Taking it easy??

Not feeling well...

The picture above was taken at a wedding we went to at the end of May and I was feeling pretty good at that time. I started feeling horrible when I got a sharp pain in my right side (think under the ribcage) and so I went to the dr to have some test done.

Well of COURSE the test came back negative for anything. WHAT THE??? This means a) God is good and b)I don't have answers to why I am feeling uncomfortable.

So I have decided to take it easy for the next month - and get rid of any stress. In that I mean that I am not going to commit myself to anything extra so that I can work on organizing my house (getting rid of stress) and will eat healthy and work out as much as I can. I know these things are not technically taking it easy, but I can't stand not feeling well - and would rather be productive than sitting around the house!

It is so stressful to not feel well and to not get answers from the dr... boo on them!

So anyhow... that is how I am feeling lately - sorry for the lack of posts or pictures... will try to improve on the next one.

Hasta!

Adri.

Things loved in May..

Loving it!

The month of May brought on a lot of fun adventures and I wanted to share what I loved during this month.

First off... the hubs.. of course I loved this guy! Look at his beautifulness... I love that he can be funny with me when I think he's not looking! Ha ha! (I tried to take this picture on the fly without him knowing! Fooled me!)
Then comes my hair. Here is the inspiration for what I wanted:

and here is a horrible picture kind of showing it at a recent wedding... I love that it only takes MINUTES to blowdry and style... woooohooo!!! Which brings me to my next love for May.


WEDDINGS!!!! One of my favorite people got married at the end of May. He is an awesome worship leader at our church and really held on to the word that he would be united with the woman of his dreams... and he did! :) Loved it!!!

Fruity non-alcoholic drinks.... at said wedding we had this yummy watermelon spritzer thing and it was sooo good! I can't wait to recreate it at home! :)


Celebrating milestones... my youngest brother graduated from eigth grade and will soon be in highschool in just a few short months. I am so proud of him and can't wait to see what he becomes :)

VACATIONS!!!!!!! The hubs and I love to go on cruises... actually we just love taking a break from work to hang out :)

Wet and Wild Cosmetics... more specifically their eye shadow trios! They have such payoff and great pigmentation. I use the walking on eggshells one almost everyday! I just love the combinations, but am on a spending freeze as we are debt reducing.... and I am A-OK with that!


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Maybeline One by One Volume Express Mascara.... LOVING IT! This really is the bomb.com. I used to be a Rimmel girl but this one has convinced me that it rocks out! :) and you can get it at the drugstore for super cheap with a coupon.. so plus and plus!

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So there you have it. I am sure that are plenty more loves that I am leaving out, but that's ok.. I know that I will bring up some next month that I forgot here.

Happy June!

Hasta,

Adri.

Summer Plans...

Memorial Day was here and is gone!

So like many other bloggers, Memorial Day marks the beginning of summer to them. Or at my hubby's job, it marks the start of blue jean Fridays! lol... We haven't talked much about any trips we want to take (besides a wedding in August to Corpuse Christi and a trip or two to San Antonio to visit with my sister and niece), but we have talked about what plans/goals we have.

1) Spending time blessing others. We LOOOOVVEEE to spend time at home. It's sooo relaxing and seriously we love our house. We love the layout, the space, and simply everything! BUT we can't just be cooped up at home all the time, so we have decided to bless others this summer. The best way that we could bless others is by giving of our time. Yeah we need time for us too (as a couple, as individuals) but we should also share out time. So we plan to do that this summer in some way.

2) Spending time with God. This is something that I struggle with very much. I don't even know why... it's the easiest thing in the world. Just stop what you are doing, put down that phone, turn off that tv and just sit and spend time with Him. Like reading the bible. Seeing what he has in store for us. As well we need to spend time as a couple praying together. We pray by ourselves or sometimes if we are in a bind we pray together, but we don't pray the way a couple should. With earnest thanksgiving for all things He is doing in our lives.

