Makeup and Beauty Blog Monday Poll, Vol. 767

So…what is the Monday Poll?

Excellent question! It isn’t, contrary to its name, an actual poll, like with little clicky buttons. It’s just a list of more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007).

1. Have you ever seen a shooting star?

Yup, many times. Last one I remember clearly was before Connor was born.

There was a meteor shower, and El Hub and I were looking out the window in the workout-slash-storage room (it’s now Connor’s room). We had been trying to have a child for a long time, and I realized pregnancy was not in the cards for us; our family would come together in an unconventional way. I let the idea of having a baby go.

Anyway, that night we were looking up at the sky, and at the same time, we saw a shooting star. I wished for the universe to send us a child.

A few months later, I found out that I was pregnant.

It was probably just a coincidence, but when Connor asked a while back how babies “get into a mom’s tummy,” I started off the conversation with, “Well, first you have to make a wish on a star.”

2. Splits or a backflip?

Um, neither. I’m not naturally flexible and have never done either one. If I worked hard at stretching for, like, years, maybe I could get into a split?

3. How often do you update your wardrobe?

Honestly, not enough. I hate shopping for clothes and only update things when there’s some sort of external element pushing me, like finding a bunch of holes in my tee shirts (why does it happen all at the same time) or being cold and looking in my closet and not finding any decent sweaters. LOL. Oh, my teenage and twenty-something self would be horrified. Baby Karen loved fashion!

4. How do you feel about jazz music?

I don’t really get the instrumental kind of jazz that meanders on for a long time. I don’t understand the structure of it, and I have a hard time with that.

I do love my jazz singers singing the standards, though, especially Julie London, Nina Simone, Peggy Lee and Billie Holiday.

5. Ice cream or a popsicle?

I’ll have an Outshine Popsicle today, please. Coconut flavor!

6. Pick a spa treatment: manicure and pedicure combo, mud bath or a body scrub?

I desperately need the mani and pedi combo.

7. What was life like for you in the early 2000s?

It had fun moments, but generally I was really uncomfortable. I was living in San Francisco and was in my mid-20s at the time, and I was stuck in a boring corporate job and unsure of what I wanted to do with my career.

8. Last scent you wore?

Hmm, it was Idole by Lancome! I haven’t worn it in ages, and I still like it.

9. Something you’re really good at naturally?

Running. I can run like a hamster on a wheel.

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

P.S. Here are the questions to copy/paste with your answers in a comment. Talk to ya soon.

1. Have you ever seen a shooting star?
2. Splits or a backflip?
3. How often do you update your wardrobe?
4. How do you feel about jazz music?
5. Ice cream or a popsicle?
6. Pick a spa treatment: manicure and pedicure combo, mud bath or a body scrub?
7. What was life like for you in the early 2000s?
8. Last scent you wore?
9. Something you’re really good at naturally?

P.P.S. Happy Monday, sweet friend. This week is going to be stellar for you. Keep your head held high and remember — you can do this. Some parts of your week might be more challenging than others, but you have everything you need to make it happen.

Enjoy your day!