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No contouring here... it could be the angle combined with the fact that I think I'm losing weight in my face because it's all going to the baby bump. LOL. Oh and I was on my laptop listening to something (forgot what though) so that's why I'm wearing a headset. Looks like I work for 411, haha.

Products Used: (All MAC unless noted)

Eyes:
TFSI
Solar White e/s (inner lid)
Cranberry e/s (outer v, crease)
fluidline Blacktrack
Foxy Lady eyeliner (lower waterline, lower lashline)
Plushlash mascara
Espresso e/s (brows)

Lips:
Rose Go Round lipstick

Face:
Studiofix foundation
Select Sheer loose powder
Smooth Harmony beauty powder

What you'll need:
pictured.
1. A shoe box, luckily I found one lying around, the bigger the easier to work with. Or you can purchase a craft box from an art store like Michael's.
2. Surge Suppressor/Power Strip
3. box cutter
4. Craft Paper, to cover up the shoe box
5. Decorative frames or something similar
6. labels (optional)

not pictured. I realized after taking initial picture that there are items that are also needed.
- scissors
- glue gun or craft glue
- scotch tape
- zip ties (to organize the charger cables)

close up of the decorative frames I picked up. Well actually they are pendants which I found in the necklace making section at Michaels. You want to take care to make sure that the frames you pick out are big enough to fit different size plugs from your different chargers. I made the mistake of getting them too small. I eventually made them work, lol.


So first things first, you want to make sure your surge suppressor/power strip fits in the box (as shown in the top left portion of the image above). Then once you've determined it fits, wrap shoe box with craft paper like your wrapping a present. Because of the odd shape of the Skechers shoe box I was using, I had to figured out how to get to look ok.


Shoebox nicely wrapped in craft paper. You can use gift wrapping paper or different colored paper to give it a nice touch and feel. I used black since this will be for my boys.


Next you want to take to the side of the box and mark a hole to fit the power strips plug (shown left side). Then you will take your box cutter and cut it out along the lines (shown right side).


How it looks so far with power strip in the box and it's plug through the hole you just made in the side.


Take some of your devices and place on box to determine where you want to place the frames (or in my case, pendants)


Trace with a pencil where you want to cut and cut with a box cutter. Take a glue gun or craft glue and glue frames to box.


Thread the ends of your charger through the holes like so.


And here is what the inside looks like. All of that cable clutter will be neatly hidden away inside the box. Use zip ties to organize the cables. And you're done! At this point you can also label each cable because sometimes they do look alike, but that's optional especially if you're always changing out your chargers.


Here is the charging station neatly snuggled between my boys two computers. Now they have their charging station with their PSP's, Gameboys and soon to be Nintendo DS's within reach from their computers. And they won't lose their chargers! Thank goodness!

The thing I like about this too is that it didn't cost me too much to make it. I mean if you have the items lying around the house then it really won't cost you more than 10 bucks to make. I only had to buy the craft paper, decorative frames, so frames = $2.50 and craft paper = $3.99 so about $8 after tax.

Another thing is that it is easy to change out chargers when you need to or for example if you need to bring a charger with you. I made six holes but I didn't or don't have to use them all at once. I can also move them further apart if need be depending on the size of the device being charged.

So there you have it, a simple DIY project for your electronics that need to be charged!

This year marked the first year that we did not attend Mr. Man's company party. I really don't know why we didn't go, but here are some pictures of the past few that we've been to.

Holiday Party 2007 - Right before Mr. Man lost 30-40 pounds


Holiday Party 2006 - Dress look familiar? Yup, it's the one I rocked for L's Holiday contest. This was the first and only other time I wore this dress.


Holiday Party 2005 - The year I got my braces off


Holday Party 2004 - I had braces on in this pic


Holiday Party 2003 - The year I got braces. I was also very very sick but still went and partied, lol.


Holiday Party 2002 - Mr. Man's first year with his company. They made him and all the new employees sing Christmas songs in front of everyone else. It's their holiday tradition.

The Close Up pics




The whole outfit







Who says I can't look pregnant while pregnant? Black is slimming! Oh and angles work too. =)

Products Used: (All MAC unless noted)

Eyes:
TFSI
Lark About pigment (foiled with Fix+ all over lid, lower lashline over Graphblack)
Black Tied e/s (outer V and outer part of crease)
Ricepaper e/s (highlight)
Blacktrack fluidline
Technakohl Graphblack (lower waterline, lower lashline smudged)
Dazzlelash mascara
Espresso e/s (brows)

Face:
Studiofix foundation NC44
Select Sheer loose powder NC45
Smooth Harmony beauty powder (cheeks)

Lips:
Cranapple lipliner
Russian Red lipstick
Venetian lipgloss (applied to middle of lips only)

Now I wanna go to a holiday party. =(, for the first time Mr. Man and I didn't attend his company party this year. I don't have a clue why, but whatever. When Mr. Man saw the pictures he said it looks like I'm going to prom or a winter formal. LOL. I had fun coming up with this look. The only non fun part was trying to zip up the back of my dress. Yeah, that didn't go too well. I haven't worn this dress in two years and I don't think me being preggos helped any so hopefully you can't tell that it wasn't even zipped up in the back in these pictures. HAHA! I also did a video tutorial on this look. I will be posting that up as soon as I'm done editing it. Until then, enjoy! And Thanks L, for the opportunity!

baby bump at 17 weeks

Anyways, today's doctor appointment was hell in waiting time. My appointment was at 11AM and I didn't get to see the doctor until almost 12:30PM. Apparently they were backed up or something. I usually am in and seen in about 15 minutes the last few times I was there.