3) Finally get rid of debt. I mean seriously... sheesh! We have not fallen behind on any debt at all (Praise Him) but we have not gotten rid of any! blech! So starting in June, we are gonna get rid of debt.... we have a big debt going bye bye on the 15th - Yeeeehaw!!!! Then we have another debt going away on the 30th. Then next month we will have 2 more debts going away. Then in August... it just keeps going!!!

4) Start working out together... feverishly. We keep saying that we want to do this and blah blah... but we are seriously going to do this now. We need it. It's something that has to be done.

5) Clean out the house. I mean get rid of whatever we do not use and have a garage sale in the middle of July. It's CleanHouseFAZEdition!

Can't wait to see what we do!!! (will check back in on Labor Day)

Hasta!

Adri

Selfless... me?

Wow! God you are amazing!

Last week a friend from church that has two daughters (one is 3 and the other is 13) suffered great tragedy when her 13 year old was severely hurt in a four wheeling accident. She was hurt so badly that she had to be life flighted to our medical center.

Back story: A few weeks ago I was hosting a garage sale and this friend did not come. I was surprised because the night before, she said she would be there to help for a few hours. It hurt my feelings as I really enjoy this person's company and their cheerful attitude that she brings when she is around. Well the garage sale went on without her and we did great, but I still felt sad about it. The hubs and I went home to rest as it was a very EARLY and very tiring garage sale. At around 6 my pastor's wife called me to tell me that she had spoken to my friend and was told that her daughter had been in a 4 wheeling accident and had been taken to the medical center to be treated (and was in ICU). I was sooo sad... I mean I was hurt because she didn't come to the garage sale and now to hear that her daughter (one of GOD's greatest gifts) is really hurt. It just tore my heart.

So I prayed... like really prayed and asked God how I could help her. What could I possibly do to redeem myself for being so selfish. For being hurt by something so dumb, when she was in the most horrible pain a person could go through. I keep hearing him say "just be there." I knew that the hubs and I were riding on thin ice with our money as we hadn't gotten paid yet, so I worried on whether or not I could help. And then I realized. I have sooo much time. I can give her of my time. Instead of doing for myself, I would do for her. So I sent her a message and told her that I was here and would do anything if she needed. I told her that I had my laundry room available for washing clothes. I had plenty of hygiene products (shampoo, conditioner, soap, etc) that she could have, just to let me know. I had time to clean her house, car, etc. Whatever she needed - just let me know. AND SHE DID! (Glory to HIM) She said her dryer had broken on her just a week before and was not drying the clothes. So I said, "let me know when you get home and I will come pick up the clothes." She then said to me the most wonderful things to me. She said "You are so wonderful and I thank God everyday for your selfless help. You can't believe how much this is blessing me and my family. Thank you so much." I got off the phone with her (at work) and nearly lost it. Here I was thinking that I was the most selfish person on the planet thinking that she totally dissed me for not coming to the garage sale and here she is Thanking God for me... FOR ME! OH MY HEART IS FULLLLLLLL

So the next day they were released (PRAISE HIM) from the hospital and there I went to pick up the clothes. I stayed up late that night to wash the clothes and fold them nice and neat for her. Then I gathered up some goodies (shampoo, conditioner, toothpaste, etc from my couponing stash) and went over to bless her day. It was awesome to roll up to her house and the clothes be nicely folded and ready for her to use. I also went a little extra (and this was a little selfish of me) and stopped by Sonic for my favorite Cherry Coke with Extra ICE - but called her first to see if they wanted a treat... OF COURSE, who can pass up Sonic treats! LOL.

I am beyond blessed and pray that God continue to use me in this manner as I learn to be selfless.

Wow!

Hasta,

Adri

Un-motivated...

Wow... it has been more than a month since my last post. I feel so un-motivated to write. I don't know why? I guess I just don't have anything to write about... or maybe I do?

