Monday, January 30, 2017

Unplugging

Lately all the political crap being shoved down my throat on every media outlet imaginable is just too much for me & my anxiety. It frustrates me how many people on both sides will post stuff that is not even factual. I seriously can not tell you how many times a day I roll my eyes after doing my own research.

rolling my eyes

I feel like shouting Google is your friend & so is the local library. Winking smile

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So yesterday I gave my phone to the hubs so we would have a map and wouldn’t get totally lost in the wilderness and unplugged for several hours. We went on a nice 6 mile hike through the woods to the River. My back & feet hated me but my soul needed it!!!

hiking collage with watermark

It was so nice to just breathe in the fresh air and spend time chatting and laughing with my guys.

peaceful

I am really hoping that everything going on in our nation today will soon make sense but in the mean time I think I will be unplugging a lot more this year!!

Happy Monday my friends.Red lips

Friday, January 27, 2017

Cupcakes & Cartoons Make Everything Better

I was having a minor pity party for myself yesterday so I decided I needed cupcakes and since I had some ripe bananas I made these banana cupcakes with peanut butter frosting. The recipe is on Playz With Food’s website. They are super tasty and I could probably just sit in front of the TV with a big bowl of the icing.Winking smile

cupcakes

Speaking of TV I don’t know about ya’ll but I am so over all the news and talk shows in the morning. So much negativity lately that I literally have been watching cartoons instead. Matt & Matilda prefer them anyway during our morning snuggle sesh. LOL

Tom & Jerry

What have you been up to this week?

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Been trying to practice motion shots this week and I have been failing miserably. Oh well there is always next week right??

bball game Bub

Monday, January 23, 2017

Weekend Happenings

Not much went on this weekend except we went from Spring weather on Saturday…

lemon & lime tree blooms 2lemon & lime tree blooms

purple succulentgreen & red succulent

lixard in acorn basketlizard on acorns

To rain, wind & tornado warnings which was super fun all day Sunday…

LightningUmbrellaStorm cloudConfused smile

sun peaking through cloudsclouds rolling in

To back to the appropriate season Winter today. It is a lovely 65 today and is crazy windy.

windy cold january 23

Oh & my laptop died may she rest in peace or pieces which is what I wanted to do to her when she decided to go hella crazy and the keyboard would no longer work!!

laptop died

How was your weekend?

Thursday, January 19, 2017

The Sky Is The Limit

Right??

I went out last night to try my hand a photographing the night sky…Let’s just say my camera app for nighttime does a whole lot better then I do with my DSLR. It was bad…

Like just a big blob of black with a orb bad!Crying face

original night sky

So I added some stars in PSE. It’s still my photo and I made the stars so it counts right??? Smile with tongue out

stary night

Then today I was trying to get some light flare which I got a bit of but I wanted to jazz it up.

original sky

So with the help of The Coffee Shop blog I made a little bit artistic.

oil painting texture on sky

I have been following her blog for a while and I love how she goes through the steps to really teach you how to do stuff.

I guess I better enjoy these blue skies cause according to our weatherman we are in for a soggy weekend.UmbrellaLightningEye rolling smile

Wednesday, January 18, 2017

Wordy Wednesday

Just a few pictures I have taken over the past couple days:

Matilda because duh she is gorgeous!! Winking smile LOL

Matilda january 14th with hand edits

Ya’ll our yard does not know what to do with itself since the South doesn’t know what dang season it is.

My aloe & green onions are going nuts.

aloe plant january 15th

It feels like spring here not winter.

sky january 15th

And the weeds are coming up everywhere which makes me sad cause that means grass will start coming back in soon and Matt will be blowed up with a rash. Joys of having a dog allergic to everything…Crying face

fave fence post & back drop in our yard January 16thweed sign in our yard January 16th

Plus these little cuties keep showing up in our yard cause I think they are just as confused as the weather!!!

bird in yard 2 more in focus

Hope you are having lovely weather where you are!

Monday, January 16, 2017

January Ipsy bag

make up monday new

ipsy bag

I received:

It Cosmetics Bye Bye Under Eye illumination. I am so excited to try this cause I love the regular bye bye under eye. Full size retails for $24.00.

January 2017 ipsy bag

Pacifica Blushious coconut & rose infused cheek color in the shade wildrose. Retails for $12.00.

pacifica

This took a lot to build up for a swatch but I have not used it on my cheeks yet so it might not be that way when you apply it.

swatch pacifica

Ciate London geology top coat. Retails for $17.00 (IPSY30)

ciate

Pur~lisse blue lotus mud mask + exfoliate. Full size retails for $52.00Disappointed smileit has really good reviews though. (MudIpsy30)

purlise lotion

Trust Fund Beauty Lipgasm lip gloss. Retails for $22.00 (IPSYGLAM35)

trust fund beauty

I did not realize this was not a clear gloss so I did not swatch it…wha wha wha wha Sad smile It is in the shade Method To The Madness. If you want to see a swatch go HERE

Instead of a swatch here is a squirrel doing the hoola hoop!!

via GIPHY

Do you forgive me? Winking smile

Happy MondayRed lips