 Hey guys, it's Monica. Thank you so much for joining me. I hope you had a wonderful week and I hope that you are not so caught up in preparations for Thanksgiving that You're feeling that stress that do you guys feel stressed before a holiday? Do you guys ever feel that like? Wow, I'm not gonna get it all done. You know Especially if you're hosting right if you're hosting the holiday gathering I don't know about you guys, but I always feel like overwhelmed with it. First of all, I have really a small house So I always have to bring in like folding tables and and stuff like that. It just makes it a Little bit difficult a little bit stressful, but anyways, I am Going to be just doing it like one day at a time. I'm going to hope for the best I'm gonna try to clean my house up if I ever get to it. I don't know. I've been like sort of really lax-a-daisy all I've been sort of I don't know. I'm not gonna say lazy, but Maybe that is the best way to describe it. I just have been not feeling it. I'm not feeling the holiday vibes Let's put it that way. So Anyways, if you're curious, this is going to be girl talk a little bit of this a little bit of that So if you're curious stay tuned You know, I noticed because like the last couple of months of my life has been really Upside down So I noticed I had a bunch of little clips in in my camera roll that I hadn't really utilized or done anything with so I thought I'd kind of piece some of them together and And kind of just do a little bit more of a You know a vlog Sort of like sitting chatty girl talk bloggy type thing one of one of the things that I have been Saying actually been threatening Jay with For probably the last two or three years. I've said to him. I want to have Botox I want to have fillers and he just freaks right out any time I do that So two week is it two weeks now two weeks ago I went to a med spa and I had booked my first facial and I'd never had a facial before so I booked my my first facial and I was kind of like playing with Jay and I was like You know, yeah, I'm gonna see about the Botox I'm gonna see about you know, what what they think is what really bothers me is my my gels and I've had my gels of course weight gain weight loss Aging none of that really helps. I do and I use a lot of different products on my skin. I Try to firm my skin up, you know, I take collagen supplement and you know And I try to massage my skin. I try to do some sort of face exercise and while a lot of it helps I don't really see the huge dramatic difference that I'm hoping to see, you know And I just realized I have to accept the fact that you know, I'm 68 am I or 67, I don't know how old I am Anyways, I'm getting on an age. I'm already on an age So I guess I have to accept that, you know that it is gonna be what it is But I ended up buying and I almost hesitate to even talk about it because I've only been using it two weeks I did take a before and I did take an after and I ended up buying this now I bought it on the Home shopping network. It's sold out right now as far as I know and it had mixed reviews I do read the reviews before I buy a product, you know mainly because I Want to know what other people think of it And I also know that while something may not work on someone else's skin It may work on mine or vice versa. So I don't necessarily depending on the amount of reviews Hold, you know, people that say oh it didn't work for me because I know lots of times people have unrealistic Expectations, you know, at least in real life in what I see in my day-to-day job and you know day-to-day You know things and skin care and you know, I lash serums and stuff like that Nothing works overnight, right? Nate doesn't work overnight. Nothing works overnight I know that most people give up before they really test a product before they really know if it's working So I was like, you know, I read the reviews and I process them in my mind But I always I don't always judge by those reviews because I don't know those those people And I don't know if they used it for six months or what? So anyways, I had been hearing a Little bit about this particular product. This is from Dr. Tree and like I said, it is sold out But this is their dear loose skin cream Doesn't that sound good? Dear loose skin cream and it has some really interesting Ingredients, you know voluphaline. Is that how you pronounce it? And it is supposed to help with the tightening of your skin. So I have been using this along with the voluphaline drops and To be very honest with you the drops this is a pricey number and I I first heard of this from a Penn Smith skincare and when she talked about it She was unsure as to you know, she hadn't really used it long enough the ingredients were really the ingredient is was really intriguing to her and You know when you start to investigate and and read about a green and she could just fall down this rabbit hole rabbit hole anyways She didn't necessarily review it per se because it was too soon