think about it

My cute little sister Amy Cakes (that makes her sound like she's 4 or 5, but she's not) sent me a text telling me of a random thing. She thinks about me in my engagement picture every time she puts on mascara and how she thought my eyelashes looked awesome. Wow! Somebody thinks of MY eyelashes???? My non-existant-I-think-I got-jipped-on eyelashes and thinks they look great and thinks of me every time she puts mascara on?! I was shocked and happy & it's very possible that I will think of my eyelashes differently now. And so I was inspired to write down the things that I think of every day during my daily routine:

applying chapstick: 3 old boyfriends, one obsessed with chapstick (Greg), one who always needed it desperately but never seemed to use it (Wade), & then another who always pointed out to people that if they were going to wear lipstick, they should make sure their lips were well moisturized first, because if not, the lipstick is much harder to remove and doesn't look as good (Jake).

applying bronzer: My dad saying after a certain sister left the house once, "Alright-who's going to tell her she's starting to look like an oompa-loompa?"

using conditoner: My Aunt Toni explaining her tricks for long beautiful hair when I was 9 or so. She combs the conditioner through in the shower.

applying masacara: I think of a tip my mom told me about applying it in a sideways direction that she learned at a church function one night, being told that Kimi's friend applies it 12 times, & a drama teacher suggesting a pantomime putting on make-up and how she thought it would be funny if one were to act out the faces we make when we do so. Monica & I chose to hang laundry for our pantomime instead doing a scene from Steel Magnolia's. I miss Monica.

plucking eyebrows: my unfortunate overdo on plucking when I was 15.

brushing my teeth: I think about how I was so embarrassed to brush my teeth in front of Clay when we were first married. HA! and also that my friend Ellie said her mom brushed her teeth too well and it made the enamel come off.

shaking out my hair in the shower: living with Nikki and her laughing at me for flipping it so many times. I flip it counting to 8 three times. Not counting to 24, mind you. To 8, three times.

blow drying my hair: Clay bursting into the bathroom on our honeymoon with a camera when I was blow drying my hair and the startled picture we have as a result.

applying eyeliner: Katrina's tip that eyeliner looks amplified in pictures.


backcombing my hair: watching Karlee do hers when she was in high school and wishing I could get it right like she does.

putting on deodorant: Kiersti saying that if she gets ready in the wrong order she's bound to forget something important like deodorant.

flossing: my dentist saying "those who care floss"

putting on lotion at night: watching Debra on Everybody Loves Raymond do that every night before bed

putting my face lotion on: that on the package it said 9 out of 10 find using that product as a "luxurious experience" and Clay saying there must be gold in it considering the cost

taking my makeup off: Linda saying that every day you don't take it off, it ages your face 4 days

replacing a roll of tissue: being at EFY and the girls explaining to the boys in our group that putting the roll on the holder so it rolls towards the wall is much better than the other way


cleaning my kitchen before bed at night: my friend Mindy saying "Clean your kitchen at night & it will welcome you in the morning."

scrubbing my kitchen sink: Amy Ann saying that she scrubs her sink every time she does the dishes and my father-in-law thinking that a clean sink means a clean house regardless if the rest of the house is a mess or not.

sweeping my front porch: Switzerland

painting my nails: wishing I had remembered to explain to Russ & Kimi when helping to paint their closet doors that painting a door/wall/anything is just like painting your nails; multiple light coats are better than one heavy thick coat.

curling my hair: Mikelle & Tessa's BEAUTIFUL hair. I count to 15 & then release.

doing dishes: my friend Michelle explaining that she wanted to be a hand model when she grew up and thus protected her hands when doing the dishes by using gloves. I don't. But then, I'm no hand model. :)

removing my daughter's elastics: my friend Bryan calling me in college while babysitting his nieces wanting advice on how to remove them painlessly. And I smile because it was cute.

sneezing: an old college boyfriend's little 7 year old sister, Jessica, copying the way I sneezed, and the way I did my hair, and the way I held my glass, etc. I LOVED her.

making my bed: Lonni's grandma making her make the bed over & over & over until she got it right.