Turquoise Thursday!

First off...you probably noticed that I changed my blog layout up a little bit. "Why?" you might ask? Because I think it needed it. The new layout is more...well, "me." :)
Second, I have decided that I am going to try to theme a couple days of the week, in hopes to inspire me to blog more often. Let's hope it works!
If you know me, you probably know that my favorite color in the world is turquoise. And by favorite, I really do mean FAVORITE! So why not dedicate a day out of the week to this beautiful color? I can't think of a reason why not. :)

Haha this reminds me of what me and Sabina tell each other during work every day. ;)

Whoa!

LOVE this.

This is awesome.

The Rusted Chain Giveaway

So...Beki over at The Rusted Chain is doing an awesome giveaway! Here is the adorable necklace some lucky person (hopefully me!) will win!

What an awesome statement! I absolutely LOVE this necklace. What a great reminder for someone and yourself to see every day. I would seriously wear it all the time! Go over to Beki's blog and enter so you have a change to win it too! :)

Exciting about BUILDING!

I'm not sure if many people know...but Ian and I are getting ready to build a new house! Yep, that's right! I said BUILD! As of right now, we are thinking they are going to start the building process around the middle of April. I am feeling so overwhelmed, although I don't think it's actually hit me yet. A few days ago, I posted some "inspiration" photos of some rooms with the robin's egg blue paint color, but I have actually changed my mind about that! 
Yep. Remember? I am INDECISIVE. I can't stand it, but that's just me. :)
As of right now, our living room & kitchen are decorated in warm, festive colors...all of which match this beautiful Espana dinnerware we registered for when we got married:

I absolutely LOVE these colors, but my favorite color EVER is turquoise...so I wanted to find a way to incorporate the turquoise with these other colors without making it look like I just threw it in there because I liked it...haha. SO, I found another set of dinnerware at Target that I absolutely fell in love with that has all the Espana colors, with turquoise too!

I am pretty sure we are going to sell our Espana, even though I love it so much. It has NEVER been used (we have a white set of dinnerware we use on a daily basis) so if you are interested in purchasing it let me know!
Here is THE inspiration picture that just did it for me! I am in love with these colors put together, and I can't wait to see how it all turns out in the house! We are using these colors in the living room/breakfast area/kitchen (it's a very open floor plan). The walls won't be red, but you get the picture. ;)

The walls in the living room/kitchen/breakfast area will be a taupe color, probably something close to the paint color of this room:

And this is the shower curtain that will hopefully go in the guest bathroom. :)

I just love the way the colors look together!

If you know of any good interior decorating sites/blogs or have seen any pictures of these colors incorporated in a room, please share! It would be greatly appreciated!

I can't wait to get started! :)

Sips n Strokes!

So...I don't know if any of you have heard of "Sips n Strokes" yet, but if you haven't it's AWESOME! My friend Crystal's birthday is coming up and she decided that she wanted to celebrate at Sips n Strokes! There are several locations, but the one we went to is in Auburn, AL.
They have a calendar on their website of the different paintings offered on different dates, so you know what you will be painting before you get there! There is an instructor who shows you what to do step by step, so it's really easy! Here is the picture of the picture we we painted on Friday night:

I LOVE this painting! I decided that since we are getting ready to build a house that I would tweak the colors a little on my painting to make sure it would match the colors we decided to use in the living room in our house!

The first thing we had to do is put on an apron or smock and get our paint!

Of course I had to take pictures all night haha! Here's Crystal and me, ready to paint! Sorry I cut out your paint brush Crystal! :(

The first thing our instructor showed us how to do is the background, which I thought was going to be difficult, but it was really easy! All we had to do is choose colors to mix and then shade over the top with white! 

 And here's my finished painting! I am so happy with it! At first, I was like "ewwww mine doesn't look anything like the original!" Then I decided that I liked it. :)

 And here is mine and Crystal's paintings together! (mine is on the left)

And lastly, here is my painting compared with the original!

It's not as whimsical as the original, but if you know me, you know that I am all about the bright colors! If you haven't been to Sips n Strokes yet, I highly suggest you go! My mom and I have already planned to go soon! :)

Sorry it's been so long!

Okay so it's been forever since I have blogged! I guess it's okay though since I have a full time job now. I still LOVE my job by the way! There's something new every day, so it's never boring, and I always look forward to going to work...which is GREAT!
So what's new in my life? Not much. Ian and I went to a wedding in Atlanta this past Saturday evening...and it was absolutely BEAUTIFUL!

Ian graduated went to high school with Katy, and used to play with Josh.

