January 2013 Ipsy My Glam Bag

I am a closet product addict. Surprising, I know, but I love few things more than finding new makeup, skin care or hair care products! I love trying new products, but hate buying something I end up hating.

Enter Ipsy My Glam Bag. For $10 a month, you receive 4-5 samples and a new, fun makeup bag!

January 2013's Bag contains:

- Dark Navy bag- plain outside, lining is blue with white stars.
- London SOHO crease brush
- Josie Maran Argan Oil (.17 fl oz)
- Nailtini Nail Polish "Bloody Mary" (full size)
- Big Sexy Hair Spray and Play (1.5 oz)
- Pacifica Tuscan Blood Orange Body Butter (2.5 oz)

All for $10!! I personally, love subscription services. There are misses for sure, but I find way more awesome products that I never would have tried had I not gotten them in a subscription box!

My goal this year is to share as much as possible on my blog, but I am just getting started. I thank you for reading this! Have a wonderful day! :)

What a day....

I took Friday off from work to spend the morning in Super Boy's kindergarten class. It was Polar Express Day. The kids came to school in their PJ's and began a day of hot chocolate, crafts and a visit from Santa. Very early, the cell phones, including mine, had began to buzz. The news came fast and furious, and for a parent sitting in her child's kindergarten class, it wasn't good.

The news of a shooting at an elementary school in Newtown, CT was horrifying. Mass shootings are never easy to hear about, but an elementary school? These were children! Twenty little 6 and 7 year olds, who, along with six of their teachers, were doing the most innocent of all activities. Going about their day, they had no idea until it was too late.

As I sat in my child's classroom, I put on a good face. Some of the other mothers were visibly upset, but I should be good at dealing with this stuff, right? I am a professional. But there I was, an hour later, on my couch, in tears. My heart was breaking for the 26 families who were being told that their loved ones would not be coming home.

I can only hope and pray that this event stirs some movement in our collective consciousness. Something will pull us to stand up and tell the world that we will not stand for such events. Across our nation, the lives of these children has to mean something. Some meaningful action has to come from this, but that isn't the point of this post.

In the coming days, we will be fed a lot of information, some will be true and some will be false. If history is any indicator, there will be a lot of questions left with very few answers. We may never know why this happened. In all honesty, do we really need to?

27 families will still be broken beyond repair, 20 children will never leave the first grade, and 7 women will never enjoy another day. The knowing wont change that. It will be left to all of us to find some personal meaning in this. On Friday night, my son climbed into my bed and fell asleep. As I kissed the top of his head, I grieved for those parents who will never do that again. For them, I will be thankful for everyday I am given. That, along with our thoughts and prayers, maybe the best gift of all.

My first post! Or, why am I reading this again?

A few months ago, I decided I wanted to blog. At the time, I wasn't sure that I had anything super interesting to say. Honestly, I am still not sure. But, I wanted to have a platform to discuss, ponder and keep track of all the stuff I do. So here we are....

So a little about me, I am a wife and mother. Mr. Ryno and I have been married for sometime now, and have a teenage daughter with an Audrey Hepburn obsession and a preschool son with a Super Hero fixation. My own little Super Girl and Super Boy, if you will. I have several amazing friends (some you will see in this blog soon, I am sure) I work full time and go to school at night. I  love all things beauty, Pinterest, reading, and working on my house and yard. I have recently become more interested in cooking and crafting.

So, what is up with this blog, you ask? I would love to say that this will be a blog about makeup. Or being a working mom. Or a student. Or a cook. Or crafting. It will be about all of those things. And probably more. As you will find, I am pretty random like that. So here we go.... Let's see what "trouble" we can get ourselves into.