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Wednesday, August 21, 2019

Beauty Tips Part Two

Well, my friend, as things in my chemo journey have continued, I find that I am in need of some serious beauty tips. And because I am ~~out of blog fodder~~, so terribly generous and loving, I am sharing my discoveries. ツ

Disclaimer: Perhaps you should take all this in a spirit of humor and with a great deal of salt because...

1. Here I am this past Monday, aka:Chemo Day #4

2. Heavily diffused

3. On a Steroid High

4. and obviously no expert!

So be forewarned, I am on this steroid high and feeling mighty chatty. My sister was in charge of transportation Monday. Good. I need not to be driving when I really feel like flying. Seriously, I feel as if I could zip down a runway and take off all by myself. It. is. bizarre. Anyway, at one point, toward the end of our day, she looked at me and said, "You are seriously hyper." No kidding, Sherlock. 😉 I probably should request that my dose be reduced next time.

In my first Beauty Tips post *here,* I shared a couple of videos. This time, I am sharing a Sharon Danley Make Better. While I sometimes cringe over Sharon's self-described "soap box moments," I have really learned a lot from her tips. She is a trained make up artist; I trust her talents.

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My current issues:

no hair

no brows

no eyelashes

splotchy chemo skin

uneven lips
puffy steroid face

I am paying close attention to what Sharon is teaching me. It is going to take me a lot of practice. I have not spent this much time on make-up since I was first learning as a freshman in college. But I do prefer to look human and well. And I don't these days without making my face up. (If you dropped in on me on an ordinary day, you would find me looking pretty awful and perhaps even looking ill.)

I was practicing eyes and lips. Yup. Practice needed. This is my blond wig. Monday (first photo), I wore the salt and pepper wig with flips at the shoulders. This is a bob, which I prefer. I also have a gray halo for wearing with hats. I'll show you that another day.

Here are some of my new, favorite products. Not all were recommended by Sharon.

The Maybelline SuperStay Matte Ink™ is a recommendation from Sharon. In the past, I have tried long-lasting lip color and found it too harsh. This lasts a long, long time, even through meals, and I have had no trouble with chapped lips. I follow Sharon's recommendation to remove it at bedtime and apply Vaseline™ for overnight balm. I use the Bert's Bees™ lip balm as a highlighter in center of lips only for daytime. There are many color options, of course, this is a toffee, though Sharon recommends reds.

The Color Cleaner was recommended by Rock Star Mom Patti (second beauty video shared on Beauty Tips.) Love this product as it quickly cleans brushes between colors. It comes with a spare pad and one can flip the pad for a total of four sides. The pads can be washed. Of course, this does not eliminate the need to wash brushes every couple of weeks, but it sure helps for switching colors. Patti specifcally recommends Color Switch.™

Dolly Wink™ was recommended by Eyelineher Blog the first video shared on that former post. It is going to take major practice. I prefer hiding my eyebrows under the bangs of my blond wig. I have no brows whatsoever. Some very sparse eyelashes on top lids remain. I think I have one lower eye lash on the left side and two on the right. Ha!

This set of brushes was very cost effective for under $10 at Amazon. I could not be more pleased with them. I have spent far more than that on one brush and these are good quality bristles. I am enjoying them. And I am also enjoying seeing my baby grand from nearly thirteen years ago holding them. I hope that he doesn't see this! He'll kill me. (Not my actual baby grand...big brother Sam grand.)

Lastly, someone, somewhere recommended purchasing a selfie light for iPhones to use for a make-up mirror that's light has gone, as mine has. (Wow! Short memory! It was Sharon Danley on this very video that I have shared. She is able to use hers on a hand-held mirror for close-up checks.)

It charges so requires no batteries

All lit up...just like me!

It does not fit on my make-up mirror so I use a velcro sticker and that works great.

So that's it, my friends. I am working on another post because I had another of my secret giveaways and one of you has already won. You'll have to check in to see if you were the winner.

Have a great week...don't forget to check in the next day or two. (Two...it's in the can!)

Tuesday, July 30, 2019

Vee Makes a Video

Thought I'd take it easy on my eyes, my fingers, and my brain power by making a little video for you and by making a few collages of my flowers. They're not getting their usual care so I have resorted to the easy route such as not watering the front garden, spraying my roses with a deer and rabbit spray, and by placing a Japanese beetle trap. I'll be showing my other trap later in this post.

Tuesday Morning in the Outside Room

The potentilla in bottom ~~right~~ left 😌 has been eaten right back by Japanese beetles. I purchased a trap for the first time in years and I am quite pleased with all it has captured so far. I see very little evidence of them on the plants now that it has been placed. I know that it is said that they just draw in more beetles than one would ever have, but that was happening anyway. Gotta take it easy on myself. Do you use any sort of trap?

See the Dynatrap in the lower left? I really like it because it keeps my backyard clear of insect pests without trapping bees. I hate cleaning the thing, though. Ugh.

Not sure if you can tell the good the pruning did by comparing the two photos at the top middle and the top right. The middle photo shows after pruning and the right is pre-pruning.

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Speaking of pruning, remember last time when I shared the video on creating eyebrows? I liked the comment about eyebrows not being twins but sisters...