(he's a musician too)

On Sunday afternoon, I went up to work to meet Sabina so she could show me how to do kennel duty when I have it. I took Lilly, and we gave her a pedicure and a bath. :)

She looked out the window the whole way home. I love her! :)

So that's really all that's new with me right now! Sorry my blogging has been slacking, but I promise I will try to update when I can!

I Got a Big Girl Job!

Yep. That's right! I got a big girl job! I am now working full time as a veterinary assistant, and so far, I love it! I've only been there 1 1/2 days, and this is what I've done so far:
Cleaned kennelsWalked/washed several dogsHeld 2 day old puppies as their tails were cut off (so sad!)Assisted vet w/ a spay surgery on a cat (almost passed out)Gave vaccinations to dogsAnd more!
I know right?! It's really a cool job though! *You probably want to know more details about the almost passing out thing above...so I will explain. I was helping doc do a spay surgery on a cat, and had just finished helping (I was just standing there at this point), and all of the sudden, I can't see straight, I can't hear hardly anything, and I had to leave the room before I fell on the ground. LOL! What's weird is...I wasn't nautious, the surgery didn't bother me, and I have NEVER been lightheaded or passed out in MY LIFE! It just hit me! Weird huh? Anyway...it's an ongoing joke now in the office. (refer to Bine's comment on this post)*
*Added after original posting. :)
What's awesome is, I get to wear scrubs every day which is basically like wearing pajamas to work...and what's even better, is that the girls that I work with are amazing! They are super nice and made me feel welcome and extremely comfortable on my first day. I don't know if any of them will ever read this, but thank you Bine, Amanda, and Krista! Bunches! Oh and of course Doc. :)
I am extremely blessed to have a job, and I am super excited about the upcoming events in mine and Ian's life together! We are getting ready to build a house (which hasn't really hit me yet), and I am ready to start decorating! Right now, our bedroom doesn't really have a color theme (well maybe a little brown and green) so I want to change it up a little bit when we move. I am obsessed with the robin's egg blue color, and chocolate brown...so here are some inspiration pictures for our master bedroom:

The walls here might be a little too turquoise...but you get the picture. :)

This one's a little better. I want to paint the back wall the robin's egg color.

Not quite sure about the bathroom yet...but I absolutely love the color!

Perfection. :)

Love it!

Now I'm off to go get some more scrubs! :)

Just not the Same?

Have you ever randomly remembered something you used to have or do as a kid and thought, "I forgot all about that! I need to get/do that again?" I think at some point, we all have. I remember going to the Girl's Club in Phenix City as a kid and always getting cinnamon Mentos because I LOVED them...and I haven't had them in YEARS because I thought they stopped making them. The only ones I would see in stores were the mixed fruit (which are okay) or the mint (yuck). It made me SO sad.

But...GUESS WHAT?!?!

Ian and I went to Winn Dixie tonight to get some sherbet (we are on a sherbet kick), and guess what was in the checkout line?! Yes!

CINNAMON MENTOS!

I cannot express in words how happy my heart was. (IS!)

I only got three rolls (and ate one on the way home), but I plan to go back and get more...lots more! Gosh...I just love em'!

On the other hand...

Not too long ago, I had this same feeling about something that I used to have in middle school that I absolutely loved at the time, and the outcome wasn't as pleasant as I would've thought. Does anyone remember these???

Well, in middle school, all my girlfriends and I had these lip balms because they LITERALLY tasted like candy! I can remember guys stealing them out of our purses to eat them. Yes...eat them. That's how good they tasted!

So I decided a few months back to go get some, because like I said, I had completely forgotten about them! So I went to Target, which is where I used to get them from, and then to Walgreens, CVS, etc, and I found...NOTHING. I was so sad that I couldn't find them anywhere until I looked online and found some on Amazon.com! So I know you can guess what I did then...yep! Ordered them.

I couldn't wait for them to get here. So I waited and waited, and FINALLY, they arrived! I couldn't wait to try them out so of course the first thing I did was open each one and taste them.

Not what I expected. AT ALL!

I was so disappointed! I remembered them tasting so much better than that. I mean, they taste good...but not like I remembered. They are probably all OLD on Amazon because they are discontinued and so they have been around for years! Duhhhhh Jenna. I would have rather remembered them how they used to taste in middle school! Haha! Okay I know I'm a nerd...and you probably could care less about any of this...but I just had to blog it!

So tell me, have you had any experiences like this? Wanted to re-live a moment you had when you were younger and realized...it just wasn't the same? Give me some feedback! :)