Lives can be forever changed in a matter of seconds...cherish every minute with your loved ones, never leave the house angry, and be thankful everyday for what you have.
The holidays remind me of the emptiness left behind by my loved ones that have already gone up to heaven. I wish I wasn't baking my grandmother's cookies, but that she was. I wish I wasn't hosting Christmas, but my aunt and uncle were.
Just a small reminder today to cherish every moment you have with the people you love, for you never know what tomorrow may bring. It saddens me that some of my closest family will never know my husband, or hold my future children in their arms. Life can take some very unexpected turns, and you will never be prepared for it, but you can hold tight the moments you have today.
Happy Holidays everyone!
xoxo
~Ali
with my Godmother at my 25th birthday bash
My Aunt Sandy came to see my off to my first high school dance that I had a date too! FZS Homecoming 1998
I posted a couple of months ago that it was my puppy's first birthday on 10.10.2011. My wonderfully talented photographer husband took some photos from the puppy party that night, and I finally begged him to edit one for me. So here is one photo from the birthday girl with her birthday cake...enjoy (I know she did!).
My first doggie turns 6 years old today, and it also happens to be our 6 month wedding anniversary!
Happy Birthday Rusty! I still remember the day I picked him up from the breeder...he was so frightened! The breeder lived in a very small town on the Missouri-Arkansas border, and I made the 4 hour drive down there for my little puppy. On the drive home, the lil guy hid underneath my passenger car seat the whole way back to St. Louis. Here's a pic of the day I met my little Rus:
I don't think I gave him a haircutt until after his first birthday...can you tell from these pics from his very first birthday?
We spent the evening tonight at my mom's house, who also has 2 dogs, along with my sister who has a dog as well. We had a little puppy birthday party, and us people enjoyed a family dinner together. Enjoy some pics of my little Rusty throughout the years!
Some of you might remember my beautiful bride, Maggie Crane, that I had the pleasure of working with on 9-10-11. Maggie is a news reporter for one of our local television stations here in St. Louis. One day during the first week of November, I received a phone call from the producer of a TV show called "Great Day St. Louis" that is aired on that same station. The producer saw Maggie's wedding pics, and asked who had done her makeup. I can't thank Maggie enough for allowing me to be such a special part of her big day....I had no idea the opportunities it would lead to!
BIG thanks to Jeremy at Your Story Studios for sharing his images with me!
photo by www.ysstudios.com
So on the morning of November 10th, I made my way downtown St. Louis to the KMOV station for the live taping of the show. Yes, I said live taping. My topic was to be "how to look great in the morning". I was SO nervous, you have no idea!!! I'm so glad Keith came with me to snap some behind the scenes shots, he really helped to calm my nerves, even if he couldn't stay until my actual time slot. I kept trying to memorize what I wanted to say about each tip that I was going to give, which was making me more nervous, as I was afraid I would slip up and say something silly. I tend to get major mental freezes when I'm put on the spot or nervous. Keith gave me the best advice when he told me that I know exactly what I'm talking about, and to just go out there and be myself. So, this is what happened:
Ok, so you want to know more about what I said, so here's the breakdown:
1. Drink plenty of water! Yesterday alone, I drank over 2 liters of water! Not to brag, but I often get compliments on my skin...and I really think a lot of that has to do with the amount of water I consume. Water can help to flush the toxins out of your cells and out of our body. So drink up! My choice of drink happens to be Smart Water, which is enhanced with electrolytes as well (which help your cells function properly, and prevent water loss!).
