Tracy and Micah

Makeup Blog

2010-05-27T12:51:00.000-07:00

It seems I have a lot to blog about lately! As many of you know, I love makeup artistry and have had the opportunity to work with Heather at Amorology and several of her brides, doing hair and makeup for weddings. Before I moved to the San Diego area, I had been doing hair and makeup for friends weddings and special events for quite a few years. Well, now we are making things a little more official and I have made a blog where I will be showcasing some of the brides I get to work with, reviewing products that I like and talking about makeup techniques and such.. it should be fun!!

Anyway, I just wanted to show you all the new blog: Bride Eyed Makeup

Have fun looking!!

Aloha!

2010-05-26T22:54:00.000-07:00

A few weeks ago Micah and I visited Maui with our good friends Adam and Emily. We had such a good time, but of course only took pictures one of the days that we were there...

We found a cool hike along the Road to Hana, it had crazy trees and a rope swing into the water, so of course Micah had to try that out:

We found a few other cool hikes along the Road to Hana with tons of waterfalls and bamboo forests...

Oh, we also tried to swing on some of the vines, cause we've seen people do this before... in a movie or something..

But this is what happens in real life:

This is Adam.. he crashed... on the ground.. the vine broke when we actually tried to swing on it.

The rest of the Road to Hana was fun, we had a few more stops along the way, but one of my favorite parts was the drive home. We followed the map back home the other way around the island and ran into some one-way dirt roads, driving along steep cliffs and saw some serious country with cows in the middle of the road and everything!

The rest of the trip was so fun, I just wish we had taken more pictures! Here are some highlights: Micah and Adam brought a giant sea turtle to the beach Emily and I were lounging at, and we ended up swimming around with this giant sea turtle for about an hour!! Fortunately for me he was feeling pretty social and stayed in the shallow beach area and swam right by me a few times. We also got to watch a luau show for free, while eating at a restaurant with a perfect view of the show. We played a serious game of tennis on the only day it rained. We ate some delicious shaved ice and walked through some cool art galleries. We ate tons of amazing breakfasts, one of my favorites: strawberry and cream cheese stuffed french toast encrusted with macadamia nuts and topped with coconut whip cream!! Oh, I also just loved the part where we went to the beach everyday we were there and lounged and swam. It was so nice and I got so tan for a day or two, too bad its already fading.

We had such a fun trip Manville's, thanks for inviting us!!

Books

2010-04-02T13:03:00.000-07:00

Just finished reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society last night. Thought it was a great book.

This morning I found myself thinking about the book in an English accent (since the characters are from England), does anyone else do that? If this book gets made in to a movie, I think Penny from LOST should be the main character.

Hero

2010-03-12T09:48:00.000-08:00

I read this article today on MSNBC, about a 91 year old lady who works at a Rite Aid in New York as a cashier and recently got robbed. She is one of my new hero's because 1) she works at Rite Aid because she doesn't want to stay at home all day and get bored, and apparently, she doesn't like to be bored, she doesn't find it healthy 2) during the robbery she tried to stop the guy by grabbing his arm/hand then took a punch in the chest; she told the news people, he hit me good, but it didn't hurt 3) she wants to smack the robber guy when they catch him 4) and just when you think she is nothing but tough, you find out she knits and crochets gloves for the needy in her area, and takes care of the people around her.

Florence Critelli definitely makes it on to my "Hero" list.

Quilting

2010-03-10T16:02:00.000-08:00

Somehow I stumbled across this blog today: http://q2quiltgroup.blogspot.com/ - it is my mom's quilt group blog! In case you didn't know, my mom is a fantastic sewer and is part of such a fun quilting group that has met monthly for 10+ years I think? Anyway, it was a lot of fun to see all their different quilt designs, and their blocks are EXPERTLY stitched and pieced together. I can definitely learn from them! I love to sew and have started making more quilts lately, but have a lot of learning and practicing ahead of me to get as good as these ladies!

For fun, I stole some of these pictures off of their blog to show some of my mom's work, cause I like her:

Maybe someday I will finish some of my sewing and crafty projects and post some of those pictures here...

Address Stamps

2010-02-24T11:03:00.000-08:00

I saw these address stamps here awhile ago and just love them! I love hand-written notes and these stamps would be just perfect to go with them:

One day, when I have more of a permanent address, I will get one, or three, of these.

The Things I Learn at Work

2010-02-05T11:46:00.000-08:00

Disclaimer: this is not supposed to be an interesting post for anyone other than me. I mean, it's debateable that I find this stuff interesting. But I still wanted to document the things I learn whilst at work.

I am preparing a Safety Training Session for my work on Industrial Safety, where I will have a segment on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE's, for those in the know), and I am researching all about hard hat requirements, noise reduction ratings, safety glasses, etc.

