White tips

So just a little update for my blog. A whole lot of nothing has been going on. I finally got the answer from UT, and apparently I wasn't their first choice. Its nice hearing that I was in the top 3, but if your not #1 then does it really even matter? Not a whole lot. My job search here is still going, there are a couple hospitals hiring for the position I'm looking for...but I have also applied for medical clerical help as well. Anything to get my foot in the door, right?

Lena has been doing very well in the potty training business. Its been about three weeks now, and she has not wet the bed once. She can hold it all night, during naps, during movies, while were out. But...going #2 is a problem. The problem being, she HATES it. I know it seems funny, but the kid acts terrified when it happens. She screams and cries. Its not hurting her...I just think she is such a germ-a-phobe, it freaks her out. Otherwise, she's doing fantastic. Gah I can't believe I'm on here writing about my kid's poop, but hey.....I'm a dedicated mom, so deal with it!

The best friend and I ordered the 1st Edition 120 Eyeshadow Palettes from Sedona Lace and they arrived today! YAY! The are just as bit amazing, if not more amazing, than every review I have read about them. The colors are beautiful, very creamy, blendable and pigmented. The possibilities are endless because, well geez...there are 120 colors to work with! Yet for some reason I long for every palette they make, isn't that crazy? haha! I'm a eyeshadow freak...I can't get enough of them and I never will!

By the way, CVS is my new favorite place to be. The whole earn extra bucks thing is excellent, but they also have certain makeup items 50-75% off! And its not off junk items...its off nice stuff! Like the other day I got some Revlon Mineral Powder that was $13 for like $3. Tonight I got some lip plumping lipgloss (forgot the brand) for $1.25! Almay mascara just $1.75! I mean its so cheap, I had to buy it! I'm a HUGE bronzer fan...found some for just a buck, a girl can never have too many bronzers!

Oh yeah, and I named this title white tips because I painted my nails white and couldn't think of a name to represent this whole rambling =)

Year 4 for Bonnie&Clyde

Well its officially me and my husband's 4th year wedding anniversary, I love you baby! 4 years seems like a long time for a young person, but it honestly seems like we have been married for wayyyy longer than 4 years. Through the happy and sad times, the good, the bad and the ugly...I still feel so blessed to be married to him. I know whatever tough times we face, we will always face them together. And when things are going good, we will always celebrate them together. Leenie shows us what love can do everyday...seeing her smile, hearing her laugh (or cry), her hugs and kisses...prove what love is all about. I can't believe she will be 3 years old in 3 months! I miss having a little baby to hold, but the age she is at now is so much fun. Seeing her learn new stuff everyday is such an adventure. And hopefully soon we will have another little baby to hold, and cuddle with (=stay tuned=)

AND we just ordered my anniversary gift, ekkk! I'm getting the 1st edition Sedona Lace 120 Palette, YAY right? I am so excited about all the possibilites and looks I'll be able to achieve with this palette. I don't think a girl can ever have too many eyeshadows...or purses, haha! I hope to one day own them all! I ordered it from their website in case anyone wants to check them out http://www.sedonalace.com/

Kay's Korkers

Well yes....I'm even crafty! I fell in love with the look of korker bows for little girls and decided I was going to learn to make them myself. I started making them last summer, sold a few but mostly kept them for Lena. I made them specific to her outfits, yet Lena is a natural hair kinda gal and does NOT enjoy bows in her hair, haha! So I have decided to part ways with them finally while trying to make some extra dough. They are for sale now, their pictures and prices are in a FB photo album I have. If you have any question or special requests...email me @ ABaggett2010@yahoo.com

Check 'em out! http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=198291&id=500216113&saved#!/album.php?aid=198291&id=500216113&ref=mf

Inside my beauty box...

Sooooooo this is gonna be a photoblog....inside MY makeup box! All my pictures are outta order, I apologize ahead of time for skipping all around. This is not my whole collect...because, well I have bought more since I took these pictures! haha! I just wanted to show everyone what I LOVE, like and ehh...can do without =)

Some of my pencil eyeliners...the best I have...the one of the bottom, Rimmel

Revlon ColorStay Mineral Foundation, its awesome to "set" my face because of my oily t-zone


Kleancolor eyeshadow palettes...colors are pigmented, stays on all day....and are cheap! I got both of these for...$10!!! http://www.kleancolor.com/eyes/eyes.html

Well here's my eye! This was my makeup for today...pinks, orange and purple, reminds me of a tropical sunset

My lighted mirror, have to have it! The middle mirror flips over and has a magnified mirror behind it which comes in handy when your using liquid eyeliner. It has 4 light settings and an extra plug in...totally worth the $30 from Bed, Bath and Beyond




Some of my eyeshadows. See that nearly empty Maybelline pink? BEST shimmery pink ever! See the Max Factor on the bottom left....sucks! Dont waste your money




Ahhhh my eye kandies....love love love! My bestie and I discovered these glitter and mineral shadows at the Southern Women's Show this year, they are amazing! http://www.thesparklechic.com/

My Clinique shadows...can ya tell which ones I used the most? haha!