2. Mystic Tan in a bottle: I have gotten numerous inquiries on this product!!! I am very bad to my skin, in that I do frequent tanning beds (who doesn't feel better with a little color?!). But, I NEVER tan my face....ever. So, in order to balance out the difference between my face and the rest of my body, I often spray tan at home. These days, I can use my airbrush machine for that, but prior to having my makeup business, I used the Mystic Tan brand aerosol spray tan. It is awesome! The spray goes on evenly, and there is not one hint of Snookie-like results at all. I usually just type it into my Google search bar, and shop for online merchants with the best pricing. My local tanning salon currently sells the product as well. It works best when combined with a three step process; an accelerator base lotion, the spray tan itself, and then a tinted moisturizer to prolong your tan. All can be found online, and all are part of the Mystic Tan brand. I usually let it dry about ten minutes if I will be applying makeup over it, but I found that the best results usually come when applying it at night right before bed. In the morning, just splash your face with water to remove the excess color, and you will be left with a beautiful, glowing tan!
If you are in a hurry and don't have time for the spray tan, a bronzer can also do wonders (but will melt off in our heat and humidity in the summer, which is why I much prefer the more semi-permanent spray tan). I put a powder bronzer on over my foundation, and my product of choice is the CARGO blu_ray High Definition bronzer. You can find it online at Sephora.com, or again, just try a Google search!
3. SPF Moisturizer: Another must in your beauty regime! Again, I thank my nice complexion to keeping the rays off my face. Bonus if you get one with either titanium dioxide or zinc oxide, as those lotions are the only ones that truley keep the rays off your skin (I have to use those special lotions during my laser hair removal treatments, as they only recommend products with those ingredients as well!). And just keeping your skin moisturized will give it that healthy glow that we all seek.
4. Bright lipsticks: Ahhhh, now on to makeup! I am a huge fan of the hot pink and bright red lipsticks that are trending right now. NARS makes a wonderful product, that has awesome staying capabilities when paired with Makeup Forever's lip liner. Here some color combo's that I'm rocking this season:
(hot pink): Make Up For Ever Aqua Lip liner in 16C, paired with NARS Pure Matte Lipstick in Carthage (my lip color combo for my wedding date!)
(hot pink): Same liner, paired with MAC Pro Longwear Lipcreme in Love Forever! Both this and the previous color combo can be paired with Neutrogena's MoistureShine gloss in Nutri Berry (but you lose some of that staying power when a gloss is applied).
(red): Make Up For Ever Aqua Lip liner in 8C, paired with NARS Pure Matte Lipstick in Vesuvio.
(lighter pink, not so vibrant): MAC Cremestick Liner in Pink Treat, paired with MAC Viva Glam Gaga 1, and then Neutrogena MoistureShine gloss in Nutri Berry on top. Can do the NARS lip gloss (instead of the Neutrogena) in Super Orgasm if you want to keep it a more pale pink color.
(red): Revlon ColorStay lip liner in Red, paired with Clinique's Different Lipstick in Rose Taffy.
Whenever applying a lip liner, it helps to prolong the color if you also fill your lips in with the liner prior to applying the lipstick. I typically purchase the NARS and Make Up For Ever products from Sephora, MAC from my rock star friends who work at Macy's in Chesterfield Mall, Clinique from a department store or Sephora, and the Neutrogena and Revlon from CVS.
5. Chalk (for hair): My super power for teased hair! I love this product for making that voluminous, big hair that I adore so much. It can also be used as a dry shampoo, but only use it one day! This product will last for multiple days, I kid you not! If you were to try to apply it a subsequent day, you won't like the outcome (I promise). You may have heard me say that I only wash my hair every 4 days, and that's no joke....today I've actually pushed it to day 5, as I was tired this morning and wanted to sleep in a little bit more, lol! :P The actual product is called Lakme K.Style Chalk Hottest Matt powder, and can be purchased on Amazon.com, or again by using your Google friend.
6. Hair Accessories: Ok, so on days like today where I've gone 5 days without washing my hair, I might need to start getting creative. Yes, my bangs may be pulled back, and yes, my hair is up in a messy bun....BUT, I will dress up my dirty hair with either a cute headband (perhaps with a bow on it, or some flower or other garnishment) or decorated bobby pins to accessorize the messy bun. Or if I opt for a side braid, I can also incorporate either a headband or an accessorized ponytail holder. You get the point...hair that's thrown up and out of the way to disguise itself can be dressed up to look cute! Forever 21 is a great place to shop for cheap hair accessories!
