by Joey | Apr 12, 2013 | beauty, Loves, Throwback
1. OPI cajun shrimp with rimmel Dazzle (i love this accent and reach for it often. So funny to me since it’s been in my collection forever and hardly ever wore it before!) Sinful Colors Candy Coated with Sinful Colors pinky glitter (over white polish).
2. I only got in front of the camera once this week, but it was fun as always! It’s just a quick eyeshadow tutorial with some outtakes. The whole video is less than 5 minutes. Check it out, why doncha 🙂
3. This week started out with gorgeous weather for the spring game! It was fun to see the hubs in action and definitely got me excited for the fall!
4. I also found my first grey hair this week. No, I don’t want to talk about it.
5. I got to hang with my girls on Wednesday night! We chat all day long, but it was so dang nice to see their faces! This might need to be a standing weekly date. They’re just good for my soul. (myra & courtney)
Tonight is homemade pizza and movie night with the hubs. I am excited to get some quality time in with him. It finally rained last night, so my allergies have calmed down a bit. But did anyone else feel like the pollen just punched them in the face earlier this week? Good grief!
HAPPY FRIDAY!!
by Joey | Apr 4, 2013 | Throwback
Edit: I had this post scheduled for earlier this week. I lost my nerve, jumped out of bed and intercepted it before it went live. After some careful thought and discussion with a couple friends, I’ve decided to share. Be kind, loves.
I am usually the happiest person you’ll ever find–usually to the point of annoyance. It was a role I was used to; a role I was proud of.
So what happens when that happy girl is sad? It’s no secret that we’ve had some major changes going on here in the Hodges Household. And now that all those changes are finally over, and we’ve had a chance to settle into our new life, I feel like I should address what went on.
Back at the start of November the husband and I started tossing the idea around of buying the house we were renting. We both loved Charlotte, had pretty stable (paying) jobs, and loved our house. While we both knew (and hoped) in the back of our minds that football could swoop in and change our lives, we were teetering on the idea of just staying put. This made me feel settled, happy and sure. I started to let my little mind get comfortable with the idea of staying put; of making our house our home and maybe even let myself dream about starting a family in that house; in Charlotte.
When the news came that J was hired on full-time (the dream) and that we would be relocating to the middle of no where, I just shut down. I wasn’t going. It wasn’t happening. And then came the news that J would be leaving 5 months before I’d get to join him. I couldn’t see the positive in any of it (despite rational knowledge that the entire thing was positive).
I’m not a professional. And I never saw a doctor. But if that wasn’t depression, I don’t know what is. And what was worse was there I was…The Happy Girl…completely and utterly sad all of the time. I would go to work in a haze. I would come home and cry the exhausting kind of sobs. I felt like everyone around me was telling me that it would pass–that it would go by so fast–basically “get over it.” I know I wasn’t…but I felt alone. It was like I was feeling this extra pressure to just be happy that almost made things worse.
During that time, I was a kind of sad I’ve never been before. A scary kind of sad. I was never going to jump into the deep end, but I wasn’t in a good place. I felt like no one got it. I felt like no one wanted to deal with me (I don’t blame them).
I’m not writing this for sympathy. I’m not writing this to brag about how happy I am now. I’m writing this because it was real and it was okay. It was okay that I needed some time to process things. It was okay for The Happy Girl to be sad.
It’s amazing to me that all of that ended not a month ago. It amazes me how happiness can sometimes totally depend on situations and the people around you. It also amazes me that something that seemed so negative for the longest time ended up being the kind of change we desperately needed; the kind of change to make us happy.
I’m not proud of what I went through. I’m embarrassed by it, and I experienced it all out there on the internet for the world to see. There was no denying through this blog that I was miserable. You all could see it, I know. I got some support. I lost some followers. I got the comments and the emails telling me to get over it. I got through it the only way I knew to be possible: by just doing it. I focused on one thing: being with my husband again. And everything fell into place around that.
