So, unless you live under a rock somewhere, you are well aware that Donald Trump won the presidency. You either watched all night for the results, have seen it on the news by now or have seen every millimeter of social media plastered with either disdain or complete satisfaction spewed from almost every single person. I’m over social media at this point, let me just say that! Where did we go wrong that we are condemning people to Hell in a hand basket because of their choice, their ideals and their actions over this election?!? I am appalled at what I am witnessing. You have Republicans on one side sticking their tongues out and saying haha, while you have democrats on the other literally telling people they will go to hell over their decision and how uneducated they are for their choice?!? Seriously?!? And there is actually a question of why we cannot come together as a country?!? You don’t say… SHOCKER!!

I am amazed at the things that have been said and done leading up to and through this election. We all have different backgrounds and beliefs. Why can’t we come to terms with that fact? I think being president of this great country is/would be a difficult task. People’s beliefs vary so drastically. I am sure there is not a president in your lifetime that you agreed with every thought and action 100% rather you voted for him or not. Because they are different than you and I. They handle things as they see fit and the way life has treated them. By the things I have read you are a dumb ass for voting for her or an uneducated idiot for voting for him. Who wins?!? In my opinion, we had two bad options… choose the best one that fits you. You may disagree… that’s fine! Hillary may have been the best president choice you had ever seen or maybe you felt that way about Trump. I am so glad you voted and felt that confident in your choice… Many did not.

I believe people should speak their minds! Tell me the truth! Don’t sugarcoat things, don’t be “politically correct” … but don’t be a slanderous asshole because of my belief and my right to do the same! Agree to disagree! That’s what made/makes/and will make America great! Not ONE individual. But people learning to co-exist. Also… DON’T RIDE THE COATTAILS OF YEARS GONE BY! Make the change you want to see in people. If you are one of the individuals spewing hate, condemning people to Hell and judging based on their right to choose… HOW ARE YOU ANY BETTER THAN THE PEOPLE YOU ARE JUDGING?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Newsflash… YOU ARE NOT! BE THE CHANGE THAT YOU WANT! That is how this country will get better. If you think people are judging you because of your color, weight, profession, religion, etc. Show them who you are! When you spew hate… you showed them! When you stop, and change a tire for someone that you think would not give you the time of day… you showed them! When you reach out to make a difference… you showed them.  I can’t speak for everyone but I judge you based on what you show me… so show me your true colors! I don’t care if you favor cats over dogs, loved/hated Bush or Obama or you have beliefs that do not align with mine. Show me your character… that’s what I care about.

These are my thoughts on people’s words and actions since the results. The election was TOUGH to say the least. But the way people have reacted… that is heartbreaking. It makes me wonder if America will recover. People are so used to getting a trophy just for participation that they forgot what it was like if others disagreed and they ended up losing. Today is a sad day… Not because of who was elected but because of how everyone has reacted.

Faith! Hope! Love! Those are things people need to remember today. Because the Grace of God will be the only thing that helps us to win this internal war now.

So, I was having a talk with someone recently about people’s perception… or that is really what it boiled down to. Here is the story… they went on vacation and while there stopped in to a dealership to look at cars (they were killing time waiting on their next endeavor for the day). This wasn’t just any dealership; it was a Bentley dealership. I am sure the average price of the cars were $200k+. Anyway, the salesman was looking down his nose at them the entire time. She said it was the only day on their vacation that they encountered bad weather so they were dressed very conservatively i.e. jeans, tennis shoes, etc. to battle the rainy/muddy day. She sat back and watched the salesman’s arrogance and how put out he was with these “commoners” looking at this car and asking ridiculous questions on something they clearly could not afford. If he had only known, they could have written him a check for it and been in and out in about 10 minutes. She even declared this to her husband in front of the salesman (who I am sure was shocked to learn his arrogance had not hidden his disgust with them wasting his time). My question is why do people do this?

I have always said treat people with respect no matter what you think their stature (or yours) may be in life. Treat the CEO with the same respect as the janitor! Everyone has a purpose and just because you think yours is not as important (or if you are on the flip side of that and think yours is more important) does not give you a right to think someone is beneath you.