I hope that covered everything! Please let me know if I left anything out!
So I know I haven't blogged much since going back to work, and I have A LOT to catch up on too! But today's topic is Thanksgiving!
Between 1998 and 2000, my Thanksgiving morning would include me waking up insanely early (for a day off school!) and heading to Fort Zumwalt South High School. It was always freezing, so I don't know what's going on with the high in the 60's today, that would have been awesome weather for us back then! You see, I was a member of the Marching Bulldog Brigade, and we always competed in the Thanksgiving Day Parade in downtown St. Louis. Not only did we compete, but we always won the marching competition every year too! Bet ya didn't even know all those marching bands were competing did ya? Well we were, and FZS was NOT going to lose!
I marched the flute my freshman year, and man were my fingers freeeeezing! Not only was it cold, but I was holding a metal instrument in my hands and holding it to my face, ugh! This was a change from the dangerously high heats we would march in competitions in the fall ( I remember a particularly hot one in Farmington, MO....and a person actually died there!). Despite the cold and miserable conditions, it was always something I looked forward to. My mom would drag my sisters downtown for the parade, and after FZS collected all of our trophies, my family would head down to Ste. Genevieve for our Thanksgiving feast at my Grandma and Grandpa Uding's house.
Grandma would still have channel 5 on when I walked in, and would be so proud that she found me on TV in the parade. It brings a tear to my eye today, as she lost her battle with cancer 6 years ago, and I lost one of my biggest fans. But I'm thankful for the time I had with her, as I reflect on the good times we shared together.
So as I'm about to go outside and hang the Christmas lights on our house, I'm thinking about all the things I am thankful for today.....my wonderful and dedicated husband, my lil doggie family, a healthy baby niece, a close and loving family...I could go on and on.
So Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Treasure this time with your loved ones, and don't gain too many pounds gobbling on some turkey! :P
Buying a house and living together with Keith is near the top of the list of "worst things to happen to my body". I went from living at home with my mom, who happens to be a pretty big health fanatic, to living with Keith who had a coffee table that stored as much candy as it could hold! The man can eat and eat, and not gain a pound...it really isn't fair at all.
Now that I'm in my late twenties, I realize that I should be in the best shape I ever will be in, and I'm quite far from that. So starting today, I'm going to do it...I'm going to start working out hard core again. My goal is to have that beach body by next summer. I'm tired of having to change outfits constantly because one isn't flattering, or having clothes I really want to wear but I just can't zip up that zipper anymore.
So, I'm signing off now and gonna get my booty up to the gym! Cardio and legs are the plan for today. I didn't have much time yesterday, so I played SingStar Dance...does that count? I did work up a sweat!
Maybe you guys should all text me everyday to make sure I'm sticking to the workouts? Sounds like a great idea to me! :0)
As most married couples know, when you register at Crate & Barrel (or become "sponsored" by them as Keith says), you get 10% off for up to 6 months after your wedding date. Keith and I had been needing a new kitchen table since the day we moved in, and had had our eyes on the Pacifica table from C&B. After a yummy lunch date at Nadoz Euro Bakery today, we decided to head over to C&B to "walk off" our lunch. We quickly headed upstairs to the furniture department to take another looksy at our table. Our 10% coupon doesn't expire until December, so we are still good to go there. But we quickly found out that all dining chairs are currently on sale for 15% off!
It didn't take us too long to decide to finally bite the bullet and finally order our new kitchen table! We have hosted Christmas for the Promaroli family that past couple of years, and this year, we will finally have more seating available! We only purchased the table and one bench, as we can't decide what chairs to get.
Here is where you guys come in...can someone please give us some suggestions as to what chairs might look good at this table?! I'm so not good at the "big picture".
Exactly what we ordered today!
Just another example of the table (minus the bench)
Example #2 of the table...our set up will be similar to this.
