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Monday, December 8, 2014

pharm funnies


here recently a woman came into the pharmacy and was wanting some of her medications refilled…. 

while she was standing at the register staring at us while we were refilling her medications (pet peeve of mine -- we say it will be 10 to 15 minutes and there are chairs for a reason… this would be like going to a restaurant when there is a wait time and just standing at the hostess stand.... ummm MOVE!)

she all of a sudden goes “scuse me ma'am?? have you ever tried this?”

i look up and she’s holding a little tiny package and it says something about energy on it. i shook my head no.  she then goes “i'll let you know how good it is… do you care if I open it now, while I wait?? i mean, i’m GOING to pay for it...” i said "no, i don't care, that’s fine."

she spends a couple of minutes trying to open it and has to get one of my technicians to help her who opens it and then reads the instructions to her… it is supposed to be inhaled people, INHALED.

the woman takes the INHALER and sticks it up her NOSE and tries to snort it!!???

my tech says "noooo, with your mouth, not your nose"

she then takes it out of her nose and puts it in her mouth! (---EWWWW!!)
she inhales, and immediately says "oohh I feel it already…"

the tech then says, you have to uncap it first, the cap is still on it. 


OMGGEEEE.

Sunday, December 7, 2014

step 2 in building a home: selecting an exterior style

do you judge a book by its cover? i most certainly do. you only have ONE chance to make a first impression.... the exterior of your home is the first impression it gives. i do not take this lightly. 

first off, what style am i going for? 
  • modern farm house
what products do you want to use? (brick, siding, stucco, etc...)
  • to give the look of traditional wood siding, we chose a product called hardi-plank siding because it is more durable and has less maintenance (similar to brick)
give us some inspiration!! ....well you twisted my arm... here we go pinterest...




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are you seeing a trend? porches, white, porches, more white.... 

there ya have it, there's my exterior pinspiration! go to my pinterest page to follow more of these looks!




Friday, December 5, 2014

DIY stump table

sooo.... we live in the woods. well, pretty much. we cut down a tree not too long ago because it was getting to close to the retainer wall. i told the hubster that i wanted to keep part of the tree stump to make a side table, so he made it happen (happy dance). then i got online looking for inspiration and i found lots!

there's some where they left the bark on it:
  this image was found on ourhumbleabowed.wordpress.com 
but the website is no longer there when i went to link it

some people added legs or wheels:

some people painted:
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I have to say i really thought aout painting mine white for a while.... but i decided against it. here is mine after it had been cut, de-barked (is that a term?), and stained. 


in the process of adding nail heads... this was actually a lot harder than i thought it would be, because the stump is not perfectly straight and i wanted the nail heads to appear straight but also stay the same distance from the top... no to mention i pinched my fingers quite a few times. not to worry though, the hubs came in to save the day and finished it right up.


in its new home... i think she looks happy, don't you? 


i'm obsessed with it.



any diy projects you're proud of??

Tuesday, December 2, 2014

i love christmas!

even though we are living in small quarters right now, it is still important to me to decorate for christmas.  now..... we don't have space really for a big christmas tree so there's no tree but christmas is about the little things! please excuse the iphone photos

no mantel to hang them on, so why not here?


wooden christmas tree 

noel pillow from hobby lobby, christmas doll, and tree print

may be hard to see in this pic, but theres a silver nativity set, and another christmas print, bookshelf backed with 100 year old wood from chris's grandma's home (happy face)


set of christmas trees from kirklands


no kitchen but we still have a need for christmas dish towels

metal christmas tree

angel brought to us all the way from uganda

how are you decorating for christmas this year? in my opinion, you can never have too many christmas decorations!

Monday, December 1, 2014

a gallery wall

so as i mentioned in the last post, we've been living with the in-laws... thankfully, we are able to live in the basement and create our own little home down there.  recently i've been decorating and cleaning to make it feel like our own little sanctuary. i found this little tennis racket that ended up becoming the inspiration for my gallery wall - combining old objects with newer elements as well.

this is the wall before... thats a little wall heater thing on the left and our lovely shoe rack on the right side since we are lacking in closet space.


this is the gallery wall in progress... as you can see most of the frames don't have pictures in them. i find it easier to do it this way so that you pick which size and layout of pictures you need once you know where all your frames are going.



now, some would say i'm OCD, but in a gallery wall... i'm usually more laid back. i don't map it out or anything, i just start with my inspiration piece and move outwards. in this case, the mirror was already hung and i didn't want to move it (in true jenna laziness) and then i hung the tennis racket and moved outward hanging frames and other odd things. 


here the wall is finished and even decorated for christmas a little bit (happy happy face!!)








now go create your own gallery wall!! there's pretty much no wrong way to do it.


Sunday, November 30, 2014

custom home planning

we are about to start building a house!! eeekkk!! its ok, you can shout for joy too! we've lived in the basement of my in-laws home for almost two years now and i'm super excited to plan and build and decorate and ORGANIZE our new home!! soooo whats the first step you say?? well, in my mind its picking out a floorplan. i've learned through this process that i'm super picky. (i can hear my husband in the background "you're just now learning that??") haha chris. be quiet. i've narrowed it down to three options, feel free to weigh in

option 1:


option 2:



option 3:




Saturday, September 7, 2013

decision making probs

Since I was last here, my hubby and I have graduated from pharmacy school.... (we are officially pharmacists!), we have moved in with his parents, and have decided to buy some land and build a house.

Now... of all those things -- the most exciting to this dreamer is the last part --
building a house.

In my head, I would like to have all of the details ironed out so that the process goes smoothly, but I know that I change my mind waaayyy too much for this to happen.

Case-in-point... when planning our wedding, I started out wanting this fabulous, over the top winter wedding with feathers and crystals and lights everywhere... and what did I end up changing my mind to??  a summer wedding with lots of rustic touches! I know, I know... I have issues.

what I originally wanted:


and this is what we decided on :)
the bride and groom - suspenders and all

some of the details - prescription party favors
tiffany blue and rose red cake

table centerpiece - we went with a "Love Birds" theme - hence the birdcages

I did have a little bit of feathers as a hairpiece for the reception

our "happily ever after" get-away car




So... be ready for plans for house building and decor and we can all expect them to change greatly as the process goes on. :)

Happy wknd!