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Well, I didn’t get a rock chip this year.

Nov 25

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When September rolled around and Winter drew ever closer I had a veritable ‘mixed bag’ of feelings towards it. It is one of my two favorite seasons, and I was excited about crackling fires in my wood stove, warm and spicy eggnog lattes, and the general happy feeling of approaching Christmas. On the other hand, I was dreading the long, tough, battle that was going to ensue between my windshield and the ridiculously over-sized “winter abrasive” our back country, hillbilly road workers pass off as legal.

I decided to take a drastic step this year. The only windshield protection / preventative crack maintenance I could think of was a serious one. Prayer. And boy did I pray. I prayed from September until last week; “Lord, I declare a crack free winter for my little windshield here, thanks in advance”, “I rebuke the plans of Emcon (aforementioned local hillbilly company)! Get thee behind me sandman!” And so forth.

I felt good, I even felt victorious. I was having good feelings about the winter ahead.

I should have prayed for the whole damn thing. I can tell you that there is no mere ‘crack’ anywhere in the windshield. The whole friggen thing blew out. But I, and the two dogs, are alive and un-hurt. Now I get to go truck shopping. I’m thinking Mitsubishi Pajero, check them out here.

Good by Mits Bishi, I loved you incredibly.

Moi xoxo

P.S. Besides the dogs, I decided the most important thing to extract from the destroyed vehicle was my Urban Decay NAKED eyeshadow pallet… who am I? I blame, (thank), Celina.

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Some days are worth waking up for.

Apr 1

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So this morning started out like most mornings in my life, bad. I can’t explain why I hate waking up, but I do. Usually it’s because I fall asleep counting all the things I forgot to do, all the people I owe money to, and all the things I’m worried about (read: weight). In the morning it’s all still there! It hasn’t magically disappeared in the sweet dream world and it’s all too realistic and unsolved. I’m sure I could try “counting my blessings” a la Bing Crosby circa Holiday Inn, but really… OK maybe I should start trying that.
I’m struggling to get through Tess of D’Uberfields by Tom Hardy right now. I feel a bit frustrated due to the fact that it is boring me to tears, and it is apparently such a great book. I mean, it’s hard not to feel like your the dumb kid in class when you just hate what everyone else is saying is so fantastic. I’m also reading The Woman in White by Wilikie Collins on my iPhone right now, it’s fabulous. Very funny and so far quite a light and easy read. If you haven’t already, check out the iBook app on itunes. I haven’t paid a single penny for a book yet and I have classics on there! I have War and Peace, A Tale of Two Cities, The Odyssey, The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, Uncle Tom’s Cabin, Bleak House, Oliver Twist, David Copperfield, The Woman in White, and Winnie the Pooh.
Free is always fantastic, so fantastic in fact that I don’t mind using the word fantastic just a couple more times than absolutely necessary! And while on the subject of fanstaticle-ness, let me explain the blog title today. So back to the beginning, this morning I felt tragic. I combated that with a super fun bright pink lipstick by Rimmel. 010 Dizzy, it’s a super fuchsia fun time. I used techniques by my favorite blog out there over at www.bycelinea.com and thus put my best face forward to the day. In my rush around the block today I forgot about a meeting I had at the bank. So I was motoring out there and boom, I get pulled up by the RCMP for speeding. I can not stress enough about how much I hate money, simply due to the fact that I don’t have any. For some reason, my prayers get answered, and I only get a warning, no $196.00 ticket, which the female officer stresses I could have gotten but she was feeling kind. THANK HEAVEN.
On my way back to work after shuffling funds back and forth from different accounts with the bank people. (I keep thinking if I keep moving stuff around some how I’ll find some money hiding under other money.) I remembered today was April 1st! Celina’s blog contest winners would be announced today. Guess what? I won! I won an amazing product which I never would have been able to afford, (or find for that matter), in normal life. Christmas in April! Oh for the love of kittens today has turned out all right after all. Now – all I have to do is finish that damn book…

Moi xoxo

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How to apply mascara while reading Shakespeare

Mar 14

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Today I got to work and have discovered I am unable to use my computer or the work printer. Being rendered useless at work I decided to write a different kind of entry than usual.
I have a HUGE guilty pleasure lately and that is reading the blog www.bycelina.com
I found it while trolling the internet for a good eye shadow tutorial and I have been reading her faithfully ever since. She is funny and sweet and her reviews on cosmetics and tutorials on different looks are second to none. I have even got my mother hooked on to her as we both are quite sad in the make up area of life. (I grew up on a farm, riding horses, and looking like a boy. My mum isn’t really the make up diva of the century so we both had to wait for my baby sister to train us up. She is quite fashionable and bossy so needless to say we look presentable now.)
Celina makes being a girl fun. Her blog is the type of thing dreams are made of in the sense that she gets to live a life of luxury and beauty; yet she is so adorable it’s impossible to be jealous or catty while reading about her brand new Channel bag. It also helps that she holds contests! Her featured giveaway at the moment is a pallet by Christian Dior you can find it here.
I can’t highlight the importance of blogs like Celina’s enough, and not just because of a giveaway; (Although come on! Free stuff is always like Christmas in July.), but because of my mum. My mum is amazing, talented, beautiful, and not quite confident. She has the most amazing figure, lovely skin, looks about 40 when she’s actually just turned 50, and absolutely no confidence in her ability to pull off a Smokey eye look for my brother’s wedding. She was showing me the outfit she’s just snagged off eBay and all of a sudden she just got a bit sad and said she hadn’t the first clue on how to do her make up. I asked her what she was thinking and I immediately pulled up Celina’s entry from Thursday.Look how easy! Mum’s now a convert, and happy, and willing to practice until September 17th when the big day is.
For those of us women feel a bit out of sorts when it comes to freshening up the face, check out Celina. Between learning a few things and seeing amazing product reviews its pure escapism! I love pretending I’m living in a ‘temporary’ apartment that is actually a 12star hotel until my luxury flat is ready. And if none of that convinced you, just remember I’m reading this blog faithfully every day between my huge list of books. It’s that good.
Moi xoxo

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