I have two palettes full of MAC shadows, but mostly darker colors. I alternate between using Grain and Naked Lunch all over my lid - I also sometimes use all that glitters or various other ones. But generally I like a light color all over the lid, because I go pretty dark on the outer corner. I'd like to get a few new ones.
Do you remember that kitchen someone found on Rate My Space years ago? It had us all laughing for days, the lady had taken cookie tins and stuck them onto her ceiling in her kitchen "For the grandkids to look at" ...and it was super wacky?
Haha, it'd be a whole pile of the PBSVH and the giant fork and spoon, and those ceiling tiles everyone went nuts over. And glitter pumpkins and ornament wreaths. All the trends of D&R in days gone by . . . .
-Anyone is welcome to participate. There is no sign up, no membership, no secret handshake.
-There is no competition. No voting will be done, no prizes, no winners. The purpose is to be motivated and kept accountable to get things done, and have some fun!
- You are welcome to take the theme and get creative with it, but I don't think anyone will have to look very hard to find something! Paint a fence, plant a flowerbed, spruce up your porch. Slap a new color on your front door, or spray paint a cool welcome mat.
-Remember to take photos of your before and afters. At the end of the month we will do another thread where everyone can share what they accomplished! Again, just for fun - no winners or losers.
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Now I'm feeling all guilty that I posted this since I complained recently that all we did was bash blogs and make fun of them and I was sick of the negativity.
I just had a facial with Eminence brand products- all organic and super $$$$$. It totally cleared up my rosacea - I never realized just how RED my cheeks were until it was gone. My face looks so different, I bought a small size of all the products she used on me. She thinks my skin was reacting to all the drugstore crap I use. I was super impressed and I will shell out the money if it helps my skin.
Do you mind sharing what, specifically, you used? My face is always red from rosacea and it makes me crazy. Otherwise my skin is good, but the redness won't budge.
She used a blueberry mask that had paprika in it; it got hot and my face was pulsing. It restores proper blood flow she said. She also used a scrub called stone crop with pear and poppy seeds in it...there were a bunch more products but those two I remember for sure.
Cause all of a sudden, house tweaking is full of REAAAAly cheesy jokes, potty humor, curse words, and I am just waiting for a reference to bacon to show up.
She is a great writer but lately it seems forced and that she is trying too hard in her writing. The lame jokes are so not her usual style - it reminds me of Katie Bower's cringe worthy writing. (I will admit I do still read bower power, because Katie does awesome projects and actually has very interesting content - I just skim over her writing)
-People referring to their children as "my boy" or "my girl". Not like, an occasional "That's my boy" thing but like not ever using their name. I have a facebook friend who is always like "I am looking for baseball gear for my boy. anyone have some for sale?" or "Here is a picture of me and my boy". "My boy is getting so big!" And he is like 12. WTF. He has a name, you know. And last I checked, he wasn't a posession of yours. He's a human being. When you talk to her, it's the same way. She never says his name she only calls him her "boy". I also have a daycare client who calls their child "girl". Like "Come on girl, time to go." or "Have a good day girl!" Its so weird.
-On the same sort of note, bloggers who write in great detail about mundane family stuff in great detail and exaggerate it - I know lifestyle blogging is a genuine thing. But when a favorite decor blog suddenly does a 5 part series on their family road trip to see Grandma, complete with entire paragraphs detailing every snack they packed and potty break they took.....And how they write it like it's a novel. like As soon as we set off down the dusty winding road, Emily sweetly commented "Mom are we there yet?" I replied with a hearty laugh "No sweetie, not yet" and then turned back to face the road, watching the yellow lines snaking into the distance.(that's just my fake example) but you can tell they have worked hard to "write" it like a story in a book.
Seriously? You are driving in a car to go see Grandma. Just say "We took a road trip last week to see my mom! Here are some cute pics of the kids, and a funny story about something that happened on the way." You just look full of yourself, assuming that 30000 readers will be riveted to your list of every gas station you stopped to pee at.
I'm really happy for you! I too do in-home daycare and I get exactly what you mean about the little people.
I do a lot of little side jobs that I know if I pushed harder I could make them into something bigger. I do a lot of baking for people in our community and lots of little sewing projects and home decor items that people rave over so I know I have something here, I just need to push to make it bigger!
I've done daycare in my home for 5 years, and worked as a nanny or in a daycare center for 4 years before that. I love kids but I am burning out and I need to switch careers in a couple years...I feel like these adorable little people are just sucking the life out of me some days because they constantly need all day long, and I have nothing left to give to my own children in the evenings. I have a really good group of children right now so I am riding it out until most of them go off to school and then I hope to shut down and do something else.
I just had a facial with Eminence brand products- all organic and super $$$$$. It totally cleared up my rosacea - I never realized just how RED my cheeks were until it was gone. My face looks so different, I bought a small size of all the products she used on me. She thinks my skin was reacting to all the drugstore crap I use. I was super impressed and I will shell out the money if it helps my skin.
Well, good for them. I wonder if Sue the Napkin will still be around, or if they will do something more back to their "real" style rather than trying to fake a fun and funky style for the sake of being "fresh".
I will be working every second saturday in exchange for space in the shop - DH thinks I am crazy for taking a second job but I am excited; I don't see this as a job I see it as a creative outlet. I am so "needed" all day with the kids that it sucks all the "me" out of me. Leaving my own kids for a few hours a month will be good for me - I can putter around a cute shop and talk to adult customers.....that sounds like some quality "ME" time to me! A few hours of peace and quiet, no one calling me or rubbing bodily fluids all over my shirt..ah!
I need a brand name, she says. Every person in the shop has a "name".....HALP! I was thinking of doing some blend of the girls' names, or the other name I came up with quickly last night was the Burlap Cottage, but I feel like all those words like "Cottage, Painted, White, Linen," etc. are already used in Every single cutsey shop and blog out there already.
No I don't. I make things for our house all the time, and sometimes make an "extra" of a project and sell it on a facebook community swap site..it always sells right away so I know there is a market for it. I've sold a few handmade chalkboards and some small furniture pieces.
I just emailed a lady today ; we're talking about me paying her rent to have space in her shop to sell handmade things I've been wanting to do this for a while but was too chicken. She wants me to work in the shop in exchange for having space in the store but I work during the week so I am hoping she will let me pay rent instead - I know another vendor there does the same.
Eek, fingers crossed! This would be BIG for me - I have been fiddling around with making chalkboards, wooden signs and wreaths and I love it. I crave that creative outlet; and to be honest I desperately want to quit doing daycare in a few years an and trying to find ways to supplement our income.
Everything. My feet are wide, and after this baby they are even wider and all my shoes hurt. I need black heels, nude heels, some sort of dressy sandal, and some flats. A pair of wedges too.
And uh...I live in Little Town On The Prairie....except there's forest. I went to a barn raising yesterday and my daughter ran around chasing after baby lambs and chickens:) LOL
I painted all my exterior doors black last year, no fading yet. And in our first house, I painted them black as well and I drive by all the time and they still look beautiful; the new owners have never painted them and it's been 8 years.