Joan Ellen Cornell

7:49 AM

Summer Nail Polish!

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These have been my favs this summer! From left to right: SinfulColors- Cinderella Wet n Wild- I Need a Refresh-Mint SinfulColor...

These have been my favs this summer!

From left to right:

SinfulColors- Cinderella

Wet n Wild- I Need a Refresh-Mint

SinfulColors- Hot Pink

Sally Hansen- Pacific Blue

SinfulColors- Summer Peach

Revlon- Dreamer

SinfulColors- Cream Pink

What are your favorite colors to paint your nails with right now?

7:00 AM

Products I LOVE continued...

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1. Rimmel London Eyeshadow in Orion 2. Ben Nye Shimmer Dust in Iced Gold 3. Maybelline Powder Foundation in Tan 4. Rimmel London La...

1. Rimmel London Eyeshadow in Orion

2. Ben Nye Shimmer Dust in Iced Gold

3. Maybelline Powder Foundation in Tan

4. Rimmel London Lash Accelerator Mascara in Black

5. Rimmel London Eyeliner in Black Magic

6. Sephora Eye Brushes

7. Maybelline Eyeliner in Blackest Black (with brush)

9:04 AM

Happy Sunday :)

9:04 AM

Today, I relax :) Hope every one had a great weekend!

Today, I relax :)

Hope every one had a great weekend!

11:15 AM

On my walls...

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A few things that live on the walls of my house...

7:00 AM

The Lake Concert.

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Every other week, on Wednesday night, the town I live in has a free concert at the lake. Usually I don't have Porter those nigh...

Every other week, on Wednesday night, the town I live in has a free concert at the lake.

Usually I don't have Porter those nights, but his dad was out of town last week so I got to take

him with.

He had a blast, it was so much fun to have him there with me.

He got to stay up super late and was sooo good :)

He danced, got a glowstick, pushed around a yoga ball for a good hour, played with other kids, and just made me happy watching him have fun.

10:56 PM

Change

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Listen to this. As loud as you can. Like, I mean, if you need to put headphones on, do it. I don't feel the sun's co...

Listen to this. As loud as you can. Like, I mean, if you need to put headphones on, do it.

I don't feel the sun's comin' out today
It's staying in, it's gonna find another way, yeah, hey
As I sit here in this misery
I don't think I'll ever no long' seen the sun from here

And, oh, as I fade away
They'll all look at me and say and they'll say
"Hey, look at him", I'll never live that way
And that's okay, they're just afraid to change

Ah, when you feel life ain't worth living
You've got to stand up and take a look around
You look up way to the sky
Hey and when your deepest thoughts are broken
Keep on dreaming boy, 'cause when you stop dreamin' it's time to die

And as we all play parts of tomorrow, oh, no, no
Some ways we'll work, in other ways we'll play, yeah, yeah
But I know we can't all stay here forever, oh
So I want to write my words on the face of today
And then they'll paint it up

And, oh, as I fade away, yeah
They'll all look at me and say, they'll say
"Hey, look at him and where he is these days"
When life is hard, you have to change
When life is hard, you have to change

7:00 AM

Products I LOVE!

7:00 AM

I don't use a ton of products, and the ones I do use I don't use every single day, but I swear by these things. As in, LOVE LO...

I don't use a ton of products, and the ones I do use I don't use every single day,

but I swear by these things.

As in, LOVE LOVE LOVE them!

1. Redken Extreme Anti-Snap

I put a little bit in my hair after I brush through it while it's still wet, and it's awesome! I love how it smells, and it helps provide heat protection and prevents breakage and split ends!

2. Redken Extreme Cat

This is a protein treatment that I use once every week or two, right after shampooing while i'm still in the shower.

3. Clinique Superdefense Moisturizer

Face lotion I use every day.

4. Victoria's Secret Super Model Shimmer Lotion/ Sparkle Body Spray/ Perfume

This is one of my favorite scents ever! And I love how shimmery the lotion is!

5. Pond's Pore Shrinking Gel Toner

I use this about 3-4 times a week. It leaves your face feeling so cool and tingly, I kinda like it :)

6. Paul Mitchell's Hot Off The Press

I use this every time I use a flat-iron on my hair, which ends up being about 2-4 times a week. It protects your hair from the heat.

And in a coming post, I will show you what make-up I use the most!

8:38 AM

Blog revamp!

8:38 AM

if you read my blog through Google Reader, take a second to click and go take a look at the new look! it's still pretty simple,...

if you read my blog through Google Reader,

take a second to click and go take a look at the new look!

it's still pretty simple, but hey, since that's the one thing I can control and keep "simple" in my life,

that's what happens :)

7:00 AM

Almost 17 months old :)

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I know I haven't done an update on P for a while, so I will randomly do one now. I used to do one each month, but once I moved ...

I know I haven't done an update on P for a while, so I will randomly do one now.

I used to do one each month,

but once I moved things got crazy and I never started them again.

*He is 16.5 months old right now.

*He has been eating with a spoon or fork now for a month or two. He often won't eat unless he has a utensil, it's kinda funny.

*He is walking around like crazy.

*He still doesn't talk. He makes lots of sounds and "talks" in his own language, but no words yet.

*He likes to read more and more every day. When I tell him to "go get a book" he walks right into his room where the books are and brings me back one or two.

He will sit still for a couple of books at a time.

*He loves to wear his shoes. If he wants to go outside,

he will bring me his shoes and then go to the door.

*He's doing great at "school", he loves music time the best.

*He's down to 2-3 bottles a day.

