Happy Halloween! Put your face on and go crazy!

   Halloween is so much fun! This morning I did some festive makeup to set the mood for today at the office and prepared a mummy surprise for our potluck!!!
First, the makeup- I didn't go super crazy like I wanted to do. All I ended up with was a spider and its web, but I am happy with how it turned out! Personally I think it goes great with my headset... but that's just me. haha.

   I am still doing the $5 for $55 Mary Kay Makeup Give Away! I fixed the link, so if you saw it before and tried to comment. It is working now! So sorry about all the trouble with that before! Click this link to be sent to the Mary Kay Give Away page so you can enter! So far I only have three comments, so your odds of winning are great! I don't know why you wouldn't try. You don't have to put in any money to enter into the contest and if you randomly change your mind and your name is chosen, its not binding, you can forfeit your winning to the next person and they can get that awesome deal instead!!!  Go ahead and try! It's all in good fun and heck, who doesn't love makeup?! You can dress yourself up or be someone else for a day!
   Now, off the topic of makeup and onto another one I love so much! FOOD! We had our Halloween pot luck and I made little mini mummy hot dogs! Look how cute they are!
all you need are crescent rolls, mini hot dogs and a little bit of mustard for the glowing eyes! They are really easy to make and super cute! Here's what you do:

•  set oven to 350
• cut the crescent rolls into long thin strips. (as it gets shorter cut wider and roll it in your hands until its skinny and long)
•  wrap the roll around the hot dog with ends touching, don't forget to skip a space to make room for the mummy face!
• place three rows of five mummies onto a greased baking sheet and put in oven for 10 minutes or until gold and flaky
• place on cooling rack and enjoy your spooky appetizer!

Halloween time is so much fun! Go out tonight, dress up, eat lots of candy/ junk food and go crazy! (with that said please also stay safe!)
Fake blood = Awesome
Real blood = Not so much!
Happy Halloween everyone, I hope your night is filled with lots of tricks and even more treats!
-D

Mary Kay Give Away

Makeup. I love makeup!! In honor of Halloween, one of the few days you are allowed to go absolutely crazy with it, I am going to be doing a giveaway for $45 worth of products.
The items I have assembled for this giveaway are:
    1. A Mary Kay Mascara (either Love Lash or Ultimate)
    2. A Mary Kay at Play lip balm (any color)
    3. A Mary Kay CC Cream (coverage + SPF 15!)
These three items are all you need to make a quick on the go look and still look fabulous! I am going to cover the cost for the makeup and the taxes, all you need to pay is $5 towards the shipping (normally $7), and you're good to go! With all of that put together this order comes to a total of $55. Wait... What?? $5 for a $55 order?! What deal is better than that?! You don't pay anything until your name is chosen, so what is the harm in entering?? To enter just leave a comment at the bottom of this post! I will re post this a few times and pick an entry once I get back to my desk on Monday!
Want to order, but you don't like what is offered in this give away? Go to my website and you can place your order online! Mary Kay Official Website! Once you are on the site, click the ECATALOG tab and check out all of the different products Mary Kay offers!
Well that's all for now, good luck everyone!
-D

 

Book Talk Tuesday- Far From Home

   So, today I am talking strictly about book two of the Home Series. Far From Home is such a good book! It's had me on ups and downs and I keep getting so sucked into the characters problems. Normally I would have already finished this book by now, but I have been running around like a chicken with my head cut off lately. We have been busy at work with a bunch of new employees to train, at home we've been decorating for Halloween and partaking in the good ol' Halloween festivities and so on and so forth. But I digress. Today is not about me and what I've done, no, today is about this book and what it has done to me.
What is it about?
   When Riley Regas moved from Boston to the small town of Carver, Kansas, she never expected the turn her life would take. She never thought she could be happy in Carver, especially after the betrayal she endured at the hands of someone she thought she loved. She was wrong. It’s been six months since everything changed. Six months since Jesse stepped in and saved her. Six months since she realized she’d been in love with Jesse all along. Six months of happiness and Riley can’t wait to take the next step in her life with Jesse at her side. But one night changes everything and the life she envisioned with Jesse is turned upside down.
Jesse has always been there for Riley, and now it’s her turn to be there for him. Will the love they fought so hard to find be strong enough to see them through this or will it ultimately tear them apart?
What I thought?
   Bravo to Megan Nugen Isbell, she makes such relatable characters it's difficult not to get sucked right in. In Far From Home, you experience loss, heartbreak, emotional situations beyond belief. These characters are only 18 and the situations they have been thrown into are so extreme.
Spoilers coming- Jesse's dad is all he has, his mom left when he was a toddler and besides his uncle, its just him and his father. In a tragic car accident, Jesse's uncle is sent to the hospital and his dad is dead on impact. Jesse, who just became a legal adult, is now on his own to deal with the house, the bills, his fathers business, and not to mention his own life. He's about to leave for school in a few months, how is he supposed to take care of all of this and go to classes? Jesse's struggle with his depression and how it affects his relationships are the main focuses in this book. First he pushes everyone away (including Riley, the girl he fought so hard to get.) Then he gets jealous when she hangs out with male friends. Its a constant up and down struggle. He tries to numb himself by drinking and only manages to make things worse. At what point is "sorry" not enough?
   Now if you happened to read my previous post about imagination you would see what an impact Jesse and Rileys relationship and struggles have had on me. I not only start crying at the situations they are forced to deal with, but get angry at the world around me for not understanding how sad this story is. I'm still only about halfway through, so I may send out another update on this book once I finish, but as of right now I love it!
-D