for her But I what she was saying intrigued me So I ended up buying this little tiny bottle and I've been using it I still have plenty in here. I've only been using it two weeks I took it before and I took a two-week picture I I don't think I'm gonna insert them in here because you can't see a difference yet And I take it in the morning and the only thing because on my before picture I had my sunblock on which was the I think it was the color science and it's the tinted 50 SPF So it gives me some coverage. So I had that on so I want to be really consistent by putting the same You know morning routine when I take the pictures and I'm monitoring the areas of my deep crevice here and Here, you know My 11 some I sleep with a frowny So it is what it is, right? I'm just gonna keep trying to take care of it But this really bothers me and this is what I keep threatening Jay with I know I probably need a facelift and that would make me look whoo-hoo, but this This is what I keep threatening poor Jay with So I I ended up going I started to say I'm going for my facial and I came home and Then it's this little clip in here because it was so funny poor Jay was out by the fire pit We need a new polka No We have it. Don't we have a metal polka somewhere in the motorhome. Oh, my facial was wonderful Thank you Thank you. I can put makeup on but I'm not going to I'm gonna leave my skin Don't let it breathe Tomorrow morning, I'll be a new woman Maybe if I go get some Botox no, you're not getting Botox Looks like they rubbed your face they did they sucked all the crap out of it. I bet you there was So he's really nervous. I'm gonna go ahead and get Botox I told him I said it'd be a great birthday present But anyways, and I'm still thinking about it because I I Don't know or a filler. I don't know if it would really help and how I would look I don't want to be I don't want to have a distorted face. I've never done any procedures to my skin other than retinae Exfoliation, I've never I've only gone for that one facial ever So I I've not done any kind of procedure and at 67 Or maybe I'm 68 you know I I I've been taking care of my skin only You know for the last gosh since I was 63 so Try to that nothing, you know, I baked and all that so I've been doing the retinae and all that But I thought I would give this a try so I bought the volupheline This is the small small bottle of its pricey and I've been putting it on twice a day And I just put it on here and I put it on here. I just tap of I mean I just kind of put it I'm not even a drop a touch the dropper to my hand my finger and I tap it in and tap it in That's really where I've been doing it. I have not done it around my eyes or anything else But I've been using this I I have then been using this cream The next day now. I haven't done the cream at night, but I've done the cream in the morning So after I put this on and I let it dry I take the cream and I put it very little because this is expensive as well the cream is sold out So and then I kind of like put it in upward motions I've no idea if it's gonna help, but that's what I've been using. So that's kind of like a last ditch I'm gonna see if this works and see if it helps to soften or to make it not less so deep If that's the right phrase and then maybe I'll consider for my birthday Botox or a filler if I need it And this is what I've been threatening Jay with and you could tell by his reaction at the fire bit He was not at all happy about that thought and he hasn't so I Don't know. He's he's really funny. We we got we got he got a Drone for father's day in his birthday from his son Justin and daughter-in-law Justin had sent his dad that for the four as a gift and it was his it was his birthday father's day Christmas gift Combination and it was a drone So Jay has been teaching himself to fly a drone and many of you know, we got like these e-bikes, right? And so we've been out e-biking and I'll tell you if you're thinking about getting an e-bike it is probably going to be especially if you live in a any area where you can get out more often and Maybe you don't get out as often as you should it can it can it's a game-changer It can be a game-changer for your health for your attitude and all that So but you need to we need to look at any bike realistically right there an expensive product They handle differently than a regular road bike So if you've not ever gone on a regular street bike or a mountain bike, then you might not notice the difference so much But I do and cuz Jay and I have bikes We've biked Acadia National Parks and we've got you know, we have the mountain bikes that we sold and Put the money towards our e-bikes, right? so Anyway, so he's been practicing with his drone, but he's afraid he's gonna come down off the trees So we went biking on the e-bikes and he had his drone kind of follow me He is like really funny to see that person Down below that like little speck of a person That's actually me on my e-bike in the neighborhood