Stop the Insanity!

You know the old saying: "doing the same thing over and over again expecting a different result is the definition of insanity". Well, it's time to stop the insanity (am i the only one who still gets the picture of Susan Powter in my head when I hear that phrase?) Today I made another small change. I noticed that I am always hungry as soon as I get to work around 4 or 5. Of course it doesn't help that I work in a restaurant that serves delicious burgers. I always end up eating either at the beginning of my shift while it's slow or at the end of my shift when I'm done. Both times come fraught with problems. Eating at the start of my shift makes me full and sluggish. Eating at the end of my shift causes me to eat very late.
Today I decided to eat something healthy before going into work. I opted for a big bowl of steamed broccoli and a bottle of water. We'll see if this curbs my appetite while working with the Yumm! Burgers. :)


UPDATE: Epic fail. Does it count as "progress" that I ate a kid size burger instead of the regular size? Oh well. I'll try again tomorrow.

Small Steps

It has been difficult the last couple of weeks to get up and get fully dressed every day. Summer time will do that to you. Especially when you are a mom. My one saving grace is that I feel like I have made at least one small step in the right direction. I have started grooming my nails and have kept them groomed and painted for two weeks now. It all started with a Pinterest fascination and my 4th of July nails. Since then I have repainted them twice and kept them looking nice and clean in between. Somehow having my nails done makes me feel just a little more fabulous.

How about you? What small steps have you taken to make yourself feel better?

Fabulous Fourth (Pinterest Inspired)

One of the down sides of being in the restaurant business is that you usually have to work on holidays that most people with "normal" jobs have off.  It is on days like that I really miss my teaching job and long for the future when I will be back to a "normal" schedule.  So I decided that if I couldn't celebrate the way I wanted, I could at least decorate myself a little for my shift and bring the patriotic to my guests.

Enter Pinterest.  Oh, how that site is addicting.  Here are some pins that inspired my look.

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And here are the looks I created after being inspired by those pins.

To create the eyes, I found a fat navy blue eyeliner by Wet N Wild and a sparkly blue and sparkly white eye shadow.  I couldn't find red so I just got a bright red lipstick and dabbed a little of that on the crease before applying the two shadows.  To do the nails, I just used an OPI red I already had and bought a Sally Hansen blue.  I also found a nail art stencil with stars and a nail art pen in white.  It took me a painstakingly long time to do my nails so I'm really trying to come to grips with the fact that I will have to remove this nail polish soon. I got a lot of compliments on my makeup and nails last night.  I even got really good tips (was it the patriotic bling or just sympathy for having to work on a holiday?).

How long do you thing it would be appropriate to leave on the red, white, and blue nails? LOL

Franny