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 five more or less random questions I’ve been posting on this blog every Monday morning for the past quadrillion years (since 2007). I love reading your answers, and it helps me get my week off to a good start. ?
1. When do you usually eat dinner?
Usually about 5:30, which is pretty early for me, but since El Hub works finance hours and Connor’s bedtime is at 8, it’s a good time for us. That way we’re not all completely ravenous, and there’s plenty of time to get Connor ready for bedtime without rushing.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress?
I’ll take the overalls, but only if there are lots and lots of of pockets.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation?
Stick.
4. What’s keeping you going these days?
Honestly? Caffeine. Coffee in the morning, and earl grey tea after lunch to get through the afternoon.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks?
It would be difficult because we don’t have a fenced in backyard, so I couldn’t just stick the him in an enclosed space to prevent him from wandering off, but, still… I’d find a way to make it work! I would do OK, I think.
6. What does your perfect brow look like?
Full from inner corner to the tail, but not to the point that they look painted in or blocky. Soft edges around the inner corner and tail, too. Nothing too “carved” or too perfect, please. I like a slight element of chaos, so a few rebel hairs would be cool, too.
7. Vintage or modern?
Vintage.
8. Contacts or glasses?
Glasses, please. I have contacts, but I rarely wear ’em these days.
9. Oatmeal or waffles?
Oatmeal.
10. Spring or summer?
Late spring.
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. When do you usually eat dinner?
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress?
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation?
4. What’s keeping you going these days?
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks?
6. What does your perfect brow look like?
7. Vintage or modern?
8. Contacts or glasses?
9. Oatmeal or waffles?
10. Spring or summer?
P.P.S. Happy Monday! ?
1. When do you usually eat dinner?
6-ish.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress?
I’ll say overalls, but really, neither.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation?
Stick.
4. What’s keeping you going these days?
Texting with friends.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks?
We have a decent-sized backyard, so I think we’d be okay. Also, I need to hear the backstory on how this question came up.
6. What does your perfect brow look like?
Something I’d call tamed-natural, lol.
7. Vintage or modern?
Vintage, but not dated.
8. Contacts or glasses?
Glasses! I can barely handle putting eyedrops in. No way I could do contacts.
9. Oatmeal or waffles?
Waffles. Buttermilk, with blueberries or bananas and pecans.
10. Spring or summer?
Spring, despite the allergies. I believe we’ve discussed the summer situation at my house. Boo! And that super early tropical storm does not bode well for us.
Happy Monday to you! I’m hoping to see more awesome sidewalk chalk art from y’all over on Instagram. That Star Wars drawing was pretty darn good!
1. When do you usually eat dinner? Supper. Eight o’clock in the morning. Third shifter.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress? Dress. Paternal grandfather forbade overalls. Spent boyhood war years in POW camp in Wyoming; forced to wear overalls.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation? Powder.
4. What’s keeping you going these days? Voracious appetite of Myrtie The Wonder Cat.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks? If he can’t keep his side of the bedroom clean that is his problem.
6. What does your perfect brow look like? The proud bow of a Venetian gondola. Or something like that. The waning moon?
7. Vintage or modern? Modern.
8. Contacts or glasses? Glasses.
9. Oatmeal or waffles? Waffles.
10. Spring or summer? Summer festivals. And fireworks.
1. When do you usually eat dinner?
Between 5 and 6, usually. I like to have time to digest before I go to bed.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress?
Dress.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation?
Stick, powder looks awful on me.
4. What’s keeping you going these days?
Going to the ocean.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks?
Awesome! I think it would be fun, we would go for lots of walks.
6. What does your perfect brow look like?
Natural.
7. Vintage or modern?
Vintage for most things.
8. Contacts or glasses?
Normally glasses, but since I’ve been wearing contacts almost daily as I have to wear a face mask for work I’ve come to appreciate them a lots more. Still hate how dry my eyes feel, tho.
9. Oatmeal or waffles?
I like both, but there’re both pretty heavy so I don’t eat either very often.
