I'm so pretty....oh so pretty

Well, contrary to the subject of this post, it is not a ploy for me to unleash my vanity and engorged ego on the world.  :)  I've been spending a lot of time on Pinterest lately looking at the Health & Beauty section.  I am now obsessed with different make-up techniques and DIY hair styles.  I now know how to make my own dry shampoo or texturizing powder to make my hair more workable and look fantastic.  I said I know how to make it.....I didn't say I HAVE made it or even have made my hair look wonderful.  LOL.  Good intentions, I swear.  I already knew how to do a great eyelid full of make-up and having long eyelashes always helped my look.  However, I have opened a whole new can of worms with learning about highlighting and contouring.  Holy moly.....how revolutionary.  Make your face look totally different and with an airbrushed effect in person???....count me in.  A couple of blogs that I keep going back to have great tutorials and I can see why they are all over the Pinterest boards.  The Small Things Blog and Maskcara, you are great! 

One day last week, while I was home with my sick son, I decided to try out some make-up techniques.  My husband, who has no idea about my new found obsession, probably wondered why I looked like a high-class hooker when he came home from work.  Not that I looked horrible, but it was way more make-up than I am used to.  Usually I am more the low-key type of make-up person.  He just took it in stride...but he probably now realizes it with the collection of new application brushes and make-up that I accumulated.  As well as my need to buy a whole bunch of storage items to organize it all.  :)  A girl can never have too many options of make-up.....so being able to find them all is incredibly important.  So, while my son slept on the couch, I played make-up.  Who says you can't be a kid again?

There really is no point to this post other than, do what makes you happy and what makes you feel pretty.  Other things besides make-up and cute hair make me feel pretty, but these things can't hurt.....and are fun in the process!  Find your inner make-up artist and have fun!

New Year

Well, 2 months have passed since I or the other 2 sisters have posted anything to this blog.  So, let's welcome the New Year with a new post, shall we??!! 

The older I get the more I think that New Year's Eve is just another night.  (Or maybe I just thought that this year because I didn't go out and get drunk with the rest of the world.)  This year I stayed home and played cards with a couple of friends....who knew UNO and Old Maid could be turned into drinking games?  I surprised myself by staying awake until 1:30ish and had one of the best New Year's in a long time. 

This year I resolved to not make any resolutions since I have a hard time keeping them, and I don't want to start off the new year on the wrong foot.  However, I have come up with some "unofficial" resolutions that I may actually attempt this year....maybe even accomplish them!

1) I would like to lose 35 pounds this year.  I am already making healthier choices when it comes to food and now I just need to be consistent at going to the gym.  Hmmmm....
2) Read the books I have on my Kindle before I download any more!  (This one's gonna be tough, and I've already broken it)
3) Grow my hair out....I suck at this every time I say it but it's making the list again anyways.
4) Find a way to contribute more to this planet.
5) Find a way to do what I love and get paid for it.  Guess I should figure out what I want to be when I grow up.
6) Clean up my inbox. (Done!)
7) Be confident in everything I do....even if I have to fake it.
8) .....oh yeah, blog more.

Seeing as how there are only 11 1/2 months left to this year I better get a move on with these!