Home Is Where My Heart Is

As an extreme introvert and sufferer of social anxiety, I love being home. I would be perfectly happy staying home, 24/7, with my animals, occasionally venturing upstairs to visit my parents. (As long as Starr brought home Monsters and nail polish.) But life isn't perfect and I do have to leave the house, albeit rarely. Because I spend so much of my time at home I'm constantly adding to/changing my decor. We scored some really great items at the Chokecherry Festival earlier this month.

 We chose Brown seeing as it as it will be our shared last name by this time next year!

 A really cool window pane with a calendar that can be filled in with dry erase markers

that doubles as a coat hanger

And a few pictures of our bedroom because we got a new bed!

Next time you check in, this blog should have undergone a face lift! I'm working on Kenzie update blog, if anyone has any questions be sure to comment here or message me on Facebook and I'll include it in that blog post. 

A Little Love

Some exciting news! Starr and I filed domestic partnership paperwork last week! Woo! Because we live in Montana we don't really get any rights with it, I'm just able to be on her insurance that she receives through her new job. Today, we are going to fill out our medical power of attorney paperwork and get it notarized so we are protected if anything happens. It's important for everyone, especially committed same-sex couples to have a medical power of attorney, financial power attorney and living will. (A key example of what could happen: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/1631465) Just another step in the journey of us! 

Last week we bought new (to us) furniture!

Starr and I had an entire "Girlfriend" weekend and stayed 

away from social media/texting for Saturday, Sunday and Monday. 

We hung out with the furbabes, cleaned and just hung out 

with one another- utter perfection.

I gave Starr a little something for her week ahead. 

And Starr brought me home a few surprises!

I quit chewing my nails this summer and she likes to bring home polishes and new things to try. 

Wouldn't be a blog without pictures of the animals!

I'm a lucky girl.

Thanks for reading! 

What was the highlight of YOUR week?

Annnnd... We're back!

It's been a while and a lot has changed. We are settled in to the apartment, Stitch loves having his moms home and we got a brand new Kitten! His name is Walt and his momma got run over so we've been bottle feeding him. So between hanging out with both families, Stitch, Walt and new jobs, it's hard to find time to write.

We've gone to a few Writer's Group meetings and I love it. At first it was a little bit scary and it made get get out of my comfort zone, but I love it and I'm excited for the next meeting!

We are going to host a book exchange at our place next Saturday, if you're interested, let me know. Hopefully I'll something better out early this week!

Because it's Home

With the moving date coming up soon, (August 11th!!) Starr and I keep getting asked the same question: Why Lewistown?

We want to move home. We want to be around people who know us and love us. We want to see our families more. Life is a lot more simple in Lewistown. It's slower paced, quieter, just better for us. At least for now. We want to settle down and do a little growing up. We want to start a family. (Just animals!)

Basically, Lewistown is the place for us. It's what we need right now and it's where we belong.

If anyone is interested in writing a letter for me, I'd really appreciate it! Contact me at kayla.zarn@hotmail.com for more information.

Here are some girlfriend pictures we had done:

Home Is Not Where You Live, But Where They Understand You

It's been a while! I've been in Lewistown since the 3rd. Skeeter (my horse) hurt her leg real bad and we were afraid that she we would have to put her down, but she's a trooper and now she is starting with the healing process.

I miss Starr like crazy! Sleeping alone is tougher than I thought it would be.
Stitch is officially ours! Him and Maggie are two peas in a pod, they play all day everyday. He sleeps through the night now it's awesome! He's pretty cute, too.

Kenzie's respiratory therapist moved down her trach size so hopefully we are on moving right ahead on the long road to closing that sucker up. It is so great to see her every day, but sometimes I just miss her like crazy. It's hard to see pictures and be reminded of everything that's been lost.  

CNA classes are going pretty good. I like it a lot more than I thought I would! I have pictures and an awesome video that Angela made for the Kenzie fundraiser.

Click here to watch the video. Make sure you have Kleenex!

Mr. Stitch

Kelsi cut my hair!

The view out my front door.

First time holding Stitch

Momma and the ponies

Spring Creek

A fawn outside the hospital

Horses right outside the door

Maggs!

Best friends

Kenzie, Pal and Daisy

Momma and Maggie

Skeet