My, What Longer Eyelashes You Have…
November 4, 2009 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Mama Blog, eyelash
Want longer eyelashes for a sexier peek-a-boo? Assuming no one’s thinking “No, I’m working to have short and brittle eyelashes” I’ll share my experience with eyelash extensions and Jan Marini’s eyelash product.
A few years ago, I noticed a friend’s eyelashes looking…super model sexy. I felt like a motion web-cam following her eyelashes to the left, to the right. Her lashes were so long and luscious she looked like a butterfly who might take flight any moment. She was testing out eyelash extensions. Even though I only wore mascara once or twice a year, I found myself asking for the phone number. Boom, two days later…I joined the longer eyelash butterfly club.*
- Pros: people notice, wake-up with beautiful eyelashes + no mascara
- Cons: too expensive, prices vary $200 + upfront, $50 + monthly retouch, wear and tear on natural lashes.
I came across Jan Marini’s eyelash product just as it was being pulled off the shelf (it contained an anti-glaucoma pharmaceutical drug). Some say Marini’s original eyelash formula was the best, although, the formula I purchased in Febuary 2007, worked for me. Interestingly enough, new eyelash products containing anti-glaucoma drugs continue to pop up on the market, however, they’re sold by doctors for higher prices.
Pros: longer, stronger real lashes, $175 tube lasted me over a year ($11.60 per month)
Apparently, Jan Marini has re-formulated again and the latest is supposed to be pretty good. Should I decide to try it… I’ll let you know. More info on Jan Marini’s eyelash product.
Disclaimer: At the time of writing, I have not received any free products mentioned.
*To my knowledge, no such club exists
Children Hooker Halloween Costumes Are Scary
October 31, 2009 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Mama Blog
Seriously? Totally couldn’t believe I saw these Halloween costumes in the store. These 7+ costume models look like they want to say… hey, I’m a Halloween Hooker. As if National Hooker Day wasn’t bad enough… now children are a target? OK, kind of drastic.. but it sure makes a good post about kids costumes on Halloween.
Here are a few blurry in a hurry pics from my phone….
This one isn’t too bad even though it’s labeled as Child Born Bad which makes me think the “B” in born must have been a typo. This girl is saying “I can’t afford Ed Hardy so after Halloween I will wear this to school. Wait, what do you mean I can only look sexy today? Stop treating me like I’m four, I’m eight now.”
So sad… look at this little girls face.
“Hi, my parents made me wear this fishnet-midriff top-mini-skirt dress and I’m so depressed about it because I really wanted to be Barbie. My parents told me Barbie would give me an eating disorder so I had to dress like a role-playing-prostitute instead.”
This one…meh, not too bad either but… sexy choker, fishnet gloves and platforms on a seven-year-old? What’s the point? No, really… what’s the point?
Me? Yeh, I wore a French Maid costume once for two reasons. As an experiment and because it went with my husband’s Marquis de Sade costume. Other than that one Halloween… I find National Hooker Day quite… uncreative.
Mama Freaky Shoppin At Whole Foods
October 30, 2009 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Food, Mama Shoppin Vlog
Yep, I’m a mom and I shop Whole Foods Market. I love Whole Foods more than a Mac addict loves their Iphone. Anyway, in a nut shell…. here’s what happened.
When I stepped into Whole Foods this morning… Rick James’ Super Freak was playing (which I immediately tweeted on my ML Twitter page).* I don’t know what happened…maybe it was the other lady shaking her hips while shaking her produce bag, maybe it was the produce guy nodding his head but all of a sudden I felt the urge to buy some freaky produce.
The next thing I knew I was looking into my shopping cart thinking… man, my kids are gonna love this stuff. And boom. It came to me in a golden light with harps and trumpets playing…New Mama blog video series (see below) called… I’m a mom and I bought some food today at Whole Foods. Should be pretty awesome because everyone wants to know what mom bought at the grocery store. Yes, I was being facetious. But only towards anyone who does NOT like the video.
Oh yeh, I haven’t received anything from Whole Foods for this post but they need to update their blog anyway.
Mary Poppins Musical Practically Perfect Evening
October 26, 2009 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Sweet Girl Blog, music and dancing
It was a practically perfect evening to take the children to the theater to see Mary Poppins Saturday night. I’m always looking for extra alone time hours but…I’m glad I didn’t miss out on this great musical with the kids. Besides, what’s not to like about Mary Poppins?
Aside from my Sweet Girl asking “When will she fly?” every ten minutes and my son forgetting to whisper his questions, they were on their best behavior. Unfortunately, just after some Step In Time tap dancing…like a light… my Sweet Girl was out.
I didn’t mind my daughter’s curiosity of Mary Poppin’s travel itinerary; However, it was disappointing I was unsuccessful in waking her. Not only did my Sweet Girl miss the umbrella flight but Mary Poppins flew directly above our seats.
New Ways In Coloring Gray Hair… Sorta
October 23, 2009 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Mama Blog, cover gray hair
The hardest thing about coloring my gray hair is making it happen. I should cover my gray at least 12 times-per-year… but it’s more like six times. I love coloring with Clairol’s Natural Instincts semi-permanent because it isn’t damaging. But I’m too lazy busy to keep it up. I have the brush-in color wand to cover gray roots for my in-between-color but it washes out immediately.
Last week, I found myself staring at my long gray roots thinking… “Isn’t there a marker that lasts for a week? Why yes, it’s called a Sharpie and I’m going to use one right now.” Aside from accidentally drawing liver-spots on my hair line, the Sharpie marker covered my gray hair. And voila, I was out the door gray-hair-free.
