Friday, March 30, 2012

ATTN: dolls

so, bettys... i think these pictures are pretty darn cool. don't get me wrong, i would never-ever do this as everyday make-up thing... BUT, if you have a dress-up day at work, are taking the kiddos out trick-or-treating, team-spirit day, homecoming...the lists are endless...i think these are soooo darn F-U-N.

  


one thing that i'm super-deeee-duper jazzed about is FOURTH OF JULY! i lololololoooove the 4th. for the last 3 years or so, we go to my husband's hometown, sit along the mississippi, watch the air show, hang out, etc... it's A-TO-THE-MAZING. i'm getting excited just thinking about it... i was super-duper jazzed this year though because i had my outfit picked out at the 4th of July last year. i saw this girl wearing a 'flag' bandana... so, i found one for $1.99 at hobby lobby... plus, i had an awesome plain white dress... hollister for $30 or $40... and then... to top it all off...DRUMROLL, PLEASE...

these.

and these.

BAM. find them here: http://www.violentlips.com/ go there... get some for eff.youuu.enn.


now, i haven't tried them yet, but i do have to say... i'm super excited to. the only boogery thing that happened now, is the 4th landed during the week... and since it's like a 3 hour drive to adam's hometown, who knows if we'll be able to go... on a weeknight. that doesn't sound like much fun. 6 hours worth of driving in a 12 hour span... well, we'll just see how it all pans out.

glitter & fun make-up,
jfizzle

my birthday is TOMORROW!

i am super crazaaaay super-de-duper annnnxious/excited to be off of work today... why, you ask? BECAUSE... I HAVE THE BEST HUBS EVVVVVER! and it's my birthday tomorrow...and because he's planning something special...and i have no idea what it is... and the celebration starts tonight! okay, insert deep breath here... i'm so stinkin' jazzed! so, the other night while i was sick, he kept me in the living room & went into the bedroom & wrapped presents for an hour or so... it was so cute. he came out with a sad face & said, 'the paper is see-through'... i got him 'not see-through' paper... he went back in & finished wrapping. gosh, moments like that...sweet things he does...melt my heart over & over... so anyways, super excited because he said he wanted to wrap it early so i could walk by it & get more & more excited... the cool thing is that he said, 'as soon as we get home on friday...i want you to sprint & open the present up!' i'm so excited... months ago he asked what i wanted... i just said that i didn't care... just something sweet. plan a day or something... so, 'best husband ever' has something up him sleeve & i am so excited. little kid in a candy store excited! :) anyways... i'm getting myself more & more worked up... TWENTY.THREE here WE come...! yeow!

  

Wednesday, March 28, 2012

being sick + etsy!

you know when you're sick & you just can't fall asleep, lay on the couch/bed, get comfortable...etc, etc... because you've been doing it for the last 2 days... and if you drink one more sip of oj, you'll burst!? well, that's been me (except for the o.j. part -- love me some o.j.)... my husband has been the best nurse...i mean, best EVER! making, or trying to make, delicious supper (i joke, babes...) & making sure that i am laying down & resting... but i just needed to do something...anything. so, i found some time to edit pictures & upload to etsy (sitting/laying, of course)... 

enjoy & i hope your feeling not sick!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/jaceland


 




Tuesday, March 27, 2012

sick.


i am sick. it is no fun. i ended up still coming to work because well, frankly... i don't have enough PTO to be sick & an other girl is already sick. so, we're short-staffed already PLUS i bought some sudafed last night, but it's not kicking in. trying to get lots of POM juice in me... i usually buy bolthouse farms, but they totally increased the price at the store i went to... like over a dollar -- no way, jose. my husband is such a good husband. he was seriously taking care of me the whole night, checking up on me, etc. i even heard truman bark & adam was like, 'truman! quiet!' it was super sweet. ah, good hubs, good hubs. i have a tendency towards ear/sinus infections... my ears keep popping, i was sweating all night, runny nose...the whole nine yards. anyways, as i'm sure you gathered, i can talk forever. so, i'm going to stop, suck on my cough drops, drink my POM & take it easy at work. xs, os & a big red runny nose, j

