My weekend recap

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Life passed me by for a while

Lots has happened since I last blogged.  Thanksgiving came & went... My birthday came & went...  Christmas came & went.  And that's where it all started.

My mother-in-law was due to arrive at my house on Dec 23, and she never made it.  My hubby & I were so nervous about her driving by herself anyway.  But she never made it to the road.  I hate to say thankfully she never made it on the road, but I really do want to see the good in it.  

Anyway, so the past month has been a blur.

Then on Monday, I had to make the decision to put my dog down.  She was getting old, and I knew it, but it doesn't make it any easier. 

I just feel an emptiness.  I can't explain it. She was not the first dog in my life, ever, but she hit me harder than any of the other dogs we have had in my life.  

I miss her curling up at my feet, greeting me at the door, laying at the foot of my bed at night, and taking walks in the morning.  I just miss her sweet face.

Everyone keeps asking me when I'm going to get another dog.  I don't know if I am ever going to.  It's not that I don't love dogs, I do.  I also just don't want to go through it again.

2014 was one heck of a year.  We lost my father-in-law, moved, spent the summer up north.  My daughter went to over night camp for the first time.  We visited my hubby in DC.  We traveled around FL.  We lost my mother-in-law.  Not all of 2014 was bad, but I am ready for great things to come our way.  My family could really use some happy events going on.

Thanks for listening to me ramble.  Sometimes we just need to get out what is in our hearts.

Kiss & tell... Join our Mistletoe Movement!

So we have 6, yes 6, new shades of our luscious Nourishine Lip Gloss!  And in order to get the opinion of our customers, we are asking for 10-15 minutes of your time.  It's super easy, you get free products, AND you get to give your HONEST opinion of our newest shades of Lip Gloss!

It is SO much fun and SUPER easy.  And you get to be entered to win $100 FREE in Mary Kay!  Seriously, no purchase necessary to be entered.

Along with this, I am also looking for 10 women who want to be entered to win a model makeover contest.  This is SO easy.  Just sit down with me, we'll do a before & after makeover.  And you will be entered.  We are hosting a fashion show in February, and the boutique owner and salon owner get to pick our most dramatic makeovers to model their clothes and hair styles.  We want all shapes, colors, sizes, ages... everybody is eligible.  You will get, on the day of the fashion show, your hair done by a licensed hair dresser, to wear some FABULOUS clothing, and get your makeup picked out by us.  Email me here to set up your makeover appointment.  For this one, you must be local to me, or be willing to come here for your before & after & the fashion show.

NOW for the ABSOLUTELY fun part...  I am booking for January!  Yes, you heard me... I am booking for January.  My January hostesses will get hostess credits (Email me & ask about my hostess program - but $200 FREE to party with me!), PLUS, you will get 1 single item every month until July at 50% off!  You choose which single item you want each and every month!  WOW!  Email me to schedule your pampering, girls night in!  Dates are filling up fast!

Also, I still have some gifts in all price ranges, wrapped and ready to be delivered/mailed.  I also can do gift certificates, ask me about my specials with the gift certificates.

Hope you have a WONDERFUL Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, Happy New Year!  I know I will be posting more between now and then, but you can never have too much cheer at this time of year!

Holiday Specials just for you

It is my favorite time of the year...  I did start these specials on my fanpage, www.facebook.com/lizherman-pinkpartyqueen, but wanted to share them over here with you.  I will honor my first special for today as well as today's special.

I'm trying something new for December. Every day until Dec 25 I will post a special. It will be good for 24 hours only. Adjustments to your total will be made after your order is placed.  

So, today's special is Mary Kay NouriShine Plus Lip Gloss - formulated with vitamin E & C. Buy one and 2nd one is 50% off. No limit to the number you can order.

www.marykay.com/lizherman promo code Dec1

Daily December Deal #3 - offer good December 3rd only!

ALL foundations - medium coverage, luminious-wear, matte-wear, creme to powder, mineral powder, CC and day-radiance - buy 1 and get your choice of a FREE foundation primer OR makeup finish spray! $16 or $18 value! 

www. marykay.com/lizherman promo code Dec 3

Most wonderful time of the year!

The holiday season is here!  This is my favorite time of the year.  People are nicer, the world just seems so much happier... And it's also my birthday!

It all starts with Thanksgiving.  I love Thanksgiving, because of the food, the Macy's parade, getting together with family & friends, and the fact that it starts off the holiday season!

Inbeween Thanksgiving & Christmas is my birthday!  Birthdays have always been special to me, doesn't matter if it is mine, or yours or his... It is a special day.  Sure other people share it with you, but it is a day all about you.  A time for family & friends to get together, share a good meal and some cake! Who doesn't like cake?!?

Then comes Christmas.  From the smells to the decorations to the food and giving, I love it all.  It isn't about the presents I receive any more...  But watching my children's faces as they help decorate, bake cookies, see the tree all lit up...  So many traditions.  Again, I love Christmas dinner for many of the same reasons I love Thanksgiving dinner!  

When my grandmother was alive, she would host Christmas Eve.  We always had ham with all the fixings.  We weren't allowed to go into the living room, where the Christmas tree, because we weren't allowed to see the"empty boxes".  Yes, the adults in my family convinced us that the boxes were empty until Santa came to fill them much later that night.  So we would drive home, my sister & I counting Christmas lights on houses and singing songs. We'd go to bed.

The next morning we would wake up early, of course!  And we weren't allowed to wake up our parents until 7 am.  But we would go downstairs and check out all the presents.  Santa always left us one present that wasn't wrapped, so we would often look at it, or play with it.  We were also allowed to look in our stockings.  

