Snow in Texas

Yesterday, for the first time in a good few years, Texas received some real snow! Yes, the kind where it sticks and isn't too cold that you can't play in it. 30 degrees it was yesterday for nearly the entire day. 

February is such an odd month. A few weeks ago, it was 70 degrees. Fishing, shorts, and sun burns it was. Now, jackets, gloves, and boots it is for a few weeks according to the weather channel. What I love about is Texas is that the weather is so unexpected and could do pretty much whatever it wants to do. 

My brothers, husband, and I had a great time playing in the snow. We threw snowballs, went wondering in the woods, made snow ice cream, and even slid down a hill in a clothes basket. It was a memorable day that I will treasure forever. 

Why I Stopped Wearing Makeup

Natural beauty is the best kind of beauty because there is nothing to hide. Feel beautiful the way you are and nothing less! 

I used to be one of the women who started the morning out with what I would call "putting my face on" ever since 5th grade. I felt I had to compete with the school girls all the way up till senior year. I remember I felt ugly without the makeup and I always wanted to be made up. 

I realized when I started college it didn't really matter what people thought of me anymore. I've had pimples my whole life and I noticed that when I would stop wearing makeup my face would clear up completely. I also had a lot more time to sleep in instead of waking up 30 minutes early to apply my base, concealer, eye liner, mascara, and blush to my face.(eye shadow sometimes) Instead, I was more interested in applying a face moisturizer and I would notice a glow. 

I grew more and more confident in wearing no makeup and didn't ever feel "naked" as some will say when they go a day without makeup. No one ever said I looked sick either. It taught me to love my face without wanting to look like celebrities and constantly comparing myself to them. (What teen didn't look at magazines?) I feel very confident and pretty without wearing tons of makeup.

Makeup can be a great thing, but can also take away from natural beauty if a girl only feels pretty with makeup on her face. Sometimes, less is actually more.

Take a challenge and go a month without makeup. It will make you learn so many things about why it's not a bad thing to not have to depend on makeup and how it will make you feel better! 

Update On Life

It's been a long busy two months since I have last blogged. 

Since then, New Years has passed, my brothers have aged one more year making one five years old and the other seventeen years old, my husband enrolled in the nursing program, the weather in Texas has changed from sunny to a fierce cold every other day, Valentine's Day is around the corner as everyone will buy flowers and delicious chocolates for their love, and the life of myself has gotten busier than ever. (I feel like Wonder Woman sometimes)

Lots of things are changing each and every month at our house. Right now, my husband is working part time instead of 60 hour weeks so he is able to go to college. It's nice to have him home more. I hear funny stories about things that happen in school or cramming for the next big test rather than prison stories. I could never do nursing because of how much dissecting they have to do. He's very smart and dedicated, so I will be proud in two years to see him graduate as a RN. (Such a blessing) 

A month ago, we made a decision that we were going to do whatever it took to get out of debt. We had been struggling with this for about two years with job lay offs and bad decisions (We are still figuring out this adult thing), so we decided the next time we had enough to pay our debt, we would do it and never look back. We never missed a payment, but always had a payment and that was the problem. It was a heavy burden on us. I received a bonus and my husband saved up for a bit, and we payed all few thousand dollars off. What a joy this was to us! Praise God that we were able to get out of debt. 

God is blessing us all the time and I am very thankful. There will be new chapters in our life and we have him to help us along the way. It's 2015 and I am looking forward to another amazing year. My New Years resolution was to be more positive this year, get closer to God, get better with money, eat more whole foods, and less worrying. 

Praise God! :)