Monday, March 26, 2012

cozy chilly days.

these are a few of my favorite things on a chilly day (or just in an icy cold room) or when you're starting to get a bad case of the sniffles...
 --
the north face denali fleece hoodie (dark gray/light gray below)

truth be told, i've been drooling over some North Face jacket for a while... but, like our pastor was saying last Sunday, we need to be more content (and that's the shortened version...:) ) so anyways, there was no way that we were going to be willing to pay around $200+ for a coat -- YEOW! plus, it's not like my winter coat isn't sufficiant... it is... and it's super-de-duper cutesy...STILL! what do i mean by 'still'? i have had my winter coat since i was about a junior in high school... it was a $200 abercrombie coat that my parents scored for like $80 on ebay! BAM! brand new with tags & everything! it's A.to.the.MAZING. but i just wanted an update, esp since the seams are started to get a little tired... so anyways, this coat... we got it this weeked... it was $180. eh, no thanks... on sale for $120. eh, still no thanks. how about taking another 40% off of that?! yeah, i think we can do that! so, i got a brand new winter 'coat' for like $78! score. i wanted black, but they had this one & the more .i think about it, it's prob a good idea because black would get puppy hair all over it. and i should branch out. i wear black ALL.THE.TIME. they even had a matching one for mister husband, but we decided that he wouldn't wear it unless i told him to & he had other hoodies/coats that he hearts more. so, we didn't get it. he told me that we were going to be laying in bed that night & i was going to regret it. he might be right. maybe i'll have mom-in-law pick it up. us in our cute little matching northfaces. snazzy.
--
ugg australia ansley (in black)
got these bad boys for Christmas from my brotha & sissssta... sweet, eh? i had never given into the 'ugg hype'... i thought it was just a fashion trend & wasn't going to bother spending unneccesary oogles of money on something like that. but i was curious. so, i put it on my list...just to try. whatever, it's Christmas & i didn't know else to put. um, once i slipped these badboys on my foot -- i knew i was in for monster trouble. i knew my feet would never go back. i immediately started searching for an ugg tall boot. and my mom & dad were going to get me some jordan boots, but it was a scam site, so they still wanted to get me something. i took that portion of moolah & put it towards some new uggs! BAM!
--
ugg australia tularosa route detachable boots (in black & gray)

 

these badboys are like hugs for your feet. i don't know what else to say... ummm, i got these on sale + free shipping at victoria's secret... AAAYYYmazing. i mean, they were still a hefty penny, but you know, i'll get years + years + more years outta 'em & they're good quality, so i'm alright with that. i wear them ALL.THE.TIME. the only negative is... if you walk/shuffle like me... prepare to be shocked when you touch metal. insert my sad faces HERE. :( um, another good thing... they fold up, so you can wear the knit part as a tall knee-high with leggings (supppaaaa cute FYI) or you can detach it all together & just have your basic black UGG! so basically three in one, right? that's how i justified it... :)
--
starbucks white peppermint mocha
honestly, i don't even think this picture looks that good, but boy oh boy are these taaaaaaaaasty. nom nom. sit on the couch, snuggle with your hunnie, puppy, or blanky...watch some movies & sip. perfection.
--
movies (whatever genre tickles your fancy)
cuddle up, sit back & relax.
--
candles!
  
nothing cozier than candles... oooooh! esp in a bubble bath -- YES! my candle of choice for the cold, wintery season is an amazing one from bath & body -- i scored it on semi-annual, but now i can't remember the name. i will investigate & let you know laaataaaa! :) it smells like a friggin' pine tree...AAAAymAZING. i used to work at the LIMITED & they had this fragrence that was unlike any other i had smelled... piney but perfumey... and i couldn't find it again. they only sell it around Christmas & then they stopped. but when i stumbled upon this, well...i wish i woulda bought that out. i'm not even exaggerating. ask my husband.
--
highschool/college alma mater hoodies/sweats (these are the best as long as they still fit! :) )
 
orrrr, just rock some oversized vickies gear... tight cute little things can be worn, but for extreme comfort, get something you'll swim in & enjoy. you can thank me later! :)

other things for cozy, chilly, 'getting sick' days (check my name for the last one...)
-a nice pillow
-furry friends (as in pets...or your fav stuffed animal)
-soup
-24.7 million blankets
-kleenex (oh, vicks are good)
-my friends here are saying 'sudafed' behind the counter... the kind you show id for? hmmm...
-warm socks

i think i've exhausted my 'sicky/cold list'... any suggestions? comment below! i'd love to hear from you!