That evening…my new Sharpie hair color washed out and the silver returned. Big. Sad. Face. Apparently, permanent doesn’t always mean permanent. Crazy. Even crazier is my sudden vision of my daughter getting a lower back tattoo while telling herself… “Hey, I read somewhere Sharpie Markers wash out so maybe this tattoo isn’t really permanent.”
Moving on… here’s a list of things to try:
- TouchBack – basically a marker with a wider tip… though, probably more efficient than a Sharpie.
- Mr. Sketch Smelly Markers – Markers that smell like licorice and cinnamon.
- Orando Brandi – Washes out.
Maybe I will check out Whole Foods next. Basically, I want a marker that doesn’t wash out. Is this a biological gray hair issue?
Disclaimer: I did not receive any products nor was compensated to review any products.
Silly Boy Cooks Dinner
October 21, 2009 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Food, Silly Boy Blog
Silly Boy helped cook a fabulous Organic Italian dinner this evening. Seriously, what kid doesn’t love Macaroni and Cheese? Especially Annie’s Organic Mac and Cheese that we buy at Whole Foods? Mmm mmm Good.
Bringing Back My Noggin + Two
October 19, 2009 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Mama Blog
OK, should have said trying to bring back my noggin because I think I’m spending more time trying to decide on a blackberry wordpress blog app than I am writing any content. Meh, no worries because if there’s one thing I know… there will be plenty of content going around our three noggins.
Yes, I said three. This won’t be a mom blog… I’m adding my son and daughter to the blog mix, at their request. I always wanted to make them their own blogs but I didn’t because… something about writing in 3rd person freaks me out. Now that my little munchkins are old enough… we’re gonna get things rolling with a Sillly Boy Blog and Sweet Girl Blog.*
Just as soon as I find how to consolidate all of my online media stuff and decide how I want to blog mobile.
*Boy Blog and Girl Blog will not have their own email address so no funny business.
Birthdays After Cancer
January 7, 2008 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Cancer
It wasn’t long ago that I found myself sitting in the Texas Children’s Hospital lobby waiting on my son’s ultrasound results. He was downstairs eating with dad after a morning fast. For five minutes…I assumed I would be getting another “I don’t know” result. Yet, the longer I sat alone in the silent-white-walled room… the more my maternal intuition kicked in of what was to come… bad news. My hands began to shake, my palms began to sweat, my heart-rate increased with every passing minute and my thoughts lingered on the black cat that had run across my path the night before.
I finally called my pediatrician who said:
“I’m so sorry you had to wait, they wanted to tell you in person. And I didn’t want to tell you this over the phone…he has a tumor.”
“A malignant tumor?” I asked.
“Yes, I’m so sorry to tell you this over the phone.” She said.
“That’s OK, I’d rather hear it from you than a stranger.” I hung up and began to cry.
My eyes went back to the white wall but my mind thought only one thing…my child has cancer. Wilms Tumor. For months, specialists had treated me like a hypochondriac bimbo with an IQ of 70 because they thought my son had a virus. Yeah, the virus my 11 month-old daughter avoided for five months despite licking everything in sight. I had decided I would smack the next doctor that told me antibiotics wouldn’t help a virus. Yeah, thanks but I had that information in 1993-94 via my friend in med-school.
Five months later and one less kidney he completed chemotherapy.
Today…he is celebrating his 6th birthday. While he knows his life is extra special, he’s extremely focused on presents, cake and icing. And frankly…that’s fine with me.
Turkey Killed On Thanksgiving – Everyone Else Safe
November 25, 2007 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Food
I managed to cook a beautiful juicy turkey without salmonella poisoning anyone. I used the verticle roasting method which I fondly call “Up The Butt Chicken.” I have several verticle roasters I use for cornish hens but they are too small for a turkey. So, I used a bundt pan for the big bird. This is an excellent way to roast because it makes the meat very juicy.
After we stuffed ourselves with food we took our children to see the annual Uptown Holiday Lighting to see the fireworks. It was cold, crowded and the kids wanted us to carry them the whole time as they were tired. Fortunately, my daughter fell asleep in the car on the way home so we only had to read books to my son.
Since my husband went out with his friends, I took it upon myself to write about a salmonella free turkey day and to clarify that I will NOT be shopping Black Friday. I would also like to clarify that I didn’t kill or cook any live turkeys.
First Day Of Kindergarten
August 22, 2007 by Mom-a-Bloggin
Filed under Our Blog
I awoke to the sounds of my son’s footsteps at 5:50 this morning. I couldn’t go back to sleep for two reasons:
- Once my son snuggled in our bed, my husband began talking in his sleep. My son responded in his sleep. Not much sense was made but they did have a nice short conversation.
- It was the first day of Kindergarten.
While numero uno was funny, it was numero dos that had me excited. Come on, kindergarten is a rite of passage. Sure he went to pre-school but this is real school. He has a new environment, new friends, new teacher, new rules, a new backpack (hopefully it won’t be recalled) and a very long day. Ugh, I’m stressing already.
It was just as exciting as our first day except he rode in a car as opposed to walking. Of course, those were the days when children weren’t kidnapped every five minutes when walking five miles through rain and snow. He also didn’t have one of those 1970’s cardboard school supplies boxes that fell apart by Thanksgiving.
Perhaps his longish skater-boy hair will make up for the lack of 70’s in his life.