Here are some interesting notes aboud Noise Reduction Ratings that I read here:

Painful:

150 dB = Rock Concerts at Peak
140 dB = Firearms, Air-Raid Siren, Jet Engine
130 dB = Jackhammer
120 dB = Jet Plane Take-off, Amplified Music at 4-6 ft., Car Stereo, Band Practice

Extremely loud:
110 dB = Machinery, Model Airplanes
100 dB = Snowmobile, Chain saw, Pneumatic Drill
90 dB = Lawnmower, Shop Tools, Truck Traffic, Subway

Very loud:
80 dB = Alarm Clock, Busy Street
70 dB = Vacuum Cleaner
60 dB = Conversation, Dishwasher

Moderate:
50 dB = Moderate Rainfall
40 dB = Quiet room

Faint:
30 dB = Whisper, Quiet Library

Cool right? I mean, who doesn't want to know all about the level of decibels your alarm clock puts out every morning...

And the thing about ear protection? They can reduce decibels between 25+ levels! Now THAT is exciting.

In other weekly news, you can check pictures of me & Micah out here.

Olive Oil

2010-01-13T17:24:00.000-08:00

I LOVE Olive Oil and thought it desereved its own post. Yes, I really love it that much. I use olive oil for cooking, I use it for my hair when it needs a serious moisture mask, I use it on dry skin, I also use it everyday as my facial moisturizer. Facial moisturizer? That is weird you say? No, it really works, quite well.

Serious. Just try it for a few days, especially in these winter months and you too will be amazed!

Since this is a serious plug on Olive Oil, I should add, Micah loves it too. :)

What are your weird beauty routines I could try? Do you have any beauty products that you can't live without?

Thanksgiving

2009-11-16T12:23:00.001-08:00

We are leaving for Seattle on Saturday to start our Thanksgiving celebrations! I love Thanksgiving, because it’s a holiday that doesn’t require presents, being creative with a costume, or having super fun and totally cool plans. Don’t get me wrong, I love all holidays for just those reasons. But Thanksgiving is a holiday that, to me, has always celebrated family, food and being thankful and I really love that.

That said, the Teddy’s love Thanksgiving and do have a tradition in dressing up in their nicest clothes to eat a very large dinner, including 2 different turkeys and over 10 different sides, with plenty of fancy decorations. And since it’s a weeklong celebration (for at least Micah and I), we will also be enjoying some of Bellevue’s finest shopping, trekking through the woods on mini hikes, visiting Seattle’s attractions, eating at my favorite restaurants, watching movies and laughing. Lots of laughing, I mean, we will be with the Teddys…

Hope you all have a Wonderful Thanksgiving Season!!

So You Think You Can Dance!!

2009-10-29T12:05:00.000-07:00

Going to the show. Live Taping. Not Kidding!!
I signed up to see if I could get tickets months ago. Got an email today saying here are your tickets. Almost peed my pants.

Lindsey and Brian Walker

2009-10-21T18:11:00.000-07:00

What a WONDERFUL week it was! I got to meet Brian for the first time (I approve, he is a great guy with such a nice family), I saw Lindsey and Brian get married (my, what a beautiful bride!!), I got to see so many of my high school friends that I haven't seen in years (it was so nice to see all of them and hear what they have been up to - and they all look great!), I got to spend time with the bride and her family (its like spending time with my 2nd family), I was able to see beautiful fall foliage, I got the most amazing pictures taken of me and Micah, check them out here (her pictures will blow your mind).. and... I got to spend a lot of time with these girls:

Oh my, it was perfect.

Mathis Homes... The Website

2009-09-24T17:14:00.000-07:00

Hello again, and so soon! Just wanted to share with everyone that Micah has a new website up for his construction company - I think it looks great! Here it is:

http://mathishomes.com/

Check Me Out

2009-09-21T14:55:00.001-07:00

No, really.. check me out! In honor of the BIG EVENT of 2009, I have been searching for the perfect dress to wear. The criteria? Little. Black. Dress. Now I realize not all my dresses below may be black black, but .. maybe I will need to wear a dress to something else sometime..?

OK, one more preface before I post the pictures. Please ignore the goofy faces. I felt like a nerd for taking pictures of myself in multiple dresses just for the sake of blogging about it. But, I post this anyway.

Pictures:

(the first is Kindsay's, Heather's and Robin's favorite, and, its actually black)

Some more...

OK, those are the first round of choices, let me know what you think!! Also, if you hate them all, tell me, cause I can't go ugly to the biggest party of the year.. THAT would be embarrassing!