sniffles, hugs & blankets,
j

a lovely weekend.

what an AAAAAYYYYmazing weekend. seriously. i haven't had a weekend that relaxing in a.long.time. no alarms. that's right -- let me repeat -- NO ALARMS. all weekend, you ask? yeah, no alarms ALL WEEKEND. husband & i just relaxed... well, i did... he had an 'alumni basketball tournament' & if i may say so myself, he is the superstar... seriously, he's so good & it's so fun to watch him move. when he feels challenged or upset, it drives him even further & he gets his ball on... so cute. such a proud little wifey! :) superstar husband was going up for a wicked-smart foul & took a hard, hard fall... poor hubs ribs, hips & elbows are pretty sore today... i started rubbing his arm & had to stop it hurt! he never says to stop with a massage, so you know it must hurt pretty bad if that's the case! poor bug!

what else happened this weekend... OOOH, celebrated an early bday with mom-in-law... a little secret: I.JACIE.LOVE.BUTTONS. don't ask me why -- i don't know... all i know is they make me happy. and there are so many crafting possibilities with buttons. they are so different. so fun! so, anyways...she gets my buttons all the time & i lolololoooove it! i also got my favs... LINDT LINDOR WHITE CHOCOLATE... oh my goodness--so SO good. she gave me a whole tin full -- i was lovin' it... and i got some stickers for my etsy projects & money... such a gracious mama...

and food -- so much good food this weekend. spagetti pizza? yes, please! new hole-in-the-wall-hometown-homeowned restaurants?! yes, please! lots of hugs & sleeping in with the puppies -- best.weekend.ever.

      

xs.os.buttons.happy colors.lotsa love,
jace

Thursday, March 22, 2012

truman & sydney


i just had to send a little blog love to our babies... truman & sydney... beeteedubs, their 'official' names are Doctor Truman Smith & Princess Sydney of Edinborough. my husband picks good names, huh? anyways, they are good little friends. tru (truman, trumanators, big cat, wicked beast & many other nicknames) is a great friend to daddy & mommy & is a great big brother. syds (little cat, sydneysquidheadword & other nicknames) is a great friend to anyone who looks at her & a great little sister. she has ample amount of kisses that are just searching frantically for a home on somebody's...anybody's cheekers!

  
  
  

besides husband & i being besties, they are our besties as well... to be quite honest, they were out 'best man' & 'maid of honour' in our wedding... we had all of our brothers & sisters stand up with us, didn't wanna pick, so just decided they could have the 'special honor' that day... they were so excited when we told them. they even got gifts like the rest of our bridal party... :)

anyways, loves to truman & sydney...
xo,
j

dumB.

me: 'i love you. in addition, happy 6 months of wedded bliss!'
husband: 'Thanks for wishing me an additional month of wedded bliss. I guess that means you think this next month will be blissful. That's good news. I look forward to it.'

FAIL. happy anniversary. ONE.MONTH.EARLY. iD10t...

2 for 2. spelled 'chow'...and wished husband happy a.day 1 month early. boo me.

october 22, 2011

holy moly, batman... i cannot believe that i've been married to the most wonderfulist man in this whole entire world for 6 MONTHS already (and just incase you forgot, husband...and are reading this... :) ). it is nuts to me how fast the time goes by... especially when it seems like just yesterday i was freaking out because the hotel had dropped our booking or because 50+ invitations mysteriously got lost in the mail...YEOW. i loved wedding planning. when i was doing it, i was stressed -- that's for sure, but i was also trying to soak in every single memory, feeling & enjoyment out of it because i knew later on, i would miss the snot outta it... and low & behold (that's the saying, right?)...here we are. and i miss it. however, etsy is definitely a helpful creative outlet & i can help lots of brides there... anyways, love you, husband. forever & ever & ever.

here's to 50+ more years with my bestiebestiemcbesterson, or whatever the good Lord gives us...

loves to a beautiful bug...

brotherly lo-lo-lo-love.

other things that make me happy in life are... FAM.IL.Y. my brother, justin is an amazing person. and i'm not just saying this because i know he'll be reading this -- it's because he is. anyone who is lucky enough to get to know him is well...lucky, i guess? wow, wording is wrong on that one. oh well... anyways, he sent me this email this morning & if this doesn't make you wanna meet him, then you stink. jaaykaay.

