Dating: Another adventure…

For the past few months, it’s been unusually quiet on all my personal sites. I’ve been immersing myself in what I love, crafting and I am also dating. Most importantly, for me, is he’s a Christian. He’s Catholic. He’s 6′, and he’s Lithuanian, Italian and Polish. We went to High School together and we were in the same grade.

A lot of the surprises aren’t there since we’ve known one another for 28 years.  In our high school days, I knew him as the class clown, I thought he was very attractive (still think that) but he was way too nutty for me, even if my parents had allowed me to date in High School.

Fast forward to the present, and I must say that I love the man he’s turned into. My daughter has met and approved of the BF. my brother, who was in the same grade as us  and approves of him too. He’s met my parents, I’ve met his along with many of his other relatives.

But back to my daughter’s approval… there’s no way, I’d be dating him if she didn’t like him. She loves him. He loves her. My daughter and me are a package deal. We normally do something twice weekly. Half of the outings include my daughter, in fact the pictures I posted recently of the Pen Mar park, was something we all did together.

I definitely wasn’t expecting to be in a relationship. When my friends/acquaintances would ask, I’d say, “That man will literally have to fall in my path. I’m not looking, I’m relying on God to lead the right man to me, and if he doesn’t I’ll be content.” Well, God chose the man for me and so I’m relying on him.

You know… I really hate the term boyfriend/girlfriend since we both feel it does not describe where we are at, but until I can think of an appropriate title, here at Celebrate Life he’ll be the BF, ok?

One lovely Sunday…

Yesterday, after church, we went for a drive and here was our destination.

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View from High Rock at Pen Mar State Park

 

I must say, it was beautiful.

 

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My daughter enjoying the view at High Rock in Pen Mar State Park.

 

My daughter laid out on her stomach. An indication that she is happy with her surroundings.

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A couple on the edge of High Rock at Pen Mar State Park

 

There were other couples that were enjoying the beauty that God has on display.

I savored every single moment…

 

Another skin update

Well here’s a side profile, can you see the improvements.

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Eventually, I will have to do a collage so you can really see the improvements in my T-Zone area.

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However, thus far, I’m liking what is happening. With my brown skin, hyperpigmentation has occasionally been an issue especially since I love being in the sun, and at times, don’t make sure to wear sunscreen. Well, I’m thrilled to say that not wearing sun protection is a thing of the past. I make my own sunscreen, eventually I’ll share a simple sunscreen recipe here on my website.

 

Skin Care Progress – Hyperpigmentation has diminished significantly

I recently started tackling the hyperpigmentation, around my T-zone area. I will say that my efforts have paid off significantly, and the darker spots that were around the T-zone area have decreased a lot.

I can’t say what one product helped the most, because to be perfectly honest, they all did; however, I can tell you the beauty tools I used were significant in reducing the dark spots. How do I know that? Simply using the natural skin care products that I had been using were effective, but the skin lightening was happening at a much slower rate.

I’ll be sure to post photos of my before and after sometime soon, and I’m hoping to start posting food photos and finally pictures of Bella, our BichonPoo.

Oh my… time is flying

Wow, and here I thought I wrote my last post a few days ago. It’s been a week? My, my, my the time is a flying by. Well, it’s going to keep on whistling by me for a while.

 

My daughter is in the school musical, which means late days practicing and I’ve been even more active with my workouts and going out a bit more, so when the dust settles in my neck of the woods, I’m spending time with my daughter and just relaxing.

Here’s hoping I get a chance to post more very soon. I have a ton of pictures to upload; food related and Bella, our new puppy.

In other news…

Earlier today I stumbled upon the website, Minimalist Beauty. It really caught my eye since the writers approach to health and wellness is very similar to my own. She has some great articles about hyperpgimentation, so I’ll be curious to see what she has done. I must say, that I am so glad that my hyperpigmentation issues are quickly becoming a distant memory.