Mark cheek color...not a fan of it =/

Also not a fan of these, they come out more sheer than anything. I do like using the pink on my lips tho for a little pop

My blush/bronzer...Covergirl blush I like, Pink bronzer I LOVE because its matte, Rimmel bronzer I love when I want some shimmer...ELF duo is alot! I find it really hard to put on because it gets on my brushes too much, which in hand I have to shake before I apply and that means I waste alot of it. Good color though I admit...sometimes too much color

My liquid foundations...my faves? Revlon Color Stay and Mayb' Dream Liquid Mousse

My primer and ONE concealer, I have bought tons more since taking these photos, umm like last week, haha!

My individual lashes, hard to apply but I love them because they are super light and don't give me a headache from wearing them all day

My ELF palettes, I really like these. I just got them like two weeks ago, so I haven't used them all. They are very pigmented yet like the blush/bronzer duo, alot comes off on my brushes. But for $5 each, whats not to love?

My ELF oil blotting sheets, love them! They work and they are ONE dollar!

These are my misc. eyeshadows. Clinique cream shadow is pretty much gone because I love it! L'Oreal and Mayb' cream shadows work good as a base color. The L'Oreal mineral powder is so pretty and tops any eye look off with tons of shimmer. The $1 Sally Girl eyeshadow is pigmented and lasts, like it alot

My cheapie Wet N Wild liquid liners...could be better but they do the job....ehh

My current mascaras I'm using. LOVE Mayb' the Colossal Volume, LIKE Covergirl Lash Blast Luxe, don't really use anymore Rimmel's Sexy Curves...

Gotta have the q-tips and sponges

My top 3 brushes...Ecotool's foundation brush, Essence of Beauty slanted shadow brush & Smudger

My brushes...cheap Walmart brushes, Ecotool brushes and Essence of Beauty brushes

My train case, that I am quickly out growing, ekkk!

Chin volcano

That's right...I named this post after the huge, painful zit forming on my chin. Just popped one two day ago, now its fatter twin is forming. I don't know if its from being outside in this heat, my makeup, my hormones or what, but it sucks! I've been using my acne cream with 10% Benzoyl peroxide (which makes my skin sooooo dry and I hate dry skin!!) and its doing nada for me. I'm just hoping its a "monthly" issue and will be going away soon. Now I understand why people get ON birth control pills just for their acne problems.

Anyways, I really don't have alot to say. Went to Kix on Beale Thursday, saw Sunny Sweeney and Randy Houser perform....pretty awesome. Friday night watched "the Crazies" with the hubby at home....and my oh my was it a crazy movie! Yesterday I had a birthday dinner with my former lovely classmate Sarah at TGIFridays. She's recently moved about 1.5hr away from here for her new job, so happy for her! Hoping her good luck rubbed off on me and UT calls tomorrow (cross everything crossable for me) After dinner I left and went to a little bar to celebrate another friend's birthday....had a really good time down there. Slept maybe 4 hours, missed church (which I was really bummed about because one of my all time favorite preachers spoke today and I haven't seen him in years), spent the day at the lake with my best friend, her gang and Leenie-poo. I'd say the weekend was a success....minus the volcano brewin' on my chin =/

PS....the McDonalds in Sardis, MS should be shut down from the lack of customer service and extreme rudeness! Just sayin'........

Memphis

The city I was born and raised in...Memphis, TN. I get a torn feeling in my heart when I think about you. I grew up and had my childhood right there in Whitehaven on Haleville. Memories of playing outside in the ditch, riding our bike down the street thru the big bush, taking walks around the little and big block fill my head. Its also where I picked up most of my childhood baggage and pain. Here in Memphis. Every friend I've ever made was from here. And yes, I know I'm not technically in Memphis right now, but who knows where Horn Lake, MS is? Haha! All my family is essentially from "here". My aunts, uncles, cousins....my kin folk. I don't know how to live anywhere else than here. I know this area, I know what streets to avoid, easier ways to get certain places, ect. Last night we went down to Kix on Beale, took the Riverside way. Memphis looks beautiful. You get captured by it, as you river along the Mississippi, see the bridge, the Pyramid, and buildings, the rich houses on the hill. I can't deny that its pretty. But I'm not fooled by the exterior because I've been here my whole life. I know the good, the bad and the ugly of Memphis. I'm not too sure that I want to be here the rest of my life. Or raise my children here. I feel like I need a change.

