Woohoo! Our favorite Beauty, Fashion & Lifestyle Website is coming to TVGN – POPSUGAR is officially on TV. Every weeknight at 6pm (5pm Central) watch POPSUGAR’S reporters & hosts that you love come to you live from their studios in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco. From Celeb news, fashion and everything in between – you get all the juicy content you love on the site, straight on your television.
What an awesome way to kick off 2014 – with the team going behind the scenes and reporting directly from all the best red carpet events this season as well as sharing all the info on how to keep fit for the Summer months that are soon approaching. Looking for the latest fashion trends, celebrity inspired looks and exercise to keep fit and trim? You’ll find it all here on POPSUGAR Now. Isn’t this exciting? I’m definitely going to be setting my DVR to check out POPSUGAR Now on TVGN. Be sure to check all your local listings to make sure you have the right times.
POPSUGAR Now: Weeknights 6/5c on TVGN
Disclosure: This post was sponsored by POPSUGAR. While I was compensated to write a post about POPSUGAR NOW, all opinions are my own.
As a busy wife & mother, I am always looking for ways to keep myself organized as well as being able to plan accordingly for my family’s very hectic schedule. I have utilized many different ways of organizing our lives to keep us on track of the things we need to do. One of those things is writing out our schedules in a planner. I’ve had everything from a Filofax to a Day Runner and even Agenda and now – I’m rocking out a Keeping It Together Planner for 2014.
I have a thing for bright, fun colors. And, those that know me, know I am a HUGE Lisa Frank fan and this planner screams colors of happiness to me. When I first opened the box, I was greeted with goodies and bright tissue paper. Upon opening up the rest of the box, the Planner laid there in all of its colorful glory. Needless to say – if I wasn’t already excited just knowing I was getting it – I was like a kid in a candy store eager to rip it all open and start planning.
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For those of you that like no fuss planners that eliminate all the extras like Birthday / Anniversary Lists and Contact List – this planner is definitely for you. It offers you the opportunity to go straight into planning and organizing your life, with enough room for a little doodle fun if that’s something you like to do. I love that there is no time slots for listing appointments but instead an actual writing space (similar to that of a journal) that will allow you to write in each date the contents of your day as you please.
Each day offers you not only the space to write but also areas for Exercise and Gratitude. I especially love this because it allows me to keep track of my daily exercise, run/walk mileage as well as the amount of water I drink each day and I can reflect back on this each week for improvement on the next. You also get a daily quote as well as a Fitness/Health Tip which helps to keep you motivated and inspired each day.
One of my favorite parts of this planner is the weekly menu. I currently plan my meals out in advance to not only assist with saving money when purchasing food items, but also to keep our family on track and to help with our healthy eating. Since this portion is already built into the planner itself, it is the perfect way to keep track of what your family meals are. This is such a great addition and I’m glad that it was included.
Keeping yourself and your family organized is an investment. This planner retails for $50 on the Keeping It Together Website. In my opinion – with all the additions this planner has, it is well worth the money and I have already noticed how beneficial it has been in organizing my family’s many events as well as my Blog and YouTube Channel. I absolutely love the daily inspiration listed on each page that helps to keep me motivated for the day and this planner is so easy to use with everything you need to keep yourself on track. If you are in the market for an Agenda, Planner or Organizer (what ever you may call it) and want something that provides a little happiness as well as a way to keep you inspired and on top of things, definitely check out the Keeping It Together Planner. I can’t wait to see what they come up with next year.
Disclosure: I got this product as part of an advertorial.
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Whew… this week kind of flew by for me. It’s nice to get it out of the way because my whole family has been sick off and on the last 2 weeks… “Get out of my house sick!” Anywho… it’s Thirsty Thursday time and I had a lot to say this week. Check out my video and give me some feedback. What are your thoughts about makeup? Is too much, really too much? Are you going to be settling down on your makeup purchases this year (a resolution & goals for 2014 will be posted soon). What was your drink of choice today? (my Thirsty Thursday video is embedded below).
