All You Need is Love...and a Dog

Love- check! Dog- check! These are the new words that I am choosing to live by.  Life can be confusing, hard, and sometimes just plain unfair- but from now on, I am making the choice to be happy.  To look at the positives I have in my life and to make the most of every day.  Life is too short to do anything but that.

I'm fortunate enough to have an amazing family, including parents who have just celebrated their 30th wedding anniversary, true friends who I can always count on, and now, the most incredible husband and best friend to spend my life with.  And of course, let's not forget about the dog, who truly has been my best friend since the day I brought him home.  It is because of this support system that I am able to get through the tough times and celebrate the good times. Without them in my life, I don't know where I would be.

I decided to start this blog as a way to document my journey towards living the true HappyJax Life. What is the HappyJax life? I'm glad you asked!  In short, it's following a few simple rules (listed at the top of my blog!), but really it's about making the best of anything life throws your way. Try to look at life the way your dog would- be happy to see and learn something from those you love (and those you don't), do something that makes you happy every day, give lots of kisses, and let things roll off of your back.  Have you ever seen a dog bump into a piece of furniture and then dwell on it? Of course not! They shake it off and move on, chasing after whatever toy their heart desires, and they choose to live in that moment.  So while I may not be chasing toys (more like chocolate and wine!), I want to  live life like my dog, Jaxson, does.  He is truly an inspiration, and I'm sure as you have guessed by now, has even inspired the name of my blog, and this new philosophy of how to truly be happy.

Isn't he the cutest?

So this is it.  This is the start of a new chapter in my life and I am going full force.  I bought a home, got married, and took a huge risk and left my job-- and now I am determined to only do things that I love-- and hopefully figure out how to make a career out of it.  Ultimately, I want to be a mom- but that's a few years down the road, and Jaxson is the only child I need for now :)

The hubs (we'll call him Dr. J, but more on that in a future post) and I are finally starting to make our house feel like a home (yay wedding money!) and I am absolutely loving being a wife.  I hope you join me in this crazy adventure as I find my path to the HappyJax Life.