A New Year's Intention

Your humble blogger doesn't usually do New Year's resolution. However, it felt apropos to set an intention for 2023. That intention is grace-grace for self and grace for others. Life is too short to be hard on yourself or other people. To clarify, that doesn't mean eschewing accountability. It means recognizing we're human and we fall, but allowing the space to get back up again-and with dignity.

-msranadee 

What I'm on right now

Right now,  the mood is black nail polish. It seems so apropos for fall/winter. Perhaps it's because clothing tends to veer towards darker colors when the weather gets colder. As for the brand your humble blogger is using, it's Run the World by Mischo Beauty. Allure Magazine described it as opulent and the accuracy is real. With it being Cyber Monday tomorrow, why not treat yourself (and /or someone else) to this award winning brand for the holidays and all season long.

An Ace Week Poem

Purple, gray, and white puzzle pieces 

Came together 

When my eyes laid on "little to no"

Opening a door

That shows 

Me to me

Another trip around the sun

 Yesterday marked another trip around the sun for your humble blogger.  What's been on my mind is this- it's a blessing I (at least try not to) take for granted. A lot of things in life aren't guaranteed, including health and long life. At the same time, being human and fallible,  there's always the possibility of taking those things for granted. Thus, your humble blogger tries to do the best she can with what she's got.

Blessings, 

Msranadee 

It's Primary Day

 

It's primary election day in your humble blogger's state of Michigan and in Arizona,  Kansas , Washington and Missouri. It thus behooves me to stress the importance of voting in primary and local elections as a lot of policies that affect us directly can be found on the ballot in these elections. The following MSNBC article gives a great overview of what is and who are on the ballot in today's election. 

https://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/amp/shows/maddow/blog/rcna40976

If you can, get out today and vote. For more information on voting, check out whenweallvote.org and  ballotpedia.org 

A bit of a late pass

Please forgive your humble blogger for failing to post last month. There's really no excuse.  However,  it was on my mind to celebrate (belatedly) National Lipstick Day.  Of all forms of makeup,  lip products are my fave, so here some of the faves and brands preferred by yours truly:

From left to right:

TLB-Savage

TLB-Ms. Independent 

Pat McGrath Labs-Major Red

Cover Girl- Hot (305)

Pat McGrath Labs-patmcgrath.com

TLB-thelipbar.com

Cover Girl-at your local drugstore or covergirl.com

Some Positivity in the Madness

Your humble blogger has to admit it hasn't been easy to come up with something to talk about.  In the midst of everything going on in the world, it feels like there needs to be a balm in the Gilead,  and I don't have that. What I can do, though, is share a little bit of light in the form of something that happened recently.  A friend of mine on Twitter had a mask giveaway and I decided to participate. Today,  they finally came in

We all know social media can be a bit of a cesspool sometimes,  but it's nice to be able to have an opportunity such as this.

Until next time.