Two weeks ago we went to Knoxville for a job interview I had at UT Medical Center. My DREAM hospital to work at. When I started the CVT program 2 years ago, I knew UTMC was someplace I'd love to work. The interview went swimmingly. I meet all the "head" people, some of the doctors, the staff. Its wonderful there. After I left the interview, we went to look at apartments. Just trying to get an "idea" of where we wanted to live just in case I actually got the job. And we pretty much found the apartments we would move into. Everybody raved about how the school system up there was really good and how safe it is around the city. Exactly what you want to hear when potentially moving there. That night in the hotel, Lena was playing with her play phone and was talking to her PawPaw on it. Broke my heart and I cried at the thought of being away from my family. And my friends...because lets face it, some of my friends are way closer to me than some of my own family.

So now I wait. And wait. And wait. Wait to know if they want me or not. All I can really do is pray about it. I've applied to every tech position in the Memphis area and have gotten nothing. Not a phone call, or interview. Although I have gotten several emails saying I'm not qualified. Which is a bunch of bull in my opinion because I went to school specifically for THAT job! If UT doesn't call I feel like I'll always be stuck in a rut...living paycheck to paycheck, never getting ahead. Unless something around here opens up and I actually get hired. Yet, it UT does call...I'll have to leave a huge chunk of my heart behind, my "home". Who knew going for your dream was such a painful process.....

So the point of this post was to tell you Memphis that I love you, but I think I'll be okay if we have to part and go our separate ways....because you always know you'll have a piece of my heart

All for that beloved piece of paper

Soooo since the beginning of the year I have been studying for my Registered Cardiovascular Invasive Specialist (RCIS) exam. I have the Wes Todd study cd which I am using to prepare myself for the exam. Wes Todd also has like 5-6 books, but they cost WAY too much and the cd pretty much has all I need on it. It was on discount at my school for $100, usually $250. Yet thankfully to the state of Mississippi, I was able to get it for the free-free. Back to the exam...its $350 to take. If I fail, I have to pay ANOTHER $350 to re-take it. So yeah....making sure I know my stuff before I go in. Here is the website about it if anyone is interested http://cci-online.org/content/registered-cardiovascular-invasive-specialist-rcis

So like I said, this is a major deal! Most hospitals are giving their new employees a year to take and pass the exam. Some hospitals won't even look at you unless you already have it under your belt. Also having it gives you a $2-$5/hr increase in pay, nice huh?

There are 6 units in the cd:

Unit S - Science:

General math

Patient Care

General A&P

CV A&P

Pharmacology

Instrumentation

Statistics

Asepsis

Cardiac Procedures

Unit 1 - A&P:
Embryology
Blood&Acid base
Cardiac anatomy
Coronary a&p
Autonomic CNS&Reflexes
Hemodynamics&Pressures
Contractility&Frank Starling
Electrophysiology
Vascular Anatomy
Vascular Physiology

Unit 2 - Pathology:
Acquired valve disease
Pericardial disease
Coronary artery disease
Heart failure&shock
Surgical&artificial valves
Congenital heart disease
Vascular disease

Unit 3 - Diagnostics:
Cardiac catheters
Catheterization equipment
Indications&risks of cath
Cath protocol
Vascular access, scrub&hemodynamics
Right heart cath
Coronary angiography
Left heart cath
Pediatric cath techniques
Vascular angiography
ECG&arrythmias
ECH&electrophysiology
X-ray

Unit D - Hemodynamics:
Pressure intro
Reading pressures
Pressure recording systems
Pressure pathology1
Pressure pathology2-valvular
Fick CO&shunts
Indicator dilution CO
Quantitative LV angiography
Vascular Resistance
Valve area
Coronary hemodynamics

Unit E - Interventions:
PCI&PTCA
Stents&other devices
ACLS1
ACLS2
Cardiac medications1
Cardiac medications2
Cardiac pacemakers1
Cardiac pacemakers2
ICDs and EP studies
Balloon pump1
Balloon pump2
Other interventions

