For the longest time, I stopped wearing make-up. I think I was just too lazy to be bothered and I hated my hair during that year I was growing it out. But now I like my super short hair so I've been wearing make-up. Nothing like a mini-makeover to change your outlook and to help you stop letting yourself go. It's sad to think of people looking at you in a sorrowful way, slowly shaking their head and clucking their tongue at the downward spiral your looks have taken. Notice nobody offered me a spa trip, though, so the heck with them. This mini-makeover was just for me.
I noticed, though, when I broke out my make-up bag and was sorting through, I couldn't quite remember the order I used to put it on. Was it foundation, contouring powder, regular powder? Or was it foundation, contouring powder, blush, and then regular powder. That's when I wondered if it even matters.
So, I'm asking, what order do you put your make-up on and who taught you? I ask that because if you tell me you learned from Max Factor himself, I'll take your word as gospel. However, if you tell me you learned from the woman at the Clinique counter that wears so much make-up, clowns feel sorry for her, I might take it with a grain of salt.
Today I purchased new mascara, because I don't actually remember how old mine is, and a new tube of lipstick. I sure wish you could try it on in the store, it really is a crap shoot. I have more I don't wear than do, though why I don't throw them out, I don't know. It's not like bright orange lipsticks gonna make a comeback anytime soon.
If this new forward movement in my appearance snowballs anymore, I might actually break out the *gasp*, jewerly. Wouldn't that be something!
EVERYBODY got cheesecake. Even the mailman. I've even got a ton left over (I needed 196, I made almost 300) Maybe I should gift some on my favorite cashier at grocery store!
Does anybody know why comic books/graphic novels are non-fiction? Because I'm pretty sure Archie and Jughead never really happened.
I finally got some Christmas shopping done. It's about time! I had to meet DeWitte for an appointment earlier this morning so I thought I'd head to the mall..being early in the day I figured everybody would be at work. I figured wrong. No mall for me. Instead I went to a new Walmart they opened (Don't tell anybody I went to Walmart!) in a rural part of town. Thankfully they weren't crowded and I had a ball shopping for stuff from Santa.
We don't buy Nathan toys or CD's or video games. We could buy him those things but he's an only child and it's more important to me that he doesn't turn out to be a spoiled child because I dislike bratty kids more than mushrooms, meany mom's and crowds put together. Instead, he gets $5 for allowance every two weeks, if he does his chores, with the option of doing extra chores for extra money. If he wants something, he has to save up and buy it himself. It takes a long time to save for a toy that costs $30 when you only get $5 every two weeks. That might be mean, I'm not sure. I do know that he appreciates what he buys and is more careful with his money because of it.
We can't/won't buy him the things that he wants..but Santa! Santa can bring him a new boom box (are they still called that?) to replace the one with the crackly speakers and Santa can bring new Heelies that were loved but outgrown. Santa can also bring toys that he knows will be loved but would never be saved for like Praying Mantis kits (That's gonna be so much fun!) and levitating globes.
DeWitte and I are careful about what we will or won't buy Nathan but Santa has complete full rein! It's fun to spoil your kid every once in a while..as long as they don't become so spoiled, they stink.
I have to confess. I HATE Charlie Brown and his Christmas special (I don't like his Halloween special, either). DeWitte, however, still has his Charlie Brown bed sheets so guess what's on TV..yep, that's right. Nathan is laughing so he must like it, too. Luckily I have other things to do that will keep me otherwise occupied this evening, like making 48 chocolate malt cheesecakes (I used a few of the suggestions I got here, too..thanks for those!). It's killing me that I can't eat this stuff..A chocolate malt is what I always used to order at the ice cream shop. *sigh* I suppose it's worth it not to have to buy my pants at Omar The Tent Makers anymore.
1. I have minus 1 messages on Vox..I don't even know how you do that.
3. While I am not on the ball this Christmas, DeWitte is. He found the coolest present for Nathan, a real working engine they can put together and watch run (As opposed to a fake engine. Kind of like when Cheezits say they use real cheese. Saying they use fake cheese would seem wrong.). That's a lot better than the Easy Bake oven I was gonna get him.
