Hi everyone, I hope you are having a wonderful week. Spring seems to be coming this way it has been nice all week in the mid 70's and sunshine! It was a big change from last week with clouds and rain so I welcome the warm sun. On Saturday my sister and I were lucky enough to get to attend the Nordstroms  Beauty Trend Show. We learned a bunch of new tips and tricks for makeup including sculpting the face for emphasizing your cheekbones and slimming your face which I need because I have such a round face. We were also introduced to some new products like the Bobbi Brown Skin Smoothing Pore Perfector  I am really wanting to try this item. I have never owned a Bobbi Brown item and this will be my first and I will let you know how well it works. What they mentioned that is on trend this Spring for 2015 is the "new neutrals" which they described as fresh face, dewy and hydrated skin. What seemed to be displayed the most were neutral palettes. Luckily I do have some neutral palettes in my makeup arsenal. Of course, I cannot not forget the bright lips on the models colors like watermelon, cherry to coral. As for the clothes there was a lot of floral prints which seem to be perfect for the Spring. Here are some pictures from the show!

Me and one of the models from the show, jeez I am short!

My sister, me in the middle and the rep from Anastasia Beverly Hills.

My sister and I. 

I am so glad to attend this Beauty Trend Show, we had the chance to get our eyebrows done, which they were so full it took some getting use to. They had multiple stations were you could get your nails done, hair consult and done, makeup and much more! I do recommend going to a Trend show near you. Thanks for reading and have a great day! 

Deanna

Getting Fit

Hi everyone and happy hump day!

This week I wanted to write about my fitness goals and what I am physically doing to achieve those goals. I know, I know everybody starts off the new year by saying that they are going to be healthy and lose weight. Yes you guessed it, that is one of my goals but I did not make it my New Years resolution. I honestly told myself that I would really like to get healthy this year not to lose weight or be a certain size because that is what I try to do and fail every year so this year my goal is to run a 5K. So in doing that it encompasses getting healthy and maybe even losing weight. For me if I try to lose weight, get healthy and be a certain size I end up failing myself and never accomplishing any of those goals. So I decided just to focus on one thing this year,which is to run that race and in doing so I am having my husband run with me so I have someone to compete with. Of course, when I signed my husband up with me he took things really seriously and made a workout for me. Little did I know it was going to involve lifting weights and the first week I was so sore I could barely walk and his response to that is "you're just getting all the weakness out!" But now that I am getting better at lifting I am starting to feel more confident and no I am not nearly as sore as I was the first week (thank goodness). I do cardio three times a week and that is when I focus on running my miles, right now I am up to a mile and a half but hey I am getting there. The other days I do a short warm-up and then hit the weights. I am really enjoying working out this time around I think it is because I am not just running all the time I am actually making my body stronger. Plus I also got a brand new pair of running shoes from Run On (they fit your shoes to your particular feet and your stride) and a few new yoga pants and shirts, it can't hurt to look good while you're working out can it?

Hope you enjoyed this post have a great week!

Deanna

Things that made me smile this week

Hi everyone, I hope you have had a wonderful week.
I want to write and tell you about things that made me smile this week often in my life I can get boggled down by all the stress related things that go on during the week. Like for example, going to work (I am in customer service) and so that can tend to be stressful. Also paying the bills, getting chores done and just daily things that happen like, buying two new tires for my husbands truck. So in response to all the things that stress me out or can be overwhelming during the week I want to take a look at all the positive things that happened during the week.
One thing that stands out to me that made me smile was on Wednesday as some of you may know it was Ash Wednesday. Ash Wednesday is a day for Christians to "Repent, and believe in the Gospel" I was raised as a Catholic and still hold this belief because of the meaning that it holds. I wanted to give something up that was harmful to me but in giving it up it will make me a better person for it. I thought well I could give up chocolate cookies but I don't eat them on a daily basis and maybe that is just to easy so I thought long and hard about something that would be truly beneficial to me and it hit me I want to give up cursing. I don't really curse like a sailor so to speak but I do use curse words in my vocabulary more than I would like to. For example, when something goes wrong, when somebody cuts me off when I am driving it tends to make me curse. So I thought that would be an excellent thing to give up because hopefully I will become a mom one day and I definitely don't want my kids to pick up any of my foul language.

My dog Diesel smiling at me!

Another thing, that makes me smile is when I come home after work the first thing I see is my dog. He always greets me at the door with a huge smile. I stop in that moment to give him a nice scratch on his back or just pet him. It makes me smile because no matter what day I have had he is there to say "hi mom love that your home I missed you" and it makes me smile. I am grateful for a lot of things that make me smile especially when I come home and my husband has started to cook even though when he cooks he uses every dish possible, but no matter it still makes me smile. I hope that you all can look back on each week and remember things that make you smile. Even if it is a text message from your family or friend or maybe you met someone in passing or your kids who did something cute to make you smile. I hope that we can all remember the good from this week and not let the bad overwhelm us.
Hope you all have a great weekend!
Deanna

Introduction

Hey y'all my name is Deanna and welcome to my blog. I am a happily married woman and a proud owner of a very loved dog named Diesel. I am a short girl living in a tall world just trying to navigate my life through organizing, beauty, fitness and enjoying a book or two along the way. The reason I wanted to start a blog was to have a creative outlet for my life. I am a woman of many to-do lists that help me organize my day and routines. So I thought a blog would be a great outlet to share ideas, advice and tips to people like me. I will be blogging about organization ideas and how I will apply that to my lifestyle. Also, I will blog about beauty, fitness and my love of reading. When I mean fitness by no means am I an expert but I thought it would be nice to share my story of how I am going to get healthier and how to fit it in my schedule. As far as beauty goes I will share with you my routines and what my favorites are while using everyday affordable products and maybe even sneaking a few high end products. My hope for this blog is to share my ideas and stories of my journey through this crazy thing called life. I want this blog to be an uplifting, inspiring, honest and sometimes funny place.

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