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:) Thank you. The majority of parents of Greek kids in my generation didn't put any emphasis on knowing how to be 100% fluent in their native language. So, the majority at least 80% them do not know how to speak Greek at all. My parents put a big emphasis on being 100% fluent because that is how to pass down the cultural knowledge and keep the language alive. Which is why I spent 13 yrs in Greek school lol

Jenn- Is Italian really easy to pick up fast?

My week has been pure hell. Averaged about 4-5 hrs of sleep per night , which forced me to be dependent on red bull so I don't fall asleep in the middle of class.I have fall break from after today's classes are over till Wednesday. Unfortunately, my teachers want to make sure NO one can enjoy break by assigning midterms for that Wednesday back and then two on Thursday >_>

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Cassandra~Cool that you can talk, speak and read Greek!  I so wish that I could speak French fluently, as I have some French Canadian blood in me, but there isn't anyone to talk to regularly to practice it.  I do, however, sign fluently, which is helpful with my now deaf father and many deaf people I have come into contact with in stores, etc. whom no one else understands.  I also have some permanent hearing loss due to an ear infection, so a good thing to know. 

 

I can also write in Dwarvish and Elven runes fluently (from the Lord of the Rings) and have been able to since I was 12 years old.  Oddly helpful in keeping my diary very private from the prying eyes of my older sister when I was young.  Hehehe!

 

Shadowaddict~I am with you. Coach is a splurge.  Actually anything is a splurge to some extent when it isn't a thing I actually need for survival!  I see some people, even teens, walking about the mall with armloads of bags, buying up anything they want, acting bratty, being rude to the salespeople.  No wonder they remember my name when I go into Nordstroms.  I appreciate them and I think they appreciate someone who says thank you and please and wishes then a good evening with a smile on my face instead of stomping out without a single kind word.  I guess it pays to be a peasant!  Or as my husband just said this afternoon; you attract more bees with honey than with vinegar!

 

I did just have fun at the mall for a wee haul!  Some nice perfume (yep,  you know me!), a few things from MAC (wouldn't you know I drew a blank at what colour gel liner I didn't have so didn't dare get it!) and pigments!! And a fall/winter Vera Bradley makeup bag for my purse. Yay! Now I need to wash off a few dirty pumpkins to set out on our steps!  Smurf is waiting for me. And we had more ice cream.  Mocha Chip. Oh, yummy!!!  lol  The place closes this weekend until mid to late April (depending on the weather) so that is it for this year!!  But we had to eat inside the car because the place was swarming with lazy bees in the mood to sting people!

Hi Shimmerettes!  Sorry I have not written, but this was a holiday weekend and my husband has this whole week off for vacation, so my visits will be few and far between!  I am still trying to keep up my blogging, though won't post quite as much as lately since we are busy doing fun things, chores around the house, cleaning, projects before the snow comes, and some fun trips!  The foliage is turning but not as pretty as other years because the leaves all became dried and wind-whipped from the leftovers of Hurricane Irene, so most are turning bronze and falling off.  It will be a very nude Halloween!  I hope you are all having fun!  I've sold some decks and books and made the most of it with a few hauls from Chanel, Nordstrom and MAC and day by day getting them up on my blog. So with a belly full of Chinese food I am off to organize my shelves before a light supper and some TV with the husband!  Enjoy your week!  xo

Hi everyone, I haven't been on here much except to see what was happening with the holiday collection. 

I've been pretty busy with stressing over that damn dinner and my family has a lot of fall birthdays. Shopping for gifts has helped get my mind off the dinner and shopping for kids is always fun. My niece has two kids a little girl who turned 4 on Sept 13th and a boy who turned 6 three days later. They of course celebrated with their parents and all last month. We also have a few adults to buy for. My sister and her husband are coming to visit this weekend from Kansas City so the whole family is getting together to celebrate all the birthdays. It will be focused on the kids but we will give the adult gifts later that day.