That leads me into a slightly different thought process from there (hang on this is how my brain works and it can sometimes be a crazy ride… one that will have you retracing your steps to figure out how in the world you got here… but I digress). I read a “meme” that said, “Sometimes it is not who you are that holds you back but who you think you’re not.”. That sent off alarms in my head that rang true! Being the kind of person I am I get lost in the horse world all too often (read that as hopelessly devoted aka CRAZY horse lady lol). I think that is one place that it seems that the people involved must put lottery winners’ checkbooks to shame and here I am… the poor Amateur trying to find my way in the waves of super talented horse and rider combinations with endless checkbooks (or even Mom and Dad’s money). But that meme got me to thinking… and it is true. Sometimes, in all aspects of life, we stand in our own way. Who are we to judge where we do and don’t deserve to be. If we work at it and keep pushing forward we deserve to be anywhere that the next person does. Sometimes we are our own worst enemy! Imagine where we could be if we just believed in ourselves a little more.

I know the two scenarios are not the same but it just makes me think along the same lines… Why are people so quick to judge and why do we let people’s judgements have so much effect on us? And let’s not throw stones without owning up to our own demons… why do we judge so much? I know I have been guilty of this on more than one occasion. I get irritated with someone lack of knowledge in an instance and think to myself “this is why you are doing >insert mediocre job description here<”.

I guess this is just a post to get you to thinking. Give people a break! You never know what their struggle is that day. Give your barista at Starbucks a smile and tell them they are fabulous (no matter how long it took to get your coffee)! Don’t judge someone based on who or what they are or look like today! It could be the CEO assisting the janitor for the day or it could be someone with an extremely heavy burden to bear. You never know where you will be tomorrow.

Don’t forget to smile! Stay Fabulous!

Kim K.

My life has been so crazy busy lately. I am still desperately trying to figure out what happened to the month of October. I know my vacation wiped out a week of it, but seriously where did the rest of it go? We had a few birthdays and my in-laws 50^th wedding anniversary! I also had my companies annual open house which knocks out a week with the final preparations! But I still can’t believe the month is gone and how exhausting it was while it was here. Now it is time to move on to Thanksgiving and all the planning that goes into that and you might as well throw Christmas into the same hat because one piggy backs onto the other!

I love the holidays! I love the festivities, the cheerfulness, the giving, the decorations and the time spent with the people you love. If you dread the holidays, I think it is a time that you take a step back and remember them for what they should be… time spent together! I think all too often we get lost in finding everyone the perfect gift… we need to remember that it is about getting friendship and fellowship. Don’t get lost in making sure that everyone on your list has the latest and greatest fad… make it about togetherness. It can include baking, games, movies, etc. Whatever your heart desires. But enjoy it!!! That is what the holiday season is about!

One thing I love to do is find a needy family to sponsor for Christmas. It is the greatest feeling in the world to know you gave these kids Christmas! And you put food on this family’s table! If you do that this holiday season it will do away with your Bah Humbug and restore the true meaning of Christmas! I have been so incredibly fortunate to work with people who value sponsoring families for Christmas! It is so incredible when you donate your time, money and goods to help someone who has fallen on hard times.

One year with my incredible co-workers from SEACON we sponsored 9 families! That included a list of some elderly. We gave them blankets, socks, or specific things that the food bank knew they needed. They were so incredibly thankful for the food. There is one lady, Ms. Mary, who I think about from time to time, even 5 years later. She gave me her entire story. How she ended up in Texas and how hard it was for her to get by. She would buy chicken and plan for every little piece to just get her by. She just broke my heart with her story. A few months later after finally saying for the last time “I need to get by and take her a gift card and a cake”, I made a point to do it. Only to find out she had fallen and broke her hip and she was in a nursing home. I wish I had made a point sooner to go see her. I don’t know why she was the one person that weighed so heavily on me after so many families (and even more after her), but she is someone I think about several times per year.