These poor brows aren't even third cousins!

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Catch you in a couple of weeks!

Saturday, February 4, 2017

Whose Kitchen?

First things first, thank you for joining me for my little quiz. Some of you did very well indeed, especially since I was a kinda unfair. Anyway, I had fun. Every single kitchen was correctly determined, just not all on the same comment. ツ

~Marilla Smokes?~

Fun and interesting little behind the scenes video.

1. Sorry about showing you the Green Gables pantry (good eye, Mrs. T!) on yesterday's post instead of the kitchen. Further, I am not sure that the pantry was ever shown in the 1980s series so that really was unfair.

↑2. A number of you recognized the Downton Abbey Kitchen.

↑3. The kitchen from A Christmas Story reminds me of my maternal grandmother's kitchen. Anyway, this is not taken from the same perspective, but check the chairs and table.

↑4. The shiplap gave it away!

↑5. And, lastly, the Waltons' Kitchen. My dad and I enjoy watching that show in the afternoons when I am there. I don't get that station at my home. This kitchen reminds me of my father's childhood home...the stove is in the right place, the sink, the table, too.

Again, thanks for playing along. Have a great weekend!

P.S. Go, Patriots!

Friday, December 16, 2016

I Need a Silent Night

A few random photos (and not necessarily wonderful ones) of my wee haven. The driveway is my responsibility again. And, yes, I cleared all seven inches of snow by myself. No plow, no snowblower, just a scoop and ~~girl~~ old lady power.

That deck table needed something. I worked with what I had. The best that can be said is that it is colorful. (Your eyes are not deceiving you, it's a sifter secured with a birch stick.) Ha!

The grands like the wee village and the giant carolers. We are not fussy about scale here.

The wee village lives next door to the Poinsettia Jungle.

↑And just before the lobster tree...

It is so cold here (there, too?) that I ran the fake fire on full blast all day.

My vantage point...

My one attempt at wrapping...

Christmas boys: father and son (my son and grandson)

*Aromatherapy*

Love this song by Amy Grant and I'm sure that I have shared it before. Inevitably, I arrive at this place in the Christmas season...in need of a Silent Night. How are you doing?

Sunday, July 10, 2016

This Is Home

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♪I have come too far and I won't go back...♪
I press toward the mark for the prize of the high calling of God in Christ Jesus. Philippians 3:14

Monday, April 4, 2016

A Successful Day

She has achieved success who has lived well, laughed often, and loved much; Who has enjoyed the trust of intelligent women, the respect of pure men, and the love of little children; Who has filled her niche and accomplished her task; Who has never lacked appreciation of Earth's beauty or failed to express it; Who has left the world better than she found it, whether an improved poppy, a perfect poem or a rescued soul; Who has always looked for the best in others and given them the best she had; Whose life was an inspiration; Whose memory a benediction.

~Bessie Anderson Stanley

(This quote has been feminized.)

Well now, that is lofty *thud*— and more a description of a successful life rather than a single, successful day.

So let's take it in small chunks. What do you consider a successful day? Lately, I have been calling a day successful if I get something accomplished. Preferably, lots of somethings.

~last Friday morning when it was warm enough to be misty~

Last Friday, I had what I now consider the most successful day of the year thus far. Please don't laugh ☺, but it was so good that I made a list:

1. stripped the bed
2. dressed
3. swept basement floor
4. pushed laundry
5. remade the bed before noon
6. did the dishes
7. cleaned the kitchen

~cute napkins...PW's at Wal*Mart for $4.97 a pak~

8. grocery shopped
9. gassed up the car
10. visited dentist and paid the remainder of my bill
11. visited my mother's grave, cleaned it, and binned the Christmas decor (first day the fence had not been locked)
12. delivered the large Easter cactus to my niece...a late birthday gift

13. made a nice supper
14. dishes done by 7
15. in bed by 10

ETA: To clarify, I made the list after the things were accomplished not before.

Now was that so hard? Not on Friday. Let us not discuss Saturday and Sunday, thank you.

What makes the doing and the checking off the things from my list so satisfactory? Am I more loved? (No) Does my husband pat me on the back? (No, he rarely notices; though he always compliments me on a meal.) Do I feel better about myself? (Decidedly, Yes!) I am not meant to sit too long, even if I am hurting.

And nowhere on that list did I count as important any time spent on the computer. Progress right there, my friend!

Thanks to the Polar Vortex, this week means that I must be inside doing my chores and not outside as I had hoped. Last autumn's leaves still cover the tender plants. I hope that it is enough of a blanket to get them through. Poor things!

~meant to show you the howling wind, yet all one can hear is the coffee percolating~

Hope that you are not in the dreaded PV's blast...

See you next week, The Lord willing and the PV departing.

Sunday, March 13, 2016

Trust

Come walk with me along a beautiful brook with lush green foliage on either bank. I have needed such a walk after this week. These are beautiful promises for those who yield to Him. Sweet and peaceful...

Comments always closed for Sunday...

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

A New Day

It's February Messy We have a long way to go until spring Thought a little cheer and gratitude might help

This photo above has been mightily edited. The video is ever so much nicer.

source Have a sweet day...

