um...i hate to shower because i have to get ready after, i never wash my face at night, and i rarely floss! i just grossed out so many of you! i hope we can still be friends though. anyway. that's not to say that i don't do those things, just not as often as a normal adult should! and with being so sick from pregnancy, those things have happened even less lately. and i may have been wearing evan's clothes a whole lot more that i should have been. poor evan, i think, was getting grossed out a bit, so he started writing me cute little notes in the morning to wake up to. then he started adding a checklist to the note. and guess what was on it! take a shower and get dressed and ready for the day! poor evan! so i have been. every single day i wake up, take a shower, get dressed, do my makeup and my hair. and all of it usually before i take conner to school. (who is probably really happy about the new me too, since i was dropping him off and picking him up from school in my jammies! yikes.) and i feel so much better about myself! it's not like this is anything new. and it's not like i never did it before. i just got into a funk and stopped caring about myself or how i looked, thus gaining a whole lot of weight, which i am working on even though i am pregnant.
and the second thing...WATER! not to drink, though that is good too, but to put on my makeup. ready for it. it is so simple. i mix my eyeshadow with a little water and it is more vibrant and stays on the whole entire day. i know. so awesome. i have never been, and will never be, the kind of girl who spends a lot of money on my makeup. but adding water to my $1 makeup makes it look just like the expensive stuff. at least i think so! i am obviously pretty excited about it! and you know...i don't go in public everyday. most days the boys and evan are the only ones who even see me. but hey, they deserve to look at me at my best!
and there you have it. i feel good. i feel great. i feel wonderful. and gosh darn it. people like me. they really like me.
now if i could just get the laundry under control!
oh. and i am thinking about dying my hair a little darker. not like crazy dark, just more of a brown. any thoughts?
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I L-O-V-E YOU!!!! I rarely wash my face at night and I only floss like twice a week...but I do shower daily (I have oily hair that is gross if I don't).
I have to tell you that about a year ago this could have been my post. I made a news years resolution this year to make myself pretty everyday (like I was going out) and it helped soooooo much. Age hasn't really been kind to me...oh well.
I think you look GORGEOUS in those photos. I am glad you are doing well.
Heather,
You are adorable, and I think most people (scratch that, most women) would know what you went through. I've never been pregnant . . . but, there was a time when I had gained so much weight that when I got home from school I would put pajamas on because they were more comfortable than jeans and other clothes. Andrew sat me down one day and said that he really liked to see me dressed up. NOT in pajamas every day when he got home. I had never thought that the way I was feeling about myself would affect anyone other than me!
You are inspiring and beautiful! We should have a date night soon :)
It is posts like these that make me realize why we became besties so quickly and easily. I love how real you are, and I love the way you are real. I never floss, and I have no excuse as to why I don't. I also hate getting ready too, because it takes forever and so much energy, but it does pay off in weird ways. Plus it is a habit so that makes things easier. I will seriously have to try out the water/makeup suggestion, maybe I will have to call you to get the exact way to do it. But anyway, I truly do miss you so much and love you too. ANd about the hair color, I would just love to see what you look like both ways. I think it will weird me out cuz I know you as a blonde, but change is always fun!
Amen, sister.
Now I know where you had the idea of "strings coming out of your head." :) haha.
I love you! I am so glad that we are friends. I hope that we can continue to be better friends. I just think you are beautiful, inside and out!! Hopefully you will start to feel much better soon!
omg...like everyone has been saying...this post totally speaks to me. Getting older is not fun and being pregnant is great...but I don't feel super great about myself as I am gaining all this weight myself. I REALLY like how pregnancy brings out all those hormones that make me break out too:) Anyways...I think you're beautiful and your post is beautiful and a good reminder to take care of yourself and be happy with who you are! I love you and am thankful I have someone who I can talk about and be lazy with:) Love you!
Been where you are at for the last 5 weeks. Except Shaun hasn't been here to see the doritos stains on my clothes, and the chocolate around my mouth, and the greasy hair. Havent worn makeup once except on Sunday. Lets say I had to work my bum off to lose the weight I gained in the first three weeks he was gone. But it is nice to look in the mirror and see a pretty face instead of a hagard tired face. Perks up the rest of my day.
By the way, you don't wash your face at night!?!? Your skin is always amazing. Crazy jealous. I have to wash twice a day, and if I miss one, oh man, you could play connect the dot on my face.
Love ya!
Still want to have a family reunion out here? Now with the baby coming?
I just started reading your blog a couple days ago, but I think every woman has gone through that in her life at one point or another. I was in a similar funk, minus the pregnancy about 2 years or so. I managed to stop what I was doing and start eating right, exercising and I felt better about myself. It's amazing what water, yoga and right greens will do for you ;)
And thanks for the tip about the makeup, I will have to try that!
I say try something different with the hair. :) It might help pull you out of your funk some more too!
At 33 weeks pregnant I get overwhelmed just thinking about having to get dressed to leave the house... why can't sweats/pajamas be socially acceptable when your gut is enormous?? ;]
i (love) you Heatherlicious.
I read this a while ago...before I told anyone I was pregnant yet and was already feeling the symptoms of it and I just have to say...I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND! I too feel so sick and nauseous all the time I don't even feel like getting ready or doing anything. If it wasn't for having to get up and go to work (even though I wear srubs I still make my face look presentable), I would probably be in my jammies all day too! I feel my body getting rounder, softer, and bigger and totally don't feel as sexy. But if your husband is anything like mine, supposedly...they like the curves!! So bring it on baby! And just remember they love you and everyone else loves you no matter what you look and feel like :)
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