And the Winner is....

Sheila F!!  Thank you all (all three of you) for commenting on my last post.  For those who didn't comment... you are missing out!  Sheila will be able to pick out a lipgloss or lipstick!  Congratulations Sheila!

Here I go...
Have you ever done something in your life that you always said you would never ever do?  The thought may have crossed your mind to do something that you thought was out of the question, and so you chased the thought away only to have it come back at a later date making you reconsider.  Then you reconsider and give the idea some more thought, and end up actually doing what you never thought you would do.
Well, that is what happened to me.
A good friend of mine came by the house to drop off some mineral foundation for me.  She happens to be a Mary Kay Beauty consultant (hence the reason she was dropping off the foundation), and she presented me with the opportunity to become a Mary Kay Beauty consultant.  Now you have to understand that my background with Mary Kay has been an interesting one.  My mom bought it when I was younger, and all I can remember is that they had really bad eye shadow colors and bright pink lipsticks.  When I started wearing Make-up someone introduced me to MAC make-up.  I loved it, and despite the high price (you pay a price for beauty right?) I was very loyal to MAC.... that is until recently when I purchased a couple eye colors from Mary Kay (primarily because they were so much less expensive then MAC), and I found that I really loved them.  I also decided to try the mineral foundation (also much less expensive than MAC), and I loved it.  But still in my heart I had a bit of a negative impression about Mary Kay.
So when my friend presented me with the opportunity I immediately said "No!"  Then she asked if the thought had ever crossed my mind, and I said "well, yes, I guess it has".  She told me more about the company and I learned not only about the potential for great income (something we could really use), I was also attracted to the fact that the company strongly believes in God first, Family second, and Career third. I also liked the idea of educating people on how to use skin care, and how to properly apply make-up (something I never learned growing up).  So I thought about it for a few days, and I found I couldn't stop thinking about it.  The biggest thing holding me back was fear of what my friends might think, and if I could actually find enough customers. I felt like the Lord was prompting me to take the plunge and trust Him!  So with Scott's full support (and excitement) I did it.
So here I go...

Now some of you might be thinking... great she is going to ask me to buy something... well yes, I just might.  But that is not what this blog is for.  So I am only going to promote this one time, and then I will not be promoting again...   I really want to be able to share with you how wonderful the product is.  It truly is!  Plus is comes at such a better price then most other skin care and make-up products out there.  So if you might be interested or know someone who is interested, I would love to talk. You can also see all the great products on my website: www.marykay.com/jpersicke. 
So here is the promotion: if you leave a comment on this post, I will enter you into a drawing to win a free product.  (No matter where you live!)  
Also, if you want to provide me with names of three people that might be interested in Mary Kay, I will give a free product.  
Thank you readers for reading and supporting!

Sweet Boys
We had the privilege of watching our friends sweet twin boys, J & E this past weekend.  They are three now, and they are seriously the sweetest loves.  They have been playing so well together, and talking in more complete sentences.  It filled my heart to hear their little voices in the morning say "I awake Auntie Jen!  I awake Auntie Jen!!"  I didn't take a bunch of pictures because I was too busy enjoying them, and the camera battery died.   But we had the best time with them, and can't wait to have them over again.
All FOUR boys playing on the floor... well Kona is napping really.

Cozy Bed.. who wouldn't want to sleep there?

Lights in the Kitchen

Scott was able to finally get our kitchen lights installed.  He and my brother Adam (the journeyman Electrician) installed them, and they are absolutely lovely!  I love the light that now fills my kitchen, and I am thrilled that they can be dimmed.  The boys had to struggle a bit in the very tight confines of the attic to install the cans for the lights, but their perseverance paid off, and the job was completed. 
Scott hanging the string for the light placement:

Cutting the hole in the ceiling for the cans:

 

Adam supervising:

 

I would show you a picture of the lights, but I am waiting until the ceiling is patched and painted.  There was one tiny ity bitty little problem with the installation, and that was that they cut the holes in the ceiling too big.  Apparently the template for the holes was not actually a template. (lesson learned)  Scott is in the middle of the repair job right now, and the holes will be patched and fixed very soon.  So I will post a picture then.

A couple pictures of my boys...

 

"This isn't one where all the needles fall off, is it?"
We took our Christmas tree down on New Years day.  Can you say "Fire Hazard"?  This was a major fire hazard.  I do not think I have ever seen a tree so dry!  If you remember, we cut our tree down the day after Thanksgiving at my parent's house.  It was a great tree, but the trunk had been damanged, so I think that caused it to dry out a lot faster than normal.  I think it stopped drinking water somewhere in the middle of December.  It got to the point where we would just look at the tree, and needles would fall off.
As we took the ornaments and lights off the tree we lost so many needles on the ground, they created a pile in a circle around the tree.  I honestly think that there were more needles on the floor than there were on the tree.
Can you tell me where the quote that is my title for this post is from?