Wow... Where do I start? Slow going...

Good mid-July all... I have a little notebook that I have for blog ideas. And the past month and a half have been crazy. I haven't been able to do any of my beauty posts. My father will be 80 in October; he lives with me and my family. He has Dementia/Alzheimer’s. His condition has been progressing over the last 2 months, and as his caregiver a lot of my time goes to him. I'm young, I'm only 28. My parents were "older" parents. My mom was almost 43 when I was born, and my dad was almost 51 when I came around. My mom found out she had ovarian cancer when I was 13, and she ended up passing away just after my 20th birthday. So now my dad is almost 80, I chose to care for him, because well, he's my dad and I love him. He can barely do simple things anymore as he doesn't understand how things work. For example. He's having problems getting dressed. He typically wears polo styled shirts, but with the Dementia/Alzheimer’s, he wears them inside out and backwards. He doesn't know how to use a belt anymore. He has many problems buttoning and zipping his pants. And doesn't understand the concept of elastic waistband pants. Lately though, he's been putting his boxer shorts over his pants. He occasionally leaves the door open when he leaves the house. And it's been getting worse over the past couple months. My brothers and I have decided that it's time to find an assisted living place for him. And Dad is on board. His doctor also recommended this as well. Over the last month, my brothers and I have been getting everything prepared for the transition, and there is much more to do/figure out. Most of my summer has been trying to put all these pieces together and figuring out how and what needs to come first, leaving me not much time to work on my blog. ALSO, my camera has not been working properly so I've tried to do a couple reviews for some items, but I can't take photos! Grr... Bear with me here folks! I'm trying!

Making Changes, UPDATES, and plans.

Hello, all. I will be re-doing my blog. I have a game change here, basically along the same lines as it's been but I will be adding beauty to my blog. And when I say beauty, I mean tutorials, reviews, hauls and everything to do with beauty products, looks and adventures with make up, skincare, trends and other beauty related material. YAY! But don't worry I'm not going strictly beauty. I'll still have tutorials on projects, life updates, random rants and I also plan on doing recipes here and there. June will be a blog reopening. I should hopefully have it done by the end of this week, with a new blog post to celebrate. Now on to the UPDATES. The last time I blogged here was back in May of 2010. It's now June 2012. Obviously a lot happens in 2 years. So let me keep a story short and give you a brief update. The last entry I wrote, was about a job I had quit. I wrote a very lovely letter to my boss and shared it with you. Since then I have gone back to school for Environmental Science. During my second quarter, I had to fly to Detroit and move my dad back to Seattle. While in Detroit, I realized my father (who was 78 at the time) had Alzheimers/Dementia. He was on the road driving and it was scary. So I drove him all the way back to Seattle. Took 4 days. We had a great father/daughter bonding time though I will never forget. We stopped and saw Mount Rushmore. The Badlands, Yellowstone (I've been there before), Devil's Tower. Yeah, it was a nice experience. And he lived in a hotel from the end of October 2010 to February 2011. My husbands parents had to move down to California, so we all decided we would move into their house here, and my dad would live with us downstairs. Since then I have not made it back to school. I have been a caregiver to my dad. My son started first grade in September 2011, and has had a rough year. I did start a new job in August 2011, but unfortunately had to quit due to my son having some problems in first grade. And I had to keep calling into work for various reasons regarding either my dad or son. Now, I just try to run the household. And I've noticed a lot less stress is involved with I put my face on in the morning. I used to be a huge makeup fan and lost a lot of my collection I had, between moves ('cause I've moved a lot in the last 10 years) and have finally been in a place to start replacing it all. Makeup is my therepy. And I have plans for my blog now. As I also hope to celebrate a year back with a youtube channel (No, not this year, next year 2013). You are caught up on enough now and I hope you will enjoy my new (more busy) blog. Don't forget to be a follower! I do plan on having giveaways for my followers. So you have something to look forward to. Now I gotta get to work. --Eljae