Hi,
-Love you for who you are.
-Love how you love on my daughters.
-Love how you love on my wife.
-Love how you are examining belief system and asking thoughtful questions.
-Like the new font / blog setup, looks great,
-You have a VERY involved skin care routine, wow.
-Chow: to eat.   (used at the end of the skin care post)
-Caio: An Italian word that can be used as an acknowledgement of 'Hello' or 'Goodbye'. (the word that should have been used at the end of the skin care post) ; )-
-You can indeed learn something from everyone you meet, 'meanies' can teach what the embodiment of bitterness, envy, lack of joy, or lack of grace look like.  This can show just how ugly life can be when these traits are allowed to fester inside a person...something that Christians do not want to harbor...and why forgiveness is so important...and amazing.
Aim for Perfection!
~Justin
how funny/cute is this? i mean, seriously... so encouraging. so happy to have him & his family/my family in my husband & my corner...BAM!
and also, CAIO (insert my sad face here...feeling a little DUM (i meant to not put a 'b' beeteedubs...)

happiness.

first off, good morning! what a happy, beautiful blessing this day has been ALREADY! so, obviously these 'meanies' who i was talking about in the first post have been just eating away at me (& my husband to be quite honest...). sometimes it is difficult to understand why people are the way they are. we have been praying so hard, not for them to stop necessarily, but for 1. the Lords' will to be done & 2. for the Lord to give us the proper words/response/reaction because i alone am to stubborn & sarcastic to do it on my own. this morning, i bought the meanies some breakfast stuff & went & sat at my desk. i was originally just going to buy my buddies breakfast stuff, but then decided that in an effort to spread some joy, i would extend some love, regaurdless of how little or how small. so, i sat at my desk & the Lord laid a sense of calming on my heart. a calming that i could no longer feel my pride, my sarcasm, my closed up & hurt heart, all i could feel was the sense of needing to apologize. not necessarily because i had started anything... because i certainly did not. however, i was stooping down to these girl's level. i was letting my anger fester inside, make my days hard & angry & let them get the best of me. so, i went over, apologized if i had hurt anyone's feelings & just spilled my guts. it was amazing. i felt a weight lifted off of me. i immediately emailed my husband & what wife doesn't love hearing the supporting words from her husband, 'i'm very proud of you for what you did.' my heart melted. not only did i feel i was doing what was honoring God, but my husband as well. my little heart melted -- winna winna, chicken dinna.

on a similar topic(ish)... it's sort of cool -- my husband & i got baptized together this past weekend. i have felt like we made a very public commitment of our faith & obviously Satan didn't like that too much. there have been various EXTREMELY bad things happening this week... i just think he's trying to pull us back down. the cool thing is, my faith isn't wavering...at all. i'm not angry that 'these things are happening to me & my loved ones'... i'm looking at it more as a challenge in, 'okay, jace... how is the correct, Godly way to handle this new situation?' or, 'is the old situation really worth getting upset about?' or, 'let's rearrange priorities.' it's just so refreshing...and pretty exciting for me, really. i mean, i don't enjoy these trials, i don't wish them upon anyone, but maybe...no, not maybe... i know that the Lord is throwing some things my way to test, challenge & help me/my husband grow. how much cooler can life get than that.

below is how happy i am right now... :) sunshine & roses, people... sunshine & roses...

