Make Time for YOU

It's Friday night and we've eaten our pizza and drank our beer. Another successful Pizza Party Friday has commenced and were done watching Max and Ruby for the night, it's time for books and snuggles. I finally got Tracen down at 1030pm and I sneak out of his room; exhausted. Work was exhausting. This week was exhausting. I've bathed these kids more times than I can count from the massive shit explosions that covered Sky's legs, back and arm pits. I've washed Tracen's entire bed from top to bottom twice from chucks of puke that range in color. My own room is a complete mess with piles of laundry I couldn't tell you what was clean or not. I feel like no matter how many times I wash those damn bottles they are always sitting in the sink, soaking, waiting to be washed again. I look around at the toys all over the living room floor, the couch cushions are scattered around and I trip on dog toy. I start to make myself some vanilla chamomile tea and am ready to crawl into bed and call it a day. I've been up since 530am and tomorrow we have the house inspection, and a million other things to do.

I walked in the bathroom to brush my teeth and catch a look at my eyebrows. They are a mess. I've been meaning to take care of them. I've been busy.
I look down at my feet and then at my hands and realize I haven't had nail polish on them in a while and that's rare for me. I've been busy.
I gave up the tanning booth a few years ago and I miss my skin from last summer. The memories of the warm sunshine, the glow my skin had and the freckles on my cheeks that come out after being in the sun for an hour. I usually self tan in the winter, but I've been busy.

Day after day, week after week, year after year. Life gets going and it's hard to just stop from the daily grind. We sometimes lose site of what is important to us. Jerek and the boys are my absolute life, they are what makes my world go round. I enjoy my job and the people I work with and even what I do. For that I am truly blessed. But all too often we get down and start noticing things we DON'T like about our lives, our bodies or our jobs. Sometimes it's the time of year, the place you live or the people you are surround by that do this.

Since having kids I've really had to make a point to find time for myself to make sure that I'm happy. Not just for me, but for my family, because an unhappy mommy is an unhappy family. That is why I decided to not go to bed at 1030pm last night. I'm sure I could have used the extra few hours of sleep before Skylor woke up needing me but I had a rough week taking care of sick kids while I didn't feel good myself. Work was tiring and I probably smelt like a combination of diarrhea, puke, and engine oil all week. But now itt was time for me, time to relax, unwind and get back to the basic's.

It's the small things in life that can really ground you, make you appreciate what you have and think less about what you don't.

Spotify has been my recent obsession lately. I turn on one of my favorite playlist, "381 Miles". It's the perfect mix of songs for the night and nothing I'm sick of hearing. I jump in the shower and I'm instantaneously in a better place. I'm calm and allowing myself to actually enjoy the shower unlike my usual 530am ones. I have time for a hair mask while I shave my legs,  two things I haven't had time to do in a while (sorry Jer!) After a 20 minute shower I get out and start with a fake tan, an instant body and mood lifter. I use my St. Tropez Dark Bronzing Mousse followed up by lotion and the color of my skin looks like it's July within minutes after application. This is hands down my favorite fake tan and smells amazing!

I move to my toes and handle those puppies and then on to my hands I go. I've gotten my nails done so many times that I only go to the nail salon for a pedicure. I can do a manicure at home better then any salon and for a lot cheaper! Investing in the right tools and base/top coats are key. Last but not least I do my brows. Now, I'm ready for bed.

It's about midnight and I'm already feeling better about myself and what we have going on these next few days. I feel like I can be a better girlfriend and mother because I took the necessary time to de-stress and get my mind right. As mothers, we stress about everything. It's nights like these, times when you really don't want to do anything but go to sleep, that you need to muster up the energy and do something you enjoy without kids yelling or Peppa the Pig snorting the in the background. You need to make time, MAKE TIME FOR YOU.

Empties #1 Products I Have Used Up

I've been saving up products as I use them up for one reason and one reason alone. To blog about it, duh. Some products I've finished because I told myself I wasn't opening another mascara until this one was gone and others are because I use them on a daily basis.