Also – I wanted to share a little Throwback with all of you.
The photo above was taken in 1997 or 1998 (I think in the early part of 1998, before I graduated from High School). My husband (then boyfriend) and I were at a party and someone took this photo of us. Contrary to my smile (or lack thereof), I was a pretty happy lady. Oi – look at those brows – lmao. I was always more of a natural brow type of person, even now… I mostly set it with a brow gel if I can get away with it. lol
5 Things you may not know about me or this photo…
I loved Aaliyah’s style – and had a thing for baggy pants and plaid/flannel. I still love her style and would rock out Timbalands and baggy overalls any day – lol. I wish that style came back… totally love the 90s.
I was rocking out side bangs in this photo. I flat ironed it so it would lay nicely and kind of sprayed it in place. Because of my naturally curly hair, if I didn’t do so – I would have looked like a poodle. It was not by choice that I had this hairstyle… someone just wanted to butcher my hair. lol
I married this very handsome, sexy man in this photo – we have 3 beautiful kids together and believe it or not… I chased after him for 4 years before we started dating… but that’s another story. lol
I am super tan in this photo because those were the days I surfed a lot and you could find me at the beach almost everyday. Now – I just don’t have the passion for it – so I have since lightened up quite a bit. lol
I have kept my brows this shape for years (the same as in the photo) and have not changed them up ever. I have been pretty lucky to have full and nice brows in my lifetime. 🙂
Hope you guys had an awesome Thursday – I’m hoping to get mine wrapped up and settled down! Have a wonderful rest of your week. Don’t forget to watch Thirsty Thursday’s video below.
Last night we had the pleasure of attending a baby party to celebrate a little guy’s one year old birthday. It was fun, festive and the boys absolutely…
I am not going to lie… Life has its way of kind of catching you by surprise and swallowing up your insides making it feel like all is lost and difficult. I went through that on more occasions than I would like to remember… or count – but the last few years, well… they have really shown me a side of life that I am so happy to share with all of you.
A few years ago I had made friends with people who lived to make my life miserable… and because of it, I had forgotten how awesome my life truly was. From an awesome and supportive (did I mention hawt?) husband and 3 beautiful sons, sometimes the things we love so much, we tend to disregard as the “constants” in our life and forget how important they truly are. Don’t get me wrong… it’s not that we forget about them, but forget about how they often make us feel… happy, loved, supported and the butterflies that flutter around in our stomachs when we think of them – that’s all real feelings that we tend to cast aside from time to time. Last year, I made every possible effort to move forward from those terrible people that worked so hard to make me miserable and just cast them aside… leaving me to concentrate on all the things that made me happy. And, you know what I realized? I absolutely LOVE MY LIFE! How many people can say that? How many people can say that their life is so wonderful (regardless of all the downs and challenges) that they love to live it – so much so that they are “In Love” with their life? Well, I will admit that the road here was a challenge. Not necessarily because I hated my life but because I didn’t focus on the things that were so awesome and there is so much greatness in my life right now and there always has been.
So – this post, while long winded has a purpose. This year – now 2014, I am going to remind myself how awesome life is, how great of a support system I have and how much I love everything beautiful and I know it will make for an awesome year. (hmmm… I think I need a thesaurus… a little too much Awesome in this post. lol) Each time you think of a struggle that has you down, think about all the things that make you smile. When times are tough and you feel like you have hit rock bottom, remember… there are people out there that love you unconditionally. There is always a positive to any negative and smile to a frown. Together – let’s make 2014 AWESOME. So, like Jack Kerouac says… “Be in Love with Your Life, Every minute of it!” and make the best of 2014 and every single day of your existence. While times are tough, God would never give us anything we cannot handle!
Wishing you all a wonderful 2014 filled with Happiness,Prosperity and Love. It’s going to be an awesome year – no exceptions!
