Hi, I'm not dead.

Eight months.

That's how long it's been since my last post.

(Dahlia isn't impressed either.)

Some of you are going, "I know!" and some of you are thinking, "Who is this bitch?". Yeah, it's been awhile. Life happened, I left this blog in the dust and just didn't really feel like doing anything about it. Lazy? Kind of. Rude? Maybe. But I am really hoping to be back on track with things and move forward from here.

Part of why it's been so long is I just honestly haven't felt all that inspired by blogs lately. It seems like the same old same old crap content everywhere. And I just felt really blah about my own blog. I felt like I was trying to be and keep up with someone I'm not. I am not a professional blogger. I do not want to forgo sleep and snuggles with my fur babies to write a post for you. Sorry. And then I just got really crabby about the whole blogging thing in general. So I stopped.

But now, I want to get back in the game and take this blog in a bit of a different direction. I want you guys to feel like we are BFFs sitting down to a glass of wine and I have something fun (and maybe sometimes it won't be so fun  - not everything is unicorns and rainbows) to share with you. I want to take a look at other areas of my life and share those with you as well. Beauty will likely still be the main focus as it's something I really enjoy and like to share my opinions on, but it can't be the only focus. I bored myself, so I hope I didn't bore you.

Some of the things that have been going on since my last post:

- I lost 20 pounds, maybe you want to hear about that?
- I switched jobs.
- One of my dogs had ACL surgery.
- One of our chickens was brutally murdered by a hawk/owl/chupacabra/alien.
- Tony and I celebrated our 9 year anniversary.
- I was in a fashion show and made some kick ass new friends.
- Other shit I can't remember; it was eight months guys. Jeez.

As soon as this post is done, I am going to write up several more so that I have more consistent stuff for you.

Quick question. If you have a blog/website/whatever, how do you stay motivated to keep posting content for your readers?

The Weekly Random - Coconut Oil, Shave Cream, Chickens and more!

Hello lovelies! It's time for another weekly random post! It's been a busy couple of weeks, I can't believe I am staring fall in the face again already. Where did the summer go?!

We went to the cabin for the day with some great friends and got some sun and relaxation in. The pups were very excited for a pontoon ride, and Diesel even went for a tube ride with me.

I have several random bullet points below, but before we get super random I wanted to spotlight a couple of standout products.

Coconut Oil - It seems everyone and their mama has hopped on the coconut oil train lately. Of course I have been curious about this too as it seems you can basically replace half the crap in your house with this stuff and it will work miracles not seem since biblical times. I have used it now several times on my hair and am impressed with how soft it makes my hair feel. But unimpressed that it doesn't make my hair smell like coconuts after. Oh well. It also works great to remove eye make-up.

Barbasol Shave Cream - Now this is the shit. My auntie found something on Pinterest that said you can use this shave cream to remove spots in your carpet. All you need to do is dampen the area with warm water, then coat in shave cream (a thin layer, but I do press it in to the spot) and leave it sit for roughly 5 minutes. Then scrub out the spot, and BAM, magically clean carpet. I wish I had some before and after pics of this but I was so impressed that I went on a carpet cleaning bender and only thought about before and after photos as I was lying on the couch in a clean carpet euphoria. I picked up this can above from Target for $1.67 and will be purchasing more. The stains I removed were urine stains and it also helped to get out some of that lingering smell.

Random side notes:

• We are finally getting 14 eggs a day, but...
• An asshole came speeding down our street today and hit one of our chickens head on and killed it. Blood and feathers everywhere. There is no way this piece of shit didn't see/hear/feel that impact. Not to mention there were about 3-4 other chickens in the road at the time. And in true piece-of-shit fashion this asshole kept driving. I am really bummed. 
• I am still managing 4 workouts a week, I am pretty impressed with this continued commitment.
• I really hate seafood. The smell of it. The look of it. Everything about it makes me gag
• I'm off to Atlanta for work this week and I am nervous about fitting everything I need into a carry-on. Someone this into beauty products cannot be confined to one small baggie for all her liquid beauty needs. It's unfair.
• I forgot how much I love the movie Clerks 2. And all of those movies; Mallrats, Dogma, Jay & Silent Bob Strike Back, such great movies.

That's it for this week. 

The Weekly Random

Hello Lovely Readers! And Happy Friday =)

I had a pretty brilliantly awesome idea (or at least I think it is) to do a new weekly series here on my blog called, "The Weekly Random". As the title suggests this will be a weekly post (or maybe every other week, it's random) about all sorts of random stuff. Topics that really don't justify their own post, or maybe one long post about some topic, or maybe a bullet point list of random stuff. That's what appeals to me so much is that it's random. What do you think? Do you like it? Maybe? We'll see.

So to kick things off I have a random list of stuff from my week that I thought would be interesting and fun to share. Another fun thing about this series is that it will help us to get to know each other a little more. Maybe we have similar interests or weirdness that we didn't even know.

• One of my guilty pleasures is watching old re-runs of sitcoms from the 70's-80's ish. And my most recent obsession is Welcome Back Kotter. Yes. It's so awesome. 30 minutes of good old fashioned TV goodness. 

• I have run out of my favorite nail polish remover by Zoya. Not to worry, my mom and I are placing an order today. Whew.

• I've been on an apple kick lately (and by lately I mean for about 6 months). Red Delicious Apples. Try one.

• My little brother is amazing. He is a musician and you should check him out on Sound Cloud and Facebook.

• Our baby chicks have started to lay eggs now, only two of them so far, but we will be up to our eyeballs in eggs in no time. Have a great egg recipe? Share it with me.

• I hate dusting. It seems like the biggest waste of time. I spend an hour dusting everything and then when I look around to admire my awesome cleaning work I can't tell a difference. 

• I've worked out 4 times already this week. Go me. 

• I'm on Bloglovin - check out the button on the upper right side of this page. Go there. Follow me there. It will be awesome.

So there you go. Random enough for ya? I think this will be a fun series and I hope you are as excited about as I am!

Tell me something random about your week in the comments below.