It's Just Another MAYnic Mondayyyy

Wow, I went there. Sorry guysssss...

yeeesssssss... 

OKAY, I'm done... haha. Sorry guys, but you knew that was coming, and it's an annual obligation, so just deal with it. #ITSMAY!

Anyway, it's the first Monday of the month and it was certainly an over-exaggerated buster, at that.. 

awesome.

This would've been totally normal if I still lived in Illinois, but here, it's weird for me to see an actual train on any of the tracks that run through the city, let alone get stuck in line for one to cross. But that's Monday, yeah? Yeah. 

Fooortunately, the day improved in leaps & bounds, with the majority of the credit for such falling on Kristin & Clarissa. Here's a free piece of advice on stellar co-workers: if they're as awesome as mine, do whatever you can to realize and express to them how thankful you are that they're not stark-raving lunatics, or otherwise unbearable. These two are blessings in plain view, and I am so thankful for them! 

The day ended, leaving Kristin and I after hours to do some catching up and preparation for the next couple days. The UPS guy took his sweet time making rounds today, so I'm happy that at 5:45pm when he got denied by a locked front door, we were still here to let him. 

Why's that so exciting?
THIS: 

infernal devices...... yesssss... ♥

Poor Rob. He knows that I'm no match for myself when it comes to reading. I got sucked into The Mortal Instruments, but having knocked out all six of those, it's time for these three prequels... *sigh.. 

Oh, AND.... I got home to find this in the mailbox: 

it's here! 

Arley, it made it!! If you just wondered who Arley is, she's one of my gorgeous mama friends from the hometown {MTV} who now sells Mary Kay and will hook it up on whatever it is you need from the MK inventory. Seriously. She's awesome, and so is THIS: 

finishing spray. mascara. 

Stay tuned for some post-makeup photos. I'm really trying to do some girly things and this will be one of them. I also got to support a friend's venture in selling this stuff, so that makes me feel pretty good about it too! 

So, dolls, I'm outta here. I've got mascara to learn how to use, dinner to make and books to read. Nevermind the weeds that I said I'd pull tonight.. it's gloomy anyway ;) 

See ya tomorrow! 

xo | cmd

Ninjas. Tyra Banks. SYDNI!

[three unrelated things, btw]

So.... As most of you know, my day hinges on people.
Among the many firsts that I have encountered in the past few years of my job [usually in the form of the most bizarre answers to ordinary questions], today presented a new one:

#icallbluff. #ohreally #inthatcaseyou'rehired #youwin

^ Yes. The applicant put NINJA as a job title. This is real life, on a real application, at a real place. We didn't know what to think on this one, other than, "wow" and that this is just one of those amazing firsts that seem to be so rare anymore.

What's the weirdest thing you've seen on or put on a job application?

.... Moving on... here's something else to wrap the eyes around today.. I saw this on a friend's page and wanted to share. I'm not a prolific follower of Tyra Banks, the fashion industry, or really anything pop-culture in general; call me mildly savvy and informed, but certainly not a daily subscriber. This peaked my interest and I thought I'd share. I'm no makeup artist or stylist, but I know a few and give them all the credit in the world when their work is as exact and skilled as this.

Tyra Transformations!

l: cara delivingne | r: tyra... as cara

l: kate moss | r: tyra... as kate

l: cindy crawford | r: tyra... as cindy

Take note: I'm not promoting or supporting any certain lifestyle or image here [I have a self-obligated need to say that; I spent a lot of time in college counseling younger girls on the importance of inner-based self-worth, which so absolutely trumps physical and material worth.. but I digress]... I do see this as an incredible art form: the ability to transform into another person essentially, all via hair and makeup, is beyond my skillset and kind of cool to marvel over.

But.. FYI:

♥ this

^ I have nothing against models, but I do find it fascinating. The ladies on the bottom, to me, are gorgeous, and if we're being honest.... realistic. Again.. I digress. - Just sayin.

Last to mention but first on my priorities: Sydni's here this week and that means.... it's going to be a GOOD WEEK. (: (: (: We're stickering [yes, that's a verb when you have a 4-year-old] and having a party. Attending will be Mike Wazowski, Rapunzel, Curious George, a couple sorority girls [aka, Barbies {no disrespect intended}], a kangaroo, Frank the Ladybug Pillow Pet... and of course, Mickey Mouse.

Betcha wish you were here, huh.. haha.

Party time.

xo | cmd

Birthday. Bowling. Backdated... ;)

Rob left early for work today, before I was fully coherent, so when I finally woke up, it was to these two...

gahhhh... love these meatballs to pieces! | #stellapittie & #sashapittie

^ How could you possibly be mad about that?
... well, when Sasha is on the bed, in your face, eating your hair... haha ;)
..... but seriously, I love it.. and I miss these two.

Oh, and some shameless selfies... experimenting with BW vs. Color qualities from my phone .. because I had that much time to myself this morning & because my cousin just hooked it up on Sephora gear that I still have no idea how to use... haha. 

#shamelessselfies | #sephoranewbie | #workinprogress

I spent the morning tidying up a bit, and started putting some final touches on the little art projets I'm doing. No pictures for you blogbots just yet; a couple of these are surprises for a few people and I'd hate to give spoilers! ;) I'll show & tell once all's said and done.

Anywhoooo... Rob got off work and came back to the house.. we spent the better part of the early afternoon just relaxing, which we both welcomed after long weeks.. him especially after working a busy Saturday morning. Good thing, too, because after that we were off to Kyle's for Dalten's 7th birthday party [HBD, Dalten!!]

Rob & I of course made it a point to act our age and then some, too...

reasons i ♥ him, continued....

Once the birthday festivities were over, it was back to the house to spend some time with the dogs and sneak in a nap, because let's face it.. it's Saturday.. and well, we can. (: No shame there! Again, probably the best thing we did with the early evening, because by 9:00, we were out with some of Rob's friends for bowling in Fairview & what turned out to be a driveway lounge until about 3ish? in the morning. The boys were boys, for sure, while Taryn, Paris & I decided we're way too old to be awake at that hour, and all but fell asleep before we all headed our separate ways. It was definitely a late night, but super low key and most definitely not one that I minded. I of course managed to meet some great new faces tonight, which made for great company and fun conversation.

No complaints here (:
Tomorrow = boating... & ??
G'Nite!

xo | cmd

Girly Things Like EYELASHES

Every once in a while, I do girly things, like put on a dress... and makeup... and possibly even lash extensions. 

Hahaha. I saw these today and out of a stretch of boredom decided to attach them to my face. Don't worry, they didn't last long, but I can kinda see why some girls are into this. If you're okay with the maintenance aspect of wearing these suckers on a regular basis, I actually give you credit, because I lack the time, patience and feminine inclination to keep them on for even 12 hours. Yeeeeks. 

lashtastic. or something. 

Whatevs. I'm decently confident in my ability to clean up when need be; I don't know that I really care that  much if my eyelashes don't make it into the room before I do. Haha. It was however, an interesting 40 minutes of my life I'll never have back.. haha. I just tried to give this entry labels to accentuate the rarity of it all and realized that of the four tags I used, "girl" is the only one that's ever been used in this blog before today. *Sigh. I'm way behind on the girl game. 

Oh well. The lashes are already gone. That was short-lived. 

This is what happens when you live primarily alone and you're left to your own devices for a full evening ;) haha. 

Happy Hump Day, blogbots! 

xo | cmd