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Earth at night, and the largest witnessed ice break-up, caught on film. Beautiful, and scary.
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I deal with breakouts as an adult too, so I really appreciated Anna’s post about skincare and what has worked for her.
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I like the Ruby Slipper Vulture Shuffle. (New signature dance move?)
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Hey local peeps, Val’s Halla could use some support.
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I teared up when I heard the cello. (Goodness, it’s easy to pull my strings!) [via Jules]
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This weekend is all about getting the house photo-shoot ready. I wish I had time to make some of these garlands.
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And if you’re looking to make something too, here are 20 of my favorite holiday printables!
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Floral animal bookends. Cute.
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This modern menorah is gorgeous (and clever).
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Here’s what Eleanor and August are getting for Christmas. Except I already gave August his fox sweater. And they’re getting DreamLites from Santa, per Eleanor’s request (joy).
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Here’s what made my house’s wish list — a.k.a. my wish list.
Cassidy
December 14, 2012 at 12:53 pmI suffer(ed) from adult acne . . . finally broke down and saw a dermatologist. He pegged it as related to hormones and put me on a low daily dose of aldactone (generic: spironolactone). It’s normally prescribed to kidney patients, but has the side effect of neutralizing excess testosterone, which he said can cause oily skin and, consequently, acne outbreaks (its also given to women who have dark facial hair, interesting enough). As much as I didn’t want to think about having “too much testosterone,” he explained that everyone has both male and female hormones and it’s just about maintaining the right balance. Anyways, you obviously can’t take it while pregnant or nursing, but it’s been a miracle for me. I only had to take it for about a year . . . I weened myself off it and am happy with the skin on my face now!
There’s a lot of info on the internet about it, if you’d like to look! I’ve been testifying about it all over the place!
Making it Lovely
December 14, 2012 at 1:20 pmI’m sure my trouble was related to hormones. It improved markedly after getting pregnant the first time around with Eleanor, and has stayed better ever since. I still have bad days, but not so often. (And I use the same Neutrogena face wash that Anna does. Not glamorous, but it works.)
jbhat
December 14, 2012 at 1:27 pmLove the gifts. I want that Mini Boden top for ME!
jbhat
Catherine
December 14, 2012 at 4:54 pmThanks so much for the skin article! I replied on her blog, but I just saw my derm. today, now that I’m no longer breastfeeding, and she prescribed a combination of the same things, so I feel like I’m on the right track. :)
Jules
December 14, 2012 at 6:08 pmI teared up immediately with the cello, too.
Kathryn
December 14, 2012 at 7:52 pmThose instruments are amazing.
Dallas Landrum
December 14, 2012 at 10:25 pmYES on the Charlie Brown School of Dance – I sent that to my cast this week and they loved it (just wrapped You’re A Good Man, Charlie Brown a month ago). I’m partial to the Self Breast Exam move myself.
Iwona
December 15, 2012 at 11:09 amYour writing = my “lovely” coffee break. Thank you:) Plus, I love the drawings/letters to Santa and Val Halla shop is simply amazing, should be on the unesco world heritage list:) Merry Christmas to You and your beautiful family! Ciao!