Cassandra--I hope your week gets better. My daughter has a major research paper due Thursday and it's driving her crazy. She has fall break next Monday and Tuesday but yeh same thing she has a test and a bunch of assignments due right after. I don't even know why they call it a break.

She recently has started taking a break every Sunday night. A couple of people from her high school invited her a month or so ago to an Irish pub. It turned out she knew some of the people there that hug out together. Aparently for quite sometime a group of about 30 or so people have been going there every Sunday night. They kind of all know each other in a round about way. Some go to school together, some know each other through theater or both. They have the same band there every Sunday so they know the group also. It gives her a stress break and the band guys always joke around with everyone and she loves their accent. They always do "What Would You Do With A Drunken Sailor"  and each week someone tries to out do the response from the week before. She's told me some really funny ones but of course I can't think of any of them at the moment.

Debi--glad you are selling more. I love good solid quality furniture also as it will last you a lifetime and then some. Your bookcases sound lovely. 

I'll have to check out your blog to see your latest hauls.

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Hey Shadowaddict:

 

I'm going through something similar.  So I kinda know how you are feeling.

 

I have always been chubby, which I am OK with, but I am currently 20 lbs heavier than my usual weight.  None of my clothes fit, and I can't find any new clothes to fit me either.  The actual number of the size (14) doesn't bother me, it's just that I can't get anything to fit my shape.  I have even tried the more mature clothing lines (like my mom would wear) but it just doesn't fit properly.

 

You would think that would be enough to motivate me, but I just can't seem to get off my butt (literally and figuratively) and do something about it!

 

While I was shopping for gifts I looked at some clothes and it was so frustrating. I probably ended up trying on 15-20 pairs of slacks. The ones that fit I thought looked ugly once they were on, some fit in the hips but too snug in the waist, and then a couple I kind of liked weren't in petite sizes so I would have to have them altered. It just all seemed like too much work. So many of the pants are very slim at the ankle or just straight. I like a wide leg that flows straight down and over my shoes to give me a bit more height with my heels instead of having a break in the look.  I guess I'm just too hard to please.

I also don't want to spend a lot because I am trying to eat healthier and hope to be in a smaller size in the not too far future. I'm trying to get a good start before the holidays so I have my focus set and good habits in place. That has helped me in the past to avoid all the sweets, breads, and all those other bad carbs that I am addicted to. I can stick to the turkey, veggies, and fruit. I'm not a big meat eater. I basically eat chicken breast, turkey breast and seafood.

I too need to get off my butt and spend more time on the treadmill and less time in this chair and away from this desk on the computer.

Jenn-- hope things are still going well for you guys. Have you bought any pretty nail polish lately? We've got Debi into Butter London now also. She has some great colors. I just bought Snog, Macbeth, Chancer, Scoundrel, Toff and Saucy Jack. Ulta online is running buy 2 get 1 free so of course I had to place an order. I also was able to use a coupon code so that made it even nicer.

Our Nordies just opened a few weeks ago and they have a great selection and now I can see them in person before buying. The Nordstrom in Vegas I was at this summer had a very small display. I don't know if it is always like that or if they were just low on stock. You would think with all the tourist they would have a large display.

I saw some Deborah Lippman n/p that I loved. They are $16 so I'm going to think about it. One is called "Dream a Little Dream of Me", it's a pretty shade of pink with sparkles, not chuncky glitter. It didn't pop out at me as I scanned the colors. The sales lady picked it up and showed it to me. I swatched it and didn't expect it to be so pretty. I looked at it on lippman site and you just can't see how pretty it really is. The other is called Wicked Game. I love the name but the color is so cool and it's kind of duochrome. It's described as swirling lavender gray (iridescent)

hey guys, poking my head back in (havent been on here in 6 months!). i seem to not be intereted in makeup at all anymore, and im seriously thinking about selling my sizeable collection. i just dont seem to need it! what do u ladies think?

