Weekend Update {Fall Ready}

1.  This post title reminds me of Saturday Night Live.
2.  We didn’t do much this weekend but live like bears in a cave.  Connor’s fever finally FINALLY went down and I’m able to be back at work today!  Thank you Jesus!
3.  Having a sick kid at home is so draining.  The whining and crying and just seeing your child sick is awful.  It’s emotionally draining and tiring…cuddly….but tiring. 
4.  I was able to at least go to Target and get some groceries and do some laundry.
5.  We watched Despicable Me at least 5 times….such a cute movie.
6.  I put out some of our fall decor.  I am so ready!  I lit some pumpkin spice candles and I just felt better all of a sudden???  Bath and Body Works has the best candles evah!
7.  HomeGoods just opened up around the corner….this is probably not a good thing for my wallet.
Connor is so excited about FALL can you tell???
Pumpkin table thingy from Pier One last year
Wrote a fall message on our chalkboard….I know I don’t have the best handwriting, but I try!
My little owls are back 🙂
Yummy fall tea
I need to change this up a little:  A fall printable, and a fall saying instead of the LOVE one.
I love bling bling candles
Sicky face…so glad he is on the up and up!
Thank you all for the prayers we felt them!
Hope everyone has a great Monday!!!!
xoxo Becky

Diagnosis

We finally have a diagnosis for Connor boy:  Strep throat.
 
Ugh.
 
I’m so glad it’s not west nile….I have to admit I’ve kind of been freaking out about that.  It’s all over the news here and listening to that can be scary. 
 
He was feeling better for a few hours yesterday, but then his fever spiked last night.  Terence took him to the pediatrician today and now he’s on antibiotics. 
 
I took some photos yesterday while I was home with him 🙂
 
For the few hours he was feeling good….my sweet boy you are growing up way too fast! 
 
We love you!
 

Sickheads

 
Woke up this morning and this dude had a very high fever. 
 
What the heck?
 
Of course the only time I get to be a stay at home mom is when my kid is cranky and whiny and sick!  I just didn’t plan for this today.  Terence started a new job so of course he can’t stay home because he doesn’t have sick leave.  I do enjoy the snuggles though. 
 
We’ve all been dumpy lately.  I’ve had a cough and sinus congestion that just won’t go away.  Terence started hacking up a lung this week too.  (I really can’t stand people who carry spit cups around the house….just saying) It’s been awful.  I’m on my second round of antibiotics and nothing seems to be helping this biz???
 
All we want is to be a normal functioning family again.  Going through 3 boxes of tissues and crazy amounts of cough syrup a week….I’ve had enough. 
 
Please get better soon.  I’m ready to join the land of the living.

Relax & Kick Back

I forgot to blog about Relaxation Day at work last week!  We all got to wear our tropical attire and ordered lunch for the day.  I’m really blessed to have such a great job that I enjoy.  I work with such great people!

I don’t know how relaxing it actually was….but it was fun to dress up and pretend 🙂

 The office decorated like the tropics….I’m sure we all wish we were there!
 Sweet co-workers and Mo our buffalo got a makeover too!
 Yummy treats
 Dawn and Me

We had mexican food for lunch and it was awesome!  No shortage of that here in TX!

Such a fun group!

 

I hope you all have a very RELAXING and great day today!

 

xoxo Becky

Revlon Expression Exeriment Kit

 
I recently had the opportunity to try out the new Revlon Expression Experiment kit.  I love to play with makeup. I feel naked if I leave the house without it.  Experimenting with different colors and types of products is how you find out what works for you.  I was excited to try this kit, I really like the Revlon brand because it represents empowering and engaging women to try new things!
 

In the Revlon Expression Experiment kit there was an explosion of color! I received facial primer, ColorStay eye shadow palettes, Color Stay long wear nail polish, SuperLustrous lipstick, ColorBurst Lip Butter, & ColorBurst gloss.

 

1.  ColorBurst Gloss
2.  ColorBurst Lip Butter
3.  Bold red SuperLustrous lipstick


Love this bold red color for fall!
The Lip Butter was super moisturizing and went on smooth as…well….butter.
This gloss was the perfect balance of moisture and color.
This lightweight primer smoothes skin while evening out skin tone with color correcting pigments that neutralize redness and uneven color. Wear alone to tone skin or under foundation, it helps your makeup last longer.
 