Today's appointment the doctor checked the baby's heartbeat and it was beating super fast. She told me it sounds like a very very healthy baby! So thank goodness for that. I then asked her when I could find out the gender of the baby and she informed me that they have that done at around 20 weeks. Soooooooo, that's about 3 weeks from now. They will call me to schedule an appointment and I would have to do it at their other facility so I'm super excited about that. I'll definitely let everyone know as soon as I find out.

I also picked up a flyer for a 4D ultrasound office that is close by my house. I showed it to Mr. Man and we decided to have it done. After checking out the packages they offer and scoping out their website, it looks like the best images are when you are between 26-34 weeks so I will be making an appointment to get that done for a keepsake. Packages range from $100-$230. For more info: Prenatalpeek.com

And last but not least, if you've heard me complain, which I have been doing a lot these last few weeks, I've been having horrible lower back pain, close to my tailbone. So I also brought that up to the doctor and she recommended that I use a maternity belt. Something like this...

this one from Target.com

What she explained to me is that the muscles that support the uterus while pregnant gets stretched out with each pregnancy and never goes back to it's original elasticity therefore I'll be lacking support. I never had this much of back problem with my 2 boys and this time around since it is my 3rd pregnancy, it's really kicking me in the butt errr... shall I say back. I will be picking this up real soon. Maybe by tomorrow. I'll see how this helps and hopefully it eases the pain in my back.

I almost forgot to add that I can feel my baby move now. It feels like little flutters or butterflies in your stomach. They call it "quickening" - The first butterfly-like movements of the baby. These movements are usually first noticed between 18 and 22 weeks. Most first time moms won't feel the baby move until after 22 weeks so don't feel discouraged. At first I couldn't tell if it was because I was hungry or I had gas, but after feeling it a LOT, I finally realized it was the baby. It's so exciting because I don't remember this feeling with my other two. I mean I remember the definite kicking in the later months of pregnancy, but not the fluttering I'm feeling right now.

Other than that, I'm happy to report a healthy pregnancy thus far. Maybe the next "Pregnancy Update" post I will be announcing the gender!

Here is some info from BabyCenter.com about Pregnancy: Week 17

Your baby's skeleton is changing from soft cartilage to bone, and the umbilical cord — her lifeline to the placenta — is growing stronger and thicker. Your baby weighs 5 ounces now (about as much as a turnip), and she's around 5 inches long from head to bottom. She can move her joints, and her sweat glands are starting to develop.

Oh and Mr. Man had asked me if I could figure out how I can broadcast my WoW play so he can watch it while he's at work. I figured it out and eventually got a program (WebCamMax) that utilizes your webcam and you can broadcast your desktop and anything that is showing on your screen. So what did I do? I broadcast my WoW play, LOL! Ask the ladies, everytime they go to my channel, I'm up on that! HAHA!

Which leads me to my next topic! My character, Jrose, a Gnome Warlock, hit level 80 today! I even broadcasted the moment I ding'd 80. Here's the recorded broadcast...

When I start a broadcast, I usually Twitter it. So if you don't follow yet or don't have twitter then get one! =) You can also sign up for BlogTV and subscribe to my channel. When my show starts, it'll send you an email if you have notifications set to on. Follow me on Twitter here. Check out my BlogTV page here, JRose Live.

I'm also thinking about doing some of my Ask J.Rose series live! I'll definitely have those scheduled so you know when to tune in. I'll also be accepting questions for each session. As soon as I figure out how it'll work, I'll make a post on it! If you already have some questions or topics you'd like to hear my two cents on, feel free to comment it, email me jaclynrose at teamlegion dot net or post it up in my chatbox.

And now........ the moment you've been waiting for, lol, j/k! I finally decided to take a picture of the baby bump since I finally have one. It took me a lot of thinking and debating whether or not I should post up this pic. So please don't make fun of me, pweeeeease.

Baby Bump at 17 weeks

Showing much? I can actually cover it up pretty well depending on what I'm wearing. My jeans are getting too tight now. I'm not sure what I'm gonna do about clothes because I'm not quite ready for maternity clothes and I've been lounging in shorts all day long. So we'll see.

I'm still not entirely sure if I'm going to the Pow Wow this time around. I really want to go, but because of money constraints I might not be able to go. Hopefully I'll figure it out by the end of the week. So, Pink, I'll let you know for sure by the end of the week.

So what have we learned in this post? Follow me on Twitter to find out random things I'm doing throughout my day and subscribe to my live show: JRose Live to watch me play some WoW or catch me chattin' it up with the lovely ladies and some nice gentlemen, but trust that I'll kick and ban the weirdos. Oh and one last thing you've learned is that I'm only going to get bigger in the next months! =)