Hi everyone! Sorry, I've been gone for the long holiday weekend visiting family, and then had a crazy busy week at school - enjoying a nice day off today, though! I'm going to try baking some Philippine sweet buns called "ensaymadas" - they're delicious! :) There's an asian festival coming up at Jerome's work, and we're getting a booth - him and a friend are going to be selling braised pork buns, and I'm going to try and sell these while I'm helping them out! One day Jerome is MC-ing, and so II'll need to take over the booth on my own. Should be fun, and hopefully bring in a little bit of extra cash! :)
 

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lol Jen! I am living vicariously through me, too! I need to remember the holidays are coming up and it isn't all about me, so starting to mingle my shopping in with my MU hauls!  Yes, I am part Mohawk and French Canadian, but mostly English,Welsh and a dash of Scottish in me! Hence the fair skin but the semi monolild/hooded eyes.  Part of the genes! 

 

When it comes to furniture I truly lucked out. Our bedroom piece is from Ethan Allen, when they still made super classical furniture. I am a furniture freak. I love high quality hardwood because it will last a lifetime if you care for it correctly.  Both my husband and I had already paid off all student and car loans when we got married so that really helped us a long the way. We both worked full time until married when I stopped working due to health issues.  With no kids and only day trips we were able to save for nice furniture and my home is my delight!  Then when my grandfather passed away he left all his grandchildren a rather large sum of money.  With it I bought some lovely Victorian styled barrister bookcases for my beloved books.  Then he left more money to all his 4 children but when his estate was settled they found waaaay more money than anyone could have imagined. Now he was a typical yankee, do it yourself person to the day he died. He scraped, saved, invested in stocks and bonds and wow.  My parents are set for life and sharing it with my sister and I now, while alive, since interest at banks is not worth hoarding money.  Each Christmas I get a lovely sum to play with and that has gone to furniture, grandfather clock, more books and bookcase, jewelry, oriental rugs, etc.  And they enjoy seeing it. My sister spent all hers on trips to the Vatican and Greece. Nice trips, but now gone.  Even her pictures got lost.  I'm glad I invested in the house.  We have these items for a lifetime.  So that is my financial story!  Not rich at all, just very lucky in a unexpected way. I like too that every time I dust my furniture or snuggle up on a wing chair or hear the clock chime I am reminded of my family.  A nice way to honour them, day by day! 

 

Jen~Shows!!  Terra Nova is on Fox, Monday nights at 8pm here.  It is about Earth being badly polluted and ruined by humans and they have found a way to travel back to earth when dinosaurs still existed to give us all another chance to survive and make the right choices. It is a mix of Lost meets Avatar meets Jurassic Park. Lots of fun and adventure.   Person of Interest is amazing.  CBS on Thursday nights.  Two vigil anti men, with a lot of wit, both who once worked for the government, one left on a bad note and another who created a system to trace terrorists now using it to trace people of interest, either victims or perpetrators, and stop crimes before they happen.  Both have lost someone on 9/11.  Excellent and original idea.  Kinda freaky, too!  And Once Upon a Time, which has not started yet.  October 23rd. A twisted fun version of all the fairytales come to life as people travel back in forth in and out of books.  A darker version of Inkheart, methinks!!! 

 

P.S.~Just put up a new blog on my NOTD. Check it out! Who knew I would be into dark nail polish and it would actually look nice on me!  I think I found one of my October favourites already!!

Lol, Debi! :) I would love a good makeup haul right about now - it'll have to wait until November and my next paycheck, though! And that mixture of genes has worked out well for you! ;)

What a nice story about all your furniture - we have been given most of our furniture second-hand from family members, so it is special to us in that way as well! :) I am going to have to test out all these shows now.... I'm on Season 4 of Angel, and once that's done, I'll have to try some of yours! :) I love your blog - the dark colours look lovely on you! :)

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:) Thank you. The majority of parents of Greek kids in my generation didn't put any emphasis on knowing how to be 100% fluent in their native language. So, the majority at least 80% them do not know how to speak Greek at all. My parents put a big emphasis on being 100% fluent because that is how to pass down the cultural knowledge and keep the language alive. Which is why I spent 13 yrs in Greek school lol

Jenn- Is Italian really easy to pick up fast?

