Happies

I have been having some motivation issues lately, and have really wanted to hibernate.  But I know that hiding is not a solution, so i am trying to think about all the things that I love so I have motivation to get out and face the world.

- The Bach Unaccompanied Cello Suites.  Every damn time, they take my breath away.

- Driving around with my sunroof open in the sunshine

- Coffee

- Fresh strawberries

- Laughing with friends about the "cone of silence" and other nonsensical things until my stomach hurts

- the GIANT carrots that I overwintered in a happy accident.  True story, I discovered in my pallet garden that carrots are totally happy in the ground over the winter. I was trying to weed and prep the soil for this year's planting, and I kept pulling out these huge, luscious carrots along with the grass. I researched if this was a thing that other people had done on purpose (mostly to make sure that I wasn't going to poison myself with overwintered carrots) and most people recommend mulching the crap out of the garden to protect the carrots over the winter months, and then harvesting in the early spring.  I did not do any sort of prep work in my tiny garden when fall and winter hit, but I think that actually helped me.  The super long grass that had taken over acted as a sort of natural mulch.  I think there are going to be some happy horses at my mom's barn!

happy weekend,

rachel

goodnight

Every time I looked at this today, it made me giggle.  Happy Friday, everybody.

Not your time!

Today at work I spent a pretty decent length of time talking to several different women on the phone about their daughters' prom makeup and about what the mothers wanted for their daughters' experiences:

"now she is wearing a pink soft, pretty dress, and I think her makeup should be soft and pretty. she loves lashes, and a lot of liner but I want her to be special for her prom..."

"What happens if we don't like the makeup?"

"why do I have to reserve an appointment? We always buy from you guys"

"well I want someone who does pretty makeup.  Do any of your artists do good makeup?"

I know that these questions are coming from a good place, and I try to remind myself of that. I catch myself wanting to overplan and overcommunicate occasionally. But, seriously? Whose prom is this? If it is yours, I will be more than happy to spend as much time as needed coming up with a game plan for you.  If it is your daughter's prom, then how about letting her tell the makeup artist what she would like. That is why we book appointments one-on-one. This is our job, and yes, we are good at it.


Also, if anyone would like to buy me a colorful leather skirt, I would bake you a cookie. But only if I never have to see someone wearing this outfit in real life.

I don't get men's fashion. 

rachel

Life...and other goings on

So, haven't been great about this whole "consistency" thing, I guess.  I don't have a theme or main direction I want to go with this whole thing, so screw it--I'm just going to post and write about whatever the heck I want. So there.

Song I've been enthusiastically singing along with (until I get too tongue-tied):

No official video, so here's one that makes me smile!

My friend's SOTD (check her out, I love 'er)

Erin's SOTD: 17APR13

Till next time,
rachel