by Joey | Apr 28, 2014 | Throwback
Yeah. It’s a rare Joey sighting on a Monday.
HI HI HI!
>> If you go running in the mid afternoon with the sun blazing down on you without a hat or water, you will bruise your ego and pass out. Luckily, I felt it happening and was able to bring myself partially down before I blacked out, but oh man. I’ll be bruised up for the next few days for sure. So lesson #1? No more running for me in the daylight hours. Also, must track down a treadmill.
>> Dairy Queen blizzards in a waffle cone DO taste better. Especially if you eat them outside on a gorgeous night with really good friends.
>> Friday nights spent watching The Voice and Shark Tank with the hubsters might actually be better than going out. Quality time is golden.
>>Signing up for store emails might seem annoying but will totally pay off. Planning your shopping trip according to what sales are happening where–and what coupons you have for what will result in lots of fun goodies for practically nothing!
>> Going to bed stupid early on a Sunday night thanks to the bruised ego and heat exhaustion will result in getting a super early head start on work for the week, which will allow you some extra time so you can blog.
Hope you all have a WONDERFUL Monday!! I plotted out the remainder of my rewrites, and if all goes according to plan I should have them sent off to the copy editor in two weeks!! Whoop whoop!
by Joey | Apr 24, 2014 | Throwback
>> The day I blogged about J’s new car…my Camry died in the Walmart parking lot. All I wanted was a bottle of nail polish. So…that was an $88 bottle of polish (you know–because I had to call a tow truck). And now we’re down to one car. The upside? I finally go to drive the new-to-us car.
>> I am in a food rut. Every night around dinner time I get that “oh, you need food again? Didn’t I feed you yesterday” kind of thought. I think I need to shake things up a bit and do some recipe research. What are some of your favorite go-to easy meals?
>> It’s too hot to run. Yeah, I said it. I’m still doing my best with the C25K thing, but it got hot quick. I went almost a week without running (the longest I’ve gone since starting the program) because I wasn’t feeling well. I should have re-done the workout from the week before instead of just moving right along–I stopped and walked in the middle of the 22 minute run. I’ll have to re-do the workout today. The good news is I’m only 6 runs away from completing the program! Is it me or did that go by quick?
>> I’ve pretty much grounded myself from reading until the revisions are done (you know–because the last book I read sent me into this tail spin). But a couple books I put on hold at the library became available so I had to snatch them up. So I’m reading Labor Day by Joyce Maynard right now. I’m enjoying it. I’ll let you all know what I think when I’ve finished it.
>> Mad Men. J and I tried this series…? oh, gosh. It was a while ago. Maybe a year ago? We couldn’t get into it. Well, for some reason I decided to give it another shot. Let’s just say I’m already in season 3. I don’t know how that happened. I allow myself an episode before bed…which turns into like…4 episodes. I’m enjoying it!
>> Today’s mani is not an original idea–I’ve seen the multi colored polka dots pretty much everywhere since the beginning of nail art. But it’s my first attempt at them! I’m no pro at polka-dots like Bailey or anything–but I’m pleased with how it turned out!
Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear: Mellow Yellow, Purple Potion, White On & Blue Me Away!
Essie: Mod Square
by Joey | Apr 10, 2014 | beauty, Loves, Throwback
1. This Saturday, my program says I’m supposed to run 20 minutes straight without stopping. Go home, program. You’re drunk.
2. I think I’m missing the omg ombre’ gene. Am I the only person on the planet who just…doesn’t get it? To each their own and all–but this is one trend you won’t ever see me intentionally rocking. I also believe it’ll be a trend that will have several generations from now going wtf?
3. Re-writes. A lot of you have been asking how they’re going–and I just…I love you for that. The fact that you all are so invested in this dream of mine just makes my heart so happy–and it keeps me moving forward on the days I’m tempted to burn the whole thing. They’re actually going well I think. It’s hard to judge your own work. We’re either overly critical (raises hand, totally guilty)-or we can’t see through the veil of our own work and think it’s amazing. Now, I’ve never been the latter (thanks, Creative Writing Workshops for ruining me)–but I think they’re going well. In comparison to the original draft, I see improvement. Let’s just hope the copy editor sees it the same way.
4. Is there really anything better than homemade guac?
5. I miss Scandal. I refuse to watch it while it’s on live TV because my nerves can’t handle the week long break between episodes. So I’m just a sitting duck waiting on season 3 to make it to Netflix. You know, when it’s finished airing. On the same note–J and I are anxiously waiting for Orange Is The New Black season 2. I know what we’ll be doing the week of my birthday! #partyanimals
6. I’m going to be lame and go ahead and post my Nail Files picture today. I got a lot of compliments on last week’s post–and I wanted to try something similar. I painted all but my ring fingers with W n’ W megalast in Through The Grapevine. The ring fingers I painted with Pure Ice Beware (you all know it’s my most favorite silver glitter ever). Then I mapped out the design with striping tape. I feel like I should say that again. I used striping tape. No way in h-e-double-hockeysticks are these shaky hands capable of painting a straight line.
Then I painted over the glitter and striping tape with one coat of the W n’ W polish. Immediately, I pulled off the striping tape with tweezers in the opposite order I placed them. And voila!
In other news–how is it only Thursday? Has this been The Longest Week Ever for anyone else?
linked: thenailfiles
by Joey | Apr 4, 2014 | beauty, Loves
If I’m being honest–
the hardest part of doing my nails is finding color inspiration.
I just don’t really have an eye for it,
unlike someone (cough,
Bailey) I know.
SO!
This week’s manicure was actually inspired by that same Bailey (the person not my dog)! 😀
Also? Why must you be so cute in workout clothes? Seriously.
**edited to add the polishes:
Obviously I’m brain dead. Can you blame me?
All three polishes are from the Sally Hansen Xtreme wear line:
280 Jazzy Jade
360 Mellow Yellow
240 Twisted Pink
by Joey | Mar 31, 2014 | Throwback
After my breakdown (and very candid post) on Friday, I sat down and mapped everything out.
The good news:
I can do this. I was finally struck with the inspiration that I needed (you know, that one little detail that makes my book different than the hundreds of others like it). That one little piece of the puzzle finally brings this book from something I thought might be okay to something that might actually be great.
The bad news:
It basically means that I’m back at revising square one.
That’s not awful news, but I’ve kind of put myself on a deadline–and this makes it a little tricky.
So with that said, I will be taking a little break from blogging. I’m not saying I won’t post at all (hello, I’d miss you guys). I’m also not saying that I won’t be reading your posts (because again, I’d miss you!) But I will be pretty MIA for a while.
Just know that I’m still here. And I
will be back! I will definitely still be around on
Twitter &
Instagram, so be sure to hang out with me there! I hate to even make this sacrifice because blogging these days is pretty much what keeps my world going round–but I really need to get myself focused. At least for the next little while!
Let’s hope that by time I resurface my book will be in the talented hands of Miss
Sarah–copy editor extraordinaire!!
Love you guys for understanding!!!