I wrote this for one reason. If you are sad, it’s okay. You’re entitled to feel however you need to feel about a situation. If you’re going through something that seems hard to you but maybe not so hard to others, and it’s tough for you, it’s okay. I found a lot of hope in reading about other bloggers out there who had to endure something they found to be tough. So I hope this can help someone out there. And if not, well, I needed to put it out there anyway.
by Joey | Apr 3, 2013 | Throwback
I did something kind of by accident, and it worked.
I was sick over the weekend, but Saturday night I went ahead and took my shower, washed and blow dried my hair in preparation to leave early the next morning to visit the in-laws. Well, as luck would have it, I woke up sick as a dog on Sunday and the only place we went was right back to bed.
On Monday, after spending over 24 hours in bed, I needed to feel human again. My hair was pretty gross, but I really didn’t want to wash it again (I try to go two days between shampoos), but it was a hot mess.
So I took a shower and just conditioned my hair. I don’t normally put conditioner by the roots, but I figured, eh, what the heck. I’m just going right back to bed anyway.
It’s now wednesday, and I haven’t washed my hair again yet. Apparently when I conditioned my hair, it broke up and rinsed out some of the gunk. I’ve never been able to go 5 days and still wear my hair down. Usually by the third day it’s pony tail city, and even then it’s questionable. I mean, dry shampoo helps, but daaaaaang.
day 5
Anything that can stretch the time between shampoos to me is a winner. And this freaking worked.
by Joey | Apr 2, 2013 | Throwback
Hi Guys! I’m filming my March Beauty Favorites video today, but I also have a few non-beauty favorites that I want to share! This list is kind of all over the place, so bare with me.
- Shrimp Tacos: It’s been a weird obsession this month, and since there aren’t many restaurants here in BC, I threw together some very simple ingredients and boom: yummy shrimp tacos (small shrimp seasoned with Tony Chachere’s it’s spicy more spice sauteed until pink. Toast up small tortillas for approx 4-6 minutes (you want them to still be flexible but with a little bite to them). Toss the shrimp into the tortillas with lettuce, white queso (with jalapenos) sour cream if you want it, whatever taco toppings you like)! Stupid simple–CRAZY fast and DEEEEEELISH!
- Erin Condren Planner: While this thing is a beast and I wasn’t a huge fan when I was having to lug it back and forth to work–I’m loving it now that it gets to live on my desk. It’s funny to me how much busier I am now then when I held a traditional job. I probably won’t be ordering another when this one runs out in July (unless I find a sweet coupon code), but I’m still loving it this month!
- Lemon Chiffon Tart: (from walmart) this baby smells like a sweet lemon cookie baking! It’s extremely strong, so it’s not one that you need to leave burning all day to keep the fragrance. Yum!
- Scoop Away Extra Strength Scented Litter: this is by far the strangest favorite I have–but if you’re a cat owner, you know how important good litter is. I share my office/makeup room with the cat, so it was crazy important to find a good litter that clumped really well and absorbed odors. While this is on the pricier side, it’s worth it to me because it lasts longer because of how well it clumps!
Happy April, people. How the heck is it already April?
by Joey | Apr 1, 2013 | Throwback
Hi guys! Sorry I’ve kind of fallen off the blogging planet. I’m around, I promise.
I’m constantly checking twitter and with other bloggers to find out what to read next. And as I was doing that the other night, I got to thinking.
How nice is it to be among a community who values reading so much? I always felt kind of like the outcast for reading so much in HS and even college (because really, who took time to read for pleasure in college when they were an English Lit major…uh….).
I love how this community shares the same passion. I love that I can always count of you guys for a great read (especially Tara–we all know it’s true :))
Anyway. I thought I’d share with you a book I just read and can’t stop thinking about. I picked this book up on the recommendation of another YA Author that I love (Sarah Dessen), and it didn’t disappoint!
I don’t want to give too much away because I hate spoilers (I don’t even read the backs of books)! But this book was so well crafted that it’s sticking with me.
This story is raw and real. And instead of mainly focusing on boys, this novel explores what high school can really be like, especially when you find yourself mid-breakup with your best friend over a boy.
I remember being a teenager and how unfair some things seemed, and this book nails it right on the head.