In the past month and a half, the following has occurred - that I could have written about:

• I have already gone back to my hairstylist for a trim up... which coincidentally I will go back again tomorrow! LOL



• The hubs and I went on vacay (on another cruise) which was wonderful and I can't wait to go again!



• I hosted a women's meeting at church about how to use coupons and save in the day to day so that you can bless others



• I still need to organize my vanity/craftroom - which I will post before/during/after photos of



• I hosted a garage sale at church



• The hubs and I are finally gonna do some yard decorating.. (adding more plants - NOT FLOWERS) and some brick or something this weekend to our very plain - no ugly - yard



• I realized that if you don't have money you can still help others in time of need (which will be my next post)

I guess that's pretty much it... or is it?

Hasta,

Adri.

Haircut...the reveal!

Well... there's no turning back!

Last week I told you about a new haircut that I was going for. I never revealed what the look was that I was going for, but I will show you my inspiration (keep in mind that my hair already had layers, so it's not exactly like this cut) and it's a lot shorter on the sides:

This is the end result that I wanted, but I have to "grow" into it... so that's what my stylist will be doing is shaping it to this. All in all, I LOVE what the end result was. I still need to play around with it styling it on the weekend and such... as well as playing with my outfit choices too! I guess I never realized that once you cut your hair to such a drastic cut, you should probably change your outfit choices as well! LOLL

OK... so here is the before (wavy, layered, frumpy)

Here is the during (it's all goooonnnnneee)

AAAANNNDDD the end result! LOVE the short hair... still getting used to it (three days later)

and here is how I styled it today... I am going to try out some new products and I need some mousse as well to give it more of a piecey look (like the pic above) but I am loooooving it today.

I have been getting a lot of compliments on it and can't wait to really play around with it and see what I can do...

Hasta!

Adri.

The weekend approaches...

Today is a good day!

The rocking view from my window! Beautiful day.... horrible allergies :(

Last week was really hard for me... there were things going on that I really had no control over. It was sad and made me angry and really I just wanted to start this new week, LIKE NOW. So it started and has been ok, but on the flip this week has been really hard for the hubs. He has been working a lot and while it's all good in the OT (overtime) department, it's really stressful in the marriage department. Why, you ask? Well because he is coming home tired and he is not really up for anything but sleep! ughs... The good thing is that it is FRIDAY! The bad thing is that he has to work tomorrow too! ay yay yay!!!! It's all good though because the Lord has made it possible for us to Rejoice and Praise for our jobs. As well, he has made it possible for us to go on vacay, so we are going on our cruise at the end of the month and all this OT is going to help make sure we have a great time on the cruise! - AMEN!

Moving on as TODAY IS A GOOD DAY!

As I stated in another post - see here - I am becoming more and more obsessed with makeup/hair, etc and therefore I wanted to share some of the things that I have been doing. One thing that I will not talk about just yet (in pictures) is that I am getting my haircut this weekend. Now, keep in mind that I am usually a short hair - think chin length - kind of girl, but I am going even shorter and edgier... I hope it works out. Don't worry, I'll do a post with before, during, and after pics! (with the inspiration video/pics as well) - Ok.. so anyway, I have been wearing my eyeliner in a slight winged out effect with very lighhhhht eyeshadow (to better showcase the eyeliner). Here is a pic of how I have it today:

Now, usually I am always in the felt tip liquid eyeliner camp - but I keep forgetting to put that eyeliner in my purse makeup bag and for some reason I am only carrying my brush tip applicator liner, so brush tip it is. AND you know what, I am ok with it. I am slowly figuring out how to manipulate it.

Here it is. It's a really thin applicator brush. I am really liking it.

The eyliner is the Wet-n-Wild brand and I like it mostly because its really black! So it looks more polished. We'll see how long wearing my eye makeup like this lasts....