Most of all, I thank my SEACON family for always stepping up and giving more. They made those memories possible! Our “Helping Hands” got bigger every year and they pulled through, outdoing the amazing haul from the prior year!  Fast forward to my new employer (where I have been for 2+ years, does that still constitute new?!? Lol). We decided to sponsor a family for the first time and let me say I was shocked! I work with mostly men… like out of 25-ish people there are 4 women… so normally they are not that involved. But we decided to jump into a family of 9, 7 of which were kids! And they were incredible! All the employees pulled together and made this a wonderful Christmas! And the Company stepped up and did some amazing things for the family home! There is no greater feeling than to see the kids overcome with joy for Christmas when sadness is what they felt moments before with an empty tree. The cost of the gifts or the magnitude does not matter. They now have the same opportunity to go to school/daycare/etc and talk about their Christmas gifts as well. There is not a gift you will open this season that will give you such happiness as the look on their faces.

When I started writing this post… this was not what I had planned to write about. However, my posts sometimes take on a mind of their own, lol. But I do think it is something you should consider if you get the chance! It is amazing and it will brighten your Christmas like no present could.

Anyway… here is to you planning your Christmas and Thanksgiving with little to no stress. Enjoy your holiday season!!

Stay Fabulous!

Kim K.

So I said I would do a follow-up on my packing post… so here goes.

Was it worth it? Did I use everything? How terribly did I over or under pack (Let’s be serious… there was no way I under packed lol)? So we left on a Friday night and managed to make it back the following Saturday. So we were gone 7 1/2 days. We of course checked the weather everywhere before we packed and left… only we were clearly lied to! We each took a couple of jackets, boots, some scarves, warm clothes, etc… except that every place we ended up was experiencing record high temps for that area! Seriously?!? Now don’t get me wrong… I enjoy the warmth! It made me happy! Jody on the other hand… was so excited that we were going to be somewhere that should be cold… our vacay destination was finally somewhere cool, not involving a beach lol. But it was like 85-87 everywhere we went. I actually had to do laundry because I did not take enough “warm day” clothes. I did not touch one single piece of warm clothing that I packed. so I guess I technically over and under packed, lol. But it was not my fault… blame it on the weather guy lol! I did use my swimsuit… once.

I WAY over-packed shoes, lol. Of course since it ended up being warm… I didn’t use the boots. I didn’t have anywhere that I could or should have worn my sandals or wedges… too much walking to venture out in those. We did a ton of walking so I was in my tennis shoes most of the time. Again… I don’t think I can be held accountable for this because the weather did not cooperate lol.

My makeup… I did not over-pack there. I did my makeup… down to my lashes. It was fabulous lol. In fact I picked up extra setting powder late one night from Target to try! It was wonderful! I set aside enough time each day to get it done! I really enjoy doing my makeup when I give myself enough time to do it! I even did my hair… except it ended up being so hot that I usually put it up somehow before we got to where we were going.

So it is safe to say that I over-packed. But I felt prepared so I am good with it. I didn’t have to leave anything behind because I took too much, so I am good!

We shopped while we were there… so of course I came home with even more than I left with. The truck was the epitome of packed, lol!! There may have even been a venture to the Louis Vuitton store while we were there… I can not confirm or deny this though.

The trip was great! We spent a couple of days in Nashville. We saw the Parthenon, which for anyone who does not know is a full-scale replica of the one in Athens, Greece. This place was huge! I mean it gave me a spectacular appreciation for both (the one in Nashville and the one in Greece). There is a statue of Athena on the 2nd floor. This statue stands an astonishing 42 feet. This place is massive… and that word is not near descriptive enough. It is something definitely worth seeing at some point if you have a chance. Once we left there, we tried Hattie B’s. It was a must try on everyone’s list for Nashville Hot chicken. I kid you not we stood in line for an hour… for fried chicken, lol. It was good and different. I would never stand in line for an hour again to eat there, but it was a piece of Nashville that was a must try. Nashville is of course known for Broadway, but spending the day seeing some other things like the Parthenon and the surrounding gardens, the Opryland hotel and the wonderful Loveless Cafe! It was great to see some of the things that were not music related. But… don’t skip the Grand Ol Opry, Music City, etc! Because those things ARE NASHVILLE as all the locals kept reminding me! The bars were amazing! The music was great! It made me want to karaoke (which I never have done or will do)… no one should be subject to such horrendous festivities lol! Nashville was worth the trip!!

