All things by design

 Hello my dear readers, I am not sure there are many of you out there. But i have decided I will be starting over. Making anew blog. I will keep this one of course as there are many things i need to transition over. There are many things I want to share and to talk about. Here is to a new start and trying things a new way! With love  momo

 Hello readers,, I know I talked about this before but the podcast is up and going . I’ve use podbean as the platform. My coworker and I try to meet and record some . I am the worst at staying up to date on stuff. But the podcast is up and running. Now it is on hold cause we ran out of air time space ! I have really enjoyed doing it. so check it out .https://allbydesignblog.podbean.com/

Dear readers, The year 2020 has been a world wind.  So many things have happend . One thing that has come to the brink and had broken. So many lives of African Americans have been lost. The lives lost has sparked and eignited a fire that has always been burning. POC and allies alike are saying black lives matter. when that is said we are not saying that any other lives are any less than our own. Just that we matter and we will no longer be slient and take it in silence. If you don`t know I am African American. This is a movement that is a everyday thing of my life. I can not talk for every one when it to a life of African Americans. I can only speak to my own life.  I have spoke out but have not been as vocal as I could be. So far many of my friends and loveones have been supportive. Sadly, there have been a few in the life that I had hoped would be supportive of me but it was not to be. My whole life I have been diffrent. As I am in the middle and don`t quite fit in the by...

 hello, I never forgot about this blog but somehow the app was no longer supported by phone. Time has past. like a good two years. I think at this point I may make all my post from now on private and it just become my personal space . Or I could make it a public diary of sorts. instead of YouTube videos just posts of me writing away. Maybe I'll go back to the old days of xanga and myspace where I just mostly posted poems. When I started this journey all those years ago I wanted so bad to be part of the creative community in the way of bloggers. I have tried YouTube and blogging. There are many post that have been started but not finished. there is one I feel I need to post and it will open a can of worms at most. As I don't promote my blogging it is not much of a stretch for me to believe no one reads my things. What was left but to start a podcast. I did so far so good. life came and snuck up on me or my Adhd came and said byeeeeeee. It is time for another year to close and I ...

 Hiya,  It has been awhile. I realize I have not posted on here in almost two years. I wrote some during 2020. I never completed some of my posts. I think I will because why not. At the same time I did not for my own safety . Well, I am no longer sure of what I will use this platform for. I may close it and just make it a private blog. Then it will just be me letting my thoughts be out of my head. The pandemic is still going. the world is mostly back to normal yet at the same time it's falling in out chaos. I have made some changes in my life. Like I started a new job. Which has been very interesting to say the least? Still wanting to go back to school but I don't know what for now. Life turns out is not that easy to plan. Well, more its realizing the path you want to take is not always the easiest one. Or the job you have been telling yourself you wanted is a lot more harder to get and you are not even sure you are cut out for it.  I have spent the past few years working...

 This has been one hell of a year! Didn`t think it would end this way. My entire household has contracted covid and it's no joke. It has hit us all differently but I am thankful that we all are home together and not in the hospital. I have been blessed during this year I guess in the way that it was not a super bad one for me. I got to do something I had not had a chance to do. I also had come to some hard truths about my life. I gave up on school for the moment. I am working to be present in my accomplishments. I have three degrees to my name and while I am proud of that I am also finding myself to be lacking.  I work a retail job and am not even in a field of work that has anything to do with my form of study. 2020 has been leaving me asking myself why instead of is this the right path. I have spent much of 2020 in self-reflection and questioning each step I have taken that has brought me to this point. pretty sure it will be a whole new year and one more step close to anoth...

 I told myself I would make my post to keep up with my thoughts during Covid but I have fallen behind. It`s still happening and the numbers keep growing and life is somewhat normal. Well, whatever normal is these days. I think we are quickly approaching another lockdown. In one way I am ready for it as I am worried but on the other hand, I am still trying to play catch up from the first one. I am trying to keep my outward thoughts positive. On the inside, I feel like I am drowning and I don't see a way out. I need a plan but it is finding out how far I am going to do and get it on paper. As for Covid the only thing I can do is do my best to make sure I am doing what I am supposed to be doing at work and my personal life.  But that is neither here nor there. I am going to commit myself to make more posts on this blog. I still feel this is just for me but who knows I could have readers that I don't know about. I am sure there are other bloggers that have too many blogs that are ...

