SURPRISE!!!!

Well, this is the big surprise I mentioned a post back!  I am out of control excited to move over to 

www.kweilz.com 

- my VERY OWN DOMAIN AND BLOG!  SQUEAL!!!  (and I don’t even mind that I sound immature right now, I’m legitimately excited). 

My girlfriend Shan from www.nickelsandlinc.com has been the main instigator and facilitator during this process and without her I would probably be using blogger for the rest of my mommy blogger days.  But her company took on the task of designing, branding, arranging, composing, constructing, remodelling and in the end transferring my entire blog over to this new domain and I’m absolutely smitten.  Her work is just so professional and superb, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been with a personalized product and I literally told her five things that I liked about other blogs and she put the new together.  She was so super easy and lovely to work with.  I can’t say enough about her.

So having said that, I’ll be moving over to that site from now on!  Gone are the days of kateandnatesail.blogspot.com (not that we won’t continue to sail).  Hope you guys like the new site as much as I do!  Have a peek and see you over there!!! Also, thank you to all of the lovely friends and followers.  I never thought that I would have met such nice and genuine people online hope you'll follow along on the new blog ;)

Loves,

Kate 

XOXO

www.kweilz.com

A Big (blogger) Surprise!

HI FRIENDS!

Apologies for not posting yesterday as I promised to do so every Monday.  I’m a little late after a very busy day yesterday; but, I have a big Blogger Surprise that I can’t wait to reveal a bit later on in the week, so stay tuned for the weekly pregnancy post as well as a fun surprise!!!

Happy Tuesday Everyone 

Kate XO

Dirty dirty makeup brushes

It’s embarrassing to say how long it’s been since I last cleaned my makeup brushes.  I’ve read that it should happen for concealer and foundation brushes at least once a week is necessary to prevent buildup and that brushes around the eyes should be cleaned twice a month.

Let’s just say that never happens in this house. 

But today, it occurred to me that perhaps one of the reasons (besides being pregnant) that I’m getting small breakouts is because I haven’t been taking care of my brushes properly.  It’s legitimately been about three months (cringe) since these babies have been washed, so a cleaning was well overdue.

I thought it would be fun to do a little blog post about it and show what I do with the products that I use to get the tools extra soft and fluffy after a good rub down.  Hope you enjoy!

 

This brush is in need of some serious S.O.S 

My hero! 

I can't even tell you how great it smells... (you can get the combo at Sephora)

The soap comes with this little pink scrubber that works like a dream.

I like to lay them flat to dry on a paper towel for a few hours before I fluff them up with my blow-dryer.   (Talk about spoiled, my poor husband doesn't even get that kind of treatment).  Laying them down like this prevents water from getting deep into the wand and causing brush hairs to fall out.  

The finished product!

Hope you have a great day friends XO

Pregnancy Update - Week 15

I got creative with the Xmas lights the other night and we just set up the camera and took a few pics.  I'm trying to make more of an effort in this pregnancy to take nice maternity shots.

How far along are you?

15 weeks!

How are you feeling?

 Frustrated (a little).  I’m still so tired and nauseous at night.  I thought it would have been gone by now since it was with the other pregnancies, but each one is different so I’m just trying to roll with it.

Any weight gain? 

0 pounds this week for a total of six pounds keeping me at 118

New symptoms?

HEARTBURN :(

General mood?

Good. 

Gender?

I keep switching.  This week I’m thinking boy because of the salty cravings and I noticed in a picture that I’m carrying pretty low.  I know that’s an old wives tale but it was true in both Scarlet and Will’s so I sort of believe it…

Cravings?

I’m loving the savoury this week.  I wanted Earls wings really badly the other night and we weren’t able to get them so I’m making a note of it to pick some up on Wing Wednesday night!  I’ve had homemade guacamole almost everyday - I just can’t get enough.

  Do you miss anything?

  No not really this week.  Sushi as always but that’s just a given.

Sleep?    

My poor hubby and little Scarlet are both sick :( so I’ve been nervous about them during the night.  Also, I was a total goofball and watched an episode of Walking with the Dead and that kept me awake for a solid few hours the other night.  Dumb, dumb dumb.  I don’t know what I was thinking.

Working out?  

 It was my last week of working/teaching dance classes this past week so I was terribly sad, but I have plans for keeping up with exercise.  Basically every Wednesday (that’s all I can commit to right now for time and energy) I’ll be taking a 30 min walk followed by either a 30 min yoga class or low-impact pregnancy friendly training session.  I’m kind of excited about it and hope to increase the time as the weeks and days go on.

Best moment this week? 

 Nate and I attended his work Christmas Party and it was so lovely getting out of the house for a night, getting all dressed up and seeing my girlfriend from New York City who’s husband is business partners with Nate.  They are honestly the nicest people around and it was so nice to visit with her.

What are you excited about?

   We are going to Parent Teacher Interviews to meet all of Scarlet's Montessori teachers and then we’re having date night afterwards at Bonterra - one of my FAVOURITE restaurants of all time.  I’m so excited I could burst.

Hope you all have a great day!

LUVS,

Kate

xoxo