iPod Shuffle October

Music is constantly changing throughout time, it is inevitable. It is crazy to look back on the 
music I enjoyed throughout jr. high and high school, and realize how 'old and outdated' it 
is now. I have always found it easier to use Pandora or Spotify for my music, instead of 
buying songs. The reason why I like that so much, is because by the time I would get 
myself to buy a CD/Song it was already almost "done". With Spotify and Pandora I can 
listen to whatever music, whenever I want. The Top Tracks playlist also keeps me hip and 
cool, knowing what the new music is. Haha! 

Today at work I had my phone plugged in and was listening to the songs in alphabetical 
order. A lot of fun new songs came on, but there was a couple blasts from the past 
songs too. I only have 82, yes really 82, songs on my phone for when I am out of service 
and can't use my Spotify or Pandora app. Lets play the shuffle game, and see what tracks 
are played for the first 10 songs.

1- Who Booty (by) John Hart (HAHA yuck!)
2- Everytime We Touch (by) Cascada (Techno days I guess)
3- 19 You + Me (by) Dan + Shay (love this song)
4- The Real Slim Shady (by) Eminem (my sister would be laughing right now)
5- See You Tonight (by) Scotty McCreery (what a babe!)
6- Bleed It Out (by) Linkin Park (booooring)
7- You Don't Know Jack (by) Luke Bryan (love this song)
8- Play It Again (by) Luke Bryan (may have listened to this one 3 times)
9- Hero (by) Skillet (hmmm... haha)
10- Bottoms Up (by) Brantley Gilbert (just saw this live in July 2014)

Wow, what a list. Haha!

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Sphynx


Random post Tuesday, wahoo!! 
Ok, how cute are these ugly things? 
I know, contradicting, but so true.
This is officially on my pet want list!


You are convinced, right? (:

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September Photo Dump

Lately I have been slacking on sharing pictures from whats been going 
on in my life. This post will be tons of pictures from the last few weeks.

Brayden and his brother-in-law, Clancy, playing shuffle board while we were
waiting to be seated at Tucanos. Clancy had just graduated from the Police
Academy so him and his wife, Shantell, were more than happy to meet us
for dinner. Oh, and I had to use my free birthday dinner card. YUM! 
For my birthday my sister, Katrina, decided to get us tickets to a concert
that was sure to sell out.. Which it did within a few weeks. The artists at 
the show were Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, and Dan + Shay. To be
honest The Band Perry kinda sucked. She was way off pitch, one of her 
brothers was acting like a screamo/punk rocker, and the other brother hardly
moved haha. The opener/in-between guy Neil McKoy was awesome! We
had so much fun, and it was the best way to spend my birth-day. I did
miss my B though. (;
My work had a 'food truck roundup' for an employee appreciation lunch
a few weeks back. We enjoyed a nice hamburger, and than waffles for
dessert. Not as good as my moms homemade buttermilk waffles. but it 
was good! Pictured above is Peach Cobbler, and S'Mores waffles.
My work recently moved into our brand new corporate headquarters, so for
our annual Convention we hosted a self-guided tour for people to visit our 
new facilities. As a receptionist I have a nice little waiting lounge for people, which
was included as a stop on the tour. They gave me a 'helper' to make sure nothing
was taken, broken, and to help traffic go smoothly. One of my good friends, Nikki, 
recently got a job at doTERRA and she was able to be with me all day. We took 
five million pictures with people, hundreds of selfie's with people, and ate 1/2 our
lunches in 2 hours. It was a blaaaaast. Haha!
This picture was taken at a family wedding. This is Brayden's dad's family and some of 
Brayden's siblings. We had taken a few serious photos, but this was the one that turned out
the best. Hilarious huh! Love this wacky, crazy, dysfunctional family!
Some of B's family invited us to go go-kart racing up at the Miller Motor
Sports Park. It was so fun! The go-karts went suprisingly fast, and it was
so funny to watch everyone racing. Of course I came in last/second to last,
kind of a baby, but I was sure proud of my 1:04/0.56 lap times!
OH MY GOSH! For my favorite recent picture.... I GOT MY BABY!!!
Say hello to my brand new Canon 60D / 18-135 mm lens! She was such
a wonderful birthday present to myself/from B. She will be used to take
many many videos and pictures you will see very very soon. B has even
purchased an adapter to hook her onto his Vortex Viper spotting scope for
hunting, I would be lying if I said I wasn't excited about that too. 
Here is one of my first photos from the camera. I am totally in love with her.