Enter The Forest... If You Dare!

 

 

I can honestly say, I don't think I have ever been so scared in my life.

   At Markoff's Haunted Forest there are two trails you can take into the woods. Trail # 1 features monsters and trail #2 features a playful clown lair. I was told both are equally as terrifying, but in having a clown phobia, my husband thought trail #2 would be a amusing. So, clown lair we go.

   The group I went with was myself, two of my best friends (Holly and Kayla) and Ryan. Poor, poor Ryan.. When I am one of the two bravest people in the group, you know you're in trouble. Upon entering it looked so cool! Picture any movie/tv's show epic bon fire party add some scremo music, zip lines and food stands and you're in the waiting line to enter the forest.

   If you enjoy be jumped at, chased, grabbed, heckled and scared beyond your wits then this is the perfect place for you! When we were walking through the woods we reached a turn in the trail and all of a sudden there was a clown walking past us. Now when I say clown picture American Horror Story clown. Creepiest face I have ever seen, He looked straight forward, ignored us until he was completely past our group of four, stopped dead in his tracks, slowly turned around until he and I made eye contact and took off running. I'm sorry not running, he sprinted as fast as he possibly could coming straight towards me. I don't know if I have ever pivoted and ran so fast in my life.

Clearly I am the only smart one in my group who thinks a creepy clown walking past us is not normal because no one else was paying attention. As soon as I started screaming and running towards them, they quickly caught on. Another part that really freaked me out was like a scene from Texas Chainsaw Massacre. These three guys throughout this old creepy house were dressed up like bloody butchers. I got cornered by two of them. Granted the chainsaws have no chain on them so they can't actually hurt me, but still. It was freaky! I think one of them pitied how scared I got so he decided to take a comical approach and started backing it up on my and singing.. then I laughed but yea. This place is terrifying. With that said. I loved it! I would definitely reccomend this place to others. Such a fun and terrifying night!

Kid at Heart- Disney

Do you want to build a snowman?

   Last night my Mom treated me to a mother daughter outing to see Disney on Ice presents Frozen!

   It was adorable! I loved it! She had never seen the movie, but the show did a great job explaining everything for her. I am almost positive we were the only adults there without any children, but that's OK! haha. We're all kids at heart :)

   Its such a great story about making sacrifices for the good of others and the power of love! Disney has a great way of lifting up a people's spirits and teaching them a valuable lesson. Here are just a few examples of the lessons I have learned-

• Snow White: Kindness. Snow White helped others above herself, she found dwarfs in the woods and used her skills to help them and in return they tried to save her from the evil Queen!
• Aladdin: Honor. In the begging of the movie Aladdin tells genie he will save one of his wishes to free him. When it comes time, even though Aladdin has the option to make his life perfect he still chooses to honor his word and sets him free. Your word is everything.
• Mulan: Courage. Mulan is focused on defending her families honor and keeping her father safe from harm. She goes to war posing as the son of the family and has to keep a brave face in terrifying circumstances.
• Lion King- Responsibility. You can't run away from your problems. Simba flees the pride after his father dies, but with him and his family gone the kingdom falls to pieces. Once he realizes how bad things are and how much he is needed (even though he is scared) he runs to the rescue and takes his rightful place.
• Beauty and the Beast- Good vs Evil. This movie focuses on the constant battle of right and wrong. The Prince was turned into a Beast because he was quick to judge, angry and rude. He has very a quick temper but with Belles help he begins to try and balance his rage. This movie shows how you treat others even when your struggling with your inner beast.