Lets recap on what ones I would/do repurchase and what products can stay in the recycling bin:

Big & Sexy Hair Spray- This is a holy grail product and is worth every penny. I repurchase this ALL the time.
Big & Sexy Tease Spray- This baby cost $15 at Ulta for a whole 4oz. That's a lot of dough for a small amount but I will be repurchasing this as well. It is the ultimate in hold when teasing and even great for the boys hair.
Pravana Leave In Treatment- My Hairdresser got me hooked on this after we started to go blonde and I repurchase this about every couple months, it's amazing!
Euphoria Purfume- I got a roller ball of this to keep in my purse and ended using it on a daily basis. I don't like buying large perfumes because I like to rotate too often but I'll be repurchasing this in the future.
Covergirl Lashperfection Mascara- I got this because of Youtube and wasn't really impressed to be honest. I won't be repurchasing it as it wasn't something special.
Blow Dry Conditioner - This was a impulse by at Target one day and I hated finishing it up. It weighted my hair down and did nothing for me. I usually like Garnier products but I won't be buying this one again.
Tanning Lotion- This was actually my third tube of this. I love mixing this in with my daily moisturizer. It leaves the most amazing glow without streaking and no orange tint.
Purity Cleanser- I got a sample size of 3oz at Ulta because I wasn't sure if I'd like it and I'm not about to pay $23 for 8oz if I didn't like it. I loved the way this left my skin, so smooth and pure I will be buying the 8oz now.
Primer- I got this in a box set a long time ago and recently started using this up because I had 5 other primers I needed to use. I didn't see a difference with my foundation like I do with other primers, there was no wow factor to it. This will not be a repurchase.
Face Lotion- This stuff is expensive for a drugstore facial lotion! But this is also my third bottle in the last year. I have very sensitive skin and this works great and does not leave a weird residue.
Facial Scrub- This stuff is the jam! If I have a breakout coming up or it is already in full effect this scrub cleans my face impeccably! This is my third tube I've finished off in the past two years. I don't use it every day as it's too harsh for a daily scrub but twice a week will do.

Most of the products mentioned I've actually enjoyed using up while the few that I haven't I was glad to be done with!

5 on Friday: Things I Don't Have Time For

Happy Valentines Day! 

Okay, now that I got that out of the way, here is really what I've been thinking about. Things I don't have time for! I know it's Valentines day and all but last night I was stressed out after work, between looking at houses and taking care of these maniac children I had a bad mom moment.

I had every intention to print off these cute valentines I found on Pinterest this past

week to have Trace color them for his class and guess what.

I forgot. I almost forgot Valentines all together. Thankfully,

Jer's mom is super Grammy and reminded me, PHEW!

So we did what 95% of the other moms and dads do and Jer ran into Walgreens,

got a box of Cars Valentines [with tattoos, duh!] and we took them home.

I was having Trace sign them with just a 'T' and then I got

stressed out because he was drawing all over them. 

I know, I know, he's 3, but my OCD brain just wouldn't turn off!

It got me thinking that I really don't have time for some things. So if you want to come over,

work for free, we will pay you in fresh baked goods. Fair trade off right? right.

1. PEEING: In my January Goals post I talked about drinking more water.  I've kept this goal rather well but I've noticed I have to pee every 45 minutes. That just doesn't work with my schedule. Catheter anyone?

2. LAUNDRY: I'm pretty sure everyone and their mother is on this same wave length. NEVER.CAUGHT.UP.

3. DOG SHIT: Lets face it. It's winter. That stuff freezes. You will not catch me out there with a baggie in my backyard picking up kaka when I could be doing other things...like laundry.

4.SLEEPING: When you sleep, you then don't have time to pee, do laundry or pick up dog shit. Never mind the fact I have a 6 month old that likes to party every three hours and there is no room for me in bed.

5. THE HOMELAND FINALE: Guy's I don't even want to really talk about this. I am FINALLY caught up from about 5 weeks ago and can I just say that ending was GARBAGE! I wish I didn't even watch it. Hashtag disappointment.

Talk Dirty To Me

This past week I spent too many hours at work, too many minutes explaining to Tracen why he shouldn't throw things at the TV and too many seconds complaining about the weather. No but seriously, this weather is the pits. WHERE ARE YOU SPRING!!!

Going alone with the last post about Youtube, I compiled this past weeks antics together and laughed  while editing. I can't get enough of these boys. Life is memorable and at times I'm 110% a functioning zombie but that's what I signed up for right? right.