New Foster Dog

Hello!!

My family and I recently took in another foster dog. He's only staying with us for two weeks, but it already feels like he's a member of the family :) We definitely will miss him when he's gone.

Bo (or BoBo as we call him) is a transport dog traveling from Little Rock, AR to Colorado. He was adopted out of the Little Rock Animal Shelter, but needed to be quarantined for 2 weeks before he could travel between states. Basically, he needs a health certificate to travel from state to state, and to obtain that, he needs to be out of a shelter and in a joke for at least 14 days. Since he was so close to us, we picked him up from the shelter. He's getting along really well with all of our dogs, and is such a good boy! He's a German Shepard lab mix and is between 6 months to a year old (although we think he's closer to 6 months). Bo is definitely a lot to handle, but I'm sure he'll calm down a bit as he gets older. He's a sweetheart :)

He's one of a kind, that's for sure!! He'll be on his way to Colorado soon, but for now he's a member of our family. I'm so glad we got to foster him, even though it's for such a short time. 

Check back soon for more random posts about life, dogs, and Doctor Who :) Also, thanks for reading!!

Keri <3

Reading for Fun and Goodreads Account Info

Hi guys!

It's no secret that I love to read! I try to read (for fun) as often as I can, but sometimes it's hard to find time to read when I have class. Between mandatory reading, band stuff, homework, lectures, working out, etc. I usually don't have a lot of free time- if I do, I usually try to catch up on sleep. 

Oh, the life of a college student (haha!). 

I recently made a Goodreads account. The app/ website let's you create different groups of books; that way, you can keep track of what you want to read and what you have already read. Plus, you can give each book a rating. Goodreads can then suggest books that you may like based off your ratings. It's like a social media website for book nerds like myself :) 

By the way, if you have a Goodreads account, add me (Keri Tichenor). 

Anyway, back to the whole point of this post- I want to keep a list of all the books I read each year. Goodreads keeps track of this for you, but I wanted to post a list for those of you who don't have Goodreads, or for those of you who are just curious. I also think it will be extremely rewarding to see the list of books I've read by the end of the year. I'll include books I read for fun and for school, but I'll be sure to mark them accordingly. I usually read dystopian and/ or fantasy (think Hunger Games, HP, and Divergent), but I'll pick up a non-fiction or autobiography on occasion. 

Check out my next post if your interested in what I'm reading :) I'll talk to you again soon!

Keri <3

Edward Flew the Coop

Hi, again :)

The orphaned baby bird we have been taking care of (Edward) flew back into the wild today. Mom and I went outside to check on him this morning and he was fluttering around and jumping from branch to branch inside his house. We fed him, gave him some water, and let him fly away- we wanted to roost in the tree in our front yard, but he decided to fly into the neighbors' shrub. 

Edward's new home (for now)

Hopefully he'll be okay on his own. I'm sure he will figure out how to find food and water on his own- maybe a nice bird family will show him how to fend for himself. I'm glad he was healthy and able to be released back into the wild so soon!!

Thanks for keeping up with the Edward updates, and reading the blog :) 

Keri 

Edward Update

Hello!

Thought I would type up a quick blog and update you guys on baby Edward. He seems to be doing really well! He's starting to walk around his box (we had to make him a new home since he outgrew his other one already!), and he is almost able to curl his feet around the perch we have him. Edward has an bottomless pit for a stomach- whenever he sees one of us, he throws his head back, squawks, and opens his beak for food. He's definitely healthy and getting stronger each day. Edward is almost completely covered in feathers; and he's getting a lot cuter as he gets older :)

At first, we thought he was a barn swallow, but we looked at pictures online and now we think he is an English sparrow. They almost look like blackbirds, but sparrows have some gray feathers. Whatever type of bird he is, we're glad that he is doing so well. He is about 2 to 2 1/2 weeks old (just an estimation based off some Internet research).

Thanks for reading today's blog! Stay tuned for more updates on Edward. 

Keri :)

PS: I promise I will finish my blog about Vegas ASAP. I had an entire blog written up, but I forgot to save it to my drafts before I closed the app on my phone :( I will definitely have it up before the end of this week!!

Mary Kay VoxBox

Hi guys!

If you read my last post, you know that I was in Vegas this weekend (pictures coming soon!). As I was sitting in the airport waiting to catch my flight home, I received an email from Influenster. For those of you who have never heard of Influenster, here is a quick rundown of the program. Basically, you create an account on influenster.com (which is 100% free, by the way) and take surveys every so often.  The company then sends you a VoxBox in the mail- the box contains samples (and even some full-sized) products especially for you based on your answers to the surveys. Here's the catch: not everyone gets a VoxBox after every survey. A handful of people are selected to receive each box based on their survey results. After you receive the box, Influenster asks that you take a brief survey about the products, and they also encourage you to share your experience on your social media outlets. 

Whew, that was a lengthy explanation (sorry...). Anyway, here's a screenshot of the email I received today:

I. Cannot. Wait. To. Get. My. VoxBox!!!!! I honestly didn't expect to get one so soon- I just signed up on Influenster a few weeks ago. No complaints, though! I've never used any Mary Kay products before, so I'm really excited about trying something new :) I'll let you know how everything goes once I receive the box and test the products out. 

Check out my next post to see some pictures from my Vegas trip! As always, thanks for reading :)

Keri <3