4. I have 46 cheesecakes made, only 146 to go. I had 48 but I let DeWitte and Nathan have one. I guess they'll be taste testing them anyhow, it seems cruel to deprive them of cheesecake. I think the dishwashers done so it's time to get back to work.
Dislikes..
I still don't have gotten any Christmas presents and my Christmas Tree still leans to the left.
Likes..
I have a new laptop. I've been using the same computer we bought when Nathan was a baby..yeah, it's almost 9 years old. I want to get rid of some of the furniture in the living room, so my desk has to go. We've got a friend that's an Ebayaholic, he's specialized his search skills to laptops so I asked him to look around for me. Not only did he find me a new laptop that's crazy fast, he gave it to me for Christmas! How awesome is that. He's the same guy that gave us our Wii fit. Could we have better friends?
My first batch of individual cheesecakes are done (White chocolate and raspberry. I took a picture but Vox is being a pain and won't load it.). 24 down, 168 to go. I can too get them all done, no matter what my brain tells you. I might have to throw out all the food in the freezer, but I'm determined to give my mailman cheesecake.
I'm making a lot of new friends at school this year who don't expect me to cook for them or anything. Most of my friends have always been gotten through whoever DeWitte's friends were dating or married to at the time. It's hard losing friends through divorce but these friends are all mine!
This new pinball game for the Wii. Really, if you love pinball and you've got a Wii, you will just be doing yourself a disservice by not picking it up. I was dissapointed when Nathan and I had to stop playing because he had to do his homework this afternoon (And I wonder why I don't have any Christmas gifts and my tree leans to the left.) I'm thinking about writing the people that made it a thank you card.
Our Christmas tree cost 80 bucks this year. $80! It was $10 a foot. I'm thinking about growing them in my backyard next year. Instead of taking the posts from the maze down, I'll just add some string lights and sell Christmas trees.
One year we went to get our Christmas tree and DeWitte swore up and down we have 10 foot ceilings. We don't, they're 8 and a half. We got it in the house and couldn't stand it up. I laughed like crazy while he brought the chain saw in at one in the morning and cut off two feet of tree. I'm glad it wasn't this year..that would have cost us $20!
It looks like crap. We put it up in a record half hour because we were expecting a house full of company and I wanted to get the boxes in and back out before they came over. We could have spent all morning on it but other more important things came up. Namely a pinball game DeWitte picked up for the Wii, a steal at only $14, the night before. It is awesome! We've played a lot of pinball in our time (We've wasted more than $14 at the arcade I can't even remember how many times.) and any video pinball's been a joke. This is the real thing..you can even shove the game around, which every good pinball player knows, is essential to the game (Just call me Tommy). Anyway, our tree leans to the left like the Leaning Tower Of Pisa, looks like a kindergardener went crazy decorating it and half of the lights don't work, which is weird since we bought those super duper LED lights that are supposed to last longer than roaches. I should probably do something about that.
Christmas is in how many days? I haven't purchased one present. Apparently I plan to enjoy the pressure.
Jamie 1, Nathan 0. I've been getting notes home from his teacher that he's not taking his AR (Accelerated Reader...for those not in the know) tests like he should. He likes to read so I didn't quite understand why. I talked to his teacher after school last library monday and she told me he liked reading chapter books, which is cool, but he needs to read shorter AR books, also. He said he would and then he didn't.
I went to school early today, made him skip recess (I knew he'd hate that..they only get recess when they aren't cramming for the SOL's), sit with me in the library, read his book and take the test. It was gorgeous today but I told him he had to stay in and that if he'd have taken the tests like he was supposed to, he wouldn't be sitting in the library with me instead of outside with his friends. He was pissed! :D I then told him that I could come every day at recess if that's the way he wants to play it..we'll see what happens because I really don't have anything better to do that time of day and would be happy to sit and listen to him read.
It's a good thing I don't care in the least if he likes me or not because if he doesn't start taking those tests on his own..he's not going to like me at all. I've only got this one kid, if I let him screw up, I don't have another one to fall back on.
