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I have a whole non burning routine for Florida, that involves setting a timer for sun without sunscreen and then applying, and not reapplying if it's past 3 pm etc. but I would guess if you're not hell bent on getting a tan in 5 days, it's easier to avoid the burn. You are quickly becoming a native Floridian. And the dogs too : )
I've never done facials. You all are giving me ideas about things I didn't even know existed! Fillers, black carbon etc. I have done the derma planing myself with a tool I bought, and it does feel so nice, especially after using lotions and potions. My daughter just cringes when I tell her I derma plane myself because she has the kind of skin that get angry if she uses too rough of a wash cloth. My skin is very nonreactive. I credit the saunas of my youth.
DH compared my search forn the sun in the house to being like a cat. He found me on a guest bed this afternoon, and said, oh, getting a little sun? He knows me well. : )
I think maybe parts of Wisconsin also call it pop. One time when we were in Missouri, DH gave the girl scooping our ice cream a tip and told her, Buy yourself a pop. She looked appalled. I jumped in and said, he means soda. When we got to the car I told him she probably thought you said buy yourself some pot. LOL.
on 12/13/25 3:14 pm
Laser facial day today! She first dermaplaned my face (basically using a razor blade to take off peach fuzz and dead skin cells - ick) and then I got a carbon laser facial. She first numbed my face because I am a pain wimp unless I'm the one doing to myself. Then she smeared my face with black carbon stuff and then hit it with a laser which vaporizes the carbon and takes the clogged pore gunk the carbon stuck to with it. Also cuts redness and improves collagen production. It smelled like a campfire, but my skin looks great. She also zapped some more broken capillaries in my cheeks and another sebaceous thing I figured was a mole on my chin, but wasn't. So I will have a few little scabs, but all in all, glassy skin. The lidocaine cream was strong! My face is just waking up 3 hours later.
Not much else happening here. It's shot day. And no roofers today or tomorrow. Hair appointment tomorrow...
on 12/13/25 3:00 pm
I love when my fridge is a little too cold and my diet cokes get a little slushy!
Greetings Dear Ones
We have more sun today but storms are on the way. I am lazing about preparing for gallery duty this afternoon. No clue if it will be busy or not. The town of Trinidad has a Christmas thing where Santa arrives on a motor boat in the bay and then they haul the boat up the boat launch on to a trailer and then drive the boat on a trailer around town with Santa waiving and lights. Prolly not today.
Liz nice that you have some new fun friends. And Christmas lights! We all need to go cruising for a light fix. It seems these days everyone has those blow up plastic figures. Give me light lined houses any day! Enjoy light viewing with only a need for a light sweater.
Pop DD! That's what we called it. You could go to any gas station at any hour and outside was a pop machine with glass bottles. But I never thought about what happened to them in the winter. Of course they could freeze. Hope yours does not. And I can envision the musical chairs of finding a spot in the sun. Actually our dogs do this - find the one spot with good sun. Well take a thermos of hot chocolate and go look at lights.
Paula I bet your photos on the metal background look stupendous. One of our gallery artists has some of her paintings reproduced on that glossy metal and they are luminous. So cool that your hosts liked their gift.
Another pot roast is underway. It is a small one but it will feed us well. I will assign DH to peel some potatoes to insert at 4 pm.
Time to get packing.
Diane S
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120.2, downward trend for me, it will probably start going back up soon!
Fun Christmas party last night. Nice to get to meet a few more neighbors, 2 other couples are fairly new too! We each needed to bring a $40 gift to exchange. I brought one of my FL sunset pictures printed on metal. More than a $40 value for sure but not sure yet if I will do the art fair thing down here. The hosts of the party happened to get my gift and they (especially the lady) were so excited! Glad I could make someone's day!
Liz, those Christmas lights you posted are spectacular! We didn't have any plans to go see lights this year, but I'll have to keep the Edison display in mind. Much better than braving light displays in WI!
Sunned by the pool today. Hasn't gotten old yet! I'm surprised (and pleased) that I have not burned!
Tilapia and broccoli supreme for dinner. I had frozen half of the broccoli supreme when I made it for Thanksgiving.
Yes! I was going to say that overeating is often tied to animals. Pigging out like Diane said, he could eat like a horse!, what a cow etc! Very intentional if you ask me!
Beautiful lights. I'd love to do that in a warm climate! When DD was in college in Chicago, we went to the lights at the Lincoln Zoo on a super cold night. We are going to try to go to a light display in Duluth on Monday. There is never a sort of warm night up there in December, so it's freeze and do it, or never go. There are some drive through light displays here to make it a little easier to enjoy.
So it is very, very cold, but the sun is out. In this extremem cold, we keep the drapes pulled kostly, but open them in the rooms that are receiving direct sunlight. It's quite the dance opening and closing them to maximize warmth. Right now I am sitting in the full force of the sun, and there is still some warmth.
Besides fighting for my life from temperatures that could literally kill you, not much else is happening. I will continue on with my domestic life, and only experience the cold when I step into the garage to get a Diet Coke We have them covered with a blanket, so hopefully they are not frozen solid or exploding. One aspect of the cold I enjoy: my pop (or soda as you others call it) with just a bit of slush in the can when I bring it in from outside. Perfect amount of cold. Fun fact, back in the day when there were pop vending machines outside, the ones in Minnesota had both coolers (for summer) and heaters (for winter) so the pop didn't freeze solid.
We would love that. I call her the girl of my dreams. While we would never ask, my SIL did, (she asked will we hear wedding bells soon?) and DS said it's getting closer.