We went to Columbus, Ohio. On the way we stopped at the Corvette museum in Bowling Green Kentucky. That was awesome and probably one of Jody’s favorite things! We went to the All American Quarter Horse Congress in Ohio! Everything there is fabulous… except the rain and mud, but that was minuet detail. We were able to see Becky and Colton have great rides on all of the ponies that made the trip! Seeing amazing horses is why you go the Congress after all lol. The shopping was great! But we also ventured out to see the little German communities there and indulge in sauerkraut, sausage and pork schnitzel. After admiring the brick streets and quaint little shops we found ourselves killing about an hour at a casino before our next adventure. If you are wondering how that went for us, I am still headed to work this week! The scenery in Tennessee, Kentucky and Ohio was gorgeous! They have trees that actually change colors. And their landscape (which in the opinion of this Texan includes Mountains because those Mounds were far too large to be considered Hills). It was a spectacular drive! The trip was exhausting but I am so happy that we chose to drive to get to see the incredible landscape.

This is a trip I would recommend to anyone! It may not seem like the most exciting trip but it was all things we truly enjoyed getting to see, experience and take in. It was exhausting so give yourself time to recoup but definitely go see things!!

I never really thought I had an issue packing. I mean overpacking. On the norm, if I stay somewhere like my sister’s while she is out of town my packing is minimal. Like I am lucky if I remember my hair brush… just joking. But I do only bring essentials for a night or so. For the most part I am a really low key person. My hair is pulled back and out of the way and may makeup is minimal or nonexistent (thank God for snapchat filters lol). As I have said before I like to sleep so I would rather spending my primping and preening time for pillow time… all P’s so pretty much the same thing in my eyes. But tell me I am going on a road trip that includes unknown adventures and climates and goodness gracious I have ended up with the largest piece of luggage full of only my clothing, a bag of shoes, a bag of makeup/hair products/tools, a bag of jackets and the final bag if full of bras and a couple more pairs of shoes. Seriously?!? What kind of sane person packs like this? I am fairly certain my wires got crossed and I THOUGHT WE WERE BOARDING THE TITANIC!!!

My husband too overpacks, not near to the degree as me, but it is there. Jody is very particular about things (for those of you who know him this may come as a shocker hahaha trying saying that with a straight face). So with the condition that both of us suffer with, we ended up with a completely full backseat on a 3/4 ton Ford. I will say my saddle is in the mix of this but that just added a higher degree of Tetris talent when packing the truck. If I had chose to leave the saddle I could have brought more shoes, or another purse because let’s all address the elephant in the room. How the hell did I leave the house with only one purse in tow?!? I think the over abundance of bags that found their way in to my truck have helped suffice this need.

I get that I needed options for this trip (which clearly I have) but what was I thinking packing two of our closets and half of the dresser? I mean seriously we are headed north in the fall and we packed multiple swimsuits each. I doubt there will be a need for one swimsuit let along for multiples… But better to have it and not need it than to need it and not have it. So if that is the philosophy we are rolling with I am prepared for any beaches we encounter, a snow storm, a formal dinner, bar hopping and of course with the saddle in tow, any great legged ponies we encounter! All because a girl needs options.

As for the makeup that I packed… well this stems from a current obsession. My niece, Emily, told about the youtuber, Jaclyn Hill. I am obsessed with this chic. She is so beautiful and quirky and fun… I watch a makeup tutorial almost every night. So my goal for this trip… Do a Jaclyn Hill look! As one of my very best friends, Bj told me “you don’t wear makeup, you just hoard it”… I plan to change this situation. Because I do love to do my makeup. This may require slightly less sleep… GULP… but I will make it. If this plan does work… I will post an update to this blog post (with pictures)!

