Near Death Experiance

I believe in taking a hiatus. 

Sometimes its a hiatus from cooking, doing my hair,

 showering (not voluntarily however),

 or getting dressed.

 Right now its a make-up hiatus.

here's how it works- 

You don't wear makeup!!

Now if I were to take a hiatus from reality and

 shove off to... Hawaii lets say, it would hopefully last 2 weeks.

But a makeup hiatus usually only lasts about 4 days for me.

makeup free

tiss the way to be

the benefits -

you save time
your skin can breath
you get used to looking death in the face and not being scared
you get to wear all your sunglasses ( I have quite a collection)




The best is when you return to life and liner (eyeliner to me is like air) you and your Man Meat are reminded of how drop dead GORGEOUS you really are! None of this, "oh if I had her cheek bones", or "if my nose were a bit smaller" 
Your stoked with what you got and in my case eternally grateful for a lil' concealer and color. 

Are you a natural beauty scoffing at my 4 day fast? 

Or are you a makeup monster that sleeps in your makeup just in case the house goes up in flames and you end up getting rescued by a burly fireman
 and on the morning news?

dilemmas of a gal with no problems….

to cut or not to cut……

  I'm dying for a bleached out pixie thanks to MW.

But is my hair my one saving grace at this point?... as I approach 30 , 

apart from my sweet spirit?

 I told my self no way with the whole baby-in-belly situation.

 But once the baby weight is gone should I shed the locks too?

A conundrum, I know.

Also, what should I make for dinner tonight?

 What should I get Jim for his b-day?

Oh the toils…..

When Jim & I were dating(what a decade ago) he SWORE  some asian school girls mis-took him for Nick Lachey while riding on a NY subway. He also described himself as having "a body like Arnold w/a Denzel face" (what does that even MEAN?)

My sister has recently … incessantly … been telling us Jim looks like the guy in Zac Brown Band w/a beard. Would that be "Zac Brown"? I actually had no idea who this was & had to of course google them, my best and only source of truth & knowledge…google:)

best daddy in the world aka Jim

Its the beard..and the build, and the fact that he's usually holding a guitar as is Jim. 

OK OK Marlene Im convinced :)

Im not sold on her other determination that Jim looks like Jack Black. I have to concede that there is a personality likeness.

Jim is a fun loving big kid along with Mr. Black.

 And would look dashing in tights might I add.

As for me, Im still waiting for the very perceptive person that finally notices my likeness to Marisa Miller.

 (don't google her name, shes a VS model & 

the smorgasbord of skin is sure to leave you blind)

But in the last year I got:

Kristen Bell

Brooke White
a hometown gal that was on Idol(though I refer to it as "Idol", I dont watch it…I was just to lazy to write it out, but now Ive written this…so Im not sure what the point was)

Orianthi
(who I actually think is the spitting image of fellow blogger Lauren over @ the Busy Bee since she cut bangs)

So what do you think?

 Who do you get compared to?

 Or who do you see as your style icon?(pretend you looked like)

Who does your man look like…for real or pretend?

What's better than the 80* weather we've

 got goin on here in the Valley?

How about a FREE PURSE!!!

The Paige Peace Tote is the perfect fun summer bag. Might even warm ya up in DC or Denver (can you feel that 52* chill). Both dwelling places of my traitor sisters who thought they'd move away and make a life for them selves. (scoff)(also I love you)

Pair this jewel encrusted tote with 

skinny rolled jeans and 

a comfy top and, dare I say it SANDALS 

for those of us in cactus land, 

for a laid back look.

Jump over to my shop 

for 3 ways to win!

Stylin ' Saturday

 Let's be REAL Im not committing  to a style post every Saturday.
 Im not even promissing to dress myself let alone the kiddo's evrey Sat. 

But TODAY we got dressed,

 before 10am might I add. 

directing the photo crew

my "photographer"

Linc needed his time in the spotlight

 now, I can ghetto-tize any outfit 

just by telling you the origins & prices -

Lacy Scarf - 5 finger discount from Pursenickety ( you can buy one for a measly $9)
Lace& Crochet detailed under shirt - Styles For Less…like 5 years ago..probably clearance
Grass Green Eyelet Dress - yard sale $1 baby
Brown Leggins' - Walmart $3---oh the monstrosity that is walmart
Fringed out Sued Boots - $1 Goodwill's Thursdays

The sad and uncomfortable truth about everything Ive worn in the last week is that NONE of its maternity. My lil' sis & I combined our preggo stash of clothes for the ultimate stretchy wardrobe. This was a blessing in the beginning. I had almost too much to choose from daily. Then she up & decided to move to DC…and is planning on getting knocked-up w/ #2 soon.(to much info?) I figured I only had a few days ..TOPS! left with this dude in my belly. Plus the kind act of bidding farewell to these fashions will of coarse score me good karma points that will inevitably lead to an easy delivery of sweet Elliot,right?! So I bagged up all things stretchy and wide  and said good-bye to comfort and hello to pajama pants & Jim's t-shirts for what I thought might be a couple days.

Now 11 days later I realized 2 things

-this lil' guys in it for the long haul. Jim's predicting a welcome to the world party/double birthday for him & Elliot on the 14th 

-if he's right we might be looking at an adorably chubby but dimensionally difficult delivery of a 9 or 10 # baby

your comments both brighten my day & lets be honest..make me feel important :)

so……be a doll, won't you

all this beauty…I might have to close my eyes

 this is a must watch
(sorry, turn off my playlist @ the botom of blog)

Might be just my preggo hormones?? But I balled like a babe. 

My Sadie is beautiful, and I dont want this world seeping into her definition of beauty or her self worth. But  jeez Louise, what kind of role model am I? I hate photo's of myself, I might opt for  water-boarding over the torture of viewing bad close-ups or awkwardly angled body shots of yours truly.

And this isn't just for girls & mamas of girls. Who would want their handsome intelligent sons to think THAT is beautiful. Not I….so I guess we have our work cut out for us. 

But I'm thinking maybe just an 18 year trip to Amish country?

Im THAT Mom

"How could they!" I would think as I picked up my petite diapers from the store shelf. "What kind of man child would be wearing a size SIX diaper. And what neglectful mother would still be diapering that gargantuan babe's bum!"

Well Linc just turned 3….and no he's not potty training.

He's a strapping young lad currently donning a size SIX diaper

Hi, Nice to make your aquaintance,

 Im THAT Mom.