A little bit of this...and that

Happy Monday!  I hope you and yours had a great weekend.   On Sunday I gave myself an at home facial and documented some of it on my instastories and got 100 questions, ha!  So I figured I would share what I used here.   The first question I got was the frequency in which I do at home facials and I don't do them as much as I want to or probably should.  I aim for once a week but it's probably every other week.  I love going to a spa and getting a kick ass facial but there isn't always time and sometimes they can be pricey so I've developed an at home routine for myself. I will say as I get older my skin is changing so I'm having to investigate new and different products.  My skin is sensitive, prone to breakouts and can be super dry and super oily so it's a constant juggle for me to find products that actually work for me.  Recently I've been using a ton of philosophy products and I have loved every, single one of them so far!  I also love that you get

Summer is here and it's so exciting!!!  I have been ready for summer, slower days and easier schedules.  I feel like I relax a little bit more this time of year.  However, this summer has had a different flavor for us.  As most of you know we have moved out of our home and are deep in the throws of renovation.   While, renovating was always our plan and I had a clear picture in my end of the finished product I didn't really think about moving out of our home and staying in an apartment while we were working on the house.   So people have messaged me about this process and so I figured I would just do a blog post and answer your top 5 questions here and now, ha!   1.  When are you going to do another post on the progress of the renovations? YIKES!!  Ok so I haven't been updating the blog with the renovation progress as often as I planned to mostly because I do most of that on my instastories (feel free to follow me on insta).   I am planning to do a lengthy blog po

I want to start out by saying I feel a massive amount of love, respect and honor for all of those individuals who are teachers.  I truly feel like you are the unsung heroes of our world and don't get near enough credit (or pay).   I entertained the idea of being a teacher for about 15 minutes in elementary school and realized even then I didn't have the patience.  My stuffed animals weren't cooperating with the ABC's lesson I put together and I lost interest pretty quickly.   I really didn't give it much thought again until I had kids.  I got a lot of anxiety after having my first child and a massive amount after having my second.  As I did some soul searching about the anxiety I realized it was because of the terrifying thought that I am their most important teacher.  You see all those little sayings and signs about moms/parents being the most important teacher, just be being.   All I can say to that is JESUS TAKE THE WHEEL!  Y'all I am far from perfect I

Happy Friday this and thatters! If you follow me on insta you know that Matt and I are renovating our home!  It's probably more accurate to call it an out and out gut job, ha.  We have removed the entire roof, tons of windows etc. etc. I thought it would be fun to document our journey here!  It has been a fun journey so far.  Everyone asks me if demo is hard and for me it isn't because I love seeing big progress each and everyday!  I know there will be days and even weeks that I can't really tell that anything is happening so I am relishing this time.   For my first post on our reno I thought it would be fun to post some before pics of our place and a some demo shots as well.  Enjoy!! xoxo Here are the before pics of our little casa! Outside Pics Inside Pics! Mud room Kitchen  Butler's Pantry  Kitchen  Breakfast Room Master Bedroom  Main Hallway  Girls Bathroom  Dining Room

Happy Hump Day this and thatters!!  I hope your day and week are going swimmingly.  I hope you enjoy this edition of The Confessional. xoxo 1.  So I really gotta get it together and start eating better.  I feel like I've been eating on the go and just eating whatever I can get my hands on.  Ha!  I feel so much better when I eat healthy so I need to get on it.  I know people who have done Whole 30 but I'm not sure I have the discipline to do that.  Has anyone tried it?  Thoughts? 2.  I'm really ready for summer!  I need some serious pool and outdoor time.  I also feel like swimming wears my kiddos out like nothing else and everyone sleeps a ton better.  This will be the first year Olivia can really enjoy the pool and ocean and I can't wait to see her reaction.  She's pretty fearless so I'm sure she will dive right in (pun intended).  I'm signing Em up for swim lessons and I'm excited/nervous to see how that goes.  Anyone have any advice? 3.  My