Pretty effin insane huh? It ALOT ALOT ALOT of information. I currently finished the unit Pathology. I go through the chapter in standard testing mode with explainations (some have lectures and if they do I listen to them) write down all the questions and answers, then I go back through difficult test mode and re-do them. I have only "failed" (below 73%) in one chapter so far...congenital heart disease. And throughout class I have dabbed into alot of the other units and chapters. Yet before I take my exam I plan to go through every unit, and every chapter and complete each chapter's test on difficult mode and pass with a >75%. I'm giving myself until March. I'd like to be ready in December, and if I keep going the way I have been since school has been out, it could be possible. Then again I'd die if I spent $350 to fail a exam!

Random picture day

Okay so I don't have alot to write about today. My 'rents are coming over for dinner, I'm making healthy turkey cheeseburgers and sweet potato fried. Lena woke up dry again this morning, but is still have a couple accidents. Despite the accidents, she is doing good in my book and I'm proud of her. Hubby is really helping and is super encouraging to her =)

ONTO pictures.....

A shot of my back tats (sorry I don't know how to rotate the pic)

My healthy homemade pizzas baking in the oven

Oven-made smoooooooes...AKA heaven on a plate =)

Here's my silly girl playing with her Pa's cane pole the other day

Just my "face" today, love my new foundation and brushes....of course I'll always adore my bronzers

And my eyes....I used all browns, yet somehow one of the shades had a purplish tint in it...so its a tad purplish looking

This was my breakfast:100 cal eng muffin, fresh tomato slice, 1 egg white, 2 slices of turkey bacon and pepperjack cheese...delish!

My new obessions...

My new obessions are really old loves that kinda re-entered my life within the time I've started my blog. I'm getting more and more into writing again. When I was a teen I used to keep constant diaries, writing down every little thought...which is a scary thing to go back now and read the junk I did, haha!

MAKEUP! Its totally taking me over. Ive always loved loved loved makeup. Now a days, I can't go to a store without picking up new eyeliners, lip glosses, nail polishes. I blame it on my discovery of some very talented women I've found on here and on youtube....

Mona, she is friggin' amazing. LOVE her blog, check it out http://www.makemeblushhh.com/ Here is her youtube profile http://www.youtube.com/user/smerfette
MichellePhan...girl is a genius with makeup, see for yourself http://www.youtube.com/user/MichellePhan
Ekimura also just opens you up to all kinds of new products, and I love her circle lens reviews http://ekimura.blogspot.com/

(hope they dont mind me plugging them, they are really awesome with what they do and have sooooo inspired me)

Also check out my youtube profile...only have a few silly videos now, but I plan to add to my collection soon http://www.youtube.com/user/AKay472004

My next beauty purchase? Circle contact lenses. Def getting the super nudy brown ones...kinda make you look like a Cullen, hehe! OHHH check out Jhoy's site and all her full in-depth reviews http://www.oh-jhoy.com/2010/04/geo-super-nudy-brown-circle-lens-review.html

A sinner, condemned, unclean

Okay so church today was amazing! Worship was awesome, the message was GOOD...just what I needed. Its funny, quite often I wake up on sunday morning and think to myself...oh I could skip today cos I bet its going to be a boring message or something that doesn't even relate to me. Yet on those sundays when I question it and I actually end up going, I'm ALWAYS blown away by what God is telling me. Its always something that hits close to home, or something that pertains to what I'm struggling with at the moment.

One of the songs they did today is one of my all time favorites. Its beautiful and well....I just adore it. I especially love hearing it from a man's deep voice...don't know why, but it moves me.

Now I'm not on here to preach but hey, its my blog...so I just wanna reflect on what the message said to me. Ephesians is my favorite book of the bible. (See the trend of my faves today? Its a God thing) And we went thru Ephesians ch4, concentrating on verses 25-32. Verse 30 says "And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you are sealed for the day of redemption." AKA don't make the Holy Spirit sad by your disobedience and sin, because He loves you and will be with you for eternity. Pastor Vinson made us all close our eyes and think about the saddest time of our life. He gave examples of the phone call telling you your teenage son died in a car accident, the doctor telling you that you have cancer, your husband saying he no longer loves you and wants a divorce. I went back to the day at the doctor's office, in the ultrasound room, when the doctor told us our first baby was no longer growing and had died weeks ago. I remember the grief I felt...it felt like death. Then Pastor Vinson asked us if we would wish that kind of grief on the person sitting next to us. No way. Well...when we sin, that is the type of feeling God gets. We sadden Him, upset Him, and He grieves for us. Its crazy, the Maker of heaven and earth gets sad when I lie, when I curse, when I lust. Thats going to take me a while to chew on and fully grasp.