*He likes to hit the top of my head and then laugh, and do it again and again. It cracks me up.

*He is going to bed around 7 each night and most of the time sleeps through the night, but sometimes wakes up around 11-12 wanting another bottle and his diaper changed.

*He usually wakes up between 7-8am.

*He loves to put things inside of other things and take them out, over and over again.

*He is getting the concept of pushing a car around on the floor.

*He hates being dropped off after being with his dad for the weekend,

but is fine a few seconds after he leaves.

*He loves to wave. He'll come hang out near me, then when he's walking away to go find something else to play with or do, he waves bye to me, haha.

*He loves to throw all of his toys out of the bathtub when he's taking a bath.

The floor ends up a lake every time.

*When he's at home with me during the day, he takes 2 naps, both at least 2 hours.

The kid likes to sleep, no complaints here :)

*He loves water. At large pools, he will walk right in (or back in on his belly, feet first) with no fear.

7:00 AM

I miss him when he's sleeping.

7:00 AM

Ok, so this is how it goes... We had a really fun, BUSY day the other day. We walked to the park, even though it was soooo hot. I p...

Ok, so this is how it goes...

We had a really fun, BUSY day the other day.

We walked to the park, even though it was soooo hot. I pushed the stroller through a small forest on a little tiny trail and then up and down huge hills to get there.

Then we came home (up and down the same hills, mind you) and P napped and then had lunch

We hung out for a while, then went to the waterpark.

We got home an hour after P's normal bedtime and still had to have dinner and a bath.

He finally went to bed about an hour and 45 mins later than usual, after being kinda cranky and pretty much proving to me why he doesn't stay up much later than his regular scheduled bedtime.

Fast forward less than two hours.

I missed him so much I wanted to go wake him up to hang out with me.

I didn't actually doing that, but I WANTED to.

My heart kinda ached because I MISSED HIM. Like, a lot.

Please tell me i'm not the only crazy enough person to think this way.

7:00 AM

Bath/Pool Toys!

7:00 AM

Since Porter has been spending tons of time in the pool lately, and takes a bath every day, I decided we need some new water toys. ...

Since Porter has been spending tons of time in the pool lately, and takes a bath every day,

I decided we need some new water toys.

So of course, i've been searching Pinterest for ideas, and here's a few I came up with!

Colored Ice Cubes

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Water Bottle River Raft

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Colored Noodles

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Sponge Balls

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7:00 AM

More fun in the pool

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10:50 AM

Will never be forgotten

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This horrible tragedy happened an hour from where I live. My heart goes out to all of the victims and the victim's families that we...

This horrible tragedy happened an hour from where I live.

My heart goes out to all of the victims and the victim's families that were involved with the

Aurora, Colorado shooting last night.

And thank you to all of the firemen and police that are there in the 100 degree heat helping everyone.

7:00 AM

Motivate

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I have had such a lack of motivation lately. All around. I'm honestly thinking about working out (something I NEVER do), because I ...

I have had such a lack of motivation lately. All around.

I'm honestly thinking about working out (something I NEVER do), because I feel like it might make me feel better or something. I'll let ya know how that goes.

In the meantime, here are some quotes that I am going to make myself read regularly.

Source: Pinterest.

Just search "Motivate"

7:00 AM

Striped bathroom walls

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So remember the last post, where I said I was sad to leave my grey and tiffany blue bedroom? Well, I decided to paint the stripes in the ...

So remember the last post, where I said I was sad to leave my grey and tiffany blue bedroom? Well, I decided to paint the stripes in the bathroom the blue color...

I absolutely LOVE how it turned out!

Though, I am going to need to get new towels to match eventually.

Even though I have textured walls, the stripes ended up PERFECT.

Want to know how?

First, I painted the entire bathroom white (it was already white, but it hadn't been painted in years and years probably, so it looked like crap).

Next, I measured and taped for the stripes.

Then, where the blue stripes were going to be, I painted over the seam of the tape at the top of the stripes and the bottom with white, to seal it so the blue wouldn't seep through.

I waited two hours for that to dry, and then painted the blue stripes.

I removed the tape while the blue was still wet.

I ended up with {almost} flawless stripes!

7:00 AM

MY place :)

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My roommate moved out in the beginning of the month, and i'm really excited for this condo to be "my" place. I'm pumpe...

My roommate moved out in the beginning of the month, and i'm really excited for this condo to be "my" place. I'm pumped to make it into my own.
It's coming along :)
I've switched rooms, into her old room- the master bedroom. I'm going to miss my grey and tiffany blue walls, and i'm not a huge fan of how she has the master painted- but it'll work. I have thought about repainting it, but probably won't. However, I have started painting the downstairs bathroom (which was hers too). I painted it white today, and plan on doing stripes in there...not too sure what color yet though. Maybe the grey I used in my old bedroom, although I would really love to do yellow- we'll see.
All of the furniture we had in the main rooms was hers, and honestly, i'm happy to start fresh with not much. I plan on having minimal "stuff"...as opposed to before.
It's so nice that P has his own room now too (he used to share with her daughter- his cousin)...all of his toys can now be in there instead of in the living room, and he can actually play in there now. It's really cute- he never used to go in there, and now he's in and out of there all day...he loves it :)

We love our place, and i'm so glad to feel "home" :)

7:00 AM

Painting!

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I really love watching Porter get messy :) This is the second time i've let him paint, the first time he didn't really get it, b...

I really love watching Porter get messy :)

This is the second time i've let him paint, the first time he didn't really get it, but this time he went to town...painting on the canvas as well as himself.