Gotta Love Family

Mark is going fishing early tomorrow morning with my brother and dad.  Lucky him!  We're talking really early, as in 4 am.  Yikes!  Maybe Mr. Owl will be up at the same time.  Don't get me started on that annoying owl that made its way into my dreams last night, drove the cats crazy, and eventually woke me up.

I was talking to my mom regarding how the guys are going fishing tomorrow and she said that last weekend her dad wanted to go.  How flattering, I thought.  Not quite...as my mom said, "yeah he only wanted me to get up early and go with him so he could keep another fish.  Apparently the limit is one fish per person."  Wow dad, nice tactics.  I wonder if Mark will catch on to this too!  Though rockfish aka striped bass (in Maryland) is VERY tasty :)  I for one will be sleeping in with the two cats and Tucker, the 100+ lb golden retriever.

I'm Embarrassed...

...shhh...I've been watching Jon & Kate Plus Ei8ht from the beginning.  :::shakes head in embarrassment:::  Damn you Netflix and Blu Ray player for making me do this. 

Just like I became addicted to Lost due to the easy accessibility with instant streaming, now I have become addicted to Jon & Kate...of all shows out there.  Really?  It's not even *that* good...Kate was acting like a prat even from the beginning.  Though how she took care of all of those kids is impressive...I guess having rich friends and other friends has helped a lot.  It will be interesting to see how things change now that I'm working my way through Season 3.  I'm right at the point whereby Kate starts to show an interest in clothing. 

Ah, my food loves!

Every week (ahem sometimes more than once a week) I stop by Chipotle or Panera Bread for dinner.  I always see the same employees at each place and I think they are catching on...  It's so much of a routine for me...I always get the same thing: chicken burrito, no beans, no salsa, extra cheese, and lettuce at Chipotle.  I get really offended if they give the guy in front of me an extra scoop of rice and not me...ummm hello, I'm saving you money by not getting the other stuff, give me more rice and cheese please!  At Panera Bread, it's always the chicken caesar sandwich and mac & cheese.  Panera has the BEST mac & cheese anywhere, hands down.  My friends enlightened me regarding this a few months ago during an outlet shopping trip.

Anyway, what would be really fannnntastic is if they had a drive through at Chipotle or Panera...that would make my life...oh, so much more lazy!  But efficient, yes efficient.  I mean, come on, my library has a drive through!

Concealer Recommendation

If you don't need concealer, well, then you're just special, aren't you?

My favorite concealer (to date) is Smashbox's Camera Ready Full Coverage Concealer in 2 light ivory.  It is the perfect consistency, blends well, and covers imperfections well. 

Source: Smashbox

Spring Cleaning...Fun (Not)

Time for some spring cleaning!  What a perfect day to do it too...it's about 60 degrees out, overcast, and windy.  When I clean and organize, I tend to go overboard and spend TOO much time on one thing.  There are no shortcuts for me - it's a weakness, I know.  Then again, it's baby steps, so that I complete one project without moving on to another one.

Today I am focusing on our master bathroom.  It's somewhat difficult because the bathroom is still stuck in 1990 and we have no real plans to update it and sink more money in our upside down house.  But at least I can clean it and organize it.  I started with pulling out all of my toiletries in the one cabinet...think lots of lotions, shower gels, bubble baths, sunscreen, hair products, etc.  It was a mess.  I threw away some of the lotions that were...oh...maybe three years old.  I organized everything in some nice, clear containers from Target...but not until I wiped down the inside of the cabinets.  Not fun since the cabinets are old and not in great shape.

I didn't get to take a "before" picture, but here is the "after" with the nice organization.

Next up was cleaning my makeup brushes.  I think you're supposed to wash them every month?  I will not tell you when I last cleaned my makeup brushes...it's embarrassing.  But they are clean now, that's very good!  Nothing like a sense of accomplishment.

Cleaning with just soap and water never seems to work as well as using MAC's special brush cleaning formula.  

Now it's time for the drawer.  Here is the "before":

Ummm yeah, a lot of that stuff is getting thrown out/recycled.

Check out all of the lipsticks I have accumulated...those are going right in the trash since I never use lipstick but used to hold onto them "just in case" and they were free with certain makeup purchases.  I am keeping the little lipglossees.