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1. Home sweet home!!! I’m finally back in my cozy condo after staying at my parents’ for the past week or so. I was housesitting and watching Ky while they were off in Mexico, and let me tell you… being alone in a big empty house is not so much my idea of a good time. I got used to it by the end there, but the first few nights? I was all sorts of paranoid and jumping at shadows. It was probably the first time in years that I actually turned the TV on just to get rid of the deafening silence. Needless to say, it’s good to be back.
2. Also back? These chocolate smoothies that I was completely obsessed with last summer and then just randomly stopped drinking one day. Do you guys ever do that? Get super addicted to a certain food or meal and then just stop eating it for no apparent reason only to start again a few months (years) down the road and wonder why you ever stopped? Like what have I been eating for lunch if it wasn’t chocolate smoothies? My life is now complete.
3. So I just had something to tell you guys and it completely slipped my mind. I mean, it’s there and I can just barely remember what it was, but I’m basically grasping at straws here. I really hope it doesn’t decide to come to wake me up in the middle of the night.
4. And yes, that’s definitely happened to me. Not so much with blogging, maybe, but when I was writing essays in school? I’d legit wake up in the middle of the night with “the perfect” line or phrase in my head, and I’d have to scribble it down or I wouldn’t remember it in the morning. There are times where I miss being in school, and then I think about how crazy homework/exams made me, and… I still miss being in school.
5. Oh! I think I remembered what I was going to tell you. Possibly. So my skin likes to break out a little more in the winter time, and I think it’s because it gets extra dry and tries to overcompensate by producing more oil, leading to more breakouts. So I tried a little experiment where I’d slather moisturizer on my face to see if it would help, and… it actually did. And when I say slathering I mean piling on so much that it literally sits on top of my face and needs a few minutes to sink in. It seems totally counterintuitive, but it legit helped. The only problem is that I go through cream at an insane rate and that sh*t’s pricey. I may have to look into something a little less expensive.
6. Ok, no, that wasn’t what I was going to tell you. Dangit, this is going to drive me crazy. OH! Oh, oh, oh. Got it. So please tell me I’m not the only one who reads books more than once? I have this favourite series from when I was a young’un that I’ve literally read 15+ times, and I find myself turning to it especially during times where I’m feeling stressed out just for a bit of comfort. What I’m reading right now isn’t that particular series, but I’ve read A Court of Mist and Fury multiple times now and I kind of love it. No idea why I decided to pick it up again, but there you go. Actually, I feel like the third book in the series should be out by now. I need to look into that…
7. Derp. It’s not. May 2nd, apparently…
8. And that’s it for me today, friendly faces! I feel like I’m not running the best track record for coming back when I say I’m coming back, so maybe it’ll work better if I don’t say anything at all [even though I’m totally planning for Saturday]. I hope you guys are having an awesome Thursday, and I’ll talk to you soon! <3
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I use Rosehip Seed Oil on my face and it works wonders. I naturally have very oily skin, but I put this on my face (and neck and chest and hands) at night and wake up with a fresh face. It’s also a good makeup remover, but I don’t normally wear enough makeup to need it for that. Oh, and I put it on sunburns and it seems to help, but that could be placebo.
When I find a food I like, I def eat it for months…until I find something new. Food ruts and I know each other very well 😉
I do some of my best thinking in the middle of the night — typically uninvited thoughts that wake me up. I wish I could write them down without having to get up or risk waking up my husband!
Have you ever tried using beauty oils (argan, jojoba, sweet almond, etc) to supplement your moisturizer? I add a tiny bit to my moisturizer. A bottle has lasted me over a year and I don’t have to use up my regular face lotions so fast.
I LOVE slathering on moisturizer in the winter time; it really does seem to help immensely for that dry skin. It’s amazing how our skin does need some extra moisturizer sometimes.
I am totally the same way with meals on repeat and cycling back to them!
Cetaphil and CeraVe are pretty inexpensive and don’t make my dry, sensitive skin cranky. They’re nice and thick without being too heavy or greasy too.
My skin does the same thing! I stopped using moisturizers completely over this winter and switched to a homemade facial oil and it is the bomb.com. Seriously. My skin is feels amazing and smooth after I put it on and it has been clearer and less excess oil as well! Since I make it myself there’s the cost of buying the bottle and the ingredients, but since I can keep remaking it, it lasts a really long time.
I think I’d kinda be the same about staying by myself somewhere, although I think what would get to me more is having absolutely *no person* to talk to for dayyyysss. I am so spoiled because I live with my fam and we can talk whenever we want, but we also understand that we all need some space and quiet, so it’s like the ideal situation for me. People when I need it, my own head when I don’t feel like engaging. 😉
I’m dying to know…what is that childhood comfort series for you??? I have that exact same experience, only with a couple of series. One is The Chronicles of Narnia, and the other is The 100 Cupboards series. I read the latter more recently, but it has that same feeling of nostalgic comfort. It’s like a security blanket. 😜
So I just logged into my library to see if I can request the book NOW because OMG I cannot WAIT to find out what happens next!!
Ky is so stinking cute. I puffy heart her.
You come back whenever you’re ready.
I’m new to your blog and am so glad I stopped by. I’ve had to take a little break from routinely blogging so I totally get it. And I SO often wake up in the middle of the night with a thought I just HAVE to write down, LOL!
haha, I love your chocolate smoothie obsession! I am obsessed with chocolate smoothies and I don’t see me stopping that addiction any time soon. Although, like you, I was obsessed with cottage cheese for the longest time and now I can’t remember the last time I had a bowl of it. Maybe I should go buy some more…?
You have the best writing style of any blogger I onow btw. Also, i am the same with blog ideas and lines… as soon as my head hits the pillow I have all these ah-hah moments and im like DANGIT. Wish my head thoughs could record themselves– seriously though, maybe in the future!
Girl – that basket of skin care goodies has to of cost a fortune! I’ve looked into purchasing that Glam Glow mask and it is PRICEY! Then again I’m super cheap. I opted to get the Sephora brand version that is an apparent knock off – I actually really like it! 🙂
And I’ve read the “Never Ending Sky” series multiple times. I’m still waiting for that one to become a movie…
What a spread of beauty products! My skin has been all sorts of wonky lately too!
It only gets worse if you have a kid! I swear I’ve become dumber the last 3 years. I forget EVERYTHING. 🙂
I would freak out house sitting. I don’t even like being alone on my own house, haha.
I need to try that moisturizing trick! I can’t read books more than once – it’s almost like I don’t like eating at the same restaurant more than once (unless it’s absolutely amazing) or ordering the same dish. I like to try everything!
Ha, forgetting something has happened to me more times than I would like to admit. I hope you are able to figure it out. It is awesome with how busy you’ve been. You deserve that after all of your hard work!
Just wait til you get older. The forgetfulness gets worse.
I’m almost always writing the most amazing blogs when I’m running, but completely forgetting them when I get home.
That is var more than I can say–I’m usually have cyclical thoughts that make no sense and basically become chants!
and I won’t say anything about your posting lately because everyone needs a break from the routine of it but I hope you are back on Saturday. I miss your posts!
Any time I stay at my parents big house I freak out the whole time! Turn every light on, check the lock 48 times and call someone to chat whenever I get freaked!