Lavish Looks with Leah

Haven’t been on here in a while but wanted to share black friday sales!

https://shop.senegence.com/en-ca/distributor/234119

Back to school eve…tomorrow both of our girls are officially in elementary school. One in grade 4 and one in Kindergarten…. Same school and same before and aftercare. First time they are together since they were at dayhome together part time over 4 years ago!

I’m not sure either of them are ready for it….. I know I’m not 😭😭

Happy national Lash day!!!

Lash extensions vs Full lash with mascara.

I’ve had both. Honestly, LOVED my last extensions But with all going on in my life right now, I needed something less maintenance.

Senegence mascara helps grow your lashes while it fills them out.

For this weekend mascara will be 10% off and mascara and primer duo will be 15% off.

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💉Nurses Week Giveaway💉

Who wants to win a gift of $100+ for yourself and your fave nurse??

This year has been such a challenge for us nurses, and we deserve a little love this year.

To enter the giveaway....
1) tag your fave nurses in this post
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There will be 2 winners (4 gifts given)
Draw taking place May 16 so get those entries in before midnight!!

Pets..... ours are 2 cats.. Jynx and Hex. They were my fur children before I even met Jason.

Jynx has been my special little buddy. We have been through a divorce , 6 moves, several douchy boyfriends, a new husband, and 2 crazy kiddos. He has been the most patient kitty in the world for the 14 (almost 15) years he has been with me.

This poor little dude has been on and off super sick for the last year... so much that we almost put him down last month. However, he must have known what was happening because he started running around and acting like a kitten again.

It broke my heart to think about not having him..... but my kiddos would have been devastated...

Knowing that is coming likely in the next year.... what do you do to prep your kids?? Or can you even?! Ugh... I hate this.

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This is 2. Hair in shambles because she screams anytime we try to do anything with it. HAD to wear her new baby shark shirt from her cousin OVERTOP of her Jammie’s or.... that’s right, she would scream. Also, insisted on wearing her sisters old helmet.... but took 10 mins (of course screaming) to figure out how to put it on.. she couldn’t even think of allowing us to help her.... or, yep, screaming.

Raising independent girl #2 🤣😬

Which one of your kids is fiercely independent??? Or all of them?? Are we doomed??

Winter weather is so tough on your skin.. and your lips!

We spent most of yesterday and today out in the mild winter weather.

Do you do anything special for your skin during the winter?

I’ve been soaking my lips in this lip balm and it’s made such a difference!

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What do you see in this picture? Probably a picture of a first time mom with her brand new baby girl... all the love... all the happiness... and joy.

Now let me tell you what’s behind this picture that you cannot see in a simple snap shot.

This is a mom who after delivering her baby was ready to leave her at the hospital and return to work... who did not want to hold her baby.. who did not want to feed her baby... literally wanted nothing to do with her baby. This was not how I thought motherhood would be.

I reached out to a social worker before I was discharged home from the hospital and she told me I was just tired and I would be fine. I KNEW something was wrong, this was not how it was supposed to be.

I got home and my friend, mother and husband sat me down and had a super hard conversation with it. However, it was relieving and sad to know that they saw what I saw. There was something wrong. I was sick.

Shortly after that I started on medication and frequent therapy. It still took me about 4-6 weeks to be able to complete the tasks I needed to... although, I was numb. This was not how motherhood was supposed to be.

Enter ... Will Abbey know I felt this way? Will Abbey feel detached from me?... Yes she will know I felt this way when it is age appropriate for her to know, she needs to understand mental illness. No it did not change our relationship at all... in fact, I think it strengthened it as I grew so much as a person and a mom because of her.

Thank you to the team I had working with us as a family. I was not left alone with Abbey for the first 4-6 weeks and my friends and family had a schedule as to who would be with me and fill in on the tasks I was not able to do.

I had some that also could not talk to me during that time as they did not understand. I can appreciate that and that is okay.

I am thankful for those who stood by with me when I cried or when I was numb. I am thankful for those who fed her when I could not. I am thankful for those who cuddled her when I could not. I am thankful for those who dropped of meals as I did not have it in me to make meals. I am thankful for those who took care of my family when I could not.

I would ask myself... why don’t I want her? Why don’t I love her? Why don’t I feed her? Why don’t I cuddle her?..... because I was SICK. I was so hard on myself for these things.... and would I have been as hard on myself if I had a physical illness, likely not.

Please reach out, please connect, please talk.

It is okay to not be okay!

Now the love I have for my Abbey is so immense. I could not imagine a day with her not on my life.... I was sick and now I am not ❤️ It was okay to not be okay.

Do you let your littles do special things on special occasions???

Yesterday we let the girls use our cheap wine glasses to toast some sparkling apple juice with us. They were so excited. Abbey looked a little too comfortable and Madison thought it was fun until she tasted it. “Ewwww disgusting”

Abbey thought it was the best thing ever. I think we will have to do special things like this more often.

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Christmas 2020 is one to go down in the books. It was so different..... we didn’t all gather together, we shopped online or curbside pick up, we specifically bought many gifts from local small businesses, opened stockings and gifts via google meet.....and you know what we still had a fantastic time and created memories.
Looking forward to 2021 when we can open presents in person with everyone.... hoping curbside pick up stays (that makes it so much easier) and will definitely try to concentrate on supporting local more often.
How was your Christmas different this year? Can you make it glass half full?? ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣

Thank you for providing us frontline workers with a meal. It is very much appreciated ❤️❤️

Being a nurse was not supposed to be like this. I was supposed to go into work, care for the sick people and come home and feel fulfilled and satisfied in a job well done and hoped I’d put a smile on someone’s face who was dealing with something so terrible.

Being a nurse is now protecting every part of my body from becoming infected, changing out of my work clothes at work and stripping naked in the garage to protect my family from bringing covid home. Nursing was not supposed to be policing visitors, who can come, who cannot, keeping people 6ft apart from loved ones. Breaking patients hearts telling them they could only pick one loved one to see them during their entire admission or even having to be isolated completely for 14 days with no visitors.

I get it, I really do.... but people say “you signed up for this”.... and I can certainly tell you, none of the nurses I know signed up for anything we are doing right now.... but we are here and we are working our tail off- whether in ER, ICU, home care, medical units, assessment centres, health link etc. We are all here doing something we never thought we would.

I could not be more proud to be part of a profession than I am right now. ❤️ Nurses all over... thank you... just thank you. ⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣⁣