4th of July Eyeshadow Look

July 2, 2015.Reading time 9 minutes.

We are so close to the 4th I can almost taste the freshly melted cheese blanketing a juicy burger, see the vibrant red, white, and blue all around, and smell the dusty smoke after the fireworks have ended. (Even though the fireworks end signal my mom to stand up and clap while shouting, “GOD BLESS AMERICA!” […]

Milwaukee Brewers Inspired Eyeshadow Look

June 17, 2015.Reading time 6 minutes.

Milwaukee Brewers Inspired Look! Almost Her Blog

While most girls received a cute outfit, a stuffed bunny, or some fancy talking toy on her 1st Birthday –- I got a sister. Yep. Exactly one year (to the day) of my birth, my sister entered the world and I met my built-in best friend. For the longest time our youngest brother, Adam, thought […]

There is this picture I have of the ideal woman floating around in my head. She’s perfection and she knows it.

She is everything I want to be. She is smart, funny, a good homemaker, and can rock any lipstick color she wants. Plus she is just so darn happy. I want to be her. Problem is I’m hopelessly flawed…or actually, as I like to say, HopeFULLY flawed. There is always hope.

Here I’ll write about my numerous (and humorous) shortcomings, my (mostly happy) thoughts and ideas, and my failures and successes. Here I will strive for perfection and always fall short. Here is where I will try to become Almost “Her.”

“HER” defined: Funny, smart, brave, knowledgeable, beautiful, energetic, laid-back, positive, healthy, crafty, an amazing friend/daughter/girlfriend/wife/aunt/mother/grandmother, happy, full of faith, stress-free, thoughtful, honest, playful, spontaneous, and a bomb diggity cook.♥ (This list is never-ending.)

Almost Her