So this past summer we had sod laid in our backyard, which was just a dirt pit that turned muddy and nasty when it rained. Bad thing about laying sod this past summer is that not only was it extremely hot, but we were getting married! Who has time to nurture new grass in the midst of a wedding? We didn't, and it turned out that our lovely sod that we once had is now completely dead. What a waste of thousands of dollars! I'm so frustrated with our back yard, it's practically hopeless.
I had a company come out this morning to aerate and over-seed the entire yard, which I made sure to run by my brother-in-law first, as he was the one who laid our sod. He said to go for it, but I don't think he realizes what bad shape the sod is in. After the front and sides were finished being aerated, they attempted to start on the back. As our luck would have it, aerating was not our solution. They couldn't even work back there because it was just tearing up the sod and turning it to mush. Our biggest problem is that the root system never developed, so the sod isn't anchored in at all. The guys this morning said there was no point in seeding the dead sod either.
So now what? Are we just destined to NOT have a beautiful back yard? I will make damn sure to check under the snow the next time we are house shopping!!!
Our yard the year we moved in.....after we raked away all the straw that the snow had covered
10.10.10....my little baby girl was born! We picked up Phibee one chilly December day, and met the breeder's friend at Jimmy John's parking lot off 44 and 141. We saw Phibee, her sister Gia already in her new mommy's arms, and her chubby brother. She was the tiniest and cutest little thing I had seen since March 2006 when I got Rusty. It was a cold day, and my little 8 week old puppy was shivering, so I kept her close to me inside my coat. We immediately drove to Pets Mart to pick her out some things, a little pink coat included. Kinda sad she doesn't fit into her teenie tiny coat anymore.
I remember as we sat in the parking lot getting ready to go into PetsMart, a shopping cart came out of nowhere and rammed the back of my Prelude. It was a windy day, and stupid people who are to freakin lazy to put away their shopping carts left one out in the lot. I purposely had Keith park away from that cart, but as my luck would have it, that damn cart still searched me out in the lot! If you don't already know, this is the second time my car has been hit by rouge shopping carts, the Prelude must have some magnetic properties! I still have the dent in my left rear quarter panel from that day.
After we got home, I had homework and studying to do for my Anatomy and Physiology class....which was nearly impossible because I just wanted to spend the day with Phibee! After we let Rusty meet Phibee, I put her on a blanket on the table, and she slept curled up in my left arm while I continued to do my class work. That first night, she only cried for a little bit. I put her crate on top of Rusty's crate next to the bed so that she was able to see me.
In the days to come, we realized a few things about our puppy....for one, her breath smelled like coffee! I miss that smell, it was so cute! She also used to curl up on my neck and sleep that way with me. I miss that too, although now she comes and throws her neck in your face b/c she likes it when we go "Ahhhhhhhhh" on her neck. My littler girl turns one year old today!!!
My mom and step-dad's Golden Retriever died last week in her sleep. She was a great dog, and had lived a long happy life. Rus and Phibee are over there now, as I thought that their company might lift the spirits in the household for a bit. So tonight, we are going to have a puppy birthday party for Phibee over there. I ordered the doggie cake on Friday, and Rusty and Phibee both have doggie party hats! Pics to come soon!
First Bath!
All clean and blown dry!
She would bite at the air from the blow dryer
Laying on her sleeping dad's back
First snow! She wasn't too thrilled about it, Phibee hates being cold!
In her lil pink heaven...still a pup, she doesn't fit in that shirt anymore :(
Some of you may know that I have started my own makeup business. I have done everything from weddings to high school seniors and also boudoir clients. My business really took off after I was laid off from NARS (not the makeup company!) and had more time to devote to building my brand and client base. My dream would be for my makeup business to grow so big, that it could sustain an income for me. I would love to be booked every weekend!
I received my bachelor's degree in Biology at Mizzou, but it just seems that there really isn't much out there that interests me in that area. I tried my hand at medical equipment sales, but I just do not possess that sales driven attitude that is needed for that industry. My next step would be to pursue another degree, this time in Nursing, and move on to become a nurse practitioner. I always felt a great sense of worth when working with patients and improving the quality of someone's life. But at 28 years old, I am not excited about putting in that much schooling again. If only I had been steered in the right direction when I was 17!