After opening presents and eating some breakfast at our house, we would load up our car.  We always started at my Grandmother's house.  We'd open more presents with our cousins, eat brunch, which always had ham salad.  My grandmother would make it from the left over ham from Christmas Eve.  We would then head to what felt like a million other houses, and end our day at my Grandma's house.  

It was always a long, but wonderful day, because we spent it all with our family.

Things of course have changed throughout the years, but essentially everything was the same.  Now, I get to share a lot of these traditions with my children and my mother-in-law.

What's your favorite holiday memory?

Happy Thanksgiving (a day early!)

I have been MIA, I know I know... story of my blog.  But this time for good reason.  I have had some health issues lately.  Nothing serious, just having gallbladder surgery on Tuesday to get it removed.  It isn't serious, right now.  But if I do let it go, it could get worse.  And I don't want to have it rupture on me.

Anyway, this isn't a boo hoo, poor me post.  I promise!

Thanksgiving is here!  Yay!  But where did 2014 go????

This year, I am thankful for living in a warmer climate!  Yup I said it, I don't like cold.  I like warm weather, sand between my toes and wearing a light jacket once a year.  I am also thankful for my family.  My kids are awesome people, well turning into them.  Don't get me wrong, they have their moments, but it is pretty cool to watch them experience the world around them.  I am also thankful for my hubby and many others who selflessly give their lives to the armed forces.  They protect our freedoms, and fight for our country.  I hope that those that aren't able to be home for the holidays know that many of us at home at praying and thinking about them and a safe return for all of our troops.  I am also thankful to be in relative good health.

I love Thanksgiving because I love to eat.  Yup, I said it...  I love to eat!  I also love the traditions my family has.  We wake up, eat some breakfast and park our buns for a few hours in front of the tv watching the Macy's Parade!  My hubby doesn't understand our obsession with it.  But whatever... I never asked him to understand it.

Anyway, we also then ate dinner early, and enjoy time with family.  Nothing exciting.  We aren't Black Friday shoppers either... or should I say Thanksgiving evening shoppers.

It is insane to me how many stores advertise their "Black Friday" sales starting on Thanksgiving!  Seriously, I feel badly for all the retails workers that have to work on Thanksgiving.  They are being taken from their time with family to work for a sale that I'm sure if no fun.

With that... I have decided this year to turn Black Friday PINK!  Yup!  Pink!  I am holding a private sale for all my customers and their families... on my website!  No crazy crowds... no pushing, no shoving, no waiting in line for HOURS on end.

Here are my specials:

PLUS, for every Timewise Repair Set purchased, you will get a FREE Skinvigorate brush (this special is good until Dec 1).  AND, for every purchase of $100 (before discount), you will get an extra 5% off.  For every purchase of $200 (before discount), you will get an extra 10% off!  So, this means if you place a $100 order at 6am, you'll get 35% off your order!  If you place a $250 order at 10:30 am, you'll get 25% off your order.  (The time stamp from my website will determine your order).  And I will adjust your total, email it to you before processing, and get your approval.  (Unfortunately, I am unable to change prices on my website, so you will notice you have a full priced total sent to you when you checkout.  Your card is not charged until I process it on my end.)*

I also am doing the Adopt-a-Grandparent program this year.  Please help me bring some joy to some very deserving, local senior citizens.  My goal is to make the holidays special for 150 people this year!  Order deadline for this is Dec 15.  The $12 set includes wrapping, and a gift tag.  (Tax is already included in that.)  Email me at lizherman (at) marykay (dot) com to purchase.*

Also, has your hubby/significant other/girlfriend/wife/boyfriend/lifepartner gotten you your pillow gift yet?  Have you gotten them their's?  Don't know what it is?  You will be the most romantic person at Christmas this year.  Ask me for more info on this fabulous gift, which starts at $25.

What are you thankful for this year????

*Must have no other consultant!

Wednesday musings

KI know I am horrible about remembering to post, and I'm sorry.  Some things I hadn't revealed were that the hubby & I decided to geobachelor this tour (when he lives at his new duty station & we live some where else).  We didn't do the traditional geobach, because the kids & I moved to FLORIDA to be with family.  So life has been busy, difficult, amazing, fun, sad...  Everything that life is, but a thousand fold.  I SO respect any single mom or dad out there.  It is not easy to be everything to your child or children.  Anyway, this is not a boo hoo post.  I promise!

Let's talk holidays.  What are you buying for your kiddos?  What's the hot toy this year?

I'm not sure what we are getting for either, Little man or Cutie, but I know what my kids like.  Cutie asked for an Easy Bake Oven, a Kindle, Monster High dolls, books....  The list goes on.  She knows she won't get everything on her list, and I don't think she remembers half of what she's asked for.  

Little man is too little to really understand making a list, but he loves Mickey Mouse, cars, trains, anything boy like, and we will probably get him a water table.  He is an active little man, and typical little boy.

What are some other things that people are looking at?  

I am looking for new running shoes, new running gear, maybe some new clothes...  Really not exciting stuff.  But I also have the added pressure of my birthday being two weeks before Christmas.  So I have to come up with double the gift ideas.  

I am excited to run this promotion again this year.  I can't wait to honor as many seniors in my community as I can.  I am hoping my kiddos will be able to deliver the gifts to the residents and spread some cheer to them.  

I have several gift sets available from my inventory, and also have gifts available from other companies!  

What is the one thing you really want this year?

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