#STEPINTOFALL2018
Johnny Was Dress
#naturelovers
I blog for a million reasons. A friend asked me the other day if she should start a blog and a fitness business. “Only if you really plan on doing the work,” was my response. She was under the delusion that you could “blog” from an Instagram account.
We discussed the many aspects of fitness that she was knowledgeable about, and I’d mapped her entire success story out in my mind as we talked…but it all comes down to who is willing to do the work. Most people quit within 3 years when there is no exterior immediate gratification. For me, the gratification comes from within. It’s my little legacy.
I had read an article about 6 months ago in which it pointed out the benefits of blogging. The main point that was in the article was the fact that the writer/creator tends to live a more intentionallifestyle. You plan your personal time more effectively because you must if you plan on squeezing in time to create.
We love to plan moments to stop by our local pond to feed the ducks. We decided to take Blanca as an educational experience for her. She wants to chase and torture everything so I try to take her places to get her more acclimated to the universe. She growls at people until she decides if she likes them or not because she doesn’t see people often enough. The poor ducks were happy to see us all, and didn’t know to be concerned about Blanca. She wanted to squirm out of my arms and pick up a duckling like one of her baby dolls and probably slam it to the ground to be a bully. She really couldn’t stand the view of me feeding them. It was madness to her.
My hope would be that she becomes more easy going eventually.
It was great to take time for nature, for lunch together, to wear a pretty Johnny Was dress, and to let Blanca come have a nice experience.
I am trying to let her know how special she is and work on some behavioral issues because in 2 weeks we have a new rescue coming to live with us! His name is Benji and I feel in love with him at an SPCA adoption event. He has had a tragic little life until recently. He is still with his foster mom while finishing up his doctor visits. I had the little guy come over fora visit to see how the girls would do with him. Of course, Bella likes nobody really…but we just ignore her mean diva streak. Blanca LOVED Benji and blocked Bella from getting too close to Benji. We were all shocked to see her protect him from mean little Bella and we knew then that he would be welcomed into his furever home! I can’t wait to share his pictures when he comes!
Thank you so much for all who actually come to the blog and read a little! I don’t write too much because people don’t read like they used to. I, personally spend tons of time reading throughout the day but I am also guilty of watching a lot of videos so I can keep up with #The Storm #TheGreatAwakening and #Qanon in general. It’s impossible to find anyone who knows anything about what all that is, so it’s a lonely road!
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#undefined
I love doing makeup sessions. I really love taking photos for people. I have not ranted and vented much lately. I guess because I’ve been happy. Well, happy, busy and educating myself on world events. (OMG…do you realize everything going in in the universe right now?!?) Ugh, stressful!
I don’t want to quit my website, photography, makeup work or anything else I do that is fun…but I am spending a lot of time learning and studying in other areas. I find it amazing that there are very successful people in my world, that make a lot more money than I do and are seemingly more refined and accomplished, yet do not know or care anything about world affairs, government issues, do not have any idea who George Soros is and why they should care,what Brexit is and why it happened, what’s up with Putin or how the mainstream media candy coats reality at best, hides reality at worst and why we should care. I find that a majority of people are just zombies who do not want to be bothered with reality because it’s scary and inconvenient. If you don’t believe me, just ask someone who they are voting for and why…and most can’t articulate a real and meaningful answer with any depth or true knowledge of the facts they spew. Zombies I tell you!
Because of this, I am thinking of adding a news tab to the blog so that I can share things that I feel are interesting and important. If you don’t care, then don’t click on the news link! There are just so many interesting things going on that I’d like to share.
Back to the blog at hand…it’s titled #undefined. There’s a lot of reasons for this. This post stemmed from a long overdue photo shoot that TJ wanted. She also wanted a fun and glammy makeup lesson. I decided to do both, and combine the results for a mini blog. The dress is one she purchased from Johnny Was Houston, which is also the company that I currently work for…so we were hitting a lot of issues here. We are not really trying here to fit her into a defined fashion category or look here. Personality flavors any fashion and sometimes takes it around the corner and down the street from where the original concept was born. So with this session, we just let her own person shine through. Never mind that she had on a boho dress. You should wear a dress, it shouldn’t wear you.
I’d had kind of a weird and crappy week last week. Basically, a person tried to define me based on appearance alone. I realized that she wasn’t really judging my appearance, she was judging my appearance – and therefore my entire person, based on hers as being the guideline. This doesn’t work like that. My life is different than most women my age. I’m fun, burden free, artistic, love nail polish and hair products but the most important things about me are not visible. I am smart. I don’t need to appear smart. It’s not a concern of mine. I am deep, caring, I have integrity, am multifaceted and these things are not definable by appearance alone. I can carry on a semi intelligent conversation with anyone from anywhere in the world. That’s not any less true because I may do it in a fabulous shoe.
That being said, if I were seeking employment at the front desk of a brain surgeon’s office, I would surely take more of a simple approach in how I present myself to the universe. Friends and I have this conversation all the time. All. The. Time. Everyone wants to make more money, yet they dress and present themselves on the daily as if they make $19,000 per year and then want to wonder why better opportunities do not come. So I understand bending and blending with the masses, I just don’t have to.
I got that from my mom. My friend’s mom’s would be rude and ask, “Why is your mom always dressed up?” or “Why is she always fixed up?”… as if there was something wrong with it. They were trying to define her based on their own appearance and lack of daily effort. She didn’t work, she was fancy because she knew my dad liked it and she enjoyed fashion, the end.
Which brings us back to TJ…the woman in the photos. She is not a boho girl in the typical sense. She works out, and drinks healthy smoothies. She is independent. Single. Trying to grow a career and build her life. She’s not exactly black or white. She is an extremely nice person who tries to help people to a fault, always putting herself last. I’ve never met anyone who even almost resembles her. She is a bit of a cat lady though…there are three. Of course you would never know any of that if you never took the time to know her. Whoever she is going to end up becoming is not defined as of yet. Unspecified boundaries. Undefined possibilities.
-SDS
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