So what does all of this mean? Please refer me to any of your friends that may require my makeup services! With the holidays right around the corner, this could be for holiday parties or Christmas pictures. It is also that time of the year for high school homecomings, and senior portraits. And the biggie has always been with weddings. Weddings can bring a lot of business, not just the big day itself, but also for the engagement photo shoot, bachelorette parties, bridal showers, and the rehearsal dinner.
Check out and "like" my facebook page at www.facebook.com/AliMakeup! Official website coming soon! If you do have someone you want to send my way, they can always email me at: ali@ali-makeup.com.
Tomorrrow I become an aunt for the first time! My sister Kelly is scheduled to have her baby tomorrow, unless Baby Keeven decides to make an appearance all on her own tonight. Check back in a few days, I'll post updates on Kelly and the baby, and hopefully have some pics for you too!
How are we going to spend tonight? I have a bride's trial hair and makeup this afternoon, and Keith is shooting her engagement session immediately after. Then we're off for some dinner and light drinks (gotta be at the hospital early tomorrow!) with some friends tonight. Dinner location still undecided...any suggestions?
Here is my blog from the day before my wedding! I'm kinda late getting it posted:
Friday, June 10th,
2011:
What a crazy day! We
had NEO open from 9-3 in order to decorate the venue. We also had to run to Clayton and get our
marriage license. We didn’t get to NEO
until after noon, which probably should have been earlier. Keith, Karrwright, and I started unloading
our car. Jenn and Kelly showed up
shortly after. We did as much as we could,
but my mom had the bulk of the decorations in their car. However, I forgot the filler for the
centerpieces, as well as the floral frogs.
So my mom had to go to my house to get those on her way to NEO. We did a good job decorating; I was starting
to envision the place. We couldn’t get
everything done, as Cathy (don’t get me started on my hatred for her), kicked
us out at 3:20PM. She stormed out,
saying she was going to lock the doors.
Then we had a cart, so she threw our stuff off the cart and onto the
ground, threw the cart inside the doors, and locked it before flying outta
there. I think we were all speechless. It was starting to become stressful, as there
was still a lot to get done before the wedding date. Keith was feeling the strain of the stress
the most. I ended up leaving with my
mom, and Keith went to The Walkers to finish off the programs. We didn’t realize that that was going to be
the last time we would see each other until we were at the altar. That made me kinda sad. I ended up going home to pack everything for
the weekend, and then met my mom and sisters for our mani’s and pedi’s. It was my mom’s first time, so she called
herself a virgin, and was enjoying every minute of the massaging chair. She was funny, as she commented that she
couldn’t believe she had never done this before. We looked over at one point, and her hands,
arms, and legs were completely wrapped in warm, blue towels! After nails, I got a call from the strings
stating that they needed my musical selections….crap!!! I completely forgot about that! So I headed inside my mom’s house to look up
music and decide upon something for the processional and recessional. I think I chose Bach’s “Arioso”, and I walked
to “Through the Eyes of Love” from the Ice Castles movie. I loved the song, and it had special meaning
to me, as I was once a competitive figure skater myself. I scarfed down a salad my mom made, and we
had to get outta there. It was after
10PM, a storm started to roll through, and my mom still had to drive us girls
down to the Hyatt where we were staying that night. I almost forgot hKeith’s wedding ring drama, but
I’ll touch on that in tomorrow’s blog.
