Life with the Family O

Category: Goals

  • Moving Day

    Moving Day

  • I Finally Learned How to Put on Makeup!

    Thanks to Carissa the Makeup expert, I now, at 37 know how to put on makeup! I am so excited about this. Truth is, I never really learned how to properly put on makeup- just started playing around with it in Jr. High, taking my cues from friends and Madonna, lol.

    Last week, on Colorado Parent Magazine’s Facebook page there was a post that piqued my interest. It was to recruit 5 local moms, in different stages of motherhood. They wanted the Mom’s to attend a Make-Up Swap and Session with Carissa of Carissa Beauty, a Make Up Artist. Carissa is also the Walmart beauty expert. She has done makeup for Trista Suttons appearance in Womens World Mag. and others around Denver. Carissa was awesome!

    I arrived at a really cool, modern studio where Elitches used to be. It is called StudioWed and brides to be can come for one-stop shopping for vendors of all things bridal… It is so cute, welcoming and just nice on the eyes!

    I was a bit nervous walking in, but that quickly went away. Everyone was so friendly and welcoming. We sat a round table with mirrors at each seat. Carissa had one Mom go up and be the model. The rest watched and then followed along with our own make-up. What I really loved is that she had us use our own make-up. This was huge, because I thought that I had bought a bunch of junk – turns out I was wrong! I had thought that I would probably need to go buy new make-up after the session. I was so wrong! I used my own make-up and it actually looked good! Yeah Carissa!! Truly a feat I did not think was possible.

    After we learned all about make-up and how to apply, Carissa took us to the swap table. WOW! What a great idea. She hosts Make-Up Swap parties, you bring any unused products and trade for other great products that others have brought. I made out with Oil of Olay Revitalize Firming Cream, an eyeshadow brush and some fancy lipgloss!

    All in all- FUN, INFORMATIVE, HELPFUL!

    Thanks to Colorado Parent Magazine and Carissa Beauty from the hookedonbeauty.com blog !

    Pictures to follow shortly!

  • I Did It!

    So you may not know that I am a computer tech by trade, have been in the I.T. biz for over 13 years now. Whew! Over the past few years my husband and I dove into html, flash and some other web tools. We started updating sites for companies after we got good and now, I created a client website, all on my own! From scratch! Ok well almost scratch. I started with a basic template and went on from there. It was super time-intensive, but it was fun! Now I have 3 more in the making. Check out my first official solo project: www.myradiantwedding.com

    Feedback, please!

  • Okay Nevermind

    It is what it is. Even as much as I don’t like that saying, I have to say. it is what it is.

    Remember the camera I wrote about? Well it turns out the girl that was going to sell it to me can’t find it, she said her husband thinks she sold it last summer. :O(

    I was really, truly bummed as I read the email. My dreams of finally having an awesome camera were dashed. My dreams of taking beautiful pictures of my kids, food, and nature – gone. But, oh well. It is what it is. For now I will keep on keeping on. Also, my husband won a flip from Lloyds Barbershop. I used it for the bread pictures, not bad at all!

  • I’ll Be Honest

    I have always wanted to be a photographer. I always figured I would buy a supernice camera someday and then self-teach. Well that day still has not come, currently I look at the pictures I have posted and they just are not up to par. Especially if you look at what blog pictures should like like. Currently I am using my mother-in-laws camera which is a Kodak Easyshare with no working display. It’s a challenge to say the least.

    So I decided to just put it out there and see what I could come up with. Looking at craigslist the cheapest, nicest setup would be around $300 for a used one. It was then that I decided to hop on over to the WANTED section of craigslist. I offered $100 and received a response within the hour! She is a wedding photographer and has a sweet Canon Powershot that she used before she bought her SLR. She has even offered to give me a quick lesson and some tips when I pick it up! I am so very excited. I can’t wait to learn, to experiment, to bake and take pictures and most of all to capture great pictures of my boys! Thanks Craigslist!

  • Why I said Goodbye to TV


    For years and years I was a queen of TV, I had my lineup every night. I would work all day, do some gardening then head in for 4 hours of TV. You name it, I watched it… Reality TV, nighttime Soaps, gameshows, etc. I would even screen calls and not take them if the show I was watching was interesting (sorry honey!). Sad I know. Only I didn’t realize how sad until I started weening myself. Not a self-ween, mind you. It was having children, that was my original reason for not having a ton of screen time. But as time went on, I started realizing how much time I had truly wasted on nothingness. Garbage, refuse. While my oldest was younger we always had 2 tv’s in our house. Cable, DVR, DVD player, Netflix account. As time had gone on some more I had no desire to watch TV but I found myself turning it on when I would enter a room that had a TV. We finally decided to do away with it once and for all. We gave away our TV’s, canceled cable and netflix ($100 a month!) and we have been TV free for about 2 years now. What a life change. What an eye-opener. If you love TV I would suggest intentionally turning it off and try doing something different (crafting, organizing, call a friend/relative to catch up, you name it, the possibilities are endless). Unplug for a little while.

    Ok so in my title I said “Why I said goodbye to TV (well almost)” – Now for the almost – The internet provides access to virtually any show … so for now I do admit I still catch Top Chef, 30 Rock, Parks and Recreation and The Office online. Good thing with watching online – it is on my terms, I don’t get taken captive.

    Anyway, for what it’s worth!

  • Here We Go!

    For months I have been truly inspired by a friend to start blogging. I created my blog months ago but I get so intimated when comes time to write. The very first post you read on here was from July 2009 it is now Feb 2010. I recently found this awesome blog on my friends blog and it rekindled my desire to blog…. I don’t want to lose any more time.

    I only barely passed English Composition and I always let that get the best of me. Now, inspired once again – I shall write and not worry about how “pretty” it looks. I want to share, I want to journal, so hop on and let’s see where this goes! Please try to overlook my errors and enjoy!

  • playgrounds and porta potties

    it is turning out to be quite the summer.  i am really enjoying being my kids mom – we get to do anything we want everyday!  sometimes we plan but most times we just “go”.  we have been to countless playgrounds, our neighborhood pool and the mountains.  so much to do in colorado, we love it!  <div><br></div><div>before i was married with kids i had no clue that i would find a whole new set of things to get excited about.  fun playgrounds with the coolest equipment, grocery store sales, simple things!</div>