Yogatic/Ekhart Yoga

I still consider myself very much a yoga novice. It wasn't until recently that I have really put attention to breathing, meditating (or trying to), and feeling the movements of my body with each pose. I think I like Vinyasa Flow Yoga the best, but am still going to try the other styles. Due to lack of funds, I am not a member of a gym or yoga studio so I do my yoga at home in our yoga/workout/mancave room. I like to switch up yoga/workout routines because I get bored very easily. Yesterday I found an amazing YouTube channel. There are many free videos offered, a few different teachers, and an option to subscribe at a really great price if you want to go that route. They also have different yoga programs to choose from. It was like hitting the jackpot y'all so I had to share. Go check it out!

You can thank me later ;)

Website - YouTube - FB

Free Yoga for Beginners Challenge

*namaste*

POTW- Brows

BROWS

Something very important to me and my face. Some people have beautiful luscious perfect brows. I hate you. Some have tattooed brows. And then there are some who have none or very few. I fall in the last category. 

Do you ever realize how funny we would look without eyebrows? They really shape our entire face!

Disturbing, ya?

I never leave the house without putting my eyebrows on. {a few exceptions- getting the mail or walking the dog} I am always on the hunt for the best brow products. Sometimes the products can be a pretty penny so I have to work with what I can afford. For a few months now I have been using two eyebrow products that I love, though one I could do without if I could just find the perfect brow powder. If you know of one, hook a girl up! 

I feel it necessary to share these brow favorites with you, just in case we happen to fall in the same boat as I.

{1} MAC Brow Defining Pencil in Lingering

Life changer. Should be a staple in every woman's makeup bag.

{2} Clinique Instant Lift for Brows

I'm a big fan of Clinique products. I love this. It really is great and I love the highlighting duo with it. But, once I find the perfect brow powder I probably won't use this as much. Just keepin' it real y'all.

{no brow=scary; just #2; #1 & #2}

Life is better with brows.

*The Beauty Department and Kate from The Small Things Blog both have great brow tutorials.*

Clothing Battle

Hubby vs Wifey

Basically this battle all started last Friday, on our date to Chili's. He flat out said that when we first started talking that 'my style was so weird to him but now he is use to it and that I don't dress my age'. WTF. 'Ohhhh really? How is MY style weird?' I defensively responded to the man who thinks Call of Duty shirts and a camo ball cap are appropriate attire to an Easter service or on a date.

Some of you may remember Raven's post and Jenni's post about dressing for men/their husbands. I loved that post, and I even asked the Hubs his thoughts after reading them a while back. I guess he didn't really want to hurt my feelings (or get punched in the face) so he just said 'it's different' but he likes it. Well now that we are a bit more comfortable with each other and after me insisting he be completely honest... he told me how he really felt! I was pretty bummed to find that the clothing I loved wasn't always his favorite as I want to be sexy in his eyes, to dress for him.

Note: I am growing out my hair mainly for him because of his love for long hair; I curl my hair more because he loves the way it looks on me. The things we do for love :)

 

Let's go back to our fight on Sunday morning. It is a fight to ask him to change or put on something 'nice'. He wanted to pair these nice light red shorts with a bright green and black polo and got mad at me for telling him it doesn't match. Most days and most places, I could care less about what he wears. I don't think I am that picky about it, really. Sunday he wanted to wear those red shorts with a blue Hawaiian shirt, again I said it didn't match and made suggestions. Then he wanted to wear a Florida Gator shirt with Khakis and a ball cap. I said no way buddy. That's when all hell broke loose... screaming, slamming doors, ya know the whole shabang. He ended up wearing what I originally suggested. #iwin Off to brunch we went with Kait and her beau.

He never knew what maxi dresses were and I was very devastated to find out he doesn't really like them, like at all, and I wear them practically daily and have like 8 of them. #cuethescreams He calls my maxi skirt and my Minnetoka fringe boots my hippie gear. And get this...Saturday night we went to go see a movie so I just threw on a simple Target tee (love them) and some jeans. He went bananas over how sexy and hot I looked, grabbed my butt and all and said that THIS was dressing my age.... seriously? Basically he likes the 'girl next door' look. Simple but chic. 

Today we set out on a mission to Target. One our way there I asked him about specific outfits, shirts, etc that he liked/disliked of mine. I found out he loves to see my curves and legs. He loves it when I wear jeans and a tee. He hates maxi dresses because he doesn't care to see just my feet. He thinks polka dots are set out to give men strokes. I really wish I could have had a recorder while walking through the clothing sections. We went to my section of Target and I asked him things and had him pick out some tee's that he liked for me. Then we set out to the men's section. We picked out some polos together, figured out what he likes and doesn't like, and got some tee's for him as well. (He acts like such a girl, btw, it's rather hilarious.)

It was a successful trip and we finally found some common ground.

Is your husband the same way? Do you dress for him?

Currently

A Hawaiian Easter Sunrise

reading The Language of Medicine and actually enjoying it.... who am I??

writing in the planner I rarely use. Or better yet, only use when I am feeling stressed and need to plan out my weeks/months/thoughts.

listening to some peace and quiet and the hubs on his computer.

thinking of how exhausted I am but how I wouldn't change a thing about this weekend/day! So good. I'll sleep when I am dead.

smelling one of my new favorite Scentsy fragrances! April's Sunny & Share.

wishing that things to come together in the next year.

hoping April will treat us well.

wearing pj's, I really should get to bed. 

loving coffee. (rather fitting for this blog, no?) Specifically Donut House K-cups. Y'all, I am downing two cups a day lately.

wanting happiness and to get through my medical classes.

needing to go bed. Bet you didn't guess that one. I also really need to finish the laundry... Our clothes are clean, they just haven't made it upstairs and into our dressers. Yes, I am that lazy, but lately other things have been more important.

feeling exhausted. Life is hard sometimes, ya know?

clicking: through Easter weekend pictures of my family back home. Being away on holidays is so tough. It's not always rainbows and sunshine, y'all.

White Plains Beach, Hawaii