eyebrow? yes, eyebrow...

This is my left eyebrow:

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I know it's a little odd, okay very odd to have a blog posting of my eyebrow, but let me explain-
I was once a criminal to my eyebrows. I murdered my eyebrows several times over the last two decades. When I was 14, I distinctly remember sneaking my grandma's old, possibly even dull tweezers and just pulled with no clear function or purpose, other than seek and destroy those bushy things above my eyeballs.
Sadly, I ended tweezing half of not just one brow, but BOTH of them. You read correctly, I tweezed half of both of my eyebrows, and I also remember that I had no idea how to correct the damage, so I ended up using a dark brown or black cheap Wet N Wild eyeliner stick and I DREW on my remaining brows. The outcome of this tragedy?! One brow would be round, the other horizontal. It was HORRIBLE, AWFUL, ATROCIOUS. The only plus side to my hair pulling fiasco was that I could literally, and I mean literally draw on my moods. I can hear your laughter, but it is TRUE. Feeling mad today, Jamie? Well draw those brows straight across. Feeling happy today, Jamie? Well, the Ronald McDonald look has to be in style circa 1995, right? WRONG. The Ronald McDonald look isn't even hip with the clown himself, let alone a young teenage girl (who I should also note SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO TWEEZE A HAIR OF HER BODY LET ALONE BOTH EYEBROWS). I can;t really blame anyone for what I did. You'd think that my worst fear at this time would be having to draw those ugly suckers on each day, maybe the possibility of running out of liner, or even the blistering hot Arizona heat making those bad boys run like the mailman runs from a rabid pit bull, but NO, none of those things really crossed my mind. My worst fear you ask about having to draw on your eyebrows? Was pissing off your little sister, and then having her beat your ass and THEN wipe them off your face, before school, at the bus stop in front of at least 10 of your school-mates. And yes, this did happen, several times during re-growth. Now I can look back on these stories with hindsight, clarity and humor, but to a 14 year old girl who is ugly and awkward- it was like a death sentence.
Since that time in my life I have tried to keep both brows intact, maybe not always as 'thick' as they should be, but never again would I have to pencil in hair.
The last few times I've been home Joanna and my cousin, Michel have commented on how they like my eyebrows and Joanna has asked on numerous occasions  how I tweeze them, groom them, what have you, so I'd like to give up that information-
1. Start with the finger test (using your index finger measure from the  inner corner of your eye, angle your finger left and that is where they should start, then with your index finger measure from the middle of your eye up and that is where your arch should start, and finally, with your index finger measure from the outer corner and this is where your eyebrow should end).
2. ONLY tweeze what is absolutely necessary! Do NOT senselessly tweeze hair just to tweeze hair!
3. Tweeze the random hairs (closest to your nose, the start of your brow) and only tweeze the hairs that are out of place or noticeable.
4. Tweeze to the right of your arch and only the hairs that are out of place. Do not tweeze the longer hairs! Especially if they are the top or bottom of your brow. One tug of a long hair that is meant to be in your brow and you're a hot mess
5. If you have thin eyebrows and want thicker, or longer brows- RESIST THE URGE TO TWEEZE.
I know it sounds difficult, but it's not. No one will notice those stray hairs, and if they do, they aren't going to point them out and advise you to tweeze the heck out of them!

I hope that my story and my rules of thumb have helped you to create the eyebrow style that suits you best, and I hope that you will NEVER have to know what it's like to pencil in any missing hairs, and if you do- try to find the positives- you can draw on your mood for the day. I prefer the angry brow. People won't dare to ask you where your eyebrows went.

blogosphere

Yes, it's me and I'm back.
For weeks, months, and probably close to a year now Joanna has poked and prodded me about when I would return to the blogging community, and I lied- telling her, 'soon', or 'tonight', or 'no, I don't want to.' Mainly because I have all of 5 followers, and to me that is super lame, especially for a blogger, but after many conversations with my sister about her blog, her new fashion blog, etc., etc. I made my decision to update my blog page, site, what have you and well, here I am.
I wanted to tell all of you, all 5 of you....
*cringe*
That I will be adding more recipes, stories from the last year or so and adding photos.
I'm actually pretty jazzed, even if it sounds like I don't want to do this.
A lot has changed, lots of new things going on and to be honest, I probably need some input from those around me.
I'd also like to thank my sister for her encouragement to start blogging again.
What is it 'they' say about the written word?
Anyways,
I digress.
Since I have been gone for such a long time-
Here are some semi-recent photos of Daylee:


Left: D before his 'Texas' day Right: D on Halloween