Happy day beautiful people!  I hope your week is kicking off beautifully.  I'm not gonna lie we are a little slow moving around the Womack household after a packed weekend.  I hope you enjoy this edition of what's what! xoxo 1.  Podcasts Ok so I'm very late to the whole podcast party....feel free to judge me :)  However I am fully a fan these days.  Driving back and forth to Atlanta from Cvegas can sometimes take up to two hours (on bad days and that's one way) and I had to do something to start passing the time and even XM radio wasn't cutting it.  One more when I was leaving at 6:15 am I just randomly thought I need something to keep me awake and I started browsing podcasts as I was filling up with gas.   It has truly been a game changer for me especially on bad traffic days.  If I'm hooked into a good one I really don't even notice how long it's taking me to get home or to work.  I have two favorite podcasts I'm loving right now.  The fir

Happy Hump Day readers!!  I hope you're having a great week.  From time to time I get emails or requests for certain topics and honestly I've gotten this request in some form or fashion a few times lately.   People have emailed or Facebook messaged me about positivity or how to stay happy during hard times etc.  To be honest I was a bit surprised that these asks kept coming.  I decided it was a sign that I actually needed to blog about it.   I think we've all heard the typical attitude is everything comments and most of the time they are in one ear and out the other.  Or we don't think they apply to us just everyone else.  However, I don't believe that.  I truly believe our attitude and thoughts shape our hours, days, years and ultimately our life experience.   I think this is a huge shift for most of us.  To take our thoughts from the place they have always been is super difficult.  When I got honest with myself I realized that a lot of times what I was think

Happy February this and thatters!  I hope 2017 is treating you right and you enjoy this edition of the confessional. xoxo 1.  I deleted Facebook of my phone (as I mentioned in a previous post).  My social media habit was becoming a bit intense.  I now have to remind myself to check Facebook, ha!  Who knew?  If you're considering a social media detox I highly recommend.  I've been toying with the idea of deleting instagram as well but haven't gotten up the nerve to do it....stay tuned. 2.  I got a Kindle a few months ago and I am obsessed.  I've been reading like a mad woman. Any good books I just have to read?  I feel like it makes it so easy to order books!  I also carry it in my purse and then read when and where I can.  Best purchase I've made in a long time. 3.  I have been working really hard to be organized and make sure all the trains are running on time.  This is definitely a process and one that doesn't happen over night but I am feeling better

Hey lovely readers!  I haven't done one of these posts in a while so watch out, haha!  :)   I hope you and yours are having an awesome start to the New Year!  xoxo 1.  I recently deleted Snapchat and Facebook of my phone.  I left myself Instagram   I had to do it!!  I started becoming aware of how much time I was spending looking at it and it didn't leave me with a good feeling.  I am not judging myself or anyone else on this.  For me social media was sucking up my time.  I would literally look up and realize that for 30 minutes I had been on all these apps looking at people who let's be honest I don't even know and probably never will.  It has been a really freeing experience and I while I was Instagram obsessed for a few days that has subsided.   I get on Facebook at my computer just once a day if that and I sometimes even forget to look at Instagram   It has been so completely freeing!!!  For someone who was so obsessed with looking at these apps it's been

Happy New Year this and thatters!  I cannot believe another year has flown by.  I've been cracking up at everyone's posts hating on 2016.  I think 2016 was a year of growth for a lot of us and the hope is that we reap the benefits of all that work in 2017 (that's my story and I'm sticking to it). Leading up to New Years I started thinking more about what I didn't want to bring into 2017.  What behaviors/patterns/things do I not want to drag into 2017?  I didn't want to make a bunch of resolutions that I would abandon and then feel bad about I wanted to dig a little deeper and figure out what was really important to me.  After lots of soul searching I realized a few things: 1.  We had to get organized.  Matt and I had pretty much been operating like we were still childless without a care in the world.  The problem with having no structure is that it was stressing us both out!  And if any little thing out of the ordinary happened we were completely thrown off