10. Spring or summer?
We’re lucky to have beautiful spring and fairly mild summers here, so I’d take either.
1. When do you usually eat dinner? Anywhere from 4-6pm (toddler life)
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress? Dress (all it takes is the strap from the overall falling in the toilet to swear you off them forever).
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation? I don’t wear foundation so I have no idea.
4. What’s keeping you going these days? My toddler’s energy.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks? Ok. We have a big yard. I don’t think the dogs would be enthused.
6. What does your perfect brow look like? Natural. I have thick brows that require zero work from me other than plucking occasionally.
7. Vintage or modern? Modern
8. Contacts or glasses? Contacts all the way. I am feeling like death warmed over if you see me in my glasses (or going to bed).
9. Oatmeal or waffles? Neither but if I had to pick waffles. Oatmeal is a consistency thing for me.
10. Spring or summer? Spring
1. When do you usually eat dinner? These days anytime between 5:30 and 6:30 or even 7. But hopefully not much later. That’s the only issue that separates me from becoming and expat in Paris. They rarely have dinner reservations earlier than 7:30.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress? Dress. I’ve never worn overalls.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation? Either or neither. I like them both, but lately have been skipping foundation.
4. What’s keeping you going these days? Caffeine and workouts with my trainer. I look forward to laughing and moving with her.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks? Ugh. We’d do ok. But for sure I’d have nothing left in my garden. And the one thing I don’t miss about having a horse is banging out a stall.
6. What does your perfect brow look like? Not sure I can put it into words. A drawing would be easier. Think Frida Kahlo’s brows only cleaner in between the two.
7. Vintage or modern? Modern, modern, modern.
8. Contacts or glasses? Glasses. My eyes are too dry for contacts.
9. Oatmeal or waffles? Waffles!!! Well actually either.
10. Spring or summer? Early, early, early spring. I hate hot weather.
1. When do you usually eat dinner?
Sometime in the the 5 o’clock hour.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress?
Dress, as long as it’s short!
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation?
Stick.
4. What’s keeping you going these days?
Yoga practice; makeup videos. Coffee is just a given!
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks?
We would be evicted.
6. What does your perfect brow look like?
Still trying to decide! Something with hairs and a shape.
7. Vintage or modern?
Vintage (pronounced “vin-TAH-jhey”).
8. Contacts or glasses?
Contacts; can’t stand the indents in my nose. Although I haven’t worn contacts since mid-March when lock down began.
9. Oatmeal or waffles?
In fantasy world: waffles.
10. Spring or summer?
Summer (even in Hawaii).
1. When do you usually eat dinner? About 6:00.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress? If I had to choose, I’d take the dress. I really dislike the look of overalls.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation? Stick although I very seldom wear it. I’ve always liked the versatility of Tom Ford’s Tracless stick foundation.
4. What’s keeping you going these days? I actually feel quite chipper just living my life. Because I’ve been retired for awhile and am an empty nester, my routine was not impacted by work-from-home, home schooling, etc. Stay-at-home can be a bit of a drag as I’m a fairly social person, but I live in a fairly big house on acreage so I always have lots of things to do. On the emotional front, what keeps me centered is taking things in stride, knowing that this will pass (one of the advantages of being old), and staying in contact with friends and family.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks? No problem. We’ve got covered corrals and a large turn out area. I think the llama would be quite happy.
6. What does your perfect brow look like? Natural with an arch that is softly rounded at its apex; unlike the pointed arches of the 50’s.
7. Vintage or modern? Modern
8. Contacts or glasses? I wear prescription sunglasses for driving.
9. Oatmeal or waffles? I like a piping hot multi-grain waffle as a special morning treat.
10. Spring or summer? I really dislike heat and it can get pretty hot during our So Cal summers so I’ll say spring.
1. When do you usually eat dinner?
Around 7 or 8, but keep in my mind that our main meal is lunch around 2 or 3.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress?
Overalls.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation?
Most of the time stick foundation, but if I’m putting makeup on the go, I’d choose powder foundation.
4. What’s keeping you going these days?
Food TV shows because I don’t need to think a lot.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks?