behind us and he's practicing on you know with the drone I'm practicing trying to pedal better or trying to make corners is the biggest difference for me and You know with the e-bike. They're so much heavier, right? so They it is like even if you're if even if you want you're stopping you have to make sure you stop You know, you have to make sure you have you have that under control So you slow down ahead of time and stuff like that So we also got a couple of shots of me as I was riding in the neighborhood and all that and like I said, we're practicing We enjoy it. We we so enjoy the togetherness of being out on our bikes and Just doing something like that, you know and and being together is so much fun We we also we went to the beach. We wanted to try to catch the full moon rising And we really couldn't we didn't one last beach weekend camping And it got up and I I got some sunrise sunrise is beautiful. There's nothing I think more magical than being on the coast when the sun is rising over the ocean and You know, it's just you because you're early out early in the morning And it's just you maybe a few other people some seagulls and you just it's just breathtaking to me To watch the sunrise over the ocean. I love it I love the fact that I live close enough to the coast that I can drive there Anytime I want so we went to try to catch the full moon this week And we couldn't we got up to we got up to the beach and The clouds came in So we could not catch the full moon rising It was really kind of like all clouded in but you know, Jay was out there waiting at a picture of him through The car was kind of chilly. So I didn't get out. I knew it was not I was not gonna see anything basically, but You know, so he got that and then we went to dinner We were now to dinner afterwards out at the beach and then we were driving home and For long story shot. I know I'm rambling but like I said, this is girl talk, right? I Have been wanting a A GoPro for many many years when we first got our kayaks I think like 15 16 years ago when we've got our ocean kayaks I wanted a GoPro because it was waterproof and I wanted to be out there when I was kayaking in the ocean or on the lakes or Whatever, I wanted to have a camera that was secure or waterproof that could do a good job Well, I mean, you know, I guess I have too many cameras and Jay was like, oh, no, no, that's a waste of money blah blah blah and Every time we would go away somewhere I'd be we'd be riding on mountain bikes up at Acadia and the views are beautiful and I'm land-cone Man if I had a GoPro and Jay would go no, no, no so Two weeks ago. I think it's two weeks ago. We did a Saturday trip out to the out to the beach and we decided Like it was kind of a last-minute decision. I may have already talked about this in a previous video I can't remember but this is kind of a last-minute decision. So we decided we're just gonna go and And and and go along the coast while all the way along the coast 29 miles is what we did, you know up and down all the way along the coast every time we stopped I said if I had a GoPro the views I could have had I could have been filming this while I was on You know having it on my handlebars and I'd go on and on and on Jay be like just rolling his eyes. Well Anyway, slung story shot when we came home from dinner sitting on the front porch was a box And it was a GoPro. So Jay bought me the GoPro 10, which I'm like, holy moly I'm super psyched about it. I have to learn how to use it, obviously So you got me the GoPro 10 and I've been like trying to set that up and like oh now I'm gonna go paddling I want to go do this. I want to go do that. Haven't done any of that yet, but I'm so excited about that So I'm not gonna call it my Christmas gift or my birthday gift, but he gave it to me as a gift It's probably so that I won't think about getting Botox. I don't know But I got the GoPro 10 and so I was really super excited. I don't know if you guys know that camera, but I mean I'm gonna do more vlogging with it because it's so small, right? It's just a small little camera that it goes anywhere fits in your pocket your bag And you can actually it's wide-angled now, right and it has a selfie side So you can actually be filming and no one no one is gonna be paying attention to like as if you had a big camera You know on a on a selfie stick or a tripod and it was aiming at you where people would really know that so we're gonna do that and We're we're still tentatively planning going to Germany next year where we're really thinking about doing a big trip to Germany and We're hoping that COVID Doesn't interfere and we're hoping that nothing else happens in our family between my dad and my brother passing away It's just been it's been It's been a tough couple of years. So I'm hoping that next year we have a breather. My mother is healthy She's like such a It's gonna put this picture of her. I did her up at Halloween Like she's so funny. She's such a I don't know