A Day in the Life

I do Weekend Recaps a lot on the blog, but I thought it would be fun to do a Weekday Edition to switch things up.  This particular weekday happened to be a Wednesday (which is my favorite weekday, unless you count Friday, and you'll see why at the end ;))

5:15-5:25AM 

WAKE UP. 

I wake up at this time if I need to wash my hair. (As you can see from the inspiring notes I leave myself on my alarms).  I probably don't really need to wake up at this ungodly hour but I'm also really slow in the wee hours of the morning.

I don't know what time it is now.

But I'm done showering, and it's time for coffee, coffee, coffee, coffee and makeup! (Side note: Erik wakes up about half hour after me and by then I'm on my second cup of coffee and he always laughs is insanely jealous of how much energy I have. But hey! I need to keep up with 19 5-year-olds...gotta be prepared!)

Rimmel Fix & Perfect Face Primer.  I discovered this (and the Revlon ColorStay 24 hr Foundation) over at Hello Newlywed Life. And hello! My life has been changed.  If you have oily skin, these 2 (inexpensive) products are little miracles. After being at work all day & never reapplying any powder or blotting, I get home and my face has no slick spots. Zero. None. NADA! So thank you, Megan!

Revlon Photoready Powder.  I brush this all over my face after applying my foundation to set it and give it even more of a shine free, "luminous" finish.

Sonia Kashuk Concealer & Illuminating Bronzer. I recently discovered this concealer and it has quickly become one of my faves.  Blends easily to cover any blemishes and/or under eye circles.  I use a little bit of the illuminating bronzer over my Nars Casino Bronzer to give my cheeks and bridge of my nose a bit of an extra glow.

MAC Divine Desire.  My all time favorite blush is Nars Orgasm but I am all out and this blush was a gift, so I thought I'd try it out before buying more of my fave, and it's not too shabby, if I do say so myself.

Benefit They're Real Mascara. Perfect mascara for giving you long, thick lashes, without having to apply mass amounts of coats.

Maybelinne Age Rewind Brightener/Illuminator. After applying my foundation, I swipe this under my eyes and it really brightens that area up!

Milani Shadow Eyez. I dot this in the inner corner of each eye, just for that last bit of extra brightness.

7:00AM

Ready to go!

Grab some breakfast (& more coffee) on the way out!

My favorite breakfast is oatmeal with a little EVOO & sea salt.  It's quick, easy, delicious, and I'm not starving again an hour after I eat. 

7:20AM

Arrive at work and prepare for the day.

8:00AM

Morning Work.  I always have the kids come in and work on some type of Morning Work worksheet.  It varies depending on what we have recently been learning.  And Wednesday, it was a Color by Sum, doubles fact practice.

9:15AM

Snack time! That means snack time for Ms. Rienzo, too :)

As the day progressed on, I started to fail on the photo front. Shocking! But refer back to the first picture of our Objective Board to be reminded of all the fun things we learned this day.  Next time, I promise to be better with the pictures!

9:30AM

Back to those Doubles Facts, baby!

Okay, and here we are skipping to 1:30PM

The kids go to their special (art, on Wednesdays).  And I enjoy 50 minutes of a quiet classroom -- entering grades, putting together Homework Folders, making copies, wishing I had more coffee.

 4:30PM

Workout & Bethenny time!

Erik gets home from work around 5:30PM and I mentioned at the beginning of this post, Wednesday is one of my favorite weekdays. And no, it's not because I can go around asking people WHAT DAY IS IT TODAY?! (HUMP DAY!) although, that doesn't hurt.  It's because a few months ago, Erik & I decided we would try to do something extra fun every Wednesday.  It could be cooking a nice dinner together, watching a movie, going to trivia night, etc.  A couple times, we have purchased Groupons and used them on Wednesday, and that's exactly what we did on this particular Wednesday.  I got a Groupon for a place called Brush & Bottle.  It's a painting class, where you can bring your own wine to drink while you paint. Can you say awesome?! We had so much fun and our paintings didn't turn out half bad ;)