Geez. My week has flown by! Why is it that when we’re younger, the days/weeks/years seem so long and as we get older, time passes so quickly?!
*sigh*
Speaking of time passing quickly…my baby boy turned 11 yesterday…ELEVEN! Holy moly, how did this happen? It feels like just yesterday that he was this little…
We celebrated by taking him to jui-jitsu (his request!) and having dinner at Carrabba’s. Unfortunately, our night wasn’t as pleasant as I would have liked. We were tired and hungry by the time we got to dinner and the restaurant was on a slight wait, when we finally got seated we had a not so great experience due to having a new server. I didn’t even bother telling the guy it was his birthday because he sucked at his job and I didn’t want to make it any harder. Then it was late and he was too full for dessert so there was no singing of “happy birthday” and no cake. 🙁 He did get to open presents though. He seemed fine with how his evening turned out, but I wish it would have gone a little better. We were rushed because of jui-jitsu, but that was his choice and he loves going. I told him we’d do dessert today and then tomorrow is his birthday party so there’s still time to make up for what went wrong yesterday. 🙂
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Have you heard of oil pulling? I’ve seen it floating around the internet for the past several months and I’m super intrigued. My only issue is that I have a crown and some people have had issues with their crowns coming loose or off completely. Maybe because of all the swishing? But maybe the crowns were just old and bound to come off anyway? I don’t know. Maybe I’ll try it for a week or so and if I want to keep doing it I’ll double check with my dentist.
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Am I the only one who over thinks rating books on Goodreads? I fret over not wanting to give it a lower star than it deserves. I don’t know why this matters, but every time I go to rate a book, I go through this whole thought process of what it should be rated. This last time I decided to write down my rating process so that I don’t forget. This rating scale is much more lenient than my last one, but it fits me better.
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I fall down the rabbit hole often. It’s one little thought, one crumb, and I get lost for hours. Last week, it started with my new blog design. I was looking for a possible font for the heading and I ended up searching for all types of calligraphy. I love all the modern styles that are everywhere right now. I landed on a page that suggested a book to learn and the next thing you know, I was on Amazon with it in my cart. It arrived on Wednesday last week, but I didn’t get around to gather a few supplies until this week. My mom writes beautiful classic calligraphy and she tried to teach me when I was younger, but I quickly moved on. I’m hoping I can last a little longer this time.
Image from Boho Baby Bump. I love her calligraphy. I originally bookmarked it so I could commission her to design a tattoo for me.
While traveling down the rabbit hole, this was the post that led to the ordering of a calligraphy book…Besotted and here’s the book I ordered. I waited to gather supplies until I got the book and I didn’t want to spend too much money getting started, but I’m almost ready to begin! I bought a pencil and sketchbook to start, but then realized I needed some kind of real pen and now I’m realizing I want a lined sketchbook to practice instead of a blank paged one. Geez oh man! I just want to start practicing all right already! Spring break is next week though so with any luck I’ll be able to find a lined sketchpad locally and properly start soon. Then it will be easy to just spend a few minutes a day practicing!
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If you have reward points at Sephora, you should order something NOW! They have awesome goodies in their points shop. I had been saving my points for awhile so I was able to get all 3 of these…
I almost ordered the rollerball size (the PERFECT size for me b/c I only wear it occasionally and the rollerball makes it super easy to put on) of the Tory Burch perfume, but then I saw that it was in their points shop for 250 points so I just ordered that instead. I really like the scent, but it’s strong so a little goes a long way. Which is why the rollerball or this little sample is perfect.
I have a big version the GlamGlow SuperMud, but they just recently came out with YouthMud and I told myself I didn’t need to buy it since I had a full tub of the other version, but I really wanted to try it. Problem solved! This one was only 100 points.
If you have been wanting to check out the new Naked Lipglass from Urban Decay, you can buy this sample for only 100 points. I tried it out in the store and really liked it, but talked myself out of buying it. After getting this sample though, I feel like I should have bought it. I really like that it’s glossy and moisturizing, but not sticky. The sample color is a little on the pink side, but it’s sheer so I think anyone can wear it.
Just FYI, I’m betting these points products are going to go quickly so they might or might not be available in the store.
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Okay, this post took me way longer to finish that it should have. Now I’m off to do some cleaning and finish getting ready for the party tomorrow! Happy Friday! 🙂
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