 

My week has been pure hell. Averaged about 4-5 hrs of sleep per night , which forced me to be dependent on red bull so I don't fall asleep in the middle of class.I have fall break from after today's classes are over till Wednesday. Unfortunately, my teachers want to make sure NO one can enjoy break by assigning midterms for that Wednesday back and then two on Thursday >_>

 

Lol! All the better! :) I think that's amazing - when Jerome and I have kids, they will be learning French and Tagalog for sure - Jerome wants them to learn Japanese first, but I want them to have that piece of their heritage! :) And yes, if you have Spanish and/or French, Italian is fairly easy to pick up! :) I got a set of lessons I could play on my iPod while I was travelling, and it was really useful!

Ugh, that week sounds miserable! I am a person who needs her sleep. I remember those late nights with Redbull!!! Keep trucking through it - it will all be worthwhile once it's over!

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Hi Shimmerettes!  Sorry I have not written, but this was a holiday weekend and my husband has this whole week off for vacation, so my visits will be few and far between!  I am still trying to keep up my blogging, though won't post quite as much as lately since we are busy doing fun things, chores around the house, cleaning, projects before the snow comes, and some fun trips!  The foliage is turning but not as pretty as other years because the leaves all became dried and wind-whipped from the leftovers of Hurricane Irene, so most are turning bronze and falling off.  It will be a very nude Halloween!  I hope you are all having fun!  I've sold some decks and books and made the most of it with a few hauls from Chanel, Nordstrom and MAC and day by day getting them up on my blog. So with a belly full of Chinese food I am off to organize my shelves before a light supper and some TV with the husband!  Enjoy your week!  xo

I had the same time of week, Debi! Hope you had lots of fun enjoying a break with the hubby - sounds like he needed it,too!

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Hi everyone, I haven't been on here much except to see what was happening with the holiday collection. 

 

I've been pretty busy with stressing over that damn dinner and my family has a lot of fall birthdays. Shopping for gifts has helped get my mind off the dinner and shopping for kids is always fun. My niece has two kids a little girl who turned 4 on Sept 13th and a boy who turned 6 three days later. They of course celebrated with their parents and all last month. We also have a few adults to buy for. My sister and her husband are coming to visit this weekend from Kansas City so the whole family is getting together to celebrate all the birthdays. It will be focused on the kids but we will give the adult gifts later that day.

 

Cassandra--I hope your week gets better. My daughter has a major research paper due Thursday and it's driving her crazy. She has fall break next Monday and Tuesday but yeh same thing she has a test and a bunch of assignments due right after. I don't even know why they call it a break.

 

She recently has started taking a break every Sunday night. A couple of people from her high school invited her a month or so ago to an Irish pub. It turned out she knew some of the people there that hug out together. Aparently for quite sometime a group of about 30 or so people have been going there every Sunday night. They kind of all know each other in a round about way. Some go to school together, some know each other through theater or both. They have the same band there every Sunday so they know the group also. It gives her a stress break and the band guys always joke around with everyone and she loves their accent. They always do "What Would You Do With A Drunken Sailor"  and each week someone tries to out do the response from the week before. She's told me some really funny ones but of course I can't think of any of them at the moment.

 

Debi--glad you are selling more. I love good solid quality furniture also as it will last you a lifetime and then some. Your bookcases sound lovely. 

 

I'll have to check out your blog to see your latest hauls.

