Project 1. Morning.

I thought this would take a while.  But I was assigned...morning.  I could  do a sunset, a cup of joe, my breakfast, my groggy self....but nothing makes me feel better than my morning face routine.

  The basics of this routine consist of ALL Votre Vu (of course) and includes : Face Wash, Toner, Serum, Moisturizer, Neck Creme, eye gel, and a makeup remover sweep (in case it didn't all get off my face last night or I was being lazy).  I LOVE the way I feel so invigorated after I've taken care of myself.  If I skip a step...such as my moisturizer because Kaylee's screaming in the other room....I can definitely feel the tightness in my skin...like it's SCREAMING to be doused in the richness.


Nothing says "Morning" to me more than my face care system. And my coffee.

Like my little Eiffel Tower?  Gotta represent!  To learn more about these products go to My Votre Vu Page :)

Pictues

....I'm gonna take some pictures from a picture challenge. I think I like it.... :)

Here's the link

http://www.florabellacollection.com/project-24.html

Three Months In

Wow...we've been in Battle Ground for almost 3 months now.  Har to believe with so much going on lately.

In June we moved here.  I was here just 4 days before the boys, Kaylee, and I took off for Kentucky for our vacation. I was there 2 weeks and during that time, the boys left for Texas to visit their dad.  I returned home for 1 week and during THAT time Sensaria went down the drain and we found out a friend had cancer AND I got a call that my Great Grandmother was passing away.  Time to go back to Kentucky.  I didn't beat her death; unfortunately she passed away the night before I got there.  Because my mother was visiting, I stayed in Kentucky another 2 weeks before returning home.  Once I got home I started my new business, Votre Vu and spent some time making friends and finding things to do.  My boys got home a few days ago on the 6th of Sept and started school on the 7th and it's been a whirlwind since then.

So that was my summer.  How about yours?

Grrr

I am so tired of having all these "friends" and having absolutely nothing in common with them.  And even when I find commonalities I'm still snubbed.  No one can talk to me beyond greeting me at a park, I hear crickets when I tell jokes (ok I'm NOT funny but c'mon give a girl a break!)  Then friends find other things to do when I have something important going on.  I watch everyone else's kids but when I need someone do you think it's easy for me to get a sitter?  NO.  It's NOT.  I'm so tired of doing everything for everyone and not even getting a polite smile or even a fake conversation.  My conversations with people feel forced.  I hope I can do it different next time.  I just want a few good gals I have things in common with and not feel like an afterthought.  There are a few of you that this doesn't apply to and you know who you are. I hope no one reads this but if they do I don't really give a flip.

Looking for Our Pineapple Under the Sea..

So we're going down to Vancouver this weekend to hopefully look at some houses.  We have had our eye on a few and then they vanish.  We must have good taste.  :)  We have a few picked out to look at and hopefully get secured with a deposit soon. 

That being said, I'm going to miss this house.  I fell in love with it when I first found it and I still love it 2 1/2 years later.  I wish I could put it on wheels and take it with me.  I hope I will love our next house as much as I do this one.  I hope my neighbors are as wonderful as what I have here and my last house.  I hope there are kids that my children can play with in the neighborhood.  I hope we find a good area. 

I have high expectations.  I'm nervous that I won't find a house to live up to my expectations. 

Lost

Sometimes I feel so lost.  Like today.  I don't know why.  I feel heavey.  Frustrated.  And I don't know where my life is going.  We're moving soon.  Leaving all my friends (most of whom are leaving eventually as well).  Starting over again.  I know at this point we can't afford for me to go back to college and I don't qualify to take out anymore student loans.  So I'm stuck here.  In my mediocre life.  I have an Assiciates in Nothing, and I sit at home staring at my computer when I'm not busy with my kids and volunteer work wondering what the heck God wants me to do with my life?  Should I be satisfied with where I am, a mother and wife? Or should I start striving for more?

OK...I need to take my vitamin D now.

Feeling the Sunshine

We had a speaker today at MOPS who is a counselor.  I've been thinking about speaking to a counselor lately but just haven't got around to it.  I asked her what to do about this bout of blues I'm having and she told me I'm still "postpartum" and it's hormonal.  Hum....but I don't fit into the postpartum depression category.  She thinks it might be the lack of sunshine and  recommended I start on some vitamin D3 as well as a vitamin B Complex.  I went right to Rite Aid and bought them ($1.77 for both I might add...couponing ).  I took the vitamins (and my prenatal I should always be taking) and sat with my lunch in the sun.   Oh how I love the sun!  I sat there for 20-30 minutes just soaking it in and eating my lunch and listening to my fish tank! LOVE it!  I like the sound of quiet....no TV, no radio,....just silence (and my fishtank)....  The sun makes it so much better and I already feel better.  Could just be psychological but it's better than not.  We'll see what my vitamins do for me over the course of the next few days!