Day #31: TGIF.

Today was very...strange. Just a very bizarre day at work. Perhaps it is just because it was my third day in a row being on the side with the psych rooms. Or maybe it's because I live in a weird town. Full moon? Let's google search this.

Nope, not a full moon. However, I did discover this fun fact:

August 2012 will feature not 1 but 2 full moons. 

The full moon occurs once every 29.5 days. This essentially means that there is one full moon every month. However, as we know, every month but February has at least 30 days in it, which presents the potential for two full moons in a month.  August 2012 - is one of these unique months, which will have two full moons. There will be a full moon on August 2nd, and then another full moon on August 31st.  So those of us whom are superstitious in regards to full moons will have two special days in August of 2012.  The term Blue Moon can refer to the second full moon in a given month. When people say "once in a blue moon" they are speaking to the rarity of the occurrence of a second moon happening in the same given month.

That is your fun, random fact for the day!

I also want to start something different with my blog. Every Friday I will feature the week's top five. I'll think of a unique name for this blog feature later. Anyways, I will list 5 things from the week, either a product that I like, an event in my life, a new blog that I find enjoyable, etc The sky's the limit. Any suggestions are welcome!

Ok, let's start. 

Big, Beautiful & Broke's Friday Five:

1. Mirabella Prime

While I was getting my hair done this week, the salon offered a free mini make-up consultation. You could pick from a variety of demonstrations like applying eye make-up, blush, etc. I chose foundation. I have been searching for the perfect foundation since I have been wearing make-up. I wish I could do my make-up like a professional, however I am NOT that skilled. Thanks to modern technology, I have been watching video tutorials to master this girly skill. Anyways, I fell in love with this product. Mirabella prime! All you have to do is apply a pea-size drop to your face prior to putting on your foundation. It makes your face very soft and gives you a fresh look.  

Primers work much like a moisturizer under your foundation does: they ease the application of foundation and are meant to create a barrier between foundation and skin. I highly recommend it!

2. The Small Things Blog

I found this blog on Pinterest while searching through the Hair and Beauty pins. It is the blog of a woman who shows hair tutorials, outfits, make-up, etc. I love her. She has great posts providing hair and make-up advice, crafting ideas, products she enjoys, and lots of other stuff. I immediately loved this blog and recommend woman of all ages check her out. She is basically what I aspire to be. A girly-girl who works, blogs and crafts. Check her out!

3. The Newsroom

My husband introduced me to this show, which airs Sunday's at 10 pm on HBO. It's great show which chronicles a fictional behind-the-scenes look at a newsroom. Jeff Daniels is the main character, who plays an anchorman. It's witty and it's fun remembering the events it chronicles (Bin Laden death announcement, riots in Egypt, etc).

4. THREE DAY WEEKEND!

That is right. I have the next 3 days off. This is definitely worth celebrating.

5. Lamarr Woodley

Lamarr Woodley went to high school in the town I group in. He donated $60,000 so that kids can play sports in school...FOR FREE! Otherwise, in order to participate each child would have to pay a fee. AMAZING!

Okay, I hope you enjoyed the very first Friday Top FIVE!

Until tomorrow,

Big, Beautiful & Broke... Chelsea

PS Tomorrow's entry will likely be late...because Hubby and I are going to the TIGERS GAME! 

Day #27: Cleaning Calendars/Newsroom

Here I go, late again! Gah! I actually had a day off today (YAY!) and it was fairly productive I must say. I cleaned the living room, kitchen and dining room...sort of. I cleaned some junk out of the dining room to make room for the buffet table and china cabinet. Before and after photos to follow soon (hopefully!). I also went to my grandpa's house and helped my parents and aunt clean. Hubby and I are currently working on catching up the laundry. All in all productive.

I found some more chore lists on Pinterest that I may start using. Here they are:

Not entirely sure which one I will implement yet, but regardless I want to have a more organized and well-run home. Especially if we plan on bringing a child into the mix one day. Any other ideas are welcomed readers, I'd love to hear from you!

Hubby is trying to introduce me to a new show: Newsroom. I've only seen part of one episode but it's pretty good so far. I especially like Jeff Daniels opening speech:

"It's not the greatest country in the world, professor, that's my answer.

Fine. [to the liberal panelist] Sharon, the NEA is a loser. Yeah, it accounts for a penny out of our paychecks, but he [gesturing to the conservative panelist] gets to hit you with it anytime he wants. It doesn't cost money, it costs votes. It costs airtime and column inches. You know why people don't like liberals? Because they lose. If liberals are so fuckin' smart, how come they lose so GODDAM ALWAYS!

And [to the conservative panelist] with a straight face, you're going to tell students that America's so starspangled awesome that we're the only ones in the world who have freedom? Canada has freedom, Japan has freedom, the UK, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Australia, Belgium has freedom. Two hundred seven sovereign states in the world, like 180 of them have freedom.

And you—sorority girl—yeah—just in case you accidentally wander into a voting booth one day, there are some things you should know, and one of them is that there is absolutely no evidence to support the statement that we're the greatest country in the world. We're seventh in literacy, twenty-seventh in math, twenty-second in science, forty-ninth in life expectancy, 178th in infant mortality, third in median household income, number four in labor force, and number four in exports. We lead the world in only three categories: number of incarcerated citizens per capita, number of adults who believe angels are real, and defense spending, where we spend more than the next twenty-six countries combined, twenty-five of whom are allies. None of this is the fault of a 20-year-old college student, but you, nonetheless, are without a doubt, a member of the WORST-period-GENERATION-period-EVER-period, so when you ask what makes us the greatest country in the world, I don't know what the fuck you're talking about?! Yosemite?!!!

We sure used to be. We stood up for what was right! We fought for moral reasons, we passed and struck down laws for moral reasons. We waged wars on poverty, not poor people. We sacrificed, we cared about our neighbors, we put our money where our mouths were, and we never beat our chest. We built great big things, made ungodly technological advances, explored the universe, cured diseases, and cultivated the world's greatest artists and the world's greatest economy. We reached for the stars, and we acted like men. We aspired to intelligence; we didn't belittle it; it didn't make us feel inferior. We didn't identify ourselves by who we voted for in the last election, and we didn't scare so easy. And we were able to be all these things and do all these things because we were informed. By great men, men who were revered. The first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one—America is not the greatest country in the world anymore."

I've got to say...I agree.

Until tomorrow,

Big, Beautiful & Broke... Chelsea