Dear readers, It seems like years but it has only been a few months. We all stood with high hopes for the year of 2020 now we are all ready for it to be over. Covid-19 is still running around like a mad man in the United States. My state’s cases are rising . I’m back at work but I’m still on edge. I heard a mask mandate was coming down the pipeline. To which I have no problems with! It has taken some getting used to but I’m used to wearing my mask when I leave. I tell myself when I want to complain if nurses can wear them for hours so can I. It takes a bit of time to retrain your breathing. Some days I’m good at it and others not so much. I have bought many fabric masks to wear so I can have a bit of fun. At work I don’t get to wear them which is fine. My job provides mask to wear so I’m grateful I do not have to supply my own. I’m amazed how many people don’t want to wear them. I get it but this is a global pandemic. You or I may be able to kick it and make it through but there ar...

This is our reality. Many all over the world it has hit hard and it is spreading like wildfire.  As I have said before I will be making these posts to update and keep a record of events that are happening. Many said that 2019 was one of the worst years ever. It turns out 2020 is giving it a run for its money. Many lives hang in the balance or have already been lost. It seems most of the world has shut down. It comes in waves of shelter in place. So many places have been on lockdown. Many are without work while others are working overtime as they are essential. To which they have always been but we never gave them their due. I have reached the point of uncertainty. I am not sure how long my job will keep paying me. I am not sure when I will go back to work. Unsure of when life will go back to what it was. I know it is forever changed. Nothing is the same and no one knows for sure what it will bring. I know my family and I are adapting as well as we can.  The days seem to ble...

Readers, Making a note of that is happing in our world. The world is being taken over by the force of COVID-19.  History has its eye on the world right now. I am making a note because maybe one day someone will look back at my post. Hell, I will look back possibly months from now. I have lived through what popular culture thought to be the end of the world twice. This is something that is rocking me to the core. Bit by bit the United States of America is going on lockdown.  There are many other places in the world that have been shut down to where no one can come in or leave the country. To which is very scary. We are all being told to stay home as much as possible. Many states are shutting down and telling their citizens to not leave. It is no longer being encouraged it is being demanded in some places. Schools have been canceled or sent online. Many of us are out of work.  Only one person in my house is still working, my sister. She is out like many others who are out...

Readers,                 A new year has begun. Well, we are 14 days into the new year. This year I decied I wouldn't make any new years resoultions. For one every year I make them I don’t keep up with them.  My main excuses is that my birthday starts the new year so I`ll  start in Febuary. Then I will start them but I don’t hold myself true. I can say for years I have been saying I will keep up with this blog and it just happens little at a time. I tell myself I am going to really do my YouTube channel. I feel like it would be a fun outlet for me. As well as use this platorm for me to go into more detail if needed. So far I have started and stopped. Not happy with what I am putting out or unsure if anyone is really watching what I am making. I realized I should just do things for me. I have done many things in my years on this earth. If people want to supprort me they will and those who do not will not. It is a simple as that. Life is...

Finding out you need to wear glasses can be exciting for some and down right horrid for others! Some people just don't like wearing them and prefer to wear contacts or none at all. There are so many choices of places where you can buy your glasses. From shopping online to going to your local Eye doctor`s office. I , myself am a glasses wearer. When it is time for me to pick out a new pair. It is always such a hard thing for me. I just want them all. I am a huge fan of glasses. I tend to treat mine like an accessory to my outfits. I look at what I already own and what is the look I want to go for. I am a huge fan of retro looks and very unique glasses! There is so much more to just picking out your glasses. When you have your eye exam the doctor checks the health of your eyes. Making sure you get the right percription that fits your needs. I have not going online shopping for glasses  but many of my friends have with great sucess. I get my glasses from my job as I work in a eyeglass...

     Many of us ask our self what is happiness. There are time when we are so sure that we are happy. From the big things to the very small things. So many things can make you happy. Happy is a uplifting word when you think about it. It is a every going journey to be happy. As life has many ups and downs . Explaining what makes you happy can fill you with the most amazing feelings.  To me being happy is the feeling of just being at ease. That all my worries are on pause.  For some happiness can be all sunshine and rainbows and others it is just taking a deep breath. We need to find what makes us happy. Even when we are the at our lowest and it is hard to find something that makes us happy.  At times it is so hard just to be happy. When you are faced with anixety and depression. As our phones and computers beep with the next horror that has happened in our world. I am challanging myself to find a bit happiness each day. Finding something that makes me happ...

 Every new year we all try to set new goals. Yet then we let them slide. Then there comes a moment when we decide we want to set new goals for ourselves. Case in point, I have been feeling in a rut lately. One that I thought I had been able to shake off. I felt I need to do some kind of restart. I decided I needed to set some new goals for myself. But, what new goals do I set? I have been working on my weight off and on.  Its time to make this a new goal and stick to it. Posting to this blog can be a new goal! Setting up a posting schedule and sticking to it. Sometimes it so hard to make new goals and it is even harder to stick with them. New year, new me as they say. Small goals are a good way to start. I have been busy with school and work. Trying to find a balance is always hard. So a small goal is to start one thing at a time. I have even thought about stop using the word goals. I am going to try something new. I will start writing my goals but in a bucket list format...

