this is me {right now}

I'm happy.

and BUSY

but, good busy.

I have been a business owner for 5yrs now

I own a salon, a photography company and my accessories line.

I recently sold my salon to a friend and now I rent my space from her

{i wont lie its weird!}

But to go from 7 days a week doing hair, booked weeks to months in advance

and not having a life what so ever.. to do anything else.

To doing hair just 3 days a week and taking photos on the weekends, well its heaven!

I haven't had a "regular job" since I was 24 (I'm now 30, shhh!)

so I don't remember what its like to have a boss, to have a schedule or to clock in.

I don't know what its like to have a paycheck or to call in sick (and get paid for it haha)

But I do know that I cant work like that, it just doesn't do it for me.

(not that anything is wrong with it!!!)

I would call myself an artist and I need freedom, so being my own boss is really the only thing I know.

But I also know that being my own boss can be stressful,

 so one morning I woke up and decided to make a few changes. 

So instead of working 7days a week and being a roommate to my husband

(yes it did practically get to that point, but don't worry we are great now!)

I have decided to get a life!

So this is me..right this second.

I get to be nerdy and do lots of self cell phone portraits since I have more time on my hands!

I get to do different things different days.

So when I'm not in the salon I can work on {just.lovely.things}

or spend time at the studio for House of James

I get invited into peoples lives and get to capture it for them to keep forever.

(2 weddings from the last year)

I can volunteer my time for friends (and their special causes) by offering my photography in different ways!

(yep I shot the cover for this years calender, how cool is that??)

I get to be home more, and I love every.minute.of.it!

I have time to do something so simple like hike with the hubs on the weekends.

And although we have been trying for 5 years to make a family (yes, I did just say 5yrs!!)

I enjoy all the new time I get to have with him.. and to me, that's worth more then any job I could have!

I'm not the kind of person to toot my own horn (ever)

and I realize that although I have worked very, very hard to be where I am..

I am still most certainly blessed!

I don't have many friends (wow that sounds pathetic) but I like to think of myself as a nice person

and I hope that just a few of these things make you feel like you know me a bit better..

So here are some random facts for you:

-I talk fast and sometimes drop a few cuss words in between (just for fun)-

-although I do cuss, I have insanely great manners.. I swear!-

-I would rather go to sleep early to hit up a weekend garage sale then stay up late to party-

-I hate hate hate when people want to talk to me about "tats"

-oh hate the word tat .. its tattoo people!-

 -hate onions love funyons-

-I have a lot of phobias-like too many to even list-

-firmly believe that calling pjs "workout clothes" makes you not look lazy-

-in my wedding vows I told my husband he was the peanut butter to my jelly-

-I'm super self conscious about my skin issues that are a result of my fertility issues-

-fertility issues can suck it-

-I don't have any childhood friends (I'm super jealous of people that do)

-ok this is a downer, but my real dad killed himself when I was 18..

but I consider my step dad to be the best thing ever!-

-I'm messy, have too much stuff and I'm busy.. so I hire my mom to clean for me-

-I'm not lazy, I just hate laundry ok!!-
-although we drive eachother crazy sometimes, my mom and I are totally bffs!-

-I currently have 16 bottles of shampoo & conditioner in my shower because I cant make up my mind-

(yes, I just ran and counted)

-I like helping and teaching people how to do things-

-but hate when they don't want to learn with good intentions-

-I get really pissed off about people who copy cat.. but I never call them out on it-

-I cant do a cartwheel-

-I play Call of Duty with my husband and I'm better then him, no lie-

-Ive never watched Dancing with the Stars or those bachelor shows-

-I firmly believe that the cast of How I Met Your Mother, should be my best friends-

-In another life I would be an indie folk singer-

-I'm happy about 98% of the time and like to laugh and be silly lots-

-I don't like to make plans because I dont like to cancel and then seem like a flake-

-I'm a big mash up of lots of things, and I wouldn't have it any other way!-