A is for Adrian

     I have tried to write this post several times this week, for some reason the words never sound right. So instead I will just tell the story, my story about a friend. Not just any friend, but someone who I hold close to my heart and I know I'm not the only one. For those of you who have been reading my blog from the beginning you know him too. He is an A in many of my stories. He was an avid reader of my blog, often commenting on my ridiculous stories and random musings.

     I awoke especially early Monday morning, groggy and half alive to a blaring alarm. I set the alarm the night before in hopes to catch A online before his Monday was over. As I rolled over to shut the alarm on my phone off I saw I had a message. Bleary eyed I squinted to make out the message. It was from C...it read: A is dead.

     A is for Adrian. Adrian, this is my letter to you...

     I have tried to write this post several times this week, for some reason the words never sound right. So instead I will just tell the story, my story about a friend. Not just any friend, but someone who I hold close to my heart and I know I'm not the only one. For those of you who have been reading my blog from the beginning you know him too. He is an A in many of my stories. He was an avid reader of my blog, often commenting on my ridiculous stories and random musings.

     I awoke especially early Monday morning, groggy and half alive to a blaring alarm. I set the alarm the night before in hopes to catch A online before his Monday was over. As I rolled over to shut the alarm on my phone off I saw I had a message. Bleary eyed I squinted to make out the message. It was from C...it read: A is dead.

     A is for Adrian. Adrian, this is my letter to you...

     I have tried to write this post several times this week, for some reason the words never sound right. So instead I will just tell the story, my story about a friend. Not just any friend, but someone who I hold close to my heart and I know I'm not the only one. For those of you who have been reading my blog from the beginning you know him too. He is an A in many of my stories. He was an avid reader of my blog, often commenting on my ridiculous stories and random musings.

     I awoke especially early Monday morning, groggy and half alive to a blaring alarm. I set the alarm the night before in hopes to catch A online before his Monday was over. As I rolled over to shut the alarm on my phone off I saw I had a message. Bleary eyed I squinted to make out the message. It was from C...it read: A is dead.

     A is for Adrian. Adrian, this is my letter to you...

     I have tried to write this post several times this week, for some reason the words never sound right. So instead I will just tell the story, my story about a friend. Not just any friend, but someone who I hold close to my heart and I know I'm not the only one. For those of you who have been reading my blog from the beginning you know him too. He is an A in many of my stories. He was an avid reader of my blog, often commenting on my ridiculous stories and random musings.

     I awoke especially early Monday morning, groggy and half alive to a blaring alarm. I set the alarm the night before in hopes to catch A online before his Monday was over. As I rolled over to shut the alarm on my phone off I saw I had a message. Bleary eyed I squinted to make out the message. It was from C...it read: A is dead.

     A is for Adrian. Adrian, this is my letter to you...

So Easy My Dog Could Do It: Part I - Fixing Crumbled Makeup

     Hey there Internet world!

     I've decided to add a series onto my growing number of tutorials: So Easy My Dog Could Do It. Named this way because my dog (I love her dearly) is particularly intellectually challenged. This week I'm showing you a SUPER EASY tutorial on how to fix powder-based makeup that may have broken into tiny, unmanageable pieces. Many people just get tired of dealing with it and throw it out, or turn it into something else. While I encourage turning something old into something new, there is now no need to fret - you can still use that eyeshadow that has...err...seen better days.

     I'll even take it one step further and include an easy (hopefully reminder) to clean your brushes as well!

Tutorial after the break.

This happened while I was in Asia, and I continued to travel with it - making it particularly messy, but I'll show you how to get it back into tip-top shape!

     Hey there Internet world!

     I've decided to add a series onto my growing number of tutorials: So Easy My Dog Could Do It. Named this way because my dog (I love her dearly) is particularly intellectually challenged. This week I'm showing you a SUPER EASY tutorial on how to fix powder-based makeup that may have broken into tiny, unmanageable pieces. Many people just get tired of dealing with it and throw it out, or turn it into something else. While I encourage turning something old into something new, there is now no need to fret - you can still use that eyeshadow that has...err...seen better days.

     I'll even take it one step further and include an easy (hopefully reminder) to clean your brushes as well!

Tutorial after the break.

This happened while I was in Asia, and I continued to travel with it - making it particularly messy, but I'll show you how to get it back into tip-top shape!

     Hey there Internet world!

