Day 20 | A story without words

Day 20 | A story without words :Today's story 

Quote City

     Day 13 of #BlogeverydayinFeb is a good one folks! Favorite Quote.I love quotes inspirational ones, funny ones, biblical ones, life lessons ect. I am the type that remembers useless information such as movie lines and song lyrics and like to spew them out when I feel its appropriate...usually noone has any idea what the hell I'm talking about but occasionally I find someone that s on the same page as me and can fire back the next line of the movie or the song....it totally makes my day ...nerd alert! When I'm having a shitty day I like to look at quotes that will tell me to suck it up and move on in some way whether it be sweet and inspiring or sarcastic and blunt ( kinda depends on just how shitty I'm feeling) Seeing that I'm a quote-a-holic I figured I'd share a few of my favorite more appropriate ones.     

This is the quote that is at the bottom of my family crest. I love all that the quote stands for and I think its pretty cool that it can be found underneath my last name on our Irish Crest. So cool, in fact, that I have this quote tattooed on my left shoulder. After all it wouldn't be right if I didn't embrace my  roots... any excuse for a new tattoo right? :)

   

 It's easy to say " don't be judgmental" but the truth of the matter is we are all guilty of judging people. The way they act, the way they look, we judge what they say ...we all do it. Every once in a while we need to remind ourselves that we aren't the only ones  "going through it" . That's all there is to it.Take a step back and remember to just be kind . Period . The end. 

This is one of my favorite quotes and truly captures the reason why I went into nursing. People always ask me why I decided to be an Oncology nurse. Isn't it sad seeing people dying all day? Why would you ever want to do that? Are you crazy? Well yes, we all know I'm crazy but not for this reason. Here's why  I chose Oncology: I am not going to be able to help make every single patient get better but I can help make them feel better. Like my favorite guy who had stage 4 cancer , who's loving  and scared, and protective wife refused to let him have any sugar because it wasn't healthy. He loved Orange Fanta I mean the kind of love that makes you down a 16 oz soda in the matter of minutes. His rule breaker of a nurse (guess who) would sneak him Orange Fantas every few days , why because he wanted it and it made him feel better. When he was discharged his wife wrote me a letter thanking me for his care and in the letter she stated . "No Name insisted that I let you know that you should be the next Fanta Girl. I told him that would be weird to write but he insisted so here I am sharing this bit of information with you" . Even though his wife had no clue what he was trying to tell me , No Name and I both knew what that meant !Yep ,that's why! 

What's your favorite quote? Why do you like it so much?

Throw it in the bag : Confessions of a lipstick hoarder

Today is Day 12 of Bailey Jean's #blogeverdayinfebruary  challenge and today's post is "What's in your bag" . When I opened my beloved Micheal Kors bag I knew I would find some meds, a wallet, sunglasses, some random receipts, gum wrappers and change sprawled out along the bottom of my purse and a probably a lipstick or two . What did I find? 5 Lipsticks, 4 glosses, and a chapstick. It's pretty safe to say I have a lip obsession!Even though I'm virtually home bound and live in yoga pants and sweatshirts I have been known to parade around the house with a bright red lip ,messy bun, IV pole in tow because folks I'm THAT GIRL .

Here's whats in the bag.......

The bag: Jet Set Gathered Tote |Michael Kots

I.Magenta wallet | Coach

II. Aviators | Ralph Lauren

III. Pomegranate Raspberry lip balm | EOS

IV. Winter mint Gum | Orbit

V. Daisy rollerball perfume | Marc Jacobs

VI.Hand Lotion | Aveno

VII. Rescue meds

VIII. Hand sanitizer | Purell

IX. Lipglasses | MAC

     Top to bottom : Pink Lemonade Lipglass

                            Playful Petal Cremesheen Lipglass

                            Double Dare Cremesheen Lipglass

                            Flare for Fantasy Cremesheen Lipglass

X. Lipsticks | MAC

     Left to right :

                    Up The Amp

                    Creme D'nude

                    Sounds Like Noise

                    Riri Woo

                    Girl About Town 

Whats in your bag? What are your "throw it in the bag" items?

Blog Everyday Catch Up

Miss Bailie From Anchored in Love Divine has created a Blog Everyday in February Challenge You know those Photo a Day challenges on Instagram? It's basically the same concept but with a writing prompt with a blog post idea for each day in Feb. It was Feb 3rd when I found the challenge but was intrigued by the prompts and beyond exited to take on the challenge. Well, I must confess I have failed miserably every time I have attempted the photo a day challenges and this seems to be starting off the same way. I always have good intentions but clearly I have commitment issues ;) So in true Brittany fashion I am here to try to redeem myself  , short n sweet Q&A style and hopefully I will succeed at future blog everyday in Feb posts :)

/One/ Your Story/
I am a normal twenty something girl with dreams, aspirations, spunk, and a chronic illness who started a blog to raise awareness and share my story.If you want to read about how I ended up in this crazy fun blog world Here it is .

/Two/What fires you up/
I am most passionate about family, friends, dance,music and nursing. These things all fire me up in the good ,crazy, fun,loud ,lively kinda way. Judgmental people, rudeness, and lack of compassion for other people fire me up in the "I wanna knock you out" kinda way.

/Three/ Something that scares you/
The thought of my illness taking over and not being able to fulfill goals and dreams

/Four/ The story behind your blog name/
I started this blog to share my story of chronic illness and spread awareness. I wanted a name that related directly to my illness . Fainting is one of my main symptoms...and what girl doesn't want to be fabulous?!

/Five/ A movie or book review/
I literally just watched The Butler last night and was very impressed. I am usually a comedy and chick flick kind of girl and tend to stay away from movies that you actually need to pay attention to to understand whats going on but being that I love movies inspired by true stories I thought I'd give it a chance. I loved the movie and its inspiring story about a butler who served in the white house for 8 presidential terms. The acting was excellent and the story line was inspiring,heartbreaking,and triumphant all at the same time.

/Six/Make-up must haves/

1. Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer provides perfect coverage for the non-foundation wearer
2.Mac Liquid Eye-Liner is perfect for everyday or for creating winged eyeliner
3. They're real .I have seriously been asked if I was wearing fake lashes so many times thanks to this mascara
4.Naked 3 is so worth the money! Nooner and Mugshot are my favs
5. My life is just not complete without a bright, bold,statement lip! My current favs are Heroine and Costa Chic by Mac

/Seven/ A public encouragement

Because everyone needs a little bit of encouragement sometimes. You never know what type of battles someone is currently fighting

/Eight/Music that moves you/
I' m a music junkie! My playlist looks like I am a confused girl who has no clue what she wants! It's full of Hip-Hop,Country,Reggae,R&B,Pop,Christian,Alternative,Rock,New shit, and Old school . There is a little something for every occasion. Blogging requires some old school favorites...here's a little taste for ya

/Nine/A Day in the Life/
A day in the life of Brittany includes lots of movie watching and book reading, IV infusions, it's likely to have some baking and cooking, crafting, and some sort of family and/or friends time

/Ten/What are you learning this season/
In this season of my life I have learned
1. Not to take the little things for granted
2.Life doesn't always go as planned..roll with it anyway
3.Amidst of all this chaos in this world there are still so many genuinely good and caring people...don't give up on humanity


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