Gift shopping sounds like fun! :) So does your daughter's break night - it's so important to plan those in, otherwise they don't happen! Kind of like my house cleaning at the moment :P
 

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While I was shopping for gifts I looked at some clothes and it was so frustrating. I probably ended up trying on 15-20 pairs of slacks. The ones that fit I thought looked ugly once they were on, some fit in the hips but too snug in the waist, and then a couple I kind of liked weren't in petite sizes so I would have to have them altered. It just all seemed like too much work. So many of the pants are very slim at the ankle or just straight. I like a wide leg that flows straight down and over my shoes to give me a bit more height with my heels instead of having a break in the look.  I guess I'm just too hard to please.

 

I also don't want to spend a lot because I am trying to eat healthier and hope to be in a smaller size in the not too far future. I'm trying to get a good start before the holidays so I have my focus set and good habits in place. That has helped me in the past to avoid all the sweets, breads, and all those other bad carbs that I am addicted to. I can stick to the turkey, veggies, and fruit. I'm not a big meat eater. I basically eat chicken breast, turkey breast and seafood.

 

I too need to get off my butt and spend more time on the treadmill and less time in this chair and away from this desk on the computer.

 

 

Jenn-- hope things are still going well for you guys. Have you bought any pretty nail polish lately? We've got Debi into Butter London now also. She has some great colors. I just bought Snog, Macbeth, Chancer, Scoundrel, Toff and Saucy Jack. Ulta online is running buy 2 get 1 free so of course I had to place an order. I also was able to use a coupon code so that made it even nicer.

 

Our Nordies just opened a few weeks ago and they have a great selection and now I can see them in person before buying. The Nordstrom in Vegas I was at this summer had a very small display. I don't know if it is always like that or if they were just low on stock. You would think with all the tourist they would have a large display.

 

I saw some Deborah Lippman n/p that I loved. They are $16 so I'm going to think about it. One is called "Dream a Little Dream of Me", it's a pretty shade of pink with sparkles, not chuncky glitter. It didn't pop out at me as I scanned the colors. The sales lady picked it up and showed it to me. I swatched it and didn't expect it to be so pretty. I looked at it on lippman site and you just can't see how pretty it really is. The other is called Wicked Game. I love the name but the color is so cool and it's kind of duochrome. It's described as swirling lavender gray (iridescent)

I have the same pants experience as you. Thankfully, my aunt has been giving me some hand-me-downs lately that are too mall for her but perfect for me - most of them have never even been worn, because she bought them hoping to become a smaller size! :) Thank goodness I can postpone that shopping trip, now!

My latest pretty nail polish I got was from the CCO in Buffalo - it's Mac's Sly as a Fox from the Tartan Tale collection. It's a deep red-brown, but has fuschia micro-glitter that peeks out in some light. Really gorgeous for fall! I need to get some more Butter London - I have a bunch of them on my wishlist, but unfortunately don't have Ulta here for those amazing deals!

I've been looking at the Deborah Lippmans as well - Temptalia's swatches make them look so pretty! I'm not normally one for glitters because they're such a pain to take off, but they're mesmerizing! I'll keep my eye out for some, and update you on my next haul :)

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hey Debi! I saw on facebook you have now finished selling your decks and have left that forum. it is great that you managed to sort everything out before the holidays! i hope you and your hubby also had a lovely week off together :) 

 

have you had the dinner yet? how did it go? hopefully it was bearable! and i need to get cracking on shopping for gifts... i have bought nothing so far! although first i need to buy nick an anniversary gift because it is our 4th wedding anniversary on Thursday :) then the following week it is my birthday... maybe then i shall think about christmas!

 

hey Sally! i think if you are not using most of your stash then it is time to sell and let somebody else enjoy it. plus you can use the money to spend on a new interest you have :)

 

sorry i haven't been around much. i was away for a couple of days this week. the sony conference was good and i enjoyed seeing the other managers. i won a sony tablet which was amazing because i could never afford one myself.  this stops me wanting an ipad too! the guys at work were happy for me which is nice and they are going to put lots of cool apps on it and games for me to play with :)

 

today i am spending the day filming. in some ways this is annoying though because i sound like a man! my throat hurts so much because i have a cold. i need to send nick out to buy some throat meds i think.  have a great weekend guys! 