In fact I will post an update at the end of this trip to re-evaluate the over packing situation. Did it come in handy? Was it a nightmare moving through 2+ hotels? What we did, etc. See ya soon!

Stay Fabulous!

The biggest lie I tell myself everyday is “I will remember that” knowing full well my raggedy ass will not remember that shit in 2 seconds let alone in 20 minutes when I am waiting on a coworker to call me back or when I call my husband to tell him something on my drive home. Seriously I must be the most gullible person ever because I continually believe this lie! Like no joke, 100 times per week. What is so crazy about this is I actually used to remember everything!!! Like people used to ask me “you know the vendor we bought that item from once about 7 months ago… who was it. And I could rattle that shit off. Now, I have trouble remembering who I pay my trash bill to every month… and that is not an exaggeration. I would like to say it is but it is not.

This makes me wonder. Is this me aging? Was it a change that I had removing me from my element and starting a new job after more than 8 years? Is it having our faces buried in our phones 24/7 with a lack of real human interaction? I truthfully do not know what has caused this but I do know it drives me batty!

I like sticky notes. No! I love sticky notes. My desk often times looks like I dissected a sticky note stack that day. Seriously people this is what you pay me for… to dissect sticky notes!! haha! Not truthfully but at times it seems that way. It is the only way I remember things… I must write them down. Or your thought, goes through my head, it is processed and put in a tidy little bin where ultimately it was shredded. So this small little 3×3 pieces of paper with a glorious strip of re-stickiness keeps everything together! Let’s just process that craziness for a moment. My day-to-day success depends on 3 inches wide by 3 inches tall… I mean with the exception of a prostitute who else can say that (ha! I kid… don’t be offended. It is a joke damn it)? Or who else wants to say that? lol I will say the advantage to the sticky note addiction is my desk is decorated at all times with multiple colors and even sizes.

But I digress… the whole point to this post is the forgetfulness. I am not THAT old. I mean if this is happening already I for see myself in diapers by the time I am 40. It is the only logical realization in all of this if I am truly aging at this speed. I mean my niece Emily always tells me I am old, but really, who listens to her anyway?!? I assure you not this forgetful old bat anyway. I started trying to do “brain exercises” to stimulate and strengthen my brain. That was super exciting the first two nights. Now I just hit ignore when that crap pops up on my phone reminding me that I had a workout scheduled. Any tips? Ideas? Or is this really where things are headed?

This is what my drive home everyday resembles. It is a blog post that is perfectly thought out… but sadly is forgotten on the drive home. This time fortunately my husband is driving us while we are vacation bound. And it all came back to me. So I whipped out my handy-dandy Mac and went to typing. Which by the way… I love my Mac. It is only a couple of months old but I do love it.

At this point I am not even sure what my point was lol. I am kidding of course, partially. But it does make me wonder are all the things that people say happen to you because you had kids, or you got a more stressful job or blah blah blah… not really things that happen for any of those reasons but just simply because we are aging.

That is it. Think on this more for yourself and let me know your thoughts. Hopefully one day I will figure out how to remember things or the To Do list tattoo on my previous post may become real!

Stay Fabulous!!

I am 100%, without a shadow of a doubt, a Type A personality. Have you gathered that so far? No, I didn’t think so. I know, I just ooze personality from every crack and crevice of my body… and as I get older I have a lot more cracks and crevices, lol… it would be hard to tell with my killer personality and witty charm that exudes from me, lol.

Anyway, now that we go that nonsense out-of-the-way… I am OCD about planning. Like I am preparing to go on vacation and I have been planning for the future of this week so much today, I had to look up what day it was. I literally could not believe it was still Monday. What kind of crazy person am I?!? I am the crazy person that has so much going on this month that I literally feel like October is over already! That is taking planning to a whole new (read CRAZY) level!