Another product that I am loving is the Bath&BodyWorks Triple Moisture Body Cream! First of all it smells delightful, but more than that - it is sooooooo moisturizing. Just love the way it leaves my hands and body! I keep one in the restroom for after I take a shower. I keep one on the nightstand for when I am getting ready for bed and then I keep one in my purse. Here is the downside - this scent only comes in the big size :( booooo... so you can only imagine me whipping that thing out of my purse at a restaurant! ha!!! - I can't get enough though! I also can't wait for the next sale so that I can stock back up. (I have 2 bottles on reserve, so no worries there!)

As for nail polish - you can see for the pictures above, I am still rocking the Chili nailpolish from Revlon - too good! I realized last night when I repainted them that this polish really does dry fairly quickly! :) rock on!

Ok.. so I am off to finish my Friday and then tomorrow it's HAIRCUT TIME!!!! woooohoooooooo!!!

Hasta!

Adri.

Thursday - How I've missed you!

I really do love Thursdays!

I saw this on another blog and wanted to try it on mine... here goes: Are you a morning bird or a night owl? NIGHT owl...for sure! Do you have a favorite verse of Scripture? Oh man... this is a hard one for me because there are quite a few! What is your favorite book of the Bible? Psalms, I cry out just like David - allthetime.com Which do you prefer, pen or pencil? Pencil...I can erase! But if I have an old school Papermate, I'm good! Laptop or desktop? Depends on what I'm doing. - surfing the net, laptop. Actual work, desktop. When you write do you print or use cursive? Sort of a mix... Do you plan your menus or do you just wing it? It depends on what's going on for the week. Favorite color? PINK Favorite form of exercise? Dancing (Salsa) How do you wear your hair most days? Down. it's too wild any other ways. Which do you prefer, baking or cooking? Actually I like both. YUM! In the house are you barefoot, in slippers or in shoes? Barefoot on carpet! Shoes on tile... sometimes it's too cold with barefeet. Do you wash dishes by hand or have a dishwasher? I am the dishwasher. HA! Do you have pets? Yes one cat. PIERRE What do you eat for breakfast? Iced coffee and a toaster struddel What is your favorite magazine? People. Fun! I like doing these little info deals. Happy Thursday! Hasta! Adri

Wednesday... no pic post

So it's Wednesday - Whoooaaaa... and it's another post! AND NO PICTURES TOO... oops!

Woke up this morning feeling good. I thought I would try something different with my makeup and I am wearing really light coverage. I mean I am only wearing a light sweeping of eyeshadow and a slightly winged liquid liner. Why is this different, well normally I would have a highlight, crease and eyelid color with a regular liner. This means that I normally wear 3x the color on my lid. Not today.

Also, I was watching some youtube videos last night and found a new beauty guru which I don't even remember her name, but let me tell youuuuuuuuu.... Her haircut had me dreaming of cutting my hair.

I posted the following on facebook "Trying really hard to talk myself out of getting a really short/different haircut. ughhhhhh" and the responses where:

Melly Mel: How Short? TMedrano: No matter what, it grows back...take a chance :) DLetrice: Just do it U rock short hair well EDawid: Do it!!!!!

Seriously, I love my friends, but that did not help in the talking myself out of doing the hair cut. I will come back later this week and show you just how different the haircut would be from my regular hairstyle... it's really different - short on the sides and long on the top... sounds like a mohawk, but it's not styled that way. I'm worried about it being to risque for work - (work in corporate america), so I think just for my sanity I am going to ask my boss what she thinks. If she thinks it's too much, then I will do something different. LIKE not cut it!!! HA!!!

Anyway, just had some thoughts on my mind and wanted to share. I may be back later with another post... OH NO.. TWO POSTS IN ONE DAY. What is going on in the world???

Hasta!

Adri.

Le Tuesday...and a review.

Well alright, it's Tuesday!

The view outside my window - it doesn't look like it from this picture, but the view is quite gloomy.

