 hey guys it's been kind of a it's just been a wacky couple of weeks but I did start to vlog it and I thought you know if I could share a little bit of what these last two couple of weeks have been like and show you some of the things that we've done maybe yeah just get a little taste of what life is like in New Hampshire or New England. I struggle sometimes with videos you know because it's it's like I don't want to just do the same old same old and I love vlogging but I don't want to vlog when I don't have anything to share and so the last couple of weeks have been really really interesting so first of all I ended up gosh you know I I don't know whether it's the change of seasons which I think is what it is but I ended up just with the most horrible dry flaky skin it was like my lower face was like peeling off in sheets and I was like going holy mackerel how how am I gonna deal with this because I couldn't stand it and it was right around the time that I was doing a lot of teaching I was doing a lot of teaching via zoom which you know it's like when you are when you're in speaker mode they see you you know up close and personal and quite frankly my day-to-day you know makeup is going to be more low-key than say if I was going to be doing you know a film like right now I have I well actually I shouldn't say that right now I have about the same makeup I have on as if I was going to work because it's my eyes are the same everything is the same the only thing that's different would be my hair but anyways I was like so modified you know with my skin coming off in sheets I just I couldn't believe it but so I kept thinking what is it you know my rent what am I ramping up what am I changing and I really I couldn't think of anything so I think it was just like this season so I exfoliated a little bit more I ended up using my microdermic abrasion which I try to use like once a month my skin doesn't really need it because I use the retin A and I do other exfoliation that I don't need that deep exfoliation as much but I ended up using that and you know I use the I mean I have my favorite tools you know skincare tools and I use the spatula from trophy skin a couple of times you know a week maybe almost every day but I use it a lot so I feel that my pores are getting cleaned out but I think the retin A the change of the season just kind of like did a number on me so I did a good exfoliation with my microderm and you know a lot of the dead skin went away and then I sat under and I do this every day and many of you've kind of asked about this but I do the red light therapy I've been using the trophy skin they have red light therapy for I think it's been a year now and it was that was the one big tool that was initially sent to me complimentary from trophy skin I have bought all my other trophy skin tools that I use but they sent that to me complimentary in exchange for a review and I love that I really I think if you research red light therapy I think you will understand all the benefits you know the the red light you know if you have the right light output it can make a huge difference on your skin so the only thing on that one is I have to lie down because it's a big thing that when I'm traveling I'm not going to bring it with me I'm not going to pack it I'm not going to put it in my motorhome it just takes up too much room well not too long ago Natalie the beauty diva had reviewed a product or had gotten a product complimentary and it was another light is like really kind of wild but so I said oh yeah and I believe this is on sale right now too so I wanted to turn it on like right here that's the red light that's the blue amber so it's like you know the cool thing about this is that I don't I don't think the I don't think it's quite as strong as my trophy skin when I'm lying there for five minutes the output but this because you can it doesn't harm your eyes and you can walk around and you can do things but the red light itself is there are so many benefits for anti aging just for turning over the collagen the blue is more for texture acne anyways I got this and I was like so psyched it comes with a USB charger but the reason super psyched about this is that I can put this in my motorhome so when we went away and I'll tell you I'll I'll review it I'll do a better or thorough look at it in my next video because I've been using it for a little bit now but when we went away and we were camping we went up we did our last camping hurrah and we went up to booth Bay Harbor and we stay in this little campground in booth Bay Harbor and it's not on the water it's it's one of we we stay on the water an awful lot but up in booth Bay Shore Hills this is this particular one is not on the water several years ago I'm online maybe about three years ago maybe four I had done a video in East booth Bay has the most beautiful stretch of oceanfront land it's called Ocean Point and and over at Ocean Point in East booth Bay they have a beach a rocky beach they have rocks that you can walk out and they have a lighthouse and they have this most gorgeous ocean drive with this little church anyway several years ago we discovered it and every year we go back we go back over and over again I think about maybe three years ago I did a recording I was sitting in the back seat of the car and Jay was driving and I drove all along Ocean Point and it was beautiful and I published it on my YouTube channel if I can find it I'll post a link and in his long story shot we were actually contacted by somebody that called us and they said you know we love your videos we watch your video we just bought that house you drove by and you showed in your video we've shared your video with our friends and family so they could see our house they were super super friendly and they said next time you're up if we're there knock on the door come visit us if we're not there come sit on that deck and actually