Whitney Reacts & Reviews Things

Something that I have always thought was cool was to have dual citizenship. One of my best friends was born in Germany and because her father was American, and her mother is German -- and she was born there -- she is able to obtain citizenship in both Germany and the U.S. I wasn't jealous, but I wanted that so bad. I don't know why. Maybe for bragging rights? I don't know, I was only a kid. When I met my husband, I found out his mother is from Finland. She moved to the U.S in the 1980s when she met his dad. I didn't know Finland's laws when it came to becoming a citizen in another country, but he told me he has E.U citizenship via Finland because of his mom. I just think it's cool. I had asked about gaining citizenship through him as a spouse, but I would have to learn Suomi (Finnish) and live in Finland for five years -- not something we could really do right now, and have you seen Finnish? It's complicated! Something about me: I'm obsessed...lik...

**This blog post contains affiliate links. You aren't obligated to click them, but if you do, it gets me a little something-something.** During our hospital stay for having our baby, I wanted to be a minimalist when it came to packing our hospital bag. My plan was to pack only what I need to get through the three-ish days that I will be in the hospital before taking the 5-minute drive up the street to our house to take our little one home. Upon looking at list suggestions of what to pack, since I am a first-time mom, nearly every list I saw online had things that seemed pointless to me... items like makeup made my eyebrows raise. For real? Girl, you just pushed a human out of your body... do you really have to look Instagram ready while you're recovering in your oversized underwear with a pad as big as a mattress? I didn't think so. Speaking of those, I plan on purchasing these bad boys  (click to see) to wear for the 4-6 weeks following the delivery date. The Obvious ...

**Some links in this blog are affiliate links -- just so you know.** If you read the  "How I Found Out I Was Pregnant" story, or seen the  YouTube video that goes along with it , you'll know that I found out because I broke out in hives. Part of my treatment was an extremely aggressive course of steroids. I started at 60mg (20mg three times a day) and after nearly three months, was finally off of them. One of the side effects of steroids is it makes you really really hungry. Before my hives, I was already slightly overweight, weighing between 155-160lbs . When I started the steroids, I gained about 10-12lbs in my first trimester in about two months. Of course, my doctor was concerned and didn't want me to gain much more weight for the rest of my pregnancy. I didn't blame him... at the rate I was going, I would be over 200lbs at the time of delivery. I am only 5'6" with a broken toe , and I really didn't want that to happen. He told me to keep it b...

**Let me start this review by saying that I received these chews complimentary of Chewy and Influenster .** I was pretty excited about this VoxBox being for my dogs. Zane (our corgi/border collie mix) has some heinous breath and a little plaque buildup on his teeth. He does get his teeth brushed when we take him and Sully (our shepherd/husky mix) to the groomers every 3 months, but that's about it. This VoxBox from Influenster and Chewy was the Frontline Oral Defense Daily Chews.  We have two dogs. I gave both dogs chews but primarily gave them to Zane so I had more data to go on -- four days wouldn't have been enough for me to tell a difference or make an educated analysis of how well this product works.  Zane patiently waiting for his daily treat. First thing I noticed about these treats is they smell WONDERFUL for them being a dog treat. It almost smells like a vanilla frosting. Zane is a peculiar dog. He likes treats, but most of the time he will just pick at it, ...

I had my baby shower today! It was so. much. fun! For real. I have the best friends in the whole world. ☕Buy Me a Coffee [help support the channel & blog] https://www.buymeacoffee.com/OMGitsWhitney Stephanie, Myself, & Kendra. Stephanie and I have been friends since we were babies -- our moms were friends and pregnant at the same time. We are 8 days apart...9 when it's a leap year. We met Kendra in Kindergarten when we were in Daisies together. We all went to school together and stayed close after graduating.  We all got together back in March to plan the Baby Shower. I knew that I didn't want pink -- even though we knew it was a girl, pink is pretty but predictable -- I thought purples would be more my style, plus it's one of my favorite colors. Stephanie had a list of potential themes. I honestly had no idea what themes to even consider. We ended up going with "Tacos and Tutus" -- I mean, this is Texas. Tex-Mex is a staple in this state.    ...

Ok everybody, don't panic. I don't dislike family vloggers, but let's face it, there are some things that are just weird about them. There is a mentality that all YouTubers "suffer" from some form of narcissism, or are just extremely self-involved. This may be true for some of them -- like ones who vlog literally every day or even multiple times a day -- but not all of them. I remember YouTube back in it's "hey-day". The beauty community -- YouTubers like Kandee Johnson, and Michelle Phan -- wasn't having controversies every other week, clickbait wasn't a tactic as much as it is now -- it was there but creators didn't straight up LIE to the audience about what they're video was going to be about just to get a click -- , the OG YouTubers weren't nearly as problematic as they are now, and were everywhere in trending and recommendation lists... for the right reasons. Family vlogging wasn't really a "thing" then like...

I found this recipe on tablefortwoblog.com and thought I'd just share the love...cause this recipe is delicious! This recipe is super easy and will feed up to 10 people! It's a low-calorie dinner as well... 200 calories per serving (of 10oz) which is surprisingly filling for such a low-calorie meal.  Below are the items you will need: 1 chopped onion (I used white) 1 can of black beans 1 can of kidney beans 16 oz of tomato sauce 1 can of corn 16 oz of diced tomatoes with green chilies 1 packet of taco seasoning 1 tbsp of ground cumin 1 tbsp of chili powder 3-4 chicken breasts (I guesstimated about 2 pounds of chicken) In a mixing bowl, put all the ingredients together (except the chicken) til it's all nice and mixed up.  I did my prep work the night before and then it was just as simple as throwing it into the crockpot at 6:30 in the morning and walking away for 10 hours -- or on high for 4 hours.  A...

I received my first VoxBox from Influenster about 5 months ago. As part of being a reviewer for Influenster, they ask that you leave a review on their website and/or make a blog post or video review. I decided to finally do the third part (the blog entry) of this process. If you wish to watch my video review instead of proceeding with the blog entry, then click the video below.  The Lancôme Products That I Received (with links): Visionnaire Skin Solutions 15% Pure Vitamin C Correcting Concentrate - Retail Price: $65 I really wanted to like this stuff. I've never had any real problems with my skin, other than it having a combination of dry and oily. I applied this to my bare skin -- it smells terrible. I believe in my video I say it smells like if oranges and lemons made a hybrid fruit, and that fruit went bad... seriously, it's gross. I believe since it's a "Vitamin C" Serum, they're going for a citrus-like smell, but it was a swing-and-a-mi...

In a previous video on my  YouTube Channel  (VLOGmas Day 1: ELF Cosmetics Haul) I mentioned that I am going as hypoallergenic as I possibly can -- and you may be wondering why. Well, a really long story short, I had a MAJOR reaction to... something. Isn't that vague? I'll get into the possibilities a little further into the post. ☕Buy Me a Coffee [help support the channel & blog] https://www.buymeacoffee.com/OMGitsWhitney It all started mid-November around the 13th or 14th. The base of my scalp was itching pretty bad.  Now... I wasn't thinking I had contracted lice or something like that. While I do work in a Pharmacy, I have very little interaction with the patients, so while it could have been a possibility, there weren't any recent cases of lice coming through the Pharmacy, so there's that out of the way. However...sometimes if I skip washing my hair for a couple of days -- you know, how the beauty gurus say you're "supposed to"  -- my h...