   I absolutely LOVE me some Disney! Luckily I married a guy who doesn't mind (every now and then) watching a kids movie! haha. These movies always leave you in such a positive and inspired mood. Since they end at the happiest moment, ever, they obviously couldnt get any better, right? Well then if it cant go up, it must go down.. At the bottom of this post I have put in the  "after ever after" video by jon cozart "paint" . He re-wrote words to a few famous Disney songs and explained exactly how far down our favorite princesses and queens have fallen since their dreams came true.

If the video for both "after ever afters" does not show up here are the individual links for both.

after ever after and after ever after #2

 

 



Nerdy Girl Problems

 

 I have a very active imagination. I have a tendency of getting really into what ever I am reading. If its a great book, I am done for! Last night on the couch, me on my kindle and my husband on his phone, I stooped to a new low. The raw pain that these characters were going through; the loss, the desperation and the utter sorrow flowed through me and actually brought me to tears. However, when I looked around my house, I was the only one affected. It bothered me how Ryan and Kona (my dog) just sat there without a care in the world. I found myself getting mad at Ryan while he was laughing at random Vines online. How could he find such joy at a time like this. Didn't he understand how much my heart was breaking. These poor characters were falling apart and every tear they shed was another shot right through me.

Kudos to Megan Nugen Isbell because halfway through Far From Home, I was definitely loosing myself in her story. There has only ever been one other instance like this, but that wasn't in the moment of reading. I was half asleep and in a drunken stupor after my birthday. I thought I was one of the characters from Cress (Lunar Chronicles #3) and I was yelling at Ryan because we needed to get off the satellite and onto the ship before it blew up.. that was definitely interesting story to hear the next day.



Imagination has no limits- our minds can create beautiful new worlds- image from fanpop.com

Imagination is an amazing thing. When applied to art, people can make one of a kind masterpieces. When applied to fashion, people make the next trending design to take over the world. But when people apply imagination to books, they have the ability to create an entire new world. They are able to transport you from your everyday life to some exotic place full of adventure. It's almost magical when you give stories the opportunity to completely consume you. I love it, it's the main reason I love books. A few of my friends always ask me why I enjoy reading, how can I sit in one spot all day long and not get bored? But tell me, how is it boring when you experiencing brand new things in a brand new world. This world is great, I love my life, but once in a while it’s fun to disappear into a book and pretend I am someone else. That’s all for now. Keep your head in the clouds :)
-D

Book Talk Tuesday- The Home Series

Every Tuesday I'm trying to focus my blog on my love of books. I will post about what I am reading, what I've read and what I want to read. Today, I am blogging about the book I am currently reading- Far From Home (The Home Series #2), and the one that came before it, Last Train Home (The Home Series #1) by Megan Nugen Isbell

Far From Home picks up six months after the first book ends. Which would have been great if I could have remembered the first book.. I pre-ordered the second book on Amazon and all of a sudden it showed up in my kindle. I started reading it thinking it was a sequel of a completely different book and got completely lost. Sometimes I feel like they should just hold all of their books and publish them at the same time. Maybe that's my netflix brain talking, but I like being able to just jump from one episode/book to another. What is this waiting nonsense??
Thankfully like most books they begin to explain things that happened in the book before, so I was able to figure out where I was. Don't get me wrong I really liked the first book, I just read too many other books in between the release date of the second.
Something I really liked about Last Train Home (The Home Series #1) was that it focused on a problem that most young and in love girls think will never happen to them. But for Riley, heart break and betrayal are headed her way.

Riley, a 17 year old girl, moved to a new town and met a popular, gorgeous boy named Alex. Her best friend Jesse isn't sure about her new relationship, and as much as he tries to warn her, Riley is like any head over heels girl and ignores what he says. Only problem, this just so happens to be one of the times where you really should listen to the advice of those around you. A few of the popular kids made a bet with Alex that he couldn't get Riley to sleep with him by homecoming and Alex being the stupid boy that he is accepted that challenge. Riley had it all, she was in love with a guy who (she thought) loved her and her friends could do no wrong. But everything changes after one snap decision and Riley quickly learns who matters most.
After everything goes downhill she is ready to give up, she pretty much did give up, but her best friends simply wont allow it. It focuses on going through struggles and over coming them. How to take the bad times and make them better. No matter how down you may be, I hope you always have someone there who will surprise you and pick you back up. This is such a great book and I cant wait to finish reading book #2!
Well.. that's all for now
-D