I don’t think it’ll last unless the llama stay in the park near to us.
6. What does your perfect brow look like?
Natural shaped with enough color so it looks polished but not overly done.
7. Vintage or modern?
Modern that is vintage inspired.
8. Contacts or glasses?
Nowadays glasses, I still need to buy my new prescription in contacts.
9. Oatmeal or waffles?
At home oatmeal, at a restaurant waffles.
10. Spring or summer?
Summer.
Now you have seen me blond and I must say that my hair is still in good shape.
1. When do you usually eat dinner? 5:30, 6
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress? Overalls
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation? Powder foundation
4. What’s keeping you going these days? Friends and family
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks? Um I have no space for a llama. But my daughter did ask is it a big or miniature. Is that a thing? Lol
6. What does your perfect brow look like? Groomed, filled in, no sparse areas
7. Vintage or modern? Vintage
8. Contacts or glasses? Contacts!
9. Oatmeal or waffles? Both!
10. Spring or summer? Spring bc Summer doesn’t have lilacs!!
1. When do you usually eat dinner? 7ish. Lately it’s been earlier since I wasn’t working & the husband wasn’t working as late but I went back to work today (woo hoo!) so it’s back to normal for us
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress? Dress
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation? Not a big foundation person but probably stick
4. What’s keeping you going these days? Sheer will! I have to be busy so I just push myself so super happy to be back at work
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks? I have 5 cats – bring it on!
6. What does your perfect brow look like? Natural-neatened up & filled in where needed. I don’t want to look like they are painted on with a stencil
7. Vintage or modern? Modern with a a little vintage
8. Contacts or glasses? Contacts but the masks fog up my reading glasses so either way I’m on the short end
9. Oatmeal or waffles? Waffles!
10. Spring or summer? Spring but this one has been terrible weather wise
1. When commuting to the office, usually around 6:30 PM. I usually eat by 5:00 if I am at home.
2. I’m thinking dress, as denim overalls would be pretty hot. Both would generally be too hot for the south in the summer.
3. Haven’t tried a stick foundation. I have some powder ones I haven’t given a fair trial to. I think powder would be good in summer, and stick would be better in the winter.
4. Good question. I still have a job, so I am more fortunate than many, and I can work (in an inefficient way) at home. I wish I had a dog or cat to keep me company.
5. I have a fenced yard, so theoretically I could do that, but the neighbors would undoubtedly report me within 24 hours, and I’d get a massive ticket for doing that.
6. Natural, not too defined. Brows shouldn’t be the first thing people see when they look at your face.
7. I like some vintage and some modern things. A lot of things people think of as modern aren’t really – see the Bauhaus designs. Eames chairs and Breuer (sp?) chairs are not modern, but people still see them as modern.
8. Glasses. I think I’d be really uncomfortable in contacts.
9. Waffles. Fresh, homemade waffles are pretty great.
10. Spring, as summer is “Hell on Earth” around here, and for 5 to 6 months!
1. When do you usually eat dinner? It depends. Now I eat early between 5-6pm
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress? Overalls.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation? Powder
4. What’s keeping you going these days? YouTube, Netflix, and TikTok (Spoken like a true millennial!)
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks? Oh wow.. I don’t have a fence and we have coyote here, so I honestly don’t know…
6. What does your perfect brow look like? Even brows! I have one perfectly arched brow and one flat brow that is thinning at the end. Hopeless….
7. Vintage or modern? Both
8. Contacts or glasses? Both- depends. Allergy season is in full swing, so glasses for now.
9. Oatmeal or waffles? Oatmeal
10. Spring or summer? Summer
1. When do you usually eat dinner?
Usually about 5:30, which is pretty early for me, but since El Hub works finance hours and Connor’s bedtime is at 8, it’s a good time for us. That way we’re not all completely ravenous, and there’s plenty of time to get Connor ready for bedtime without rushing.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress?
Denim dress. When I was a teen, I had a really cute one with hot pink topstitching and hot pink satin ribbons hanging off the sleeves.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation?
Stick.
