)