Makeup Musings: completing a bottle of nail Polish, as well as When little Acts of like Are the huge Gestures

So, I recognize that in the grand plan of things, completing a bottle of nail polish is completely not a huge offer compared to, say, providing a infant on a plane, or combating oppression with acts of civil disobedience!

Buuuuuuuut, if you’re a charm enthusiast like I am, I believe you’ll completely get this. See this bottle of mint eco-friendly polish by Olive & June? I’ve completed practically a quarter of it, as well as I’m thrilled by the prospect of possibly even completing — gasp! — half of it soon. Or, possibly the whole thing.

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(MIND BLOWN.)

You guys, I can’t even keep in mind the last time I completed a bottle of nail polish down to the last drop. I’m relatively sure it was decades ago.

This may have something to finish with me getting rid of all of the old-@ss polishes that were gathering dust in my office for actually YEARS. I just recently chose to only keep colors that I really love, as well as even though I have far fewer bottles of nail polish now, choosing what to wear on my nails is so much simpler than before.

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I completely recognize that I noise like a damaged record there, however it’s been so liberating.

FYI, this is KMC with a slice of yellow watermelon! I purchased a small yellow watermelon from Trader Joe’s yesterday, as well as yes, I already completed many of it by myself, in one day, since it’s been the only good watermelon I’ve gotten this year.

Every single red watermelon I’ve brought house in 2021 was either mealy, flavorless or otherwise inedible as well as gross! I’ve tried all of my “watermelon whisperer” techniques to pick them, too, like searching for the ones with the darkest yellow spot, comparing them by weight, knocking on the outsides to hear a hollow sound, however I’ve still yet to discover a halfway good red watermelon this year.

How’s your luck been with watermelon this year? Inquiring minds want to know…

Anyway, the watermelon was part of a picnic lunch that Connor “hosted” in our circle with her good friends in the neighborhood. She’s with me this week since it’s the break between institution as well as summertime camp, as well as over the weekend she made a listing of things she wished to do while away at “mama camp.” one of the things was having a picnic outdoors with her buddies.

Guess what I figured out yesterday? If you have to feed kids at a picnic — they don’t requirement much food! I put together a whole spread for the kids, however all they ate were slices of watermelon, homemade guacamole as well as tortilla chips. *shrugs*

I wished to take a photo of the guacamole, however the youngsters ate everything before I might get a shot. For the guac, I left out any type of strong spices, so no garlic or onion powder, as well as only utilized smashed avocado, a bit bit of lime (lemon will work in a pinch) as well as some salt. Asta a fost.

So, yeah, the next time you have to feed some bit ones outdoors, keep in mind this *very gourmet* food combination, LOL! It’s a winner.

Oh, I practically forgot, however the youngsters likewise ate the homemade chocolate chip cookies Connor as well as I made the day before. I whipped up a batch of cookies to give my high institution friends, Jen as well as Cindy, who I satisfied for lunch at a sushi restaurant in Sausalito for a belated birthday fete.

I hadn’t seen them both in well over a year!

As a side, I like to get Connor up in the mix whenever I do things like compose cards or make cookies for my good friends since I believe it’s essential for her to discover about the significance of little gestures. I want her to understand that this is what taking care of your people looks like…doing the seemingly little things. I want her to understand that there are numerous methods to state “I like you,” as well as in some cases the smallest gestures are extremely meaningful.

One of those “seemingly little however big” acts occurred at the restaurant with Jen as well as Cindy. We were sitting at the table catching up, as well as when it was time to order, I had no concept what to choose. Ya know, you’d believe that ordering a couple of California rolls wouldn’t be so damn hard, however it’s been so long because I’ve seen them (they’re like the sisters I always wanted), as well as I’ve been having to hold it together for everybody else around me of what feels like THE longest YEAR EVER, as well as I just didn’t have it in me 1) to keep my guard up anymore, as well as 2) purchase food.

Because she understands me, Cindy saw that I was having a hard time as well as said, “Don’t concern about ordering. I got you, girl.” She then grabbed my menu, rattled off a meal for our table (she’s the bossy one, LOL!), as well as took care of it.

I don’t keep in mind the last time I got to really unwind duro masă în afara casei. Vreau să spun, da, Connor, precum și El Hub, precum și mănânc la restaurante din când în când din nou, precum și chiar dacă este o pauză pentru mine, deoarece nu trebuie să gătesc, sunt încă ” datorie.” Vizualizează și Connor, precum și să-i asistăm mintea ei maniere, urmărind ceea ce iese la masa noastră de la alergia glutenului lui El Hub, lucruri de genul asta. Pe lângă întotdeauna mă asigur că alți oameni sunt stabiliți înainte de a mânca. Sunt încântat să fac totul, desigur, totuși când mâncăm, nu sunt niciodată relaxat. Sunt mama, precum și soția, precum și făcând toate lucrurile pe care oamenii din jurul meu, cel mai probabil nu le observă nici măcar.

Dar, duminica trecută, când am avut sushi cu prietenii mei, tot ce am făcut era să stau acolo. A fost glorios. Având un bun prieten de cumpărare pentru mine (și pentru ea să o facă fără să trebuiască să-mi întrebe) ma făcut să mă simt atât de îngrijit ca și așa, atât de iubit.

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