The One About the WENUS

2009-04-16T17:27:00.000-07:00

"I just don't want to be one of those guys [or girls] that's in his office until twelve o'clock at night worrying about the WENUS"

Yeah.. you all remember when Chandler said that on Friends. Well, I feel a little like that today. I mean, I have endless reports I am in charge of updating at work, and I am not particularly obsessed with any one of them.. But then today I could not get a new database at work to do anything right and I threw a bit of a tizzy. Then I started thinking, when did I turn into one of those people that worry about their horribly named work reports?? What happened to ME? And when did I turn in to this nerd???

Anyway, I am looking forward to recovering tonight while watching the Office, and while I type this I worry that watching this show indulges my inner-nerd and maybe I should curb my love for this show.. Hold back on the nerdiness a little.. Yeah.. Probably not.

PS - I will not apologize for not blogging, nor will I promise to blog more in the future. But I may have more coming.

Pananama!!

2008-10-15T22:30:00.001-07:00

Micah and I went to Panama for the week and just got back at about 3 this morning - it was one of the craziest little trips I have ever been on! I loved it!

We started out in Panama City, where we saw part of the Panama Canal.

Then we flew in a box shaped airplane over to the Bocas Islands, where we stayed for the rest of the trip.

These islands were beautiful! They are covered in jungles and deserted beaches and little villages. We spent our days hiking through the rainforests, snorkeling in the warm water, semi-exploring caves, spying on jungle animals, riding scooters on muddy roads in the pooring rain (this seriously was one of my favorite days) and eating at little restaurants along the way!

The weather changed by the hour from sunny to cloudy to pooring rain and thunder storms and back to sunny again - making everything a little more adventury.

We went with 10 other friends - all experienced adventure trip takers.. I got the memo that it was an adventure trip, unfortunately I did not take it seriously. Result? Lots of bug bites and muddy flip flops.

Lessons learned? Take adventure friends seriously and do not cross the Eukre wizards.

A New Kind of Hair...

2008-10-15T22:09:00.000-07:00

... for a new kind of me. Ok, I am totally the same, the new hair has not changed me at all.. so much for trying.. but I think I'm a liken how its a lookin.

Is it me, or do I look better blurry?

But seriously, I feel a little lame posting just about my hair color, like that is the most exciting news I could come up with..? How about a trip to Panama? Will that entertain anyone??

Thankful to Meet You in Seattle

2008-09-25T10:25:00.000-07:00

Umm.. A few of you may have given up on checking my blog, I do not blame you.. I am not a professional blogger and do not provide the regular entertainment that all of you are so good at providing me.
BUT, I have a question, who all is going to be in Seattle over Thanksgiving this year? I will be up there for a whole week and wanted to see who I will get to see while I am up there!! And if you haven't made plans yet or maybe were not planning on going, I think that maybe you should change your plans and meet me there instead. Just a friendly idea from your friend that watches you (not in a creepy way, but in a very nice way), Tracy.

Just Some Pictures

2008-02-05T19:33:00.000-08:00

Just thought I would add some more pictures, because that is the fun thing about these blogs is sharing pictures...

These are all mostly of Katie's wedding, she got married on the 29th of Dec., exactly on our anniversary (and Lyns's birthday!!)!! Her husband is TC Kruegger, and funny, he is from Sammamish too.

We also got some family pictures of all the Teddy-Mathis-Kruegger's a few days before the wedding by the same photographer that took all of the wedding pictures. Oh, by the way, I thought she did an amazing job with these pictures and you can find LOTs more here: http://photographybydmc.blogspot.com/2008/01/katie-teddys-bridals-woah-baby.html. She lives in Utah but came up for the pictures.

Katie, me, kami, wendy and tiffany.

Wendy, mom (oh, she also made katie's dress!), katie and me!

One Year for the Mathis'

The family.

I like this picture of all the boys.

I do makeup!

Now, as I do at the end of every post, I will promise to do better at keeping this updated!

Sabrina Duck... Ashley Duck... Slashy..?

2007-11-08T16:10:00.000-08:00

Ok, like I told Ashley I had to put up my duck picture too.

Quick story about my duck: I met him when I was vacationing in Hawaii a year or so ago. So it is possible that he is related to Ashley's duck. However, this duck is more from the prehistoric era, he is indeed part dinosaur. He is also part chicken, but mostly duck. That is how he got his name Slashy. He also tried to jump in our car when we were leaving and he would fetch sticks. Serious. I fell in love with him.

So the story of my duck had to be told, and it got me to post to my blog thing again!

Cut out for blogging?

2007-09-05T19:20:00.000-07:00

I visit other's blogs enough to have decided to create one of my/our own. The only problem is, that I always delete my posts before I post them because I change my mind about sharing what I wrote at the last minute.

But because I want to keep in touch with lots of my friends and family I am going to try to be serious about this!!

I also added a picture of me and Micah, just for fun.