Bright bold blue polish 🙂
Eyeshadow pallettes with so many colors to play with:
I loved this eye primer and brightener.  It smooths, perfects and brightens eye area by reducing the appearance of fine lines and crease on lids.
What types of makeup do you like to use and why? 
 
Are there any makeup trends for fall you are wanting to try?

Be sure to join the movement of self expression with the Revlon Expression Experiment Facebook application!

Wishy Washy Wednesday

Thank you for all your kind words of encouragement on yesterday’s post.  I feel so overwhelmed and loved.  Thank you!  I’m so blessed to know each and every one of you, whether it be in real life or through blogging.  So blessed.
I think we all have our ups and downs….I’m actually feeling better today.  Day #3 on antibiotics and doing alrighty! 
We will carry on

A new day has come

We will carry on

I know a new day will dawn
-Celine Dion

Connor was watching Chuggington last night and I pulled out my camera….his automatic “CHEESE” face.  This kid is hilarious!
Loving this month’s Citrus Lane box. 
It’s a monthly box to door service for your child.  You do have to specify the age range of your child to get appropriate products for them.  I look forward to getting Connor’s box every month and it always has products & coupons we both enjoy! 
Big Cheese

My hair is finally starting to grow a little bit.  I miss my longer hair!  I’m trying to decide whether or not to say lighter or go darker for fall.  You all know I’ve been every color in the rainbow….what do you think?

LIGHT OR DARK?
Connor loves this juice box holder we got in the Citrus Lane box.
He always squeezes them when I give him a juice box. 
This idea is genius-  You put the juice in there and it has handles 🙂

I ordered my first May Book yesterday.  I love that it’s cute and has a monthly agenda as well as a weekly schedule.  AND-it’s small enough to take with anywhere!

Here is Birchbox for the month of August:  A Schick razor, beauty fixation makeup remover q-tips, Quick Curls creme (love this for Connor’s hair!), Juicy perfume sample, and an eyeshadow stick! Yay!
Good box for $10 bucks!

I made cake pops last night for a co-worker’s bday today! YUMMY!!!

It’s going to be a great day!
Muah! Becky

Mental Breakdown

Do you ever feel like your life is in a rut? You wake up and do the same thing every single day. Some days I feel like Bill Murray in the movie Groundhog Day and it’s just a continuous cycle. I wake up get ready for work, drag Connor out of bed, make T’s lunch for the day, he makes our coffee….we go off to work. I’m always running late. My anxiety level is always at the max.

We’ve been coming home after work and just fall on the sofa. I’ve been upset with myself because I haven’t been exercising or eating right lately. I just ordered pants in a size bigger. Ugh. Life just takes over and you begin to just live each day in a trance. I don’t remember all of what I did yesterday….and if you asked me today I don’t even know if I would remember what I wore or ate for lunch.

I feel so scattered and I don’t have myself together. We have all been battling a bad congestion and cold for the last few weeks. I’m on a second round of antibiotics and hopefully this will do the trick.

I’ve lost track of how to manage my life and time. I find myself in “zombie mode”. Isn’t that sad? I’ve also fallen behind on church and prayer and reading my Bible. I can tell this is affecting my spirit and it probably comes out in my blog as well. It’s easy for Satan to break in and start to chisel away at your heart.  I’ve been over committing to do things….but at what cost? If those things take time away from my family then is it worth it?

I already work a full time job, but it seems like my blog is turning into a second job. I don’t what that to happen….I want to blog for the love of blogging. I want to document our life and love for each other. The special moments in life I never want to forget. Something I’ve lost track of doing lately. I’m still going to do things to bring in a little income every now and then, but once again it comes down to that ever so sensitive subject of BALANCE.

HOW DO YOU BALANCE IT ALL?

I’m not where I want to be spiritually or personally right now….but I don’t know where to pick back up. I’ve noticed lately I’ve had a lot of bitterness in my heart. Who does that benefit? No one. I don’t know why I feel this way, but my emotions are starting to affect not just me, but others as well. If I’ve said or done anything to hurt anyone un-knowingly I’m sorry. It’s not you it is me.

Today is a blessing. I want to live each day fully and conscientiously, knowing that we are not promised tomorrow. I constantly fall short….but I know I am forgiven. Thank you Lord for your love and forgiveness, for I am not perfect by any means, but I am blessed.

John 14:27 Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.