     I've decided to add a series onto my growing number of tutorials: So Easy My Dog Could Do It. Named this way because my dog (I love her dearly) is particularly intellectually challenged. This week I'm showing you a SUPER EASY tutorial on how to fix powder-based makeup that may have broken into tiny, unmanageable pieces. Many people just get tired of dealing with it and throw it out, or turn it into something else. While I encourage turning something old into something new, there is now no need to fret - you can still use that eyeshadow that has...err...seen better days.

     I'll even take it one step further and include an easy (hopefully reminder) to clean your brushes as well!

Tutorial after the break.

This happened while I was in Asia, and I continued to travel with it - making it particularly messy, but I'll show you how to get it back into tip-top shape!

     Hey there Internet world!

     I've decided to add a series onto my growing number of tutorials: So Easy My Dog Could Do It. Named this way because my dog (I love her dearly) is particularly intellectually challenged. This week I'm showing you a SUPER EASY tutorial on how to fix powder-based makeup that may have broken into tiny, unmanageable pieces. Many people just get tired of dealing with it and throw it out, or turn it into something else. While I encourage turning something old into something new, there is now no need to fret - you can still use that eyeshadow that has...err...seen better days.

     I'll even take it one step further and include an easy (hopefully reminder) to clean your brushes as well!

Tutorial after the break.

This happened while I was in Asia, and I continued to travel with it - making it particularly messy, but I'll show you how to get it back into tip-top shape!

Cleaning and prepping glass jars

     Re-using glass jars is an effective and easy way to store things. Different sizes work better for different uses. Food storage, craft supplies, gifts, you name it, jars offer a great way to package things with no cost (you are going to buy whatever is in the glass jar anyway right?).

     However, there are a few annoying things about jars. First, how do you get those pesky labels off? Secondly, what about the smells of certain jars that held pickles or garlic?

   Tips, tricks, and how-to's after the break!

     Re-using glass jars is an effective and easy way to store things. Different sizes work better for different uses. Food storage, craft supplies, gifts, you name it, jars offer a great way to package things with no cost (you are going to buy whatever is in the glass jar anyway right?).

     However, there are a few annoying things about jars. First, how do you get those pesky labels off? Secondly, what about the smells of certain jars that held pickles or garlic?

   Tips, tricks, and how-to's after the break!

     Re-using glass jars is an effective and easy way to store things. Different sizes work better for different uses. Food storage, craft supplies, gifts, you name it, jars offer a great way to package things with no cost (you are going to buy whatever is in the glass jar anyway right?).

     However, there are a few annoying things about jars. First, how do you get those pesky labels off? Secondly, what about the smells of certain jars that held pickles or garlic?

   Tips, tricks, and how-to's after the break!

     Re-using glass jars is an effective and easy way to store things. Different sizes work better for different uses. Food storage, craft supplies, gifts, you name it, jars offer a great way to package things with no cost (you are going to buy whatever is in the glass jar anyway right?).

     However, there are a few annoying things about jars. First, how do you get those pesky labels off? Secondly, what about the smells of certain jars that held pickles or garlic?

   Tips, tricks, and how-to's after the break!

Motivation, motivation, motivation

Howdy! Sorry I've lacked in consistency lately. My life has currently been doing a tour on the struggle bus, so I've been MIA. I won't bore you with the details because everyone's got problems.

Anyway, I'm an avid gym-goer, and for the most part always have been. Most regulars get annoyed around this time of year. Everyone's got a new year's resolution to lose X amount of weight and this usually results in a line for your favorite machine, not enough room at the benches, etc., etc. It's about this time when the gym starts to calm down and get back to its normal self. However, I'm not like most people, I get kinda sad when this happens. It feels as if an entire population either got "too busy" or gave up on their dream. America isn't the only overweight nation out there, trust me and although I slowly see certain societal images changing here there is still a big problem (seriously no pun intended). Not to mention even if you look a "normal" weight to the general population, if you can still have self-image issues, and you deserve to want to look your best.

I'm dedicating this post for ways to stay motivated and on top of your body-image goals. After the break there will be tips and tricks for even small things you can do to keep yourself on track toward your goal.

Please excuse all of my lame images, I'm having too much fun on Google image search this morning...

Howdy! Sorry I've lacked in consistency lately. My life has currently been doing a tour on the struggle bus, so I've been MIA. I won't bore you with the details because everyone's got problems.