Monday, July 21, 2014

Simple and Sweet

In the shade of this old tree

In the summer of my dreams

By the tall grass, by the wild rose

Where the trees dance and the wind blows

As the days go oh so slowly

And the sun shines oh so holy

On the good and gracious green

In the summer of my dreams

By the banks of this old stream

In the summer of my dreams

By the deep pool where the fish wait

For the old fool with the wrong bait

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There's a field of purple clover

There's a small cloud passing over

And then the rain comes washing clean

On the summer of my dreams

~from Summer of My Dreams

by David Mallett

A sweet song to honor a lovely summer day...

Enjoy yours!

Thursday, May 1, 2014

Every Step of the Way

So only love me and love me only And we will never walk with loneliness For just as sure as every April turns to May So will I love you every step of the way
Thank you for your kind words about "the look" around here. It is a nod to my mother's love of pink and since Mother's Day is May 11 (a week from this coming Sunday), and since it is still brown and wearying out of doors, I thought I'd have May and my small tribute to my mother here, at least for a bit. As one of my friends said, "It's not your usual color." No, no indeed, it is not.☺
The quote is from one of my mother's favorite "love songs" Every Step of the Way by Robert Allen. I can remember Eddy Arnold singing it. Mother advocated for its being sung at my aunt's wedding in 1965, but my aunt nixed it probably thinking it was too sentimental.
Remember Eddy Arnold? Oh my. I spent a pleasant couple of hours listening to a lot of his music on u-tube last night. Could not find Every Step of the Way, though, so I'll leave you with a very different one/s, you know, just in case you ever loved Eddy Arnold. I sure did!
Edited to Add: Oh how sweet! I finally found Every Step of the Way at Eddy Arnold dot com. One must first find Eddy Arnold's music, then click on "E" for Every Step of the Way. Sorry that there is no way to link directly.

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Enjoy this first day of May and stay safe out there!

Tuesday, April 1, 2014

Much Too Ugly to See or What Makes Me Smile

The winter of 2007–2008 was a rough one. That's the year that I ran a contest to see when the last of the snow would be gone. Amazingly, it was all gone by April 22. Just documenting this year to see if I might trust that it will be all gone in three weeks. It may be too much to hope for.

John is just there making coffee. Coffee makes me smile.

Valiant daffodils make me smile.

Walls of dirt...not so much.

Luge Memories make me smile and wonder if there might not be one more ride this season...

~Bird Song After All~

Now, for getting to the end, this is the awakening of spring in time lapse photography lasting just a little over a minute. The fern got me!

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For those in the northern tier, have you seen any signs of spring?
No April Fool's jokes were told in this post. ☺ Have a happy day!

Wednesday, March 26, 2014

There's A Blizzard Over There!

Tulips...gotta love'em. As you can see, I'm still practicing with the square size. I've not got Lynda's method down pat, but I can, at least, get the square on.

In other news, I am working on a new header suitable for Easter. I say this by way of warning. (Apparently, I change my header so often that some get whiplash.) I'm sticking with a theme —— a tea-filled tea cup. I have been blessed with so many and I enjoy using them. Here's a hint of things to come; hopefully, by this afternoon.

This should also explain the new lace background. Maybe.

Let's see...what else? Oh I am busily decorating for Easter. It's not my turn to host Easter, but I do have two grandsons who are newly interested in the Easter story so I hope that we shall make an Easter garden together *like the one that a young friend made last year.*

A storm is passing by very close; it is snowing just a few miles down the road, but has not and may not reach here.

Source ~Please forgive me, I am olden and love a good old-fashioned gospel quartet.~ Life's storms affect us in many ways. They can buffet our finances, our health, our mental stability, our family relationships, even our nation. With a blizzard just on our doorstep...I can feel the chill, hear the howling wind, and can see the ominous gray...this song has been on my mind.
If you'd like to read the lyrics, you can find them here. The verse for me that causes a hot tear to sting:
Many times satan whispers, "There is no need to try,
For there's no end of sorrow, there's no hope by and by"
But I know Thou art with me, and tomorrow I'll rise
Where the storms never darken the skies.
Well, I should probably get back to header making or decorating or something. I know that I'll still be humming this, though. It's a real ear worm.
A beautiful day to you!

Saturday, February 22, 2014

February Vacation Story

...Come when the rains

Have glazed the snow and clothed the trees with ice,

While the slant sun of February pours

Into the bowers a flood of light.

~William Cullen Bryant

Sometimes the boys will ask why this photo or that lands here on the blog; they asked about these. It came down to something as simple as the color of a hat against the snow and the story told.

Jake needs a more colorful hat and that's all there is to that! ☺

~John Takes to the Luge~

~Pitching Potatoes~

When life gives you 10 pounds of sprouted potatoes, one should use them for something!

The lost potatoes, purchased for Christmas dinner, were found last Saturday in John's closet under a pile of work pants. The potatoes were ready for planting (none had yet rotted...phew!) so I've had the boys chuck a few over the banking every time we go to our sledding hill. Great fun!

Have a fine weekend...

~that's all, Folks~