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Surprise! The kids saw their new back yard!

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We went on yet another walk in our new neighborhood today and the homeowner was outside in the garage and we quickly debated introducing ourselves or not…and I said WHAT THE HELL and long story short she’s super awesome—she was excited to meet all of us, reiterated that she’s thrilled the house is going to a nice family, and she let us show the kids the back yard.

She also told us she was leaving two additional TVs (one in the wet bar and one in the gazebo), that we were welcome to start bringing stuff over to leave in the third garage bay, plus, after we exchanged numbers, invited us over for a house tour and a drink on the deck!

Both kids are super excited about the gazebo.

We also got to scout out the back yard again to see where we could put a small shed so that was good.

The kids took us to the river!

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A neighbor took the kids on a bike ride to the river the other day and that’s ALL they can talk about. They went back a time or two by themselves and really wanted to show us (mostly so we’d let them go by themselves once we saw how they could get there without traveling on the main road)…so we finally agreed.

First you ride through the church parking lot. At the far back corner there’s a strip of grass that you ride across which connects to a dead end neighborhood cul-de-sac. Then you ride up to the front and hop a curb and ride on some grass untill you reach the sidewalk then take that until you reach the next street and then you ride all the way to the end in another cul-de-sac where there’s a…creek. River is exaggerating a bit.

It is pretty back there… Can you see the kids? They are on their favorite rocks. Owen calls one of them his thinking rock.

Underneath is more fun… traipsing through the water in their rain boots.

This is exactly the kind of place I’d have loved to explore and play at as a kid so I get the fascination. I just wish they’d found it before we were ready to move. They’ll just have to explore the new neighborhood…

Zoom comedy show!

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Back when we lived in Troy (2008-2011), we met a super nice couple that we really enjoyed hanging out with. He eventually quit his job to become a standup comedian and he’s actually done quite well. We’ve been wanting to see him live for many years now but it just has never worked out. Well, he was participating in a zoom comedy show with some other comedians tonight so we got tickets and went!

This does not make a happy mama.

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So….this is how Katie left the front porch (and driveway, too!) today while she’s off gallivanting around the neighborhood. After, you know, we’ve told them 2,638 times to PUT SHIT AWAY. So not only has their shit exploded inside the house these days (as we’re trying to organize and clean to move next month), but shit has now exploded onto my front porch.

They skip steps all the time. Never finish anything without prompting. Because they’re kids. But it’s just sooo frustrating because it seems like it’s all I’m ever saying! I wanted to throw all of this away but Tom intervened and sent Owen to bring her home. She apologized (but it won’t change anything) and then she “cleaned” it up by stacking it all up under the bench. Sigh,

And this is what the sink looks like after I told both kids to load the dishwasher. TWICE. After I’ve told them every single time when they load the dishwasher that they need to check the sink. But heaven forbid I didn’t follow behind them and watch them so they didn’t do it.

Oh oh oh! And this is what the living room always looks like because they pull all the pillows and blankets off. AND LEAVE THEM ON THE FLOOR.

It looks like mac and cheese to me.

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So after my great success with the Neon Green Shimmer, I decided to do a look with the new Amped Up Orange. Aaaaaand welllllll it’s not so much neon as it looks like Kraft macaroni and cheese to me.

I tried to soften (hide) it with Cinnamon Shimmer and a Rustic Brown but then I didn’t want to lose the orange…but I think I could have gone a bit darker. That said, it’s not BAD…it’s just not as good as the neon green was. 😂 It definitely needs either some perking up with a bright color or muting with more dark colors.

But I think the Cocoa LipSense is spot on, and I love the little Chocolate Copper highlight in the middle of my lips.

What say you? Yes or no?

Look at me looking like a rock star!!

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Soooo I kinda felt like a rock star today—I actually pulled off a Neon Green Shimmer look with fake lashes!!

I never in a million years would have paired neon green and smoked topaz so I’m glad my friend Joyanne was leading me because holy shitballs it turned out good.

But if I’m being honest…I’m torn between thinking it looks awesome…and then catching a glimpse in the mirror and doing a double-take and thinking I look like a clown. (I have been branching out but am mostly still into earth-tones!)

But bottom line… I’m thrilled with the look and I couldn’t be happier! And because I looked so dang good, here are the rest of the photos!!

I let her wear MY lipstick today.

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She bugs me to wear lipstick all the time and I usually hesitate because I know she won’t want to deal with taking it off. But today I let her as a special treat because we were going to be seeing her teacher.

The application is all hers—I didn’t help one bit (color me impressed!!) but she did whine a little when I told her she needed to do three layers AND put on gloss. (And later in the day she was positive it was coming off and I assured her it was not.)

It’s been awhile for a margarita…

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I stopped drinking because I’m trying to lose weight and margaritas don’t work with that plan…and I’m not a fan of diet drinks (Skinny Girl margarita? Barf). Once in awhile I will have a small cherry vodka and pop… Not very exciting but it’s something to drink by the fire instead of water. But I’m down 12# so there is that.

Sooooooo many lilacs on our walk!

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We went for another walk in our neighborhood today—we wanted to see how long it would take Owen to walk to school. Turns out it’s about 15 minutes door to door! (We have no idea how long the bus route will take but we figured at least it’s a backup!)

Anyway…there were a TON of lilac bushes among the whole route. I finally stopped to take a picture with some. These were white but there were all colors!

After our walk on the way home we stopped at the elementary school where I had seen a gigantic lilac bush and had been wanting to go back and snip some for a bouquet. Unfortunately they were mostly dried out so I only got a few small sprigs. Katie wanted to hold them and then turned into a ham.

Behind the scenes photo selection.

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When I take my eye look pics, I usually have a few “sets” to choose from. Some days it’s easier than others. Some days you’d be surprised how far your head moves between the eyes open and eyes closed photo. Some days I cannot decide and have to ask a friend. Today I ended up choosing the top pair, which is my normal style.

HABANERO!! Finally!! And wow does it pull orange on me!! I tried doing a bit more makeup today to offset it but I’m still not sure it works. It’s not bad, just not my color. Or maybe it doesn’t go with the eye makeup I picked? Or my outfit? I don’t know. I just know it’s not love. What do you think? Be honest.