Wednesday, March 21, 2012

good swag. good times.

scored some super-de-duper-de-ooper good swag tonight... :) so excited... new estee lauder stuff, new awesome clock to snazzy up our walls (have i mentioned i'm a HUGE bargain shopper? $120 clock for like $45 or something), a LED flashlight for my hubs (it's actually kinda cool!), and all sorts of other stuff... anyways...
um, by the way... jimmie kimmel is on... sometimes he's funny... tonight he's being a sillyhead...making fun of santorum & his family. kinda annoying -- oh politics.

well, i have to go. i have lots & lots of catching up to do on cuddling the puppies & the husband.




i mean, just look at these babies... they're begging to be cuddled...

xoxo

super-duper excited!

so i have this friend. she rocks. i started to fret about getting lines & wrinkles, so she took my to the estee lauder counter. she said that i have to get her skin system made by them, but boy-oh-boy are they pricey. she had a coupon, so i said i would try them. the good thing about estee lauder is if you don't like the product, they will give you a full refund back -- even if you've used the product! so, of course -- it was a win-win because i absolutely adore the products i use... i mean, adore. i can tell a huge difference in how (not)cakey my face looks when my make-up is applied around my eyes... they look WAY better, way more moisturized. i'm still waiting on the dark circles to disappear, but you know... it helps me work on my patience. so, here's why i'm super-de-duper jazzed... because the GOODWILL SALE is going on right now at YOUNKERS! who wouldn't be excited for that? it's the only time of year where they give you coupons that you can spend on make-up counters! so, BAM, there's 15% of the estee lauder stuff & guess what else... if you sign up for a card, BAM, another 20% off on top of the! BAM-A-LAM i say! so super-duper excited!

here's the products i use for my skin routine (including estee lauder products & others you can find at walmart, target, walgreens, online...pretty much anywhere):

 Radiance Facial Cleanser
burt's bees radiance facial cleanser (originally bought before estee lauder stuff, but didn't do the trick on it's own, so now i use it first & foremost...smells kinda funny, but i love)


Citrus Facial Scrub

burt's bees citrus facial scrub (had to try this stuff since kandee johnson loved it...beeteedubs, if you haven't read her blog(s), you need to...)

Perfectly Clean
estee lauder's perfectly clean (part of my estee lauder 'system'... it LITERALLY makes your face feel 'sqeaky clean'. the only issue i had with this is that i felt like without an exfoliator or a cleansing toner, my face still had make-up caked on even after washing or a shower. i HAVE to use this with exfoliator/toner to get the full clean... peeee.esssss. close your eyes when washing...it stings, otherwise!)

step 4: get out of shower, pat down dry!



neutrogena's rapid clear 2-in-1 fight & fade toner (i originally started using this after i ran out of my ALBA toner, which i loved, but they didn't have at the store i was at... i love this, too, & have no complaints! it cleans well!)

i also got a free sample of this that i have been using... it's good, but i love my others, so the verdict is still out whether it is worth the extra how ever many dolla-dolla bills, yawl.
Soft Clean


Idealist

estee lauder's idealist (this stuff is good -- and it looks irridecenty.... good times, good times. smells nummy, too!)

Advanced Night Repair
estee lauder's advanced night repair (love this stuff. this + the 'eye repair' (next step) are the maceroni to cheese of your face... does that make sense? probably not. 5 drops of this stuff & you're set.)

Advanced Night Repair Eye 
estee lauder's advanced night eye repair (this stuff is so soothing & nice on eyes... it almost has a warming sensation-type thing... love it! a little goes a loooong way!)

step 8: http://www.luckyvitamin.com/p-20456-alba-botanica-un-petroleum-multi-purpose-jelly-35-oz

alba botanica's un-petroleum multi-purpose jelly (i had first started using this stuff after kandee johnson said she uses it & used the 'dried out bread' analogy... look her up & check out her blogs! she's amazing & so is this un-petroleum! it feels like you have vaseline on your face, but it keeps everything sealed it. i use to use it all the time & stopped for a while, but just started again last night. use it & lolololoooove it! :) )

step 9: grab your hubby, cuddle up, fall asleep, have sweet dreams, wake up in the a.m., repeat, then go have a wonderful, sunshiney day!

if you haven't heard of the 'goodwill sale', check out the good cause:

CHOW!
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