We grabbed Tommy and Rusty, as they were both scared of thunderstorms,
put Chloe and Phibee in their crates, and headed downtown. On our way down, the storm got pretty
bad. We even saw a huge blue flash,
something like outta the movies, and then sparks on top of a building. We’re guessing a transmitter blew, but still
don’t know what that was. We got to the
Hyatt, said bye to mom and our dogs, and headed to the room to get some
sleep. I didn’t sleep well that night, I
kept waking up every few hours, sometimes due to the storms. It was one of those nights…
(me testing out our lounge furniture while at NEO setting up)
Waiting for my mom and baby sister Brooke to arrive to pick me up. Every year, we take a girls trip to Alabama when it's move-in weekend for Brookie at Spring Hill in Mobile. She's a senior now, so this will be our last girls trip! Kelly is 8 months pregnant, so she can't go with us this year unfortunately.
Have a great weekend everyone! I'll be shopping at my favorite outlet mall and laying out on the beach in Gulf Shores!
~Ali
EDIT: Posting up some pics that were taken that weekend at LuLu's, enjoy!
Here is my journal entry that I typed up from Mykonos, Greece describing our rehearsal dinner night:
Day of the rehearsal dinner.I bought a hot pink Chinese wedding dress to wear to the rehearsal tonight.Hopefully one day, a daughter of mine can wear the same dress during her wedding events as well.Rehearsal started at St. Anselm at 6:45PM.I finally met Deacon Steve, and we went through the ceremony two times.It was very interesting how they had the wedding party processional into the church.St. Anselm is a circular church, so there was no “main aisle”.We started from the back of the church, and the girls walked around the altar on the right, and the boys on the left, and they met in the middle right before taking the places at the altar.I was still a little confused how things were going to go down at the real ceremony, but I figured Fr. Spezia would lead us and we would figure it out.Deacon Steve showed us the house the girls and I could get ready in, and yes, we had an entire house to get ready at.By “getting ready” I really mean just throwing on our shoes and dresses, for we were doing hair/makeup at The Hyatt.
We left the church and headed to the rehearsal dinner.I was really pumped about our dinner, we hosted it at Table Three, which was not far from our house at all.They have an awesome patio, and that’s where we made the reservation for.Lucky for us, it didn’t rain at all this evening.It was a little humid, and we could have done without that, but otherwise, it was a perfect night.The food was delicious, I was disappointed that they forgot to have the tempura green beans waiting on the tables when we arrived, but I made sure that we still got those!And it’s a good thing I did, b/c they were a huge hit!I also had to remind them to set out the aioli dipping sauce, but oh well.Keith and I also exchanged our wedding gifts this night as well.So originally, I contemplated getting him a NICE watch….like a Tag Huer or something.But my receptionist salary just didn’t really allow for that.I also thought about a Burberry watch, but was told I would only being paying for the brand name, not the watch quality.So I settled on Burberry cufflinks.Now when Keith had to take his suit back to Nordstrom to get the pants hemmed (b/c they completely did NOT do that before giving him the suit back), I had to try to non-chalantly try to talk him out of the Hugo Boss dress shirt he was picking out.You see, it didn’t have French cuffs, so he wouldn’t be able to wear the Burberry cufflinks on our wedding day!So after he purchased the damn shirt, we went to look at watches.I wanted to know what styles he liked, and there happened to be a Burberry watch there that he loved.So I decided the cuff links would get returned, and I would go back and purchase that watch.He would have no idea, as I had told him I already bought his gift.So this day before getting ready for the rehearsal, I took the S2k and went and bought the watch.We decided to open the gifts at rehearsal and not the wedding day, b/c we wanted to see each other’s reactions as we opened the presents.I was so excited to watch him open the watch!He loved it, and I even had 2 links removed so it would fit him better.When I opened my gift, I unwrapped it to find an iPad.I was excited of course, it was a nice gift.But not necessarily something I would have deemed a wedding present, lol. So I laughed and opened the box to look at it.When I took the lid off, I found a white David Yurman bag inside!!!He had gotten me my something blue!!!It was a gorgeous, light blue topaz ring with the smaller diamonds/crystals around it…like my fake green DY ring I used to wear every day.The night was perfect.Everyone had a good time.I hated our waitress though, I was the freakin bride, and she was rude to me!She came around asking if anyone had ordered a white cosmo, as my pink tinkle (martini) was almost out, I told her no, but that I would take it.Her response was rudely that everyone told her they would take it.I’m the bride!!!If I want the extra, give it to me!Anyway….