Anyway, I'm an avid gym-goer, and for the most part always have been. Most regulars get annoyed around this time of year. Everyone's got a new year's resolution to lose X amount of weight and this usually results in a line for your favorite machine, not enough room at the benches, etc., etc. It's about this time when the gym starts to calm down and get back to its normal self. However, I'm not like most people, I get kinda sad when this happens. It feels as if an entire population either got "too busy" or gave up on their dream. America isn't the only overweight nation out there, trust me and although I slowly see certain societal images changing here there is still a big problem (seriously no pun intended). Not to mention even if you look a "normal" weight to the general population, if you can still have self-image issues, and you deserve to want to look your best.

I'm dedicating this post for ways to stay motivated and on top of your body-image goals. After the break there will be tips and tricks for even small things you can do to keep yourself on track toward your goal.

Please excuse all of my lame images, I'm having too much fun on Google image search this morning...

Howdy! Sorry I've lacked in consistency lately. My life has currently been doing a tour on the struggle bus, so I've been MIA. I won't bore you with the details because everyone's got problems.

Anyway, I'm an avid gym-goer, and for the most part always have been. Most regulars get annoyed around this time of year. Everyone's got a new year's resolution to lose X amount of weight and this usually results in a line for your favorite machine, not enough room at the benches, etc., etc. It's about this time when the gym starts to calm down and get back to its normal self. However, I'm not like most people, I get kinda sad when this happens. It feels as if an entire population either got "too busy" or gave up on their dream. America isn't the only overweight nation out there, trust me and although I slowly see certain societal images changing here there is still a big problem (seriously no pun intended). Not to mention even if you look a "normal" weight to the general population, if you can still have self-image issues, and you deserve to want to look your best.

I'm dedicating this post for ways to stay motivated and on top of your body-image goals. After the break there will be tips and tricks for even small things you can do to keep yourself on track toward your goal.

Please excuse all of my lame images, I'm having too much fun on Google image search this morning...

Howdy! Sorry I've lacked in consistency lately. My life has currently been doing a tour on the struggle bus, so I've been MIA. I won't bore you with the details because everyone's got problems.

Anyway, I'm an avid gym-goer, and for the most part always have been. Most regulars get annoyed around this time of year. Everyone's got a new year's resolution to lose X amount of weight and this usually results in a line for your favorite machine, not enough room at the benches, etc., etc. It's about this time when the gym starts to calm down and get back to its normal self. However, I'm not like most people, I get kinda sad when this happens. It feels as if an entire population either got "too busy" or gave up on their dream. America isn't the only overweight nation out there, trust me and although I slowly see certain societal images changing here there is still a big problem (seriously no pun intended). Not to mention even if you look a "normal" weight to the general population, if you can still have self-image issues, and you deserve to want to look your best.

I'm dedicating this post for ways to stay motivated and on top of your body-image goals. After the break there will be tips and tricks for even small things you can do to keep yourself on track toward your goal.

Please excuse all of my lame images, I'm having too much fun on Google image search this morning...

Recycling Candles

Hello all!

     I've been a busy worker bee, doing lots of DIY lately and I thought I'd share my most recent project; recycling candles. We all have candles with burnt out wicks but plenty of leftover wax. Fear not my friend, you can still use that wax! There are a few ways to do this, but I have my preferred method after many fails. I wouldn't call this a beginner project, but it isn't impossible either, you just have to pay attention (and not much is more boring than watching water boil, but seriously pay attention!) or you will end up with a huge mess on your hands...and all over your kitchen and floor.

     I love this one because you get a nice layered candle that will go through all of your favorite scents! It's also such an easy way to avoid throwing out lots of awesome and easily re-usable material, saving you tons of money!

     I highly encourage you to read the entire tutorial before attempting this one as I've laid out a lot of options and a lot of scenarios that I've encountered through trial and error. 

Tutorial after the break!

PS...please excuse my lame photography, my nice camera is having battery issues and my phone was the closest thing around me =)

Hello all!

     I've been a busy worker bee, doing lots of DIY lately and I thought I'd share my most recent project; recycling candles. We all have candles with burnt out wicks but plenty of leftover wax. Fear not my friend, you can still use that wax! There are a few ways to do this, but I have my preferred method after many fails. I wouldn't call this a beginner project, but it isn't impossible either, you just have to pay attention (and not much is more boring than watching water boil, but seriously pay attention!) or you will end up with a huge mess on your hands...and all over your kitchen and floor.