 

Congrats on your anniversary and on winning your tablet Lou!!! Lots of good things in a short period of time! :) Hope you're feeling better soon to enjoy it all! :)

Hi everyone, hope you all had a great weekend.

Lou--The dinner is this coming Saturday night. The dress for the evening is suppose to be casual but not sure if their idea of casual is the same as mine. I think I'm going to stick with black slacks and not dress it up too much. I figure that might be my best bet. I am so dreading it.

Jenn--I didn't get Sly as a Fox last year and I must not have overlooked it because it sounds so pretty.

I hope Debi lets us know what Nordies is going to do about her gorgeous pumpkim colored Coach bag that the sales lady ruined. Did you guys read on the Chanel Rotonas thread what happened? If not hop on over there. It was horrible and I feel so bad for her.

Happy Hallowe'en everyone! Hope you're all doing well :)

We're all dressed up at school today, and the teachers agreed on a 60's theme - I'm Audrey Hepburn (Holly Golightly) in Breakfast at Tiffany's, which is lots of fun! :) The girls all think I'm a princess - only the adults know who I really am! :P I'll try and get a picture later.

Debi, what happened to your bag? I hope whatever it is that it can be fixed or replaced!

Shadowaddict, if you see Sly as a Fox at a CCO, pick it up! It did not get enough love. I also just picked up the red and the sparkle polish from Glitter and Ice - they are sooo pretty! I have yet to try them on though lol. I'll update you once I do! I also picked up a gift set from the Quo Orly collaboration that has 18 mini polishes - mostly glitters and foils, but all gorgeous for the holidays! 

What is everyone doing for Hallowe'en? Any good costumes/make-up looks?

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hey guys, poking my head back in (havent been on here in 6 months!). i seem to not be intereted in makeup at all anymore, and im seriously thinking about selling my sizeable collection. i just dont seem to need it! what do u ladies think?

Take some time to identify basics and seasonal favourites so that you don't sell something that you will be looking for later.  Then for sure down-size.

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Ah, nice to see some action on here! I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season!  I was able to make it to all the family gatherings so that was extra nice and received lots of fun gifts. We just took our tree and creche down last night and everything else the other day, so just the outside lights are still up, wreathes, etc.  It has been really weird not to have snow, though. A snowy Halloween that cancelled it and a green Christmas and not a speck to be seen except for a few flurries as we opened our stockings!  But it was nice to see my nephews and parents, especially now that my parents both are in their 80's and aging fast.  I am keeping busy familiarizing myself to my iPad, iPhone and loving some perfumes, splashes, makeup and my first LV bag!  And lots of chocolate, which I definitely don't need, but always enjoy!  I hope we have some pretty snowstorms before spring arrives!  Other than that I am spending my time on my blog, reading, watching movies and such things. Still getting the house back in order but it is looking up!  Would love to hear what everyone else is up to!  8 more months to Halloween decorations, 10 until Christmas all over again. It will be fun to see what the year brings!!

Debi--You must have been a  very good girl:) I LOVE all your Chanel goodies, quite a haul. I agree at those prices you should make sure you will wear it and love it before you buy.

I'm going tomorrow to try on Horizon blush. That blush has been haunting me since I first saw a pic of it. When I saw it at Nordies I already had blush on and swatched it on my hand and it was so pretty.  I wanted to go back without any cheek colors on so I can see if I fall in love with it. At that price I need to love it. The Brompton Road is gorgeous. I think i would just want to stare at it.

I haven't purchased any Chanel n/p but those are really pretty. I am loving Debrorah Lippman right now and of course waiting for Butter to launch some more colors.