So my week last week was full of hurt/disappointment and really quite frankly I was not myself. One of my good friends (bff) got married last year and this past week her husband told her that he was done and wanted out (divorce). There is more to the story (such as he may have been seeing someone else and that he was treating her horribly) but I am not happy one bit because I knew that something was not right with this relationship. Though in my years I have learned that everyone must find out for themselves that they have rushed into something or made a not so good decision. I know because I have been there, done that and will probably do it again. I feel bad for her because she is really letting this affect her and by doing that, it is totally affecting me. As well, she is acting totally weird and is making me uncomfortable. NO BUENO. I have been praying that she snap out of it and let God do the work of either restoring the marriage or restoring her. (or even doing BOTH!)... Time will tell.

Moving on (because it's all I can do to keep sane!) Let me go into a product review. I know in this blog, I have not been much of a product reviewer or pusher or whatever you want to call it, but last week (before the drama from above happened) I got the Origins VitaZing SPF 15 Moisturizer. I decided to try it just on a whim and based on a raving review from one of the beauty gurus I follow on YouTube - TiffanyD (click on her name and you can see her blog post/video review)

CREDIT

My take on this product is solely my opinion and I have not been paid to give you a review - it's just my opinion. I find that Tiffany has been spot on with other products (Garnier eye rollers, etc) but with this product, I was disappointed. Let me explain. This product is a tinted moisturizer. It is supposed to work with any skin tone and is supposed to give you slight coverage while moisturizing your skin. With this product you get 1.7 oz at $35 but you only use about a pea size amount at each application - so it could last you a good time. The problem for me is that when I think of moisturizer, I think of something that is going to make your skin feel quenched (if that makes sense). I felt that it was too tough to work around and then throughout the day my skin would feel like an oil slick. Which made me believe that my skin was not moisturized enough causing it to overproduce oil throughout the day. I gave this product a chance but was really sad because I wanted this to be a really big win for me as I have never used any kind of liquid foundation/tinted moisturizer type stuff. Also you have to make sure to wash your hands after application because there will be slight color on your fingers from working it in. I think I will take this back to the store and stick to my old moisturizer/MAC Studio Fix routine. Oh well! You win some you lose some. Onward!

On another note, I absolutely am loving Revlon's Top Speed Nail Enamel is THEBOMB.COM!

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In this picture (which is kind of dark) I am wearing my newest favorite color - CHILI! It is soo fun and I have gotten quite a few compliments on it already. I know I have worn it before in one of my blog posts, but I really do love it!

That's it for now!

Hasta!

Adri

Jueves... nunca me fallas!

Translation: Thursday...you never fail me!

The BEAUTIFUL view from my office...

Happy St.Patricks Day! I don't have very much green in my wardrobe, so I improvised with green shoes. Now they are not leprechan shoes, they are actually cute little wedges. I got them at a thriftstore like 2 years ago and JUST now am wearing them for the first time!

Excuse the lack of pedicure above! LOL

We don't really celebrate St Patricks day in the normal sense (BEER and Irish music) but I do like to dress in green so that no one pinches me! ha!

On another note, one of my bff's (lconnell) is hosting a garage sale at her house and I am sooooo in on that! So I have starting getting things together to sell and I am feeling good about it because then my house will feel soo much bigger. Right now since I am in this random funk (you know, from the last POST) I feel that I need to simplify... and what the heck, I get to make some $$. Cha-ching! Besides that it will help me focus on the next coming months. Because let me tell you... they are fuuuuulllllll!

For example in April I have a ton of stuff going on -
1) I believe I may be hosting the next women's meeting which will feature my love (and need) for couponing! How saving money in the home is actually a part of being a good helpmate :)
2) It's our Pastor's bday
3) It's our Pastor and his wife's bday
4) EASTERS! (LOVE this time of year!)
5) My cousin, Marcie who's in CA, has her bday
6) Top it alllll off with a vacay at the end of the month where the hubbs and I will go cruising!
Then comes May -
1) Mother's Day
2) Cousin's graduation from high school
2) Mother in laws bday
3) Cousin's 15th (quinceanera)
4) Memorial day vacay
June -
1) Cousin's bday
2) Sister's anniversary
3) Father's day
July -
1) 4th of July, which is also my uncle's couples bridal shower
2) Cousin's bdays
August -
1) Uncles Wedding in another city... ROADTRIP!!!

