Drum Roll Please!!!

What is Shane Playing Tonight?!

Believe it  or not, we are actually watching other people play video games. . 

You guys should check out the Angry Video Game Nerd on YouTube. 

He is pretty awesome.

(And that is coming from someone that doesn't know whole lot about video games!)

OKAY!

Ready for happy news?!

(Or at least happy for me?! And possibly you know that I think about it?!)

It is nothing major but I have actually decided to give the whole Co-host aspect of this blog a shot :)

Meaning over the next week, I am planning on filming a short little something something to post up here and maybe even on youtube! Who knows what it will be about or even how long it will be but I am excited. I mean, I spend so much friggen time watching Youtube videos of all of these awesome girls creating things, trying all of these different looks, and hauling all of these cute clothes that I finally have decided to give it a real shot. I hope you guys peek back in to see what I come up with! I am thinking Sunday night. . Don't make any plans, yo. 

Just kidding. .

But seriously come watch ; )

love your stinkin faces. 

Bugging Out. .

What is Shane playing tonight?!

Nothing!!

(Pretty sure that is only because he is currently in the shower : ))

Eating healthy stinks. .

But being unhealthy sucks too.

There lies my struggle

Ugghh. 

Like I mentioned before, I am very much a believer of accepting yourself the way that you were made and it shouldn't matter what anyone else thinks as long as you are happy with you. . And right now I am trying to get happy with myself again. I still am working on taking that extra bit of pride in the way that I look and dress but I have decided that I want to take it a step further. I am trying to get into a healthier way of eating than I have had over the last few years. 

I am not sure if it is because that I am starting to notice my loved ones getting older and struggling with their health or just the way that I have been physically feeling lately but I realized that getting healthy is something that I am wanting to focus on lately. 

However, it has been a slow start. 

The one thing that I managed not to screwed up was cutting out soda, which I am proud of because I was a HUGE Pepsi drinker. Up until I stopped drinking it, I was up to about two cans a day. I mean every once in a while a ice cold glass is amazing but I had gotten to the point where I didn't even enjoy it anymore. And as much as I want a glass right now, I am glad that I haven't had any all week! I have the hardest time sticking to things, no matter what it is, so this as lame as this little baby step may seem, I feel pretty dang good about it : ) 

The other thing that I think I struggle with (besides having any semblance of willpower) is not having enough knowledge. There are so many websites and pins to follow about weight loss and getting healthy that it is almost overwhelming. I think that it tends to make me a little over ambitious with what to try and what to eat. You get all these good idea and see all of these good recipes but by the time that you spend all the money to try them, it is hard not to get discouraged when they aren't what was expected. . Does anybody else get stuck in this rut or is it just me?!

Well enough of my rambling. . I am getting sleep and am probably going to round up something healthy to munch on before bed. If anyone has any good tips or info. .  please share!! Plus encouragement is always welcome!!

Peace. yo.

And I failed again.

Confession Time. 

I succccckkk at blogging. 

(As if you couldn't tell.) 

I do miss it though. . A lot. 

I just feel with all of the chaos that has happened in the month, stuff that I have enjoyed and taking that extra few minutes to do something for myself like this blog, has totally fallen by the wayside. I need to get back into the habit of taking care of me. . . Getting back to a normal sleeping habit, spending some time readying and getting back to exercise. . . P.S. I hate dieting. . I have gone two days without soda and I am about ready to punch someone. . Anways, like I said before I can't make any promises about regular weekly posts but please don't forget about me and I promise I won't forget about you guys!!

If you can't tell. . I have no sense of fashion : /

What is Shane Playing Tonight?!

Madden aggggaaaainnnnnn. 

And here you guys thought I was kidding about being a "Madden Widow".

Pfffft. ;)

Since moving down to Coos Bay and finally getting a grown  up job, I have been trying to spend more time working on myself, specifically getting ready in the morning and doing my makeup. But because I don't know anyone down here, I have pretty much had to rely on Youtube for advice and ideas, which isn't as bad as it sounds actually.I have found a few girls that I love and who do some pretty amazing tutorials for make up. (Especially the Vintage Or Tacky channel. . AMAZING.) 

Can I rock this?! And don't even get me
started on contouring. 

I have tried few out and found some looks that I love but then there are few that I am on the fence about. Unfortunately, I don't have anyone down here to serve to help pass judgement on how the look turns out. Shane, and I say this with as much as I can muster, kind of fails in this department. When I ask him about a certain look or outfit, he typically replies with a sweet but utterly unhelpful. " I think you are beautiful in whatever makes you feel good/no matter what." Trust me, it is definitely a self confidence boost but not what I am going for when I am trying to decide how I want to shape my eyebrows or trying out new eye shadow.