 Welcome back, I have not been blogging at all for a bit. I was trying my hand at insta-blogging . I find both very interesting but they are both a good chunk of work. As I have not been on here in a bit and I am not sure if I have gathered any new readers! Hello, I'm Momo and I run this random blog. At first, I wanted to be about makeup, fashion, and cosplay. As I wrote and got busy with life things began to change in my post. Many of them became more self-review in  a way and the things that were running through my mind. So, I have decided this blog will be very random just as I am. If you looking for a well thought out blog this one is not it. In the way of structure. I try to think about what I am going to post before it goes up. As the internet never forgets. I have found this to be a way to express things. Do I know if anyone ever reads these? No, but I enjoy writing them. This has become in a way my online diary but not in the same way for the world can read it. ...

Hello dear readers, I have not been very active on here. I have been doing most of my blogging on instagram. This year I have reached a turning point in my life. I turned 30. It is a big thing as most would say. I have been on a road of self discovery for the past couple of years. Turning 30 have been the fulfillment of the past couple of years.  I have come to the conclusion I can no longer say until next time. It has been a long time coming to accept all aspects of myself. I decided to be completely true to me and  take it a step at a time. Learning to accept that you don’t have to have everything together the day you turn 30. It’s ok to not be ok. You will at times need to ask for help and its ok. Do things for you and not for others. Well of course and not saying you shouldn’t do things for others but do them with in reason. I took a risk and cut my hair off and I have not looked back. It was like a huge weight has been lifted off  of my shoulders. I am still workin...

Hello,                I have been gone form this blog for awhile. It has not been forgotten. More or less put on  the back burner. I have been working more on my Instagram. I have been finding a bit easier to post to than this platform. I am working to incorporate this with my Instagram. I`m having a hard time to which I have said before , I`m sure. I have a new found respect for those who do this as a living. I am not that dedicated. I enjoy writing these but I am not very good with making time for this part of my day. If you are wanting to follow me on the Instagram app. My username is Allbydesignblog. I wanted to change the blog as well as my Instagram to reflected each other. I have been working on finding out what the aesthetic I want to have. I am a very random person so I have found that my aesthetic is very random. To which I am very cool with. Yet, as there are so many people who find a aesthetic the like and find my a little crazy...

 Dear Readers, The year 2017 has been one for the books. I know I thought 2016 was crazy but 2017 took it to another level.Another year has come and gone. Now it is time for 2018 to show us what it has to offer. I have learned alot about myself this year and how much I can take on a personal level. Just like 2016 the year of 2017 has not been overly cruel to me on any level. But a  year that I took to  explore and to chart out the road ahead.  I have created many new friendships in the year of 2017. Ones that I believe have made me better. I have done many of the things I promised myself I would do a year ago today.  This year has brought many ups and downs on many different platforms. My 30th birthday is vast approaching and I am not afraid.My life is not where I thought it would be but I am were I am needed to be in this moment in time. Life is a ever changing road and you can get caught up trying to plan for every single thing. Then you are running around t...

Hello Readers , I would like to welcome you back! It has been a while since we have had a new blog post! We are reviewing  the Makeup Revolution pallet Fortune Favors the Brave. I have not tried anything from this brand before. I must confess I bought for the fact I had just watched the production of Aida. So that definitely sparked my interest in buying this pallet. It also gave a me a chance to try this brand. (Side note , I'm not sure how I feel about the underline. Trying a different look.) The pallet retails for 18 USD. To which is a pretty good price.I was surprised with the colors that are offered in the pallet. It includes a brush similar to the Urban Decay palletes. Sadly I did not care for the brush. The brush will work in a pinch but I prefer using my own brushes. All in all this was pretty decent product and I probably will try other products by Makeup Revolution. 

 Looks like I am back at it again. I am goingt to give yYouTube another try. I am reevaluation what I want my content to be. There are so many people out doing the same thing to gain subscribers for their channel. I am wanting to try it has a hobby like this blog and my instablog. Sorry I have let this fall to the side. I have pretty much decided to make my channel a Vlog channel with beauty and other subjects thrown it. Not have to worry about the fact that I tend to ramble when I talk. I am really hoping to really have fun with this. This has been an interest of mine  for a long time so we shall see. Sorry, I have let this kind of drop. Real life does set in and thing tend to fall to the side. This has been so much fun through out the years. I am going to start a revamp all the way on this blog. I want to make this a bit more simple and sweet. To get the point across on most post. While some post will call for more than just a simple paragraph. Thanks for those of you who ha...