Another Type of Calf... Just Another Day in my Life

     One of the more interesting tidbits about me is that my family owns and operates a beef cattle farm. I have a cow named Marlena, who just had her third calf today. Like the other two babies, this one is a heifer (technical term for female who hasn't had a baby yet.) She is too cute! Her facial markings make her look like she's wearing a bank robber's mask.  Hopefully I'll get better pictures soon! I have a bunch of the other babies, so I'll have to share them as well. 

Storage Solutions + Deal Alert; Canisters

     I've been looking for a better way to store hair accessories for a while now. Up until today, I've just had them in a little metal pail. Although it worked, it wasn't far from overflowing, and it was hard to pick out exactly what I needed. For example, to find bobby pins, I had to pour almost everything out because they settled on the bottom of the pail. Thankfully, I found a perfect solution while out to town.
     Today, in Kroger, my hubby and I happened down the home and kitchen aisle and I spotted canisters on sale. Here lately, I've developed an affliction for glass canisters that fasten with a metal latch- they're just so handy. So, naturally when I saw they were on sale for buy two get one free, I jumped. Not only did I only pay $5.98 for three canisters, but they are just the trick for storing all of my hair things. Score!

Kiss My Fat (Calves)!

 

Storm clouds in the distance... oh my. 

     As a result of being both a chubby girl and a large boned/ framed girl with muscular lower legs, I have "big" calves. This used to bother me to no end (you've read about my past shorts-phobia, right?), but now I don't really care. My calves are strong and sturdy, and have carried me many places. The curve of my calf is naturally beautiful- that curve is one of the most subtle but oh-so-sexy places on a woman... think slits in a long dress, how high heels look, or a pinup girl with toes pointed in the air, and you'll get the idea. That curve is most attractive when it is plump and shapely, not thin and shapeless. My right calf is also home to a tattoo I got with my best friend while in Pigeon Forge, and I think its placement is a great highlight to that curve I was talking about.

Friends who get tattooed together, are awesome. 

Proof that calves are sexxxy! 

Degreasing an Oil Slick

     Like many other ladies out there, I suffer from oily skin. However, mine is not of the oil-prone T-zone variety... it looks more like some one is trying to fry chicken on my face. At the end of a day, I can swipe a finger over my forehead and have it look like I dipped it in canola oil (only a slight dramatization.) As a result, I find myself constantly blot, blot, blotting. The best blotting papers I have ever used were from Sephora, the Sephora brand, made with activated charcoal, and were ah-mazing at a great price. They were also discontinued.
     Another brand I've used is the Clean & Clear, which is more plastic film than paper. They work OK, but I'm not a fan of how they feel like vinyl, how flimsy the paper packaging is, and how few are in a pack.
     Right now I'm using Hard Candy blotting papers from Walmart, and I'm fairly content with them. They're cheap ($5 for 150), the packaging has held up well, and they do the job. I also like how they are sectioned into plastic envelopes inside the holder- it keeps them so tidy. I do wish they were bigger, though. At lunch it takes me three sheets to get to a point that is matte enough for me. 
     Below are some product pictures, and a before/ after shot of my mug on my lunch break. I have been carrying mine around, so excuse that it's not in fresh-off-the-shelf condition.

Before...

...And after.