Confessions of An Eyeliner Junkie

I've always known I needed a little eyeliner....well, now I need a lot.

Every time I'd buy one at the whatever store, it was always such a disappointment. It wouldn't stay where I wanted it for more than ten minutes. Who wants smeary, drifty eyeliner?

Now Mary Kay has turned me into a total, total addict. It started with "steely", and, once I discovered I could go jogging or take a nap without it shifting or smearing, I was totally hooked. Now I have black and navy blue too! Fun stuff.

(..those brown ones are just waiting to be thrown away.)

Cozy and Odie

Cozette is sure going to miss her big brother (and favorite non-mommy person)this week. Why is Odie her favorite? Easy. She's his. Anthony Loves babies and thinks making them laugh is a great hobby; thus, little sister lights right up when she sees him coming.

And where O where has our Odie gone? He's off for a week of male bonding with Grandpa, culminating in the long-awaited hunting trip. I miss the little stinker already!

I'm Still Waiting...

....to hear Smoke on the Water.
Sofia is taking a "community education" class - beginning rock guitar. My wonderful brother provided a loaner guitar and amp. So far, we're at a scale and a couple of "power cords" that she can't remember. Cords are a new concept coming from the violin. Actually, they'll be learning Welcome to the Jungle and Sunshine of Your Love.
I offered the class to Anthony first. He wasn't interested. He doesn't forsee a day when he'll need to attract chics. :) ...they'd probably be the wrong kind of girls anyhow.

I admit it...

...sewing parties are more fun. I'm starting Halloween costumes. IF I finish them, you'll definitely get to see pictures!

Duuh Dum Dum Dum

James has been humming a wedding march all day. I thought it was odd until I realized there was an almost-wedding in Monsters Vs. Aliens.


I made a whole bunch of these for my Mary Kay party today. There was a cuter one, made from scraps of the girls' curtains, but Kirsten chose it....thus, no photo.

Anyhow, it's a good thing my neighbor noticed the May Kay vehicle in my driveway: otherwise, I would have had NOBODY at my party. Thanks guys.

Really, my house is clean and I'm wearing makeup - what do I have to complain about. (It sounds like my husband's lucky day, nicht?) Tony told me not to worry - he's my friend, and he bought me a vanilla coke to prove it.

Help

I've been decorating Cozette's "nook" (in the corner of my room). It's slow-going, and I think I need to my coherce my little sister into coming over and helping me.
I FINALLY got this picture frame put together (Tony and baby, me and baby, Grandma Cozette), after spray-painting the inner mat blue and the frame pink (it used to all be a very garrish gold), but I'm super-impared with arranging things on a wall. Rachel, help me!

There's good news and there's bad news....

The good news is that I finally found my dream home. It's a gorgeous old five-bedroom house on ten acres. Farmy and sweet. Lots of room for kids to run free (without being hit by cars)!


What's the bad news? Well, it belongs to someone else...and isn't even for sale. At least now Tony has a clear vision of what I'm looking for. This is the farm that hosted the second annual Farm Fair (raising money to start a Kitsap Community Food Co-op).


We went mainly for the million-dollar pony rides and the raffles, but I was also a big fan of many cute vendors - selling aprons, recycled craft goods (nearly as cute as my own ;), and hand-made japanese block prints (do you think she'd take Sofia as an apprentice?)



Too short Pony rides that James could not wait for.


Cider press demo...I still don't understand how it works, but the kids had fun rinsing their apples, chucking them in, and watching them be ground to a pulp.


James says we need one of these.


I think we need at least five of these.