spitfire. I guess she is so funny And she is so vibrant. She she is just so vibrant. You would never know. She's 93 years old So and she's a good sport most of the time So I'm just hoping that all stays good there and and Jane I can go to Europe to Germany because he has family in Germany that he's never met jays adopted So, you know, we have plans to meet up with his brother and sister And of course I have family there that I haven't seen since I was a little tiny girl So, you know, we're planning on that and I've cousins and we just we're just planning a nice little trip And I'm hoping that everything stays status quo COVID wise and health wise so we can go but Yeah, and the GoPro will come in so handy for that for the European trip, you know going there because we really don't know Exactly what we're gonna do but we were thinking of taking a four-day river cruise river bike cruise and And then the rest of time visit with family and friends and all that stuff. So that's kind of what we're planning You know, that's kind of what we're planning. So I know this is kind of like sort of a Gabby girl talk thing but Yeah, I don't really have much of anything new other than what I'm trying for my skin and I'm hoping that it I'm hoping it helps a little bit. And if not, I think the new year after my birthday I think I might do a little bit of something here, you know to to whatever but it but before I get to that phase I want to try to continue I'm going to be trying the micro camera again. I Did have I did have mine and it broke and I was using the new face often and it broke So I think I'm getting another new face or I mean I'd be getting another New face type of a device. I may be getting one for review But another device that I've been looking at them thinking of purchasing I haven't pulled the trigger yet. So I'm not gonna really mention it But I'm gonna try that and just do go, you know go out to town more or less with the face massaging and Things of that nature. I'm gonna try to do what I can Before I do any procedures if that makes sense. So That's my rambling video of this that and everything This I'm super excited the volume for lean. I am super excited about seeing how this works too new like I said only two weeks and I don't know about the cream but Between the two of these. This is a pricey number. The cream has the same ingredient plus a number of other ingredients in it and I Don't know, you know, I just I'm hoping that it makes a difference. I could be I could be you know Going down this rabbit hole for nothing But I'm gonna try it. The other thing I have not yet done I know I mentioned this in my previous video about all these false eyelashes and I Haven't I haven't done them at all. I haven't used it, but I think this week I'm gonna crack these open the kiss lashes and I'm gonna try it that mirror that I got which is kiss my Get right here kiss my lash This mirror is Smirra is awesome. It is awesome. I really love it So I'm gonna be putting that on using this mirror trying those false eyelashes and see how I do. I hope I Oops, I hope I do. Okay. I do so anyways, um, I have a wig video that'll come through this week sometime and Not I don't know if I'm gonna have a Anything for next weekend Thanksgiving. So if I don't see you before Thanksgiving I hope you all have a wonderful wonderful Thanksgiving and I will see you obviously the week after the weekend after I'm not too sure of Jay and I what we're gonna be doing after Thanksgiving Sometimes we go down to Newport, Rhode Island. We were thinking maybe going down to Cape Cod But we're not sure so I'm really not too sure exactly what we're gonna be doing yet But Thanksgiving Thursday, I have Friday off and that's more of a long weekend Although I probably should be Christmas shopping That probably won't be so I don't know when you guys start your Christmas shopping. I I I don't I don't usually start it To like right before of course, I don't decorate because I don't entertain You know normally Christmas is at my sister's house and so my house is so small I have not since my kids moved out I've not put a tree up and done all that stuff. So anyways I could go on and on and ramble and ramble and ramble. I'm just sitting here talking to you guys It's sort of girl talk Gonna bunch of other things I could do girl talk on but I'll just save it for another video so yes, if I don't see you guys have a wonderful wonderful Thanksgiving and Stay happy stay healthy Do what you get to do take small baby steps and just keep your attitude up there I think everything in life is attitude how you look at things how you react to things and there's so much crap Going on around us. It's so easy to get sucked into the negativity So I work on that. Uh-uh not gonna let myself do that. So thank you so much for watching Please leave me a comment. Let me know when you guys start your holiday shopping and Again have a wonderful Thanksgiving and I will catch you in my next video. Bye guys