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It's Friday, the first Friday of 2013 to be precise. It was nice outside......



I went to the gym this afternoon, it felt great. I don't trust the burned calories counter on the machines, like the one on the elliptical I used today. It indicates that I burned 360 calories, I always subtract 40 from whatever the number is, so I burned about 320. That's how I count it.
When I work out I like to wear some kind of a legging, I like the brand Hard Tail. I usually wear a tank top, a t shirt and a hoodie in case I get cold. And a sportsbra of course, I don't want anything bouncing around.




And I am working tonight, have to wash my hair......



And here are tonights beautifying tools. The make up and lashes for the evening.

Well, the other night I was looking at the local rants and raves section on Craigslist.......You rarely read anything positive on there, people around here have lots to complain about, at least the ones writing things on rants and raves. I get so tired of it. So I thought I would do something NICE and write a few positive things about the places that I like to go to. Since most posts about food establishments are negative. Do something nice! It feels good! Here is my post........click heeeeere 🙂

Tatiana woke up around noon, took a look outside at the gray skies and felt gloomy like the weather. She laid around for another hour, feeling lethargic......and then decided to get up and do something......

Nice weather! Tatiana felt very inspired......! LOL.



She took Chhaya for a walk. It was nice to spend some time outside, even on a gloomy day like this.



And then she went to Coffee Roaster for some yummies. It's important to treat yourself to something everyday, it makes you happy! 🙂



After the latte and the blueberry scone she headed to the gym, got sweaty and felt great afterwards! Some elliptical, some running on the treadmill, an arm machine and leg machines. She is doing it all over tomorrow.



When Tatiana got home she danced around a little while listening to her iPod = HAPPY! When you feel gloomy like the weather some dancing will always help. Another thing that will always help on a gloomy day is reading Tatiana's blog!

So my three last plane trips have been highly annoying to various degrees. And they were all around four hours long. A few weeks ago I was returning home from New York. I was sitting by the window (I prefer the window seat so I can make myself as small as possible, curl up and sleep) I was surrounded by a Serbian family, in front of me, behind me and next to me. The two seats next to me were occupied by the two teenage brothers, the skinny giggly one closest to me and his fat brother on the outside. The fat one had big braces and a bad cold, he kept on blowing his nose in a towel he had in his lap, loudly. A few times, and yes that means more than once, he sneezed wet, gross sneezes and had long strings of thick germ laden snot hanging out of his nose which he would wipe up with his contaminated towel. BARF! He also decided that FARTING was a great and funny idea, so did his brother that almost died from giggling when his fat brother passed the gas a few times. Me? Not so much. I really don't want to smell other peoples ass fumes on badly ventilated spaces like and airplane, so I turned on my overhead fan on full blast and covered my entire face with my oversized cashmere scarf that I ALWAYS fly with, it really comes in handy in moments like these. Then their overbearing Mom in front of us kept feeding her sons chips and homemade stinky sandwiches, making sure that her boys didn't die from starvation on the four hour journey. Not like the fat teenager needed any more food, he could had probably went into hibernation for the whole winter and survived. And behind me sat the little brother whom got lectured loudly in math, pluses and minuses by a stern family member. The kid made sure to kick my seat frequently. Fun times. Next time somebody farts next to me on an airplane I am going to blast of a loud one in their direction while staring wildly in their eyes, baring my fangs.

Then on my way to New York I had the pleasure of sitting next to a young couple getting to know each other better. On a read-eye flight when most of us want to sleep or at least have some quiet time. Not these two, the more they were drinking the louder they were yakking.
I unwillingly found out that the girl had a boyfriend, used to live in Spokane, gets really drunk and passes out every time she goes home to visit, is part Portuguese but had NO CLUE where Portugal is. Next to Spain in Europe you moron. The guy had to show her on his phone.
And they say strippers are dumb. Yeah right! This annoying and loud broad bragged about her well paying office job.
The guy basically tried to make her forget about her boyfriend she was leaving behind in Alaska so he could get in her pants. Lovely. Like nobody wants to hear about you and your drunken passing outs when you go home and visit your parents. Shut the fuck up and go into the tiny bathroom together and get it on like normal people do. She definitely needed a pillow on her loud mouth.

And the last real horror. When I was coming back from Vegas in November. A Mom with two kids were behind me. A boy and a girl, old enough to behave in public. I am guessing a four year old and a six year old. The devil's spawn. They had psycho tantrums for about 80% of the trip, I am NOT exaggerating. Kicking wildly, that included my seat. The Mom, a real soft pathetic Mom did not once, that I heard, demand that her kids stopped kicking.
They kept on screaming loudly and shrill on top of their lungs, sometimes both at the same time. Climbing like monkeys everywhere, crawling under the seats. I was tempted to step on their little hands when they reached under my seat but didn't. These two kids are so far the worst of a public tantrum display I have ever witnessed. I could understand if a small baby or two year old gets an earache on the plane and cries. But when you are old enough to understand, sit still and shut up, you should. And it is the parents job to control their kids. This Mom did a horrible job. Her two spoiled brats ruined the whole trip for the entire plane. When we landed she got on the phone with the Dad and told him about HIS kids and how bad the flight was because of them, they were not her kids anymore, they were HIS. When I got up she tried to offer a half assed apology and I just looked at her.
So she said, "you must not have kids". Really? I have flown with children in the plane before (not mine) and never seen anything close to this display of terror. I said, "no I don't but if I did they would not act like yours".
Ummmmm.......next time, if this for some reason would happen again, I am requesting to be moved and if that can not be arranged then I am filing a complaint with the company requesting to get compensated for some of the airfare. I heard of parents that can't control their hysterical children getting booted off planes. I totally agree with that. Nobody wants to hear your children scream on top of their lungs, you might think it's cute because they are YOUR children and you love them but for the rest of us NOT related to you, they are annoying little shits and we just want them to shut the fuck up or get thrown off the plane, even in mid flight. The worst flight ever.

Alright......so here is what I brought with me from New York......The shopping where I live in Kenai (Alaska) is geared more towards men and women into camo outfits and not girly girls like me that like pink, glitter and clothes from Diesel.
So let's start with Diesel, one of my fave stores and it has been for years.......
Leather pants. These are very thin and soft. I used to have leather pants but a while back I got burglarized and those pants plus more than half of whatever else I owned disappeared. So now I have leather pants again! Yeay! They will look really good with some heels. Nothing like some long legs clad in heels and skinny pants.



Black turtle neck from Diesel. I used to have a grey one from Diesel but it is worn out by now and I have retired it. So I needed a new one.



SUPER cute leggings and leg warmers from Aldo.



Pink and purple fingerless gloves from Henri Bendel, suede with fake fur. And some maroon fingerless gloves from Aldo.



Cute stuff from Victoria's Secret........





Make up. In case you want to buy the same I will tell you what everything is. Diorshow Black Out mascara, I haven't tried it yet. MAC lipstick Creme Cup . MAC lipgloss Oyster Girl . MAC Vanilla eye shadow, a great base color. bareMinerals luminizer for your face, The Shining Moment .
A gold eyeliner or pigment from LUSH. A lipgloss from Victoria's Secret. I don't like it at all, MAC lipglosses are so much better! Rosebud salve, I use it on my lips, also on my lashes for conditioning and sometimes eye brows to keep them in place.



Skin care. I love L'Occitane so I stocked up on the Immortelle Precious cream for day and night. L'Occitane came out with a new serum from the same line that I couldn't resist. And some shimmering body oil, very pretty with a nice subtle scent, Fleurs Marveilleuses . Shea butter hand cream from L'Occitane. Also a face mist that I absolute love by Caudalie, I have tried so many different face mists, I am a beauty product junkie and this one is my absolute fave, it feels very herby and refreshing and it is 100 % natural. A solid perfume from LUSH, Tuca Tuca .
You can put it in your hair so your hair smells yummy because it is a solid stick perfume and the first ingredient is jojoba oil. And if you want your girlfriend to smell like Tatiana or if you are a girl that wants to smell like me......I get a lot of compliments at work that I smell soooooo good and that my skin is soft from BOTH men and women, then here is what you need to get, Viva La Juicy perfume by Juicy Couture. Everybody likes the smell of Juicy!



Soft skin? Scrub yourself in the shower once a week and slather on lotion. I usually use Lubriderm unscented lotion and St Ives shower creme and some scrubbing gloves. But once in a while I get nicer shower creams and lotions. Like this almond oil shower creme from L'Occitane. And vanilla body lotion. I like vanilla. And some body butter from The Body Shop, White Musk Libertine . To treat my hair, some hair oil from Alterna that is called Kendi Oil , it contains bamboo. And just for fun, gold dusting body powder from LUSH called Lustre .



And some souvenir mugs with a New York motif from Starbucks. And there you have it!

How did you spend the first day of the new year? Mine was similar to many of my other day-to-day days. Errands, latte, walk Chhaya.......do things around the house, there are always things to do around the house, a movie and a late night bowl of ice cream and a book. This is not my first book by Mitch Albom, he is a great writer. His books make me feel and think. If you like to read you should check out some of his books. Since I am a night owl I will probably be up until about 3 am and then curl up with Chhaya and go to sleep. The first day of 2013 came and went.......just like that.