I think you would really like the Deborah Lippman "Dream a Little Dream of Me" It is so pretty and shimmery. It is beautiful layered on top of many colors especially any pinks and corals. I love it over DL Daytripper. The pic here does not show it's true beauty. I usually don't buy many pinks but I saw this in Nordies and kept thinking about it. Next time I was in there I checked it out again and had to get it. I think I'm going to get "Girls Just Want to Have Fun" also. I love corals. I saw on DL site just now "Candy Shop" with the pink glitter. It made me think of you and my daughter-in-law.

Drean a Little Dream

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/lippmanncollection_2187_370990

Candy Shop

http://ep.yimg.com/ca/I/lippmanncollection_2192_2397259

Hi everyone! It's been ages since I've been on - school has been eating up my life, and when I crashed for the holidays, I refused to even open up my computer! :) I do love what I'm doing, though, so that's good - I teach a pretty amazing group of girls :)

How are you all? Have the holidays been good to you? How about the New Year? Any resolutions? I broke my toe on New Year's Eve, so my resolution is to be less klutzy! :P Of course, trying to eat healthy and exercise more are starting to come into play, but I'm slow on the exercising with my foot, at the moment I've also been really good and haven't bought more than 1 item of makeup for the past few months! I did get a Clarisonic Mia for Christmas, though, so I've been enjoying that :)

Hope you and your families are all happy and healthy coming into this New Year!  

Hi Jenn--nice to hear from you. Glad to hear things are going well for you and you like what you're doing.

Good decision to take a break from the computer during your off time and let your body and brain destress a bit.

We had a great Christmas, my little grandson't first. He's getting so big and getting everywhere so fast. He just turned 9 months old. He is all smiles and giggles. I swear he is the happiest baby I've ever seen. He wakes up with a giant smile on his face. When they went to have Christmas pics done. The lady looked at him and said oh this will be easy, you guys will be out of here in no time. They said they were in there really less than 15 minutes. He's such a little ham for the camera and poses and such a little flirt with those big blue eyes.

I did eat a few goodies at Christmas but overall did very well so I was proud of myself. I even dropped a pound over the holidays. Usually I'm so rushed and stressed I gain at least a little. I need to exercise more but have really cut down on the bad carbs which raises my blood sugar and packs on the pounds. I'm trying to eat more fresh foods and less processed. At night I nip any craving with fruity caffine free tea, although I do use Equal and Stevia. I put a couple of frozen strawberries in it to cool it down and give it more berry taste. I'm a giant mug of tea person, not the little cute tea cups that normal people use. If I get to wanting something else really bad I eat a few raw unsalted almonds and chew surgerless cinnamon gum and do some serious chomping while at the computer or reading. That has helped me so much from the late night grab whatever I can find snacks.

That sucks about your foot. I stay in a state of shock that my daughter hasn't broken any bones because she walks into everything or trips seriously over her own feet. Of course she and I both have bruises that we couldn't tell you where they came from, must be genetic:)  She has really long hair (which NEEDS a good cut) and she closed it in her car door....more than once. Now that's time for a cut. I think she's finally warming up to the idea of more than just a trim.I love long hair but when it gets past your bra line in the back it starts to kinda bla, especially considering that she doesn't do anything to "style" it. She washes, sprays detangler, brushes, and lets it air dry. That's it and run a brush through quickly if she going somewhere.

Butter London is suppose to be coming out with some new colors soon. I'm playing with some Deborah Lippman which I love. Nordies will run buy 2 get 1 free on DL & Butter so that helps average the price out. I exchanged a DL color the other day that I loved in the store but looked horrible against my skintone and after she handed me the receipt she said oh you get a free gift with purchase. She pulled out 3 DL n/p and said I could pick one. I said oh I was just exchanging one color for another (which she already knew of course) but she said you still get one. I certainly wasn't going to argue with that.