Does anyone else obsessively make list and over plan everything?!? Nope, just me? Ok keep it moving, keep it moving. I seriously can drive myself crazy with all of the things I need to do and plan to do when I get home every day. But this meme sums up my life right now…

I plan… but then get nothing done lately. This is so out of character for me. I am in need of breaking this terrible habit! So essentially what I am saying is that I have these crazy lists (both written and in my head) and I am not accomplishing a damn thing, which only makes my crazy lists longer… AND IT IS DRIVING ME MAD!!!

But let’s take recently out of the equation and just talk about being a Type A personality. You know the kind where you cringe when someone steps in and screws up your perfectly planned plan… when they want to move your perfectly planned seating arrangement at your event. It drives you mad… I mean I seriously get mad because have you not seen my list?!? It’s all planned out… lol! I know I am crazy I do not need your judgement! Haha!

My other crazy thing that I do is over think everything. I play out all scenarios in my head, thinking about every last detail that may potentially happen, ask my friends their opinions, weigh the pros & cons… and still I don’t know. It will drive a person batty though, I assure you that! It also drives my friends crazy because they think I don’t value their opinion, or I didn’t take their advice or whatever… I get it! But I am crazy, just not diagnosed, lol.

Anyway, I am in vacation prep mode, so I am trying to get prepared at work, home, the barn, the dogs, and everything in between. We are going to be gone a week so I have to make sure that I restock the dog food and puppy treats before we leave or my dogs will be on strike when I return! I have to make sure that the horses have plenty of feed/hay before we leave and everyone has had everything they are scheduled for (including Sammy’s Cunt-B-Gone as Jody calls it lol… good thing he isn’t running for president, lol.). We make sure all dairy or food in general that will go bad while we are gone is either thrown out or given away. The house needs to be clean and have fresh sheets on the bed so it is ready when we return. I don’t know why we bother to clean the house because the dogs (mainly Laci now) insists on dragging out every single toy that they have. I stopped counting at 37 toys last night. Seriously?!? Not any of the 36 before were adequate? So with the exception of dog toys and all of the dirt and debris the traipse in the house while we are gone… it may be clean, sort of. Of course at work it is the normal day-to-day, but also adding in that all of the filing is done, every single bill I can possibly key has been accounted for and trying to predict anything that anyone may need so it can be here or on it’s way here and nothing is forgotten. It’s exhausting. Why am I leaving again?!? Oh, right… vacationing is fun lol.

I also forgot to mention in all of the gibberish about that I love Holidays!! So I have already started planning Thanksgiving (for home and work) and Christmas (for home and work) and even black Friday because I love to shop and that is a holiday in it’s on right in my book! So remember when I said I feel like October is over… well all of this planning and prepping has me on over drive between vacation, our annual open house at work, all the upcoming Birthdays and Holidays, Thanksgiving, Black Friday and Christmas.

AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH…. I just got it. This is why I look like the above meme. I am on overload and exhausted so that is why I become one with the blanket when I get home, lol. Are you as exhausted reading this as I am laying it all out on paper?!? I feel like you should be!

I will try to do another blog post or two before we leave… then on to the vacation posts!

Stay Fabulous!!

Maybe I should preface this post with a disclaimer? Or maybe I should dive right in! I have told you before that nothing that I say is serious or informative but this may borderline fall into one or both of those categories! So take notes people!

Things that irk me… people not cleaning up after themselves, you know like say in a public restroom. I hate to go into a public restroom to find trash strung from here to there, wet vanities, and worst of all pee on the toilet seat (that ties with an unflushed toilet). Are you kidding me?!? Is this how your house is treated?!? I see this everywhere Starbucks, the grocery store and even at work (and believe me if I know it was you I have not issue in calling you out on it). I am just appalled that people do not pick up after themselves. Even in the breakroom, is it really that hard to throw away the empty donut box?!? When did people become so entitled that they do not feel the need to clean up after themselves? Why do you feel the need to throw trash on the floor? This just makes me think that much less of you, when I see you act like this. There is not a maid following you around and even if there were, that still does not give you the right to not cleanup after yourself.