Well, thats about all I have. I was thinking about what to blog about the whole ride home, and for some reason I thought it was going to be super long. But thats okay...I got out what needed out and I hope everyone has a wonderful sunday =) So I got no phone call from UTK this week, I'm praying that they were just busy and didn't make a decision yet. As much as moving away scares me, the opportunity is once in a lifetime. And we've given to God...if He wants us in Knoxville, I'll get the job. If He wants us to stay right we're at, they won't call. Simple as that.

PS...today is day 3 of potty training "bootcamp" as I call it. Day 1 we have 1 poop accident and 1 pee accident. Yesterday, same amount of accidents, but Lena did go thru a whole movie holding it til we got home and thru a very long nap. Today she hasn't had one accident...knock on wood! Wish us luck!

Explaining my "name"

I'm bored and I wanna talk. So I'm going to explain why I chose TattedSparkles as my name on here and why I chose to title my blog "The life of a beautiful disaster". TattedSparkles is pretty much a given....I love tattoos and sparkly things. I have 10 tattoos to date. I've loved them since I was a kid. I tried very hard when I turned 17 to find a tat shop that would tattoo me with my Dad's permission. Yet because of whatever lame "law", I wasn't inked that year. Of course a few days after my 18th birthday I felt the pain. The wonderful pain. I got cherries. Yup....cherries, haha! At the time I LOVED cherries...I had cherry sheets, cherry stationary, ect. Ironically I hated the actual taste of cherries, still do to this day. Anyways, my first tattoo was cherries on my right calf. Then came the rest...
2. Chinese symbol for "beautiful" in between my shoulder blades
3. Wings, because my all time favorite song is "Freebird", across my shoulder blades
4. A red rose, on my thigh....I call this my ghetto tattoo, no meaning at all...just did it on a work break with some guy I worked with at K-Mart
5. "ALB" on my left foot, the initials of the baby we lost due to miscarriage in 2006
6. "LKB" on the right foot, the initials of my sweet babygirl
7. A huge cross in the middle of my back, of course symbolizing that Jesus died on that cross 2000 yrs ago for ME
8. "Maminka" above the cross on the back, under my wings...meaning "mother" in czech, got it for mothers day this year
9. Cherry blossoms, above my cross and around "maminka" to finish the look
10. "Nana 10.20.98" on the inside of my left ankle in memorial, of my beloved grandma

Sparkly crap has always caught my eye, guess its part of being a girl...its like were instantly attracted to it. Sparklers as kids on the 4th of July, sparkly makeup (love), sparkly keychains to accent your keys....its just a natural love of mine. Especially the makeup part. My best friend and I went to the Southern Womens Show this year for my birthday and found the BEST eye makeup ever! Check it out www.thesparklechic.com

And why did I name my blog "The life of a beautiful disaster"? I went thru alot of grown up stuff when I was just a kid. My childhood was the perfect recipe for a disaterous adulthood. Yet somehow by the grace of God...I haven't ruined my life. I turned my disaster into something beautiful...and this is where I'll share my life with you

New things

So here I am, new to blogging. I just recently got on the twitter rage...although I am still kinda confused by it. I'm in love with FB. But I needed something more. And thats where my blog will come in handy. I always have alot of my mind and I think life would be alot easier on me if I expressed my thoughts. This blog isn't going to be about one specific topic. I'm not a one topic kinda girl. I'm complex, complicated, consumed. As will my blog be. I have alot going on in my life, alot of responsibilities, alot of friends, alot of events, and alot of junk. Hopefully I will be able to share it as often as I can..."alot" can keep you busy.

So here is a list of stuff I'm about and love:

Married for 4 years this month
...also a Christ follower for 4 years
Mommy to a beautiful messy two year old little girl
Praying for a 2011 baby
Just graduated from a cardiovascular technology program
Obsessed with Edward, Bella, Jacob and the gang...
People say I'm talented behind a camera
Best time of the year=football season
Love doing makeup & love tattoos
I have childhood problems that wont seem to go away
I've had an ongoing battle with my weight my whole life
...probably because I love food a little too much
I have alot of favorites...songs, movies, people, ect...

Well the beautiful messy two year old I spoke of is having a tantrum, off to be super mommy....holla balla!