That's a little bit about life lately over here. I hope you guys enjoyed!

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DIY Gel Nails


I have always loved loved loved Acrylic / Gel and Gel nails but hated spending so much money and time at the salon each month. A little over two years ago I decided to get all the stuff I needed to do my own nails. (Fun fact-I even did other peoples nails for a few months, until it got way to time consuming with my full-time job.) Yes, I still go get a pedicure from time to time, but I do my nails pretty much every time myself now. I did not go to school to learn how to do nails, I just taught myself. A step may be 'wrong' in a professional opinion, this is just works for me and what I prefer. Acrylic is a little bit harder to do, and more time consuming so for today I am going to just go over gel nails from start to finish! (Let me know in the comments below if you want an acrylic tutorial and I can post a blog/vlog on it for you later.)

Lets start with the supplies I use... (And yes, as you'll see I purchase 99.5% of all my nail stuff on Amazon. It is the cheapest place to get everything. You can get a 1.5 oz polish for $6-10 online, and in store they want $15 for the same brand/color in a .5 oz. So lame, so seriously avoid your beauty stores overpriced product!)

Salon Edge UV Light $28 Amazon
(comes in white, black, silver, light pink, hot pink)

Replacement Bulbs $6-$10 Amazon
(They go out every 500-700 uses so you'll want to keep them on hand)

Gelish Foundation + Regular Top Coat $25 Amazon

Gelish Matte Top Coat $9 Amazon
(This one looks good sometimes, I don't prefer it on my nails usually.)

OPI PH Bond 
.5 oz $7 Amazon
1 oz $15 Amazon
A high grit Buffer / File - Cheapest at my local beauty supply store

Wooden Sticks - 100 count - $2 Amazon

Lint Free Finger Wipes - 200 count - $2 Amazon



Nail Preparation
Push back the cuticles with your wooden stick
Clip off any excess cuticle as needed
Shape your natural nails
Gently remove the shine on the natural nail with a high grit buffer
Wash your hands with soap and dry fully

Painting
Apply the PH bond to the nails and let dry
Apply a thin code of the foundation to the nail, make sure you get all of the edges to seal it
Cure the bond and foundation
Use a wooden stick to remove up and excess polish from around the cuticle or the nail (before you cure it)
Apply thin layers of the polish, again make sure you get all of the edges to seal it
(NOTE: too thick of coats will cause it to not cure properly)
Apply as many coats as needed to get desired look
Apply a thin coat of the top coat, making sure you seal this one really well
Cure the top coat
Your nails will be sticky still at this point. Use non acetone nail polish remover or rubbing alcohol on a lint-free pad to wipe off the stickiness (do not use cotton pads or cotton balls – try using paper towel squares or lint-free pads like shown above)
(NOTE: If the color comes off when removing the tacky surface than the nail did not  cure properly at some point during the process. If that happens, remove that whole nail and start over)
Apply cuticle oil to the skin surrounding the nail
DONE, wahoo! (:


Now let me give you a few tips on the polish I use. I have tried many brands and my favorite seem to be the IBD with Gelish in second place. Here is my review for some other brands...

IBD - $5-10 - Thick (1-2 coats)
Gelish - $10-15 - Thick (2-3 coats)
OPI - $16-30 - Runny (4-6 coats) 
Finger Paints - $12-17 - Medium (2-4 coats)
Gelaze - $8-12 - Medium (2-4 coats)


If you try doing your nails for yourself, tag @addie_robertson and hashtag #MakeItLively in the picture!

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