Saturday Ideas – Make-up and Magnificence Weblog

Hey pal, it’s been a loopy week. We’ve spent a great chunk of this week maintaining with family and friends who stay within the LA space, and though the folks we all know have been braced for evacuation, they by no means needed to do it, thank goodness. So yeah, loopy instances.

I don’t know if I ever talked about it right here, however a number of years again the police got here banging on our door and advised us we had half-hour to seize our issues and depart as a result of there was a rising fireplace on the hill behind our home. The hearth division was in a position to put it out shortly, thank goodness, however part of me will always remember frantically working round the home in search of Rosie (she did NOT need to go into her cat service) and stuffing Connor’s uniforms right into a bag simply in case she wanted them for college the following day. I additionally vividly keep in mind calling my neighbors, who weren’t dwelling on the time, and asking them in the event that they wished us to get their pets out of the home.

The occasions this week jogged my memory that when you’ll be able to transfer all through your each day existence in a comparatively regular trend, it’s really a present. I’m counting my blessings, together with the roof over my head, my little household and my well being.

It’s additionally been a great reminder that there’s no time like the current; I’ve been which means to submit these footage that I took in Hawaii lately, and immediately’s a great day as any.

When Connor and I have been on Oahu final month, we took a day journey to the jap facet with my in-laws to the city they used to stay in, Kaneohe. Proper up the road from their previous home is a cemetery nestled up in opposition to the mountains the place they’ve a whole lot of family buried, and within the cemetery there’s a Buddhist temple known as Byodo-In. It open to the general public and for those who get the prospect to go to, please do. It’s stunning and peaceable. Each time I see these footage, my coronary heart feels comfortable.

Anyway.This week I marked my one-year anniversary working on the school. Time actually does fly! One factor that I’ve been fascinated with currently is how, in some ways, I miss working from dwelling, however I additionally get pleasure from having the ability to go to a special area the place the boundaries between work and residential are very clear.

It’s additionally been very cool to work together with college students on their studying journey. Yesterday I helped an older woman from Russia. She wished data on taking an ESL class, so I talked to her for a bit after which gave her some assets. It feels actually good to assist folks, particularly in particular person. I believe that simply could be the important thing to keepin’ on with a smile in your face; being able to make a distinction in somebody’s life, even in a small approach, feels good.

One final thing. On a beauty-related be aware, yesterday I sat right down to placed on make-up within the morning, and I used to be completely shocked to seek out I had no extra forehead pencil left. I believe somebody must invent a twist-up forehead pencil with clear packaging or one thing that allows you to know precisely how a lot you could have left. Anywho, I gotta cease by Ulta immediately. I’d been utilizing the one from Uncommon Magnificence, however I believe I’m going to return to the nice previous Anastasia Forehead pencil only for funsies.

Considering of you and hoping that you just’re okay. Comfortable Saturday!

Your pleasant neighborhood magnificence addict,

Karen