Meditate on This!

I have been doing a ton of thinking the past few months as I work out the details of my life redesign.  I'm not sure what it will look like yet, I just know I'm headed in the right direction and that's part of the fun.  But I do wonder where it will lead me.

One thing I've noticed during all this thinking is . . .

 that I am always thinking!

Thinking, thinking, thinking...

Trying to work the details out in my head...

Trying to make sense of how it will all look...

and feel...

and function...

I think all day long about it.  

I wake up in the middle of the night,

and I think about it.

I say my morning and evening prayers

praying about it...

then thinking about it some more.

One morning I woke up with the thought in my head...

"Whoa!  You're right!" I said.

"Thank you!" 

I love it when the spirit teaches me!

I have been so wrapped up in my head!

And I wasn't stopping to listen.

I would pray for answers and then immediately be off

in my own head again, trying to reason it out! 

I imagine He might be trying to get a word in,

but I'm dominating the conversation!

The Lord's plan may be completely different

than what I think my plan should be like.

So I just need to stop.


And listen.

Change Of Plans...

A lot of people keep asking ... 

We have had a change of plans 

on this whole Brazil thing.

Back in December we had a huge scare with my mother-in-laws health.  Her health is fragile.  She ended up on life support and we didn't know if she would be able to make it off of it.  Luckily she did, but it made us realize that with her health in this condition things can happen so fast and we don't want to be half a world away.  So the Brazil dream is on hold again until who knows when!

So we decided to pursue another dream!  

That of owning an RV!

Meet the newest member of our family!

We have named it ...

The Potato Wagon

To honor her Idaho heritage.  

We bought her from a cute little farm couple in Idaho who loved her and took care of her.  And we will too.  It is just perfect to haul around our little tater tots!

Now, where shall we go first???

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Where are your favorite places to visit?

Mid Year Resolution Review

This years theme is clean.

How am I doing with the clean thing?

Well, I think my husband wishes I were working more on the household side of cleaning and  organizing, but mostly my focus has been on the health side of things so far.

I have cleaned up my diet.  Sourced and figured out where to buy the best organic meats, dairy and produce.  I have even begun culturing my own kefir with probiotic goodness!

I have also begun to clean up my cosmetics, body care products, laundry products and my medicine cabinet.

I am getting serious about this category.  I have discarded bags of scented hand lotions and products with toxic chemicals in them.

I am working on a handy little list of ingredients to avoid to carry with me while out shopping.  Hopefully I will get that finished soon and I will post it for anyone else who might want it too!

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How are your goals going?

Remember, every day is a new day to start over!

This Post Dedicated To My... Nephew

Rather than bore you with the details of my extended absence from the ol' blog {about how I am researching and working out some new life plans that include changing  my career that I have been deeply entrenched in for the last 17 years to one I have always wanted to be in since I was a little girl},  I thought I would just tell you what's on my mind today.

{I know my nephews will love this post! Haha!}  

So I thought I'd talk more about my...

EYES!

{This is the part where they start rolling their eyes at me!}

1.  I've decided.  Earthy, dark colors are soo not me!   I played around with some old eyeshadows I had still laying around and realized the darker browns and smoky colors just make me look old and tired.  Those are the colors I used to always wear.  Along with my black clothes.  No wonder I didn't look or feel like my vibrant self!  The shades and tones of the colors make such a huge difference!

Now put on some brighter peaches, pinks and creams and my eyes pop and I look fresh and alive again!  Now that's something!  I'd rather look alive than dead and on my way out, if you know what I mean!  LOL!  Now to get really daring and try some fun light greens and blues like these from Emily, the  DYT stylist, that she used today!

Isn't she gorgeous???   And those eyes!!!   The shadows she used are fun, light and keep the brightness in her face and eyes!  That's what I want!


2.  I have no eyebrows.  I mean, I do, but they appear to go only halfway across my brow because the other half is very thin and light.  I'm considering playing around with eyebrow stencils just for fun.  Which Hollywood actress brows would I like?  Hmmm...

Part of me is so used to the way I look with only half eyebrows that I think it might take some serious getting used to if I decided to pencil in some faux brows!  LOL!  We shall see!


3.  I have droopy eyelids.  My eye doctor pointed that one out.  Sigh. Which means I think I need to figure out how to apply makeup looks for droopier eyes {and no eyebrows!}.

4.  And because this post is dedicated to my eyes {I mean, my nephew!}, I thought I would play around and create something fun  for you to "make-up" {pun intended!} for not blogging for so long!  Check it out:

Heehee!  Notice my Groucho Marx looking eyebrows at the end???  I think I need someone to tweeze, pluck and shape them now!  Or get those eyebrow stencils STAT!  LOL!

You're welcome Caleb!!! 

Mwah!

eyebrows via

eyes used with permission