An Oops & A Little Chat

Recently, I was offered some products to review. I was also gifted a 3 month subscription to another product, and thought I should share my thoughts on both. So, the other day I took some pictures, and even a little video. I had all of these ready to upload, but then I decided I was going to clear out some of my phone storage because I'm anal and need everything organized in their own little folders. I started by removing duplicates, and then transferring several pictures onto my laptop. Only, when I went to move the product stuff over they were deleted rather than saved. Since these were being taken from my iPhone rather than my hard drive there was no way to restore them. So now I have to go and retake a bunch of pictures. Bleh. Until I get that up and going here are a few little updates for you guys. 

At the end of  May I became an aunt! It's a boy, and he is beautiful. Though I'm sure when he's grown up a bit he'll be all embarrassed that I called him beautiful. But you guys...he's so precious! And do you know what's even more precious? Seeing my baby brother holding his son. Carlos has always been a wonderful person. Sure he's as stubborn as an ass some times but he's also helpful, generous, and kind. My brother has always been the type of person who will do things for others without expecting anything in return. And that love that he has for his wife, y'all. It's unwavering, and unconditional. I don't think I've ever seen two people who work so well together, and put in the effort to keep a good relationship/marriage. I'm not saying they're perfect, or that they never have issues because that's unrealistic. What I'm saying is that they put in the work. You can tell when they bend for each other. When they compromise for each other. How they support each other. How they're a unit. It's truly, amazing to see them together, and I'm super proud of both of them. All of that said, I just know that they are going to be great parents! They are going to raise such a wonderful little man, and I'm just super stoked that I get to be his aunt. Unfortunately it's still a "no go" on pictures. Sorry guys, I tried. But I'm under strict orders. So, all I've got for you today is this one picture of a very sleep deprived brother looking down at his little bundle of joy. 

Moving along. A few days ago I saw a post online about a mother who dyed her daughter's (about 4-5 years old) hair. The little girl had light blonde hair, and the mom put in some semi permanent pink color to tint it. Now, I was all "Damn that looks cute." But then I started to read the comments, and there were a lot of people saying some really rude things. It ranged from this mom being a terrible mother, to the little girl not being old enough to do what she wants with her hair, and then it went all the way to someone asking for a Child Protective Service number in order to report her. Now, I'm not a cosmetologist so I can't really weigh in on the "harmful" stance of this topic. But I do have a young daughter that's always asking me if she can have some random color added to her hair. Unfortunately, my little one has dark hair so it's always been a no from me. This is because we'd have to bleach it, and I'd rather not. If she had lighter hair, I'd probably let her do the semi-permanent color that washes out without even thinking twice about it. That's just me though. Then there was someone who commented about not allowing their daughter to make any decisions in regards to her hair until she was 11 or 12 years old. Because "Kids shouldn't always get what they want."  I thought that was a bit extreme, but to each his own I guess. My daughter has always had long hair, and I absolutely love it. She's wanted blue hair, pink hair, and purple hair that I wish I could allow her to have. But for the most part I've always allowed her to decide the length, and style of her hair. So what was the whole point of this little chat you ask? Well...I let my daughter do a thing...

(fyi--her hair was passed her bum before)

That's all for now folks. These past few weeks have been busy. It was hard to keep any kind of real schedule. Thankfully, after this Saturday everything should be back to a normal routine. Fingers crossed anyway. 

Hi, I'm Back! Maybe? We'll See.

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 So, I’ve been pretty bad about neglecting this little blog of mine. Sorry. I’ve been trying to get myself into a new routine, and I’ve recently had a lot on my mind. I feel like I needed to just step back and shut things off for a few days in order to get myself together. I’ve used the time well though. Sleep has been a major part of my life lately. I think all of the late nights and early mornings finally caught up with me. Bout time! All of these issues have contributed to a “forced writers-block”. Which just means that I didn’t want to post anything because I would probably change my mind about what I wrote 5 seconds later. Or I just didn’t know how to put my thoughts into words. Yea, either way, it’s been that kind of time in my life. Please, bare with me while I get my stuff together. Thankfully, apart from the tiny stomach bug I seem to be getting, I’m feeling better. So let’s catch up, shall we?

This past weekend we didn’t do much. On Friday, we rushed off to go see Kim's graduation in the Metroplex. In case anyone doesn't already know, I hate the city. Absolutely hate it. My husband says that it's not that much different than Temecula and Murrieta, but he's wrong. The Dallas/ Fort Worth Area is ugly. It's too crowded, and the crime rate is ridiculous (compare this to this and this). And it has this "infamous circle" loop that I almost get us killed at every time I have to drive through it. But obviously I overcome my fear for special occasions and this one I wouldn't have missed. Kim graduated from TCC with HONORS! Booyuh! I have smart friends.  :) LOL! Thankfully, my husband drove so we made it in one piece. I'd love to show you guys pictures, BUT my camera sucks at long range. And the "event security" wouldn't let us get close enough to get pictures. So, I've got nothing for ya. :( Sorry Kim. But CONGRATULATIONS!

Then, on Saturday I sorted through Emery’s clothes and donated them. Then I went and got a hair cut. Originally I was suppose to just get a trim. I wanted to keep the length, but have my other layers brought up a bit. Unfortunately, the girl didn’t quite understand what I meant. So after the trim, she brought up ALL of my layers including the bottom one. The scary part was that my hair was curly so when I saw that it rested on my shoulders, I almost freaked out. But once I got home and straightened it, it wasn’t as short as I had feared. It’s not as long as before, but I can at least put it into a pony tail. This is a big change for me. I loved my long hair. I've never had plans to take off 3+ inches off my hair, ever. But that's what happened. So this new do is taking me a bit longer to get used to. Let’s just say I’ve been popping those “hair, skin, and nail” vitamins like they’re candies. Still, I’m just happy she didn’t go any farther up, otherwise I would have cried.

 On Sunday, we were able to spend some of the day with my husband’s side of the family. We had steaks, corn on the cob, salad, and lots of sweat tea for lunch. My mouth waters just thinking about it. It was delicious! That afternoon we came back home to do some more napping. I’ve mentioned before that my side really doesn’t do holiday’s, but to our surprise an aunt and uncle stopped by to visit and wish my grandmother a Happy Mother’s Day. It was really nice getting to sit around the table and talk with them. I literally live for those days. Afterwards Emery started to get crabby, so we headed back next door to lay around and do nothing. I know that sounds pretty lame, but sometimes you need days filled with NOTHING.

Exercising was put on the back burner (again) this past week. I’ve also gone a whole a week and a half without running. All of this compliments of having issues with my back (again). But I’m hoping to get back on the fitness bandwagon either tonight or tomorrow. It’s really put a funk in my routine so I know that this is something I really need to keep up with, for my sanity as well as for my health. I’ve been in pain and to be quite honest I just got burned out on pushing so hard. I’m really striving to find my work out groove so I can get back to kicking it’s butt. Here’s hoping it doesn’t take too long though.

Okay, well I hope everyone else had a wonderful Mother’s Day Weekend! Until mañana! 

p.s. Congratulations to my fellow blogging

mommy, Erica over at Mi Todo! She just graduated 

LAW SCHOOL!