Let's talk weddings...

...and my obsessive need to plan one! Don't worry, ya'll, you didn't miss any news *rolls eyes*

In love with the colors of the boutonnieres!

Yes, I think I WILL spray paint a tree branch bright effing purple and LOVE IT!

oooooh

I don't think this one needs further explanation....I just love color.

Loving the circle seating.

*gasp*

again, no explanation needed. colorrr.

matches the boutonnieres above so well! love it!

My sparkley ear sparkles no more. I went in to have the piercings checked on because they weren't healing correctly. They ended up taking them out, and I will be getting them redone in a month or so :(

Today I am a grump. Sitting in front of a computer is not being nice to me; I've had a headache every day this month and currently Excedrin isn't helping at all, which is insane.

Also, I miss people. That's all.

It's official, I am a slacker in the blogging world. I did well for a while, though!

News since last post:
I HAVE PURPLE HAIR! Well, not entirely, but a couple chunks and it's awesome.

Anyway, I am working on graduate school stuff, slowly. And it also appears that I might have full-time job offer(s). So that's good. Aside: I am an adult, it's weird.

I got nothing good today, ya'll. Sorry for the short and boring post. 

I feel I'm in such a grey area.

I'm not sure if it's because I just graduated, and this is the first January I haven't been in school since I was 5. I'm not sure if it's because I am at a job that I know isn't permanent, that could end any day. I'm not sure if it's because I'm kind of just sitting and waiting until I go to grad school...

...and I'm not sure if it's just because I'm bored. There's nothing new, nothing exciting...I go day to day talking to the same 10 people, looking at the same 10 websites, making the same drive (home --> daycare --> work --> daycare --> home). The most exciting part of my day is picking out my outfit or doing my makeup. 

I need adventure...and maybe there's one on the horizon; then again, maybe I am just hoping, because this adventure, I'm not in it alone. It's not my choice to make.

I should paint something, maybe that would excite me. I need a model though. Volunteers?

I've been a blogging slacker this week, but that's because I've actually had work to do! So many things going on:

Monday we took Branham for his 15 month well-check. He's perfect, still :)

I have been busting my butt with my Mary Kay business, working towards Director Qualification in February, so I've had appointments pretty much every day.

I'm still trying to get things with Childcare Assistance figured out.

And my big girl J-O-B is in rush period, so I've had tons to do here day to day. During any breaks I get, I've been catching up on MK filing and placing orders.

Rollers & Rouge (my sister and I started a business, check us out on facebook!) is well under way. We have our first big event booked (it's pro bono, but will get our name out there) and a Boudoir shoot booked (both in March)! We're working on bookings, logos, a real website, etc!

In other news:
You know what I find interesting? No matter how much I try to ignore what I am feeling or thinking, I can't manage to get my dreams to go along with me. I can push something down, out of my mind, as much as I want in my conscious hours...but, boy, my brain has a mind of it's own (hahahaha!). It replays, analyzes, and emphasizes things for me, in my dreams, that I just can't escape.

Okay, moms, I've got a question for you: Would you be comfortable leaving your kid with someone who you were never introduced to? Would you like leaving your baby with someone who you had never seen smile, or even look sort of happy? Would you like leaving your child with this same person if, every time you even ENTER the same ROOM as her, he clings to your neck and starts sobbing uncontrollably?

...yeah, I don't like it either. In fact, I am very, very annoyed by it. I am annoyed with all things childcare related right now:
1. The person I spoke of above.
2. The fact that I just had to write a $180 check to our center because our childcare assistance got cancelled because a stupid blonde desk worker failed to turn my paperwork in and now I am paying for it, literally.
3. The fact that I have to constantly make phone calls and leave voicemails with my case worker and everyone else with the Childcare Assistance Program, yet I never get return calls. EVER.

Ya know what else sucks? Dieting sucks. There are only so many things I know how to do with vegetables, turkey and chicken.

ANYWAY, today I complain. Sorry. BUT IN OTHER AWESOME NEWS...

From now until February 1st, I will be doing everything in my power to go into Director in Qualification (DIQ) with Mary Kay! It's going to be hard, and if i get there it will only get harder, but I am going to rock it!

Diet Day 1: Complete

Well, diet day 1 was a success; only 17 more to go! It was a hard day, because I left for work at 8:20, forgot all the food I prepared. Then had a "lunch" meeting that I couldn't eat lunch at. Then I had to go straight from work to my Mary Kay meeting...at which there were CHOCOLATE COVERED FREAKING STRAWBERRIES. And cupcakes and cookies! AND I managed to sit there and eat my lettuce/spinach/tomato/cucumber salad and not have any of the sweets! *pats self on back* ^.^
On today's menu:
Currently sipping on breakfast-- pumpkin pie smoothie
Lunch-- tuna salad wraps
Dinner-- eggplant lasanga
plus fruit and veggies and any lean protein in between that I want.

in other news

I managed to get myself into another "pay it forward craft" thing this year. So, I will be making 5 crafts/pieces of art for people, and you have to make me one in return.

1. Hilary Fiskeaux

2. Whitley Taylor (because I've been promising)

who will be #s 3, 4, and 5? Katie Klein? Brittany Jackson? Jessica Johnson?? Come on :D

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Life analogy of the day: 
If you light a candle and it starts to smoke, you can put the lid on to contain it. Eventually, though, containing the smoke will snuff out the flame.