look at the sunset you were trying to fill from the road from our deck well long story shot every time we've gone up to booth Bay they've never been there and we just never really felt comfortable actually going on their tech even though they had sent the invitation but this year we got there on Friday night and we drove down Friday nights one of the first things we do we drove down Ocean Point and we had our friends with us and sure enough we got up to their house and they were outside working so Jay kind of stops and you know like not really on the side of the road because it's like really no side of the road there right but he kind of stops and they kind of look up and they start walking and Jay rolled down the window and I'm like this and they go ah it's Jay and Monica they recognized us so anyways they invited us in they gave us a tour of the house and they were gonna be leaving the very next day because they were going back to I think they're heading to Pennsylvania or maybe Florida I'm not too sure which their properties there so anyways they said hey we're leaving first thing in the morning but if you guys are around still and you want to the sunset supposed to be beautiful come out and enjoy our deck and that is what we did we drove down to Ocean Point and you can see the little cottage coming up we just had brought our own chairs we sat out on the deck it was totally magnificent to be out on their deck at Ocean Point in East Booth Bay watching the sunset I mean all these years we've gone there and walked on that road and taken pictures of all the different properties but to actually be on someone's deck with our own chairs we brought wine we brought cheese and crackers we're very very careful to not leave anything behind when we left but it was just just an amazing amazing thing we love love love East Booth Bay we love that whole area and you know here is just the campground is sort of no frills but the the the location it is there's like a tidal river that abuts it so this is me sort of walking down to the end of the campground and and you know you could see a little bit of the tidal river it's just really super peaceful down there and while peak was too it was too early for peak over in Maine the foliage the colors and all that it was still really gorgeous and I can imagine it was like a week later but we did that and then as tradition we always go up to Pemicut Point Lighthouse when we're there and at Pemicut Point Lighthouse there is this restaurant and gift shop that is just this quaint quaint little thing on the edge of the ocean the lighthouse is on one side and every year we go there multiple times and sometimes we have a little lunch at a little dining room and you can also eat outside and of course this ice cream the J has to have his ice cream and I was usually get some sort of either hot or I get something I get some sort of little gifty thing we were devastated when we got there because we're like first of all we drove down we could see there was this like this tag sale and then we said oh my gosh you know oh my gosh the building was gone they had had now this this was Columbus Day weekend you know in the beginning of October that they had a fire in September that totally totally destroyed the place I was like and there were other cottages nearby that you know were slightly affected by the heat and a little bit of damage but I was like amazed I couldn't believe this I mean it's so shocking for us that this had happened and and so they were doing a fundraiser and all that you know that the people weren't sure they are going to rebuild but holy mackerel that was such such a shock to see all that and we're thinking of taking a trip up to booth Bay over the Christmas holiday depending on whether or not they have they have these unbelievable gardens that are all done up for the holidays and we've never gone at the holiday you know during Christmas but we were thinking about doing an overnight trip to stay in a hotel we'll see but we came back home and I had all sorts of goodies in the mail I had I think I already talked about the skin pseudocals that I got this package from skin pseudocals I've been using the next stuff oh my gosh it was really I mean I've been using it it feels really good I don't know if it's gonna make any difference yet but it feels really good and then I'm getting another another package in the mail it's coming Tuesday anyways we decided that weekend we came home the following weekend Wednesday grandson's August first birthday and then the Saturday before his birthday party Jay and I decided we're gonna take a ride up to the town of budding us Chester has every year they have these they have a scarecrow fundraiser and they they the fundraiser goes to the historical society and Chester and the town's people just just support this fundraiser like crazy and they they deck out these scarecrows I guess you buy the frame and all that and then you get as creative as you want with it but the frame that you purchase goes to the historical society and whatever else that they might sell with it so people were putting these scarecrows up all over their yards and every year we want to go and take a look at it you know obviously and as you can see from some of the photos that I've hopefully been posted in here superimposed in here this some fabulous fabulous fabulous works of art you know scarecrows and we got up there in time I mean the scenery was beautiful Jay and I walked all around we took tons of pictures and I absolutely loved loved exploring Chester that day it was just so perfect this one really cracked me up at the campers and Jay said this reminded him of the two of us I bet you they like that up at night and the two campers not cute and then you know this other guy on on the bench just never know what you're gonna see on the side of the road it's like awesome can you see the little crows but it was like