After the rehearsal, a group of us went to The Corner for some drinks.It was Keith and me, Jenn and Mark, Marco, Chris Toth, and John.I had some ice picks, and two gummy bear shots.What a great night!!!We got kicked out at 1:45AM, which was much later than most people would have, but Mark and Jenn are good friends with the bartender, he he!!!!
Congrats to my beautiful cousin Nikki and her brand new hubby Alex! What a beautiful wedding on Saturday! The weekend started out with Keith and I headed to Ste. Genevieve on Friday afternoon. Keith was their photographer, and I was doing makeup. I did Nikki's trial makeup run on Friday afternoon, then we headed to the Weingarten for their rehearsal dinner. Keith had to drive back to Alton, IL for a family photoshoot, he's always so busy!
We had a delicious dinner + drinks at the rehearsal, my fillet mignon was excellent! Afterwards, Keith met me back at the Microtel in Ste. Gen, but he hadn't eaten dinner yet. Lucky for him, the Huddle House was right next door! I got him fed, and then we went to sleep to prepare for the big day ahead.
Saturday morning came early. I met Nikki at my grandpa's house at 8AM. We started her makeup and the day began. It was such a hot and humid day!!! The ceremony was at 1PM at the Ste. Gen church. After the ceremony, we jumped in our car and followed the party bus to The Stable, where I had suggested bar pics of the bridal party. Keith got some great shots, but the plan was to head over to the Lemp Brewery for more wedding party shots. Unfortunately, the on/off rain kept us at the The Stable, but great pictures were still captured!
The reception was on The Hyatt's 18th floor. We were worried about the rain again, as the outdoor terrace is why that venue is so amazing. Luckily, the rain held off the rest of the night....they even had fireworks! It was a beautiful wedding, and I'm so happy for my cousin. They are off to Jamaica today to start their honeymoon.
Back to my normal life, I stayed the night at my mom's house on Saturday due to our a/c being out at our house. When I finally got home on Sunday it was 91 degrees inside our house, so pretty much miserable. I even gave Rusty and Phibee cold baths to help cool them down! We headed over to my mom's for dinner Sunday night, and I brought the doggies over there so they wouldn't have to suffer. After a nice family dinner, we headed home to our miserably hot house.
The a/c guy came by at 8AM today, turns out, we need a whole new heating/cooling unit. We were quoted $4,000.00! How impeccable the timing of things in my life are...of course that would happen while I'm unemployed! Looks like we might have to use our wedding money for the new unit, which isn't nearly as exciting as hard wood floors. Damn, I hate home ownership sometimes! On a positive note, I finished painting the guest bedroom today! And WalMart sells Shakespears pizza, so it's in the oven baking for my lunch right now...yum!!!
Here's a bit of what's to come soon! Just wanted to share a pic with everyone of Little Venice in Mykonos, Greece! (word of warning, don't eat there, it's a tourist trap! Food is over priced and not tasty).
Getting ready for my first interview since I was laid off back in July (on my one month wedding anniversary!). Interviewing at Nordstrom for the cosmetic department, and hopefully the MAC counter. Not sure how excited I am about this one, I'm a Monday- Friday kind of girl, with my makeup business on some weekends. I just don't want it to interfere with my own makeup business. I'm sure the pay can't be that great either, but the discount probably rocks! Best I can do is go interview today and see what they say...so wish me luck!
First of all, thank you for checking out my blog! As a kid, I used to always journal, and it was usually in just a notebook or something cheap. With today's technology, I realized that I can still journal like I used to, but share it with the rest of the world too! So I'm gonna give this blogging thing a try, please bear with me as I get used to all the tools I can use!
When Keith and I were in Greece on our honeymoon, I began typing journal entries so I would remember all the details of the days leading up to, and including, our wedding. I'll have to find those on his computer, and I'll start my next blog post from there! Check back soon for my updates!
