About Life, This Week - 1

I mentioned in my last post that I've been brainstorming ideas to keep regular content appearing on the blog.

Sadly, none of my ideas were original. I thought about my favorite blogs and what I loved reading. One type of post that I thoroughly enjoy is the general update ones that give the reader a glimpse into the bloggers life. I had an initial round of negative self talk about how ill equipped my life is for internet updates which led straight to fear laced thoughts about over-sharing. Both are valid points and I'll try to keep them in mind, especially when I have the urge to talk about progesterone suppositories or any suppository for that matter. 

My expectations are pretty relaxed for the weekly updates. Last year I did something similar with the Weekly Meltdown posts but the difference this year is that I'm a little less focused on wax. 

Here's to talking about whatever comes to mind!



Lately, I've started to feel like I'm not as up to date with worldly and local events as I should be. I've always had a problem with mainstream media being biased, intrusive and full of agenda. Within the last decade or two there's been such a tabloid element to the news and it's been difficult to follow. I'm also hyper-sensitive to catastrophic events, my empathy meter goes through the roof and the result is a complete shut down and numbness. Not the loftiest of reactions, I know.

One of the things I wanted to work on in 2015 is becoming more intellectually involved in the events of the world. I did quite a bit of research on where I was going to get the news and landed on two websites. They're similar in that they browse content from multiple sources and summarize them in an easy to read format with links to the original source.

The first one I signed up for was The Skimm. I'd never heard of them until I saw a link on my Facebook newsfeed because one of my friends liked the page. I love getting the emails with the daily news stories and I especially love that it's free to sign up.

The second one is similar but there is a nominal yearly charge ($20). The Browser has a little bit more content but the premise is the same. They scour news stories to highlight but I don't find them as good at summarizing as The Skimm. 

To round out my quest for news, I've added CNN, the NY times and NPR to my Feedly feed. (My father would like you to know that I'm a flaming liberal and he's not quite sure how that happened. I don't necessarily label myself as one but it is hard to argue based on my choices of news outlets).

neighborhood pool getting a New Year cleanse and refill

We need to talk about TV. Specifically, Broadchurch, a Netflix series that wrapped me up like a warm blanket on a long, lazy weekend. Julie gets all the credit for brilliantly pointing me to this show and I was quickly hooked. If you have the streaming feature for Netflix, you must watch it. So good! The next season starts in a few weeks and it's a good thing because my level of obsession over it is starting to become distracting.

Also on Netflix : House of Cards. The third season is slated to air on Feb. 27 and I can not wait. Hubs and I got through the first two seasons in about three weekends, we couldn't stop watching. 

Sugared Lavender Twist. If you follow the wax groups, you've probably seen this around, toted as the Better Homes & Gardens' version of pink sugar. It's less likely that you've actually seen it, in real life, because it's the wax version of a unicorn. I found one ...barely. It was nestled among oddly grouped together scents on the lower shelf at the end of an aisle --obvious location for in demand wax and unicorns.

It's good. If you see it, grab it. Grab five. I wouldn't say it's a perfect dupe for pink sugar. It somewhat resembles pink sugar. I can see where the correlation was made. To me, the herbal lavender has a very prominent note that pokes through the sugar in every direction. At the same time, it doesn't overpower it. This is a very pretty scent, not as sweet as the pink sugar we're used to. The performance was good, a light medium throw in my 40w bulb warmer and a solid medium in my 20watter. Noticeable for about five hours.

It's a safe, crowd pleasing scent that is very pretty and pleasant. 

Layla says HI! :

WHAT I MELTED YESTERDAY:

     Upstairs: 
          loft, master bedroom and master bath: CFTKR - baddeas
          hallway bathroom: Scentsationals - italian gelato 
     Downstairs:
          kitchen and hallway: Rosegirls - dunk my donut / eggnog / marshmallow smoothie
          living room: Mixology: Rosegirls - raspberry sauce + FP - marshmallow

Italian gelato is very strong and a nice, tart fruity scent. RG's DMD/eggnog/marsh smoothie is SO GOOD, I want to run down my hallway flailing my arms screaming, I DID THAT. Very likely not the only one who has come up with this blend but for once in my life I didn't copy it from anyone. 

Excuse me while I continue to pat myself on the back. 

Have a beautiful day!