When Life Throws You Lemons...Cease Blogging?!?! :)

You may have noticed that I haven’t posted anything here in a while. I don’t stick to a rigid schedule, but I do aim for about 2 posts per week, usually on Tuesdays and Thursdays. Obviously I give myself a bit of slack on that. But for the past maybe 2 weeks, I don’t think I have posted anything at all. There’s good reason for that and I just wanted to vaguely address what is happening. Basically, someone very close to me has been very ill and in the hospital. Needless to say, life has been hectic and stressful and there has just not been time for blogging. I’ve still had it in the very back of my mind, but at a time like this it’s very difficult to focus on much of anything, let alone the – let’s face it – silliness of a “beauty” blog. I have every intention to continue with this blog, but until life settles back into some sort of pattern, posts may be rather erratic. I hope you will bear with me.

It’s been a rough couple of weeks and I think today is the first day I have really had any time to just sit down and relax for a moment. To be honest, I haven’t been entirely sure what to do with the sliver of downtime that I’ve had! J Since I’ve been wanting to explain my absence, this was definitely on my list.
As far as posts go, I actually wrote a BirchBox post on time this month, but didn’t manage to get the photos edited and everything put together before the sh*t hit the fan. LOL! J I want to get that up soon. I would like to do a Favorites post sometime this week, but I’m not sure if and when that will happen. If you’re interested in what I’ve been grabbing throughout November, check out my Instagram posts (I’m MakeUpGuineaPig everywhere) because I have occasionally posted some products I’ve been using. I also may post random bits there more often than on the blog if you feel like following me. No promises though. I would also like to do some Christmas related posts, though I can’t say I have a lot of specifics in mind. I did manage to snag The Body Shop’s Advent Calendar this year (so excited about that!) and had been planning to post each day’s contents. I’m still going to try and do that, but obviously I failed for day 1 already. J I also have Tarte’s 12 Days of Christmas Advent Calendar and intend to do the same with that, though I have no idea when exactly the 12 Days of Christmas actually start! J I Googled it and it’s confusing. I’m thinking I’ll do the non-secular thing and begin on the 13^th of December so that it ends on Christmas Eve. If you have thoughts on the subject, let me know. According to Wikipedia, the 12 Days of Christmas actually start with Christmas Day. Who knew? J That’s about the extent of my thoughts for blog-related content right now. As I said, there hasn’t been much time to think.
So that’s my current state of things and why this blog has been so silent. Hopefully I will get something up tomorrow (probably just the advent calendar to start), but I can’t promise anything. I really appreciate your patience during this trying time and I hope you’ll bear with me until I figure out how to juggle this curve ball. Life really can be a rollercoaster sometimes, but this Thanksgiving I’ve definitely had a much better appreciation for everything I have to be thankful for. Anyway, I hope you are all well and I will see you sometime…hopefully soon! J xoxo
-Christine (Why am I am so long winded?!)