4. What’s keeping you going these days?
Honestly? Caffeine. Coffee in the morning, and earl grey tea after lunch to get through the afternoon.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks?
I have no friggin’ idea. We have a fenced in backyard, but we also have a huge, hyperactive, elderly German Shepherd in that yard, so whether or not they’d get along is a crapshoot.
6. What does your perfect brow look like?
Full from inner corner to the tail, but not to the point that they look painted in or blocky. Soft edges around the inner corner and tail, too. Nothing too “carved” or too perfect, please. I like a slight element of chaos, so a few rebel hairs would be cool, too.
7. Vintage or modern?
In clothes, definitely modern. In makeup, generally modern products with the style varying based on my mood. My ideal home decor scheme would be a mix of vintage, modern, and modern-that-looks-vintage.
8. Contacts or glasses?
I don’t need sight correction, but I’ve thought off-and-on about getting a pair of Randy Rainbow glasses off his web store.
9. Oatmeal or waffles?
Waffles!
10. Spring or summer?
Spring’s not as hot, summer’s usually not as rainy, but neither is great for my allergies. If I have to pick, I guess spring, but I much prefer fall.
I copy-pasted the wrong version of the questions-I thought the main body would be easier to edit than the tight formatting of the other version, which it sort of was, but not by much-and forgot to change questions 1, 3, and 4 from the original answers to my actual answers. Sorry, Karen! Rookie mistake! Feel free to remove those questions from my first comment.
Question 1: I eat dinner anywhere between 6 and 8 PM.
3: In my ordinary life I use a liquid foundation that dries matte, but if I were trying one of the 2 listed formats, I’d probably have an easier time with stick than powder.
4: Caffeine also, but mainly Coke and sweet tea for me. Also watching lots of YouTube and committing myself to trying a new makeup look every day of this pandemic.
I also forgot question 6-the brows. That one was pretty easy for me to forget, because I like the natural shape of my brows and don’t do anything more than occasionally filling them in.
1. When do you usually eat dinner?
Usually on the late side, around 8:00
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress?
Hmmm, if it’s a short denim dress with buttons in the front and a belt to cinch in the waist I could probably wear it
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation?
Powder
4. What’s keeping you going these days?
Love
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks?
I don’t think it could escape our yard but the mess!
6. What does your perfect brow look like?
Shape out my almost non existent arch and fill in sparse spots
7. Vintage or modern?
Vintage
8. Contacts or glasses?
Glasses
9. Oatmeal or waffles?
Waffles
10. Spring or summer?
Summer. Our springs are usually slushy and awful.
When do you usually eat dinner? Between 7 & 8.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress?
Denim dress for sure.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation?
Stick foundation
4. What’s keeping you going these days?
Caffeine, my love of cats, and my dream of being on the other side of the Pandemic.
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks?
Not well. I live in an apartment.
6. What does your perfect brow look like?
Not too thin or too thick.
7. Vintage or modern? Vintage
8. Contacts or glasses? Glasses
9. Oatmeal or waffles? waffles
10. Spring or summer? summer
1. When do you usually eat dinner? Usually around 6:00 p.m.
2. Denim overalls or a denim dress? Denim overalls.
3. Stick foundation or powder foundation? Love powder foundation.
4. What’s keeping you going these days? Chocolate chip cookies!
5. How would you fare if you had to watch a llama at your place for two weeks? Don’t think my diva cat would appreciate it.
6. What does your perfect brow look like? Not too thin.
7. Vintage or modern? Vintage
8. Contacts or glasses? Contacts
9. Oatmeal or waffles? Waffles
10. Spring or summer? Summer
1. I shoot for 6:30!
2. The dress!
3. Powder
4. My 3 new mantras are helping me stick to my workout routine at home: “I am motivated, I am on track, I am getting stronger and leaner.”
5. That poor llama would probably run away.
6. Like Natalie Portman’s. Or Nicole Kidman’s from Moulin Rouge.
7. Vintage is more fun.
8. Contacts by day, purple cateye glasses by night!
9. Oatmeal
10. Spring!