amazing you know everywhere we turned everything we did in Chester that day the views were just beautiful we went all the way to Auburn and we took pictures of by the little waterfall in Auburn and this is a place that we go to all the time and I was so glad we did because I do love fall I mean we were so lucky this year because it doesn't always happen this way that we were able to go to the mountains and enjoy that even though we didn't it was past peak up there and then when we got home from Columbus Day weekend it was peak here in southern New Hampshire so we did get to enjoy the really really beautiful scenery and then the next day was the birthday party for my I was blessed that you know my mother was there my kids were there you know we missed my dad we did we missed my dad everyone missed my dad he was just such a huge presence you know in all our lives it's still hard to believe that he's not there but anyways other than that I mean I have had the itch I've had the itch yeah I'm back to having an itch and the itches just you know I've been like drooling over some of the pallets and all that I did buy the Natasha Denona this year and I think that's in the hood up the hood of mauve upset purple haze I got the mauve obsessions for my Sheila for my birthday was last year was last year and so yeah I haven't really been tempted by a lot of the new releases and I've seen so many new you know releases coming out but I haven't been that tempted by it at all I've been more tempted by some of the skincare stuff that I've got City Beauty has some stuff coming out that they're sending out and and I'll tell you I love a lot of the City Beauty products I do and out in there are some of the products that don't work for me you know and I don't mind saying that you know it's not everything is going to work for everybody so but skin pseudocals and then I'm getting another another it should be arriving this week and I'm gonna do a separate video on that one because that's a special like a spec not a holiday but it's a special limited edition product and I and I'm really excited about that so yeah so I think the other thing I'm excited about is I'm trying hard to get back on track with diet boy this vlog is all over the place I started out with like what am I gonna say and I'm like whoa motor mouth to you guys you're all gonna go oh my god be quiet but yeah I'm getting super motivated for you know getting back on my fitness track I know I said this before over and over again but I've had I used to do 10,000 steps a day I have an eye watch Apple watch I have the Apple watch I think it's the two and it's still going strong I love it so I got back into trying to increase my steps I was looking at what I had done most of this last year which was really poor I know my dad was sick and I was back and forth the hospital and making extremely poor choices on food not so much choices on food but the amount of the you know the portions so I was looking at it you know and I used to always hit 10,000 a day easy and this last year my average was like 3,000 3500 2900 and I'm like oh my gosh you know no wonder I'm not losing weight no wonder I'm gaining weight no wonder I feel so sluggish so I've been increasing this past week I've hit over 7,000 each day not quite at my 10,000 yet but over it over 7,000 each day I am so happy about that I've increased my water intake I really think that especially with everything going on in the world with COVID all the political stuff and all that stuff I really think you need to find a balance you know you need to find a balance and for me that balances I avoid the negativity everyone has the right to their opinion God bless you all believe in God or not God bless you all you all have the right to your own opinions and I would never ever ever judge anyone that believes in something different than I do and I hope I hope it's the same you know from I hope I get extended the same but I really believe I have to work on keeping my life balance and I got out of whack with my diet with my fitness COVID my dad's illness and this political crap that's going on so I choose to avoid a lot of all the stuff you know I avoided I I do what I have to do for my balance my my well-being my family's well-being and that's just really what I'm working on taking the time to breathe the air without a mask on outside when possible if I'm in if I'm in a situation like at work and I have in the store with people the mask is on but walking around my yard you know the beach the mountains now breathe the air is so good for you and drinking my water you know just increasing my water so monitoring those steps against getting me all pumped up it really is it's getting me like all pumped up and then just increasing my water and staying positive no matter what happens you know I don't even know when this is gonna go public but no matter what happens out there in the world none of us can just give up we have to we have to keep on working at it and that's part of our positive attitude and you know and for me with my dad the mourning process accepting the fact that I'm going to mourn him forever and it's okay you know it's okay to cry it's okay to get upset but it's more important for you to put a good attitude on you know to kind of take expel all the negativity breathe it out exercise a little bit walk even if it's a slow pace I'm moving and that's what matters why am I preaching I don't know but I am so I'm gonna stop preaching this law this I'm sure is gonna be super long vlog you guys are not gonna watch it all I hope you do though but anyways yeah I don't know what my next vlog will be if I have one because I don't have anything coming up that's really shareable but if it is you know other than me just walking around the house and circles talking about what I have to do whatever else I'll share it obviously if it's shareable so anyways guys you have a good one bye bye