If I weren’t a teacher…

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Huh?! What?!

No, no, I wasn’t sleeping.

I was just resting for a second.

Totally awake. Sort of. 😉

It’s the first week of school…and my tushy is starting to drag. The week has gone splendidly well…basically no complaints at all, although I’m afraid to say that because it isn’t over yet.

I’m feeling pretty accomplished on the home front…I’ve cooked dinner once this week, ran once this week, done one load of laundry, and now I’m even writing a post for the blog. (The others this week were pre-written…I was semi-prepared.) I’d say overall I’ve coped pretty well.

Today I wanted to link up with Mama Kat’s and sort of answer one of the questions she posed to the group. “If you could change career paths now and be anything you wanted to be…what would you be and why?”

By “sort of answer” I mean that instead of saying what I would be doing (which is stay at home housewife, by the way…no, not stay at home MOM, just housewife) I’m going to say what I’m glad I’m not doing.

*Child photographer: I’m pretty sure I’ve talked about this one before. Child photographers have it rough. I’ve taken quiet a few pictures of my kids this week, and they do the weirdest stuff when you get them in front of a camera. Crazy eyes, weird hunching poses, wompy smiles…I have to take like 5 shots sometimes just to get one that won’t totally embarass them when they look back at it in the album one day.

*Copy machine repair man: Not even going here…the copy machine has been a source of high tension at my school this week. I’ll just say that when that thing goes to jammin’ and beepin’ it sends my blood to boilin’…not a job I would want.

*Elementary school janitor: I love ours. Seriously, love him. But the way those kids lick and touch and scratch and do all sorts of other stuff that you don’t wanna know about makes me get the eebie-jeebies when I think about having to clean it all up. He’s a saint!

*Principal: Again, I’ve got a great one. But I am soooo happy to not have to be the one in charge…when things come up and people are freaking out, it feels good to know that I don’t have to lose sleep over any of it.

So yeah. I think I’ll just stick with teacher for now.

Unless BRAVO decides to start a “Real Housewives of Small Town Texas” show.

Then I might revisit that stay at home housewife thing. 😉

KEEP CALM AND BE THANKFUL FOR YOUR JOB!

Birchbox Rox!

I first heard about Birchbox on Facebook…and then from a friend I worked with at camp this past summer. So, in the name of blogging (definitely not in the name of wanting these goodies all for myself *wink*) I went online to check it out, and found out that it’s pretty a pretty sweet deal. Basically you sign up for a membership / subscription that is $10 a month, and every month they’ll send you a box with high-end beauty product samples. Fun to try, at least for a little while, right?! So I decided to dedicate $10 of my fun money for a couple of months and try it out.

And most importantly of all, I just love getting mail.

So this past Friday, I was pretty pumped to see this little baby waiting for me in the mailbox.

Branding is everything. (Eh…maybe I’ve been watching a little to much tv this summer.) I do have to say, I’m digging their branding. Look at the adorable box everything came in! I’ve got tons of things I want to do with that little box!

There wasn’t as much inside as I actually thought, but when it showed how much everything would have been if it were full size / full retail price, I could understand. And everything looks like something I’d like to try.

The kit includes…

*Beauty Fixation: Makeup Remover swabs (Full-size $5)

*Juicy Couture: Viva la Juicy La Fleur perfume (Full-size $70)

*Sumita: Brow Base (Full-size $11) *I’m most excited to try this one, because it says “This wax concealer pencil keeps unruly brows in place.”

*theBalm Cosmetics: Stainiac in Beauty Queen (Full size $17) *Two-in-one lip and cheek stain

*Larabar: Uber (Full-size, pack of 5 – $9) *granola bars

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After having the box for a few days, here are my thoughts on the products…

*The swabs: About what you’d expect…I’ll stick with my Neutrogena eye-makeup remover. 😉

*The perfume: Nice scent, not super flowery or overly strong…I think it’s something I’d wear, but I haven’t gotten the husband’s stamp of approval yet.

*The brow base: Not gonna work for me…it’s too pale and it looked like I had smeared concealer all over my eyebrows. Anyone else want it?

*The stain: Odd…very odd. It’s gel-like, which I wasn’t expecting. I did go ahead and use it on my lips, then smeared a little on my cheeks for good measure. I’d use it again on the lips, but not the cheeks…blush looks better on me. *wink*

*The granola: Tasty…not something I’d go out of my way to buy though.

KEEP CALM & BIRCHBOX ON!