Not only is it the official dress up month but the National Museum of the Marine Corps (NMMC) Education Department and NMMC Kids held their inaugural Semper Force Day this weekend. The mission of the NMMC Education Department and NMMC Kids is “to develop engaging, age-appropriate social media content for students, educators, families, and visitors to promote […]
Month: October 2018
International Day of the Girl Child 2018
Today is the International Day of the Girl Child and as I look at my daughter I’m so excited for her future. I’m happy that she’s sweet and nice and cute as a button. But I’m more proud of her gumption and stubbornness and ability to question everything and see things in such a novel […]
Ulta Unboxing: Pretty and Polished and Brilliantly Beautiful
When the cosmetics companies start putting out their makeup sets it always makes me feel like Christmas is around the corner. Ever since I was a teenager, my mother would gift me a makeup set from Estee Lauder or Elizabeth Arden (her favorite brands) for Christmas. It’s the way I was able to build up […]
Get Your Body Moving with Alexa
As we’ve already established, I am an epic procrastinator. When it comes to getting up to exercise, what I do can’t even be considered procrastinating, it’s just not doing. I paid for a gym membership for over two years and never went. When the CrossFit craze started, I wouldn’t join until I lost weight first. […]
Join Me For 31 Days of 31 Minutes of Exercise
This October I’ve decided to commit to 31 minutes of exercise every day. That’s 31 minutes for 31 days which would amount to 961 minutes of exercise. It’s a perfect day to start. Whenever I procrastinate, I have the following excuses: I’ll start the beginning of the month or I’ll start on Monday, I want […]
