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I’m Back: What’s Happened in a Nutshell

Long time no see! It’s been a while since I posted, and I wrestled with the decision to backdate posts and make it seem like I’ve been active and all that, but I decided that I’d rather be honest with…

Beauty

Beauty Bag: Bare Minerals Eye Primer

I’m not sure if there’s something wrong with my eyelids or what, but they seem to be super oily. Without this my eyeliner ends up all over my eyelid and my eyeshadow is greasy crayon-like line around five o’clock. And…

Life

Be a Better You: theSkimm

You know those moments when you’re at work or having dinner with friends when they start talking about something that’s recently happened and you have absolutely no idea what they’re talking about? So you nod at first, pretending to be…

Apps and Snacks

Neiman Marcus Dip

You know those times when you completely forget that you need to make something for an event the next day? Say hello to your lifesaver. Now, I’m not sure why it’s called Neiman Marcus Dip (if anyone knows, please share…

News

Update!

Long time no see, I know. But I’m making it my goal to jump back into things. I’ve got some fun blog ideas planned and maybe even a makeover for the site 🙂 I’m also going to be moving the…

Writing

Free Printable NaNoWriMo 2014 Calendar

Hey guys! I know, I should be writing. I’ll make this short and then get back to Mistletoe Kisses. I just wanted to share this NaNoWriMo calendar I created with all my fellow writers out there. It features the word…

Writing

NaNoWriMo 2014

Okay guys, I know it’s two–nearly three–days late, but I decided I’m doing this. It’s NaNoWriMo time. That stands for National Novel Writing Month. The goal is to write at least 50,000 words in 30 days. That amounts to 1,667…

Books

Weekend Read: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost

With the Halloween season upon us, I thought I’d recommend one of my favorite paranormal romances: Halfway to the Grave by Jeaniene Frost . This is a book I’ve read numerous times and I can’t tell you how much I…

Writing

Happy National Punctuation Day!

As a writer, how can I not celebrate this holiday? Books would be so much more confusing and sentences could end up meaning something completely different. Here are a few of my favorite cartoons that show just how important punctuation…