I know for suuuure that I am totally missing a lot in each month, but right now if I try to really think about it, I will probably faint! HA! Nail color today is by WetNWild #446.. it looks blueish in the bottle, but I think it to look more green live and in color!

Alrighty then!
Hasta!
Adriana

FUNKY!

Seriously?!?

Super closeup of my kitty Pierre! Love that guy!

I have been in a serious funk lately and it's really weird. Like physically, mentally and spiritually. Idk what's going on with that but let me explain.

Physically - I have been sick for the last few days or so. It's nothing in particular but like last Thursday, I had a headache from I dont know where or why. It was horrible, so I didn't go to band practice - just went straight home from work and went to bed. Woke up Friday STILL with the same dumb headache and stayed in bed. Blech! All weekend, I just felt blah.. no bueno.

Not my bed BUT will definitely be somewhere where I will be glad to take a nap (cruise!!!)

Mentally - I'm tired... like maybe I just need a vacay or just time away where I don't need to do anything for anyone. It's weird and I don't get it, but yeah. I need time away.

This picture reminds me of the spa that we had on our honeymoon - simply relaxinggg

Spiritually - For about a month and a half, I led (or helped lead) worship at church. It has been powerful and spirit lead, but just in the last few days I feel like I have hit a plateau. Maybe it's because I missed two weeks (being out of town for anniversary and then I was sick this past weekend) and so I feel like I am missing something - IDK! but I don't like it!


I really need to get out of this funk... it's hurting me productively and creatively. Though I have managed to keep the nails in check...

Here is what I what I wore when I finally got out bed on Saturday night - only to eat and then to get back in bed! - New Revlon in Chili

and here is what I am wearing today in a Milani color (dont remember the name.. oops)

I am hoping that this dumb funk will be long gone in no time because it's definitely not my style, that's for sure!

Hasta!

Adri

It's Wednesday! (and MARCH!!!)

It's not Thursday! (but it is MARCH!)

Well alright! So I totally missed a week or two of updating and I thought I was doing sooo good! Ahh heck!

Not only have I been slacking in the blog department but we have been sooooo busy and tired that I have not cut the hubby's hair in almost three weeks! (I don't think I have ever really talked about this on the blog, but I went to cosmo/aesthetic school for a couple of years and never really did anything with it, but the hubby gets free hair cuts!) Seriously and he is the best husband because he has NOT complained one bit. He just keeps putting gel on it to tame it. But I HAVE to cut it this weekend because he is starting to resemble Don Francisco. If any of you readers are hispanic, you know what I mean. Seriously... see for your self.

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DonFransisco

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Anyway.. the hubs and I went on a mini holiday (looooove how the English say that) for our 5th wedding anniversary to LA and got to stay in a chalet for free. Check it out!

Our Chalet

the hubbs pretending to bbq

cute little kitchen/eat in area

more kitchen
HORRIBLE picture of the lake... we didn't get one on the lake, but it was sooo pretty!

On the decorating front... I had to go to the dr's office the other day for a check on a spider bite or something on my leg and while waiting I started reading a magazine. I think it was Better Home and Gardens or something. Anyway, I knowwwww it's not new to the blog world (re- purposing or redoing furniture) but I found this picture and thought it was tooo cute! I really need to get back on the redoing furniture kick! I feel like I am being left behind!

Ohhhh I almost forgot!!! My nail polish this week is Privacy Please by OPI... oh goodness, I realize this is the exact same color as last week, but I just LOOOOVEEE it! I mean it's just sooo clean and nice. It makes my hands feel pretty. I dont know?

OHHH and I have fallen in love with the song by Kelly Clarkson and Jason Aldean (sp?). UGH it's gets me sooo romantic! LOVE IT.

I think this post is fluffy enough for now...

Hasta!

Adri.