     I love this one because you get a nice layered candle that will go through all of your favorite scents! It's also such an easy way to avoid throwing out lots of awesome and easily re-usable material, saving you tons of money!

     I highly encourage you to read the entire tutorial before attempting this one as I've laid out a lot of options and a lot of scenarios that I've encountered through trial and error. 

Tutorial after the break!

PS...please excuse my lame photography, my nice camera is having battery issues and my phone was the closest thing around me =)

Hello all!

     I've been a busy worker bee, doing lots of DIY lately and I thought I'd share my most recent project; recycling candles. We all have candles with burnt out wicks but plenty of leftover wax. Fear not my friend, you can still use that wax! There are a few ways to do this, but I have my preferred method after many fails. I wouldn't call this a beginner project, but it isn't impossible either, you just have to pay attention (and not much is more boring than watching water boil, but seriously pay attention!) or you will end up with a huge mess on your hands...and all over your kitchen and floor.

     I love this one because you get a nice layered candle that will go through all of your favorite scents! It's also such an easy way to avoid throwing out lots of awesome and easily re-usable material, saving you tons of money!

     I highly encourage you to read the entire tutorial before attempting this one as I've laid out a lot of options and a lot of scenarios that I've encountered through trial and error. 

Tutorial after the break!

PS...please excuse my lame photography, my nice camera is having battery issues and my phone was the closest thing around me =)

Hello all!

     I've been a busy worker bee, doing lots of DIY lately and I thought I'd share my most recent project; recycling candles. We all have candles with burnt out wicks but plenty of leftover wax. Fear not my friend, you can still use that wax! There are a few ways to do this, but I have my preferred method after many fails. I wouldn't call this a beginner project, but it isn't impossible either, you just have to pay attention (and not much is more boring than watching water boil, but seriously pay attention!) or you will end up with a huge mess on your hands...and all over your kitchen and floor.

     I love this one because you get a nice layered candle that will go through all of your favorite scents! It's also such an easy way to avoid throwing out lots of awesome and easily re-usable material, saving you tons of money!

     I highly encourage you to read the entire tutorial before attempting this one as I've laid out a lot of options and a lot of scenarios that I've encountered through trial and error. 

Tutorial after the break!

PS...please excuse my lame photography, my nice camera is having battery issues and my phone was the closest thing around me =)

DIY Coasters

Please check out my new blog at  https://.www.foxintheforest.net for tales of adventure and travel :)
 
Hello and happy new year! I had big plans on some epic new year post, but I'm not really into those sorts of things. The new year is just a reason for me to accidentally back date checks by a year (yes, I still, on occasion, write them). So instead of a nostalgic year end/beginning post I've decided to share with you a gift I made for my parents, handmade coasters with photographs from their travels. They were a HUGE hit and if you put in a little elbow grease they make a really nice gift.

Directions after the break

Please check out my new blog at  https://.www.foxintheforest.net for tales of adventure and travel :)
 
Hello and happy new year! I had big plans on some epic new year post, but I'm not really into those sorts of things. The new year is just a reason for me to accidentally back date checks by a year (yes, I still, on occasion, write them). So instead of a nostalgic year end/beginning post I've decided to share with you a gift I made for my parents, handmade coasters with photographs from their travels. They were a HUGE hit and if you put in a little elbow grease they make a really nice gift.

Directions after the break

Please check out my new blog at  https://.www.foxintheforest.net for tales of adventure and travel :)
 
Hello and happy new year! I had big plans on some epic new year post, but I'm not really into those sorts of things. The new year is just a reason for me to accidentally back date checks by a year (yes, I still, on occasion, write them). So instead of a nostalgic year end/beginning post I've decided to share with you a gift I made for my parents, handmade coasters with photographs from their travels. They were a HUGE hit and if you put in a little elbow grease they make a really nice gift.

Directions after the break

Please check out my new blog at  https://.www.foxintheforest.net for tales of adventure and travel :)
 
Hello and happy new year! I had big plans on some epic new year post, but I'm not really into those sorts of things. The new year is just a reason for me to accidentally back date checks by a year (yes, I still, on occasion, write them). So instead of a nostalgic year end/beginning post I've decided to share with you a gift I made for my parents, handmade coasters with photographs from their travels. They were a HUGE hit and if you put in a little elbow grease they make a really nice gift.

Directions after the break