I can forgive men a little easier than women for this. I think because men have predominately been brought up having someone do their laundry, clean up after them, etc. Does this give them an excuse? HELL NO! But I understand slightly when I see them not wipe up a drip of coffee… not when they throw trash on the floor. Seriously?!? Makes me wonder what your house looked like growing up. But to see a woman, say pee on the toilet seat in an office and walk away with no regards to this. I am so dumbfounded… there are no words. I just can’t fathom where this dirty creature lives that this is ok?!? And how hard is it to change out the paper towels or refill the napkins or at least let someone know you took the last of something and we need more or it needs to be restocked.

I cannot possibly be the only person that has an issue with this. Cleanup after yourself (you nasty person)! This just amazes me! I can’t believe that when dealing with adults this is the outcome. If I was a kindergarten teacher I could understand that we had yet to reach the stage in life where we cleanup ourselves… but to be a grown adult and not have reached this milestone, makes me wonder if you will?!? I am sure there is a class somewhere to take on said life changing events! Look into it! No seriously! Like STAT!

So I know I told you about my bag obsession. Even though we have not thoroughly delved into that topic (it is really too deep to start with) I do have another obsession to fill you in on… MAKEUP! Well truly beauty things in general. I have an obsession with Sephora, Ulta and really anywhere I pass a makeup, beauty, skin care or even perfume counter. My makeup table is crazy! Like literally CRAZY! And what is even crazier is I do not wear makeup every day. I go through spurts where I wear makeup all the time and then I go through spurts where I have to knock the dust off of everything! And it is not because I don’t enjoy doing any sort of a beauty routine, because I do! But I REALLY enjoy sleep, so I take advantage of the 15 minutes I would use at the table to make me look a little more presentable and use it on my pillow instead. And here lately it even seems that blow drying my hair before I went to bed with wet (read: frizzy in the morning) hair seems to be just a little too much effort. Is it because I am running on fumes these days? I don’t know… but it is what it is. I will try to make more of an effort since this aging skin is not getting any younger, lol.

I will tell you that one thing I look forward to every month is my ipsy subscription! It truly makes me do my makeup at least once a month. I must test the new items and somehow that leads me to a full face of makeup! But I love (most) of what I get! If you are a beauty fanatic, it is totally worth the $10 per month to have new items shipped to your door to try! The items can be full size or trial, makeup or beauty, and even tools/makeup brushes. My most favorite eyeshadow brush came from an ipsy bag! My niece, Emily, loved Birchbox as well. But I never ventured out to that box. I believe it is more beauty related (meaning hair care, skin care, perfume) but I am not 100% sure. I have also done the Sephora box subscription and I loved it. But my credit card was compromised at one point and it was such a hassle to get it updated that I never messed with it, but I did love it!

Maybe one day I will do a makeup tutorial… haha! I literally laughed the entire way through that sentence. That “tutorial” would be, learning what not to do presented by The Other Kim K! But I will tell you, it would be entertaining. Especially if Emily joined in. You have never seen anything funnier that the two of us (in our Spanx, I must add) doing our hair and makeup on the cruise! Of course the room had terrible lighting and I remember Emily telling me “you just put tease where bootycall goes”. I promise you these are eyeshadow shades, lol. Any way we called our room “Salon 424”. It was entertaining. Our humor is very similar to the Dollar Gentral (Hannah & Kaylee) girls! We manage to laugh at ourselves in all aspects. We like to embrace the good, the bad and the very ugly, lol.

My point to all of this craziness is treat yourself! If your obsession (or if you are like me obsessions) is not makeup find something to give yourself every month. It could be shoes, health/fitness, cooking, chocolates or even wine! There are all types of clubs/boxes that will ship to your door! Have it done! Treat yourself! Don’t wait on a special event! Enjoy everyday!

Info:

Here is a link to signup for ipsy (in case your obsession is real):

https://www.ipsy.com/new?cid=ppage_ref&sid=link&refer=1jjyu

Maelle is a new makeup and beauty line that is launching in October. Their products have been compared to YSL, Anastasia Beverly Hills, Bobbi Brown, etc. I told you my obsession was real so of course I joined and I am eagerly awaiting my kit!

https://www.maellebeauty.com/store/KimKMaelle