Right now,there are a few different looks that I have noticed are starting to pop up and I really would love to try them out but I have no idea if I can rock them! Or even how to rock them! If any of you guys out there have experience with some of the new fashion trends,(Specifically the dark lip colors!) advice would be greatly appreciated!!

What happens when Two Chainz wears three chains?!

What is Shane Playing Tonight?!!

MADDEN.

Get used to it folks, it is going to be a long ride. 

I AM SO EXCITED ABOUT TONIGHT'S POST.

Please forgive the lack of touch ups to the photos and my bright orange pajamas : )

  My lovely youngest sister was kind enough to get me a  $20 gift card to Joann's for my birthday and I finally made up my mind on what I wanted to do with it this weekend. ( And let me just say how hard it is to only spend twenty bucks in that place. Damn near impossible, especially when you have a Pinterest addication :) )

 

This one is one of my favorites. I found
her on that That Dank Wench. The fashion
on her page is AMAZING. Check her out!

   Lately, I have been really into the adorable head chains that are popping up all over Pinterest but I haven't seen them much in stores. . Mind you, I live in a town that the mall houses a major department store in an area slightly bigger than my apartment. I did my best to search online but so much of the summer fashion is floral and floral crowns, which are equally adorable but just not what I was looking for, and the ones that I did find were a bit on the spendy side. 

So after an hour of two of shopping and another hour on Pinterest, I decided that I was going to make my own. Weirdly enough, I didn't find too many tutorials for these on the internet but I figured that it couldn't be too hard and gave it shot!

This is how mine turned out!! I just got some simple chain from Joann's. (Thank you, Syd :D ) I friggen love them. I actually made two other ones but I couldn't find them when I was posting this. They were really easy to make and I like that they are so easy to customize. I already have ideas for a few more that I am going to make for myself and a few friends. A friend suggested that I post them on Etsy, what you guys think? Would any of you be interested in one if I listed a few?! Let me know!! I am thinking about posting a tutorial on how to make these bad boys sometime in the future too!

Love all of your stinkin faces : ) 

Happy Madden Day

What is Shane playing tonight?

What else. . Madden NFL 15

Sooo. Happy Madden Day Everybody. . 

Especially all of those bored girlfriends/boyfriends sitting through yet another draft. 

For those of you readers that might not now, Madden 26 came out last night. At my house, today rivals Christmas. Sadly I am not kidding, there is a countdown and the whole next day the television is reserved specifically for Madden. We have multiple notebooks dedicated to different plays and runs for the upcoming year. There is some serious dedication to this game. . By the end of Madden "season", Shane's beard rivals the homeless guy living on the bench downstairs from my house. 

Although I do not share in the madness that is Madden Day, I did find this video that made the day a little more bearable. (Plus I can totally relate to the girlfriend in this video: ) ) 

Annnnd can I just say that Dave Franco is a babe?!

Disappointment.

So I have failed myself. 

And worse of all, I have failed you guys. 

Sorry : /

When I first started this blog, I was excited with the possibilities of where this blog could go and updating it with all of the projects/DIYs that I wanted to share with everyone out there in InternetLand. And honestly, even though we live in a land of Facebook and text message, I wanted this blog to be a way that I could feel a little less lonely in a new town and a little closer to home. . 

Unfortunately, I let that loneliness get the best of me. I have struggled off and on these last few years with being depressed and Seasonal Affective Disorder. And trust me, they both kind of suck. You get totally overwhelmed by the smallest things and the bigger projects turn into a trek up the Rockies wearing a pair of flip flops. Everything begins to become so draining and even with the best intentions, things/projects/goals suffer.Hence, the complete lack in blog posts over the last month or so.  

However, there is a little silver lining to this rain cloud. 

After a few days laying around in bed, a pity party of one, and a gnarly case of bed head, you start to realize that it is the little stuff does make it a little bit easier and that you miss being happy. (I am in no way saying that it is an immediate switch and that you can just decide to not be depressed/overwhelmed.) But little by little those small things add up and actually swapping out the leggings for a real pair of pants in the morning seems like a reachable goal. 

I am not going to promise posts on a specific day of the week because anyone who knows me knows that I suck at being on time. But I am going to be a consistent in posting.  No more month long absences and a lot less pity parties on my part. 

Soooo keep your eyes out, posts will be up soon!