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How old do pics have to be to be considered "old" enough for Throwback Thursday? I'm not sure.....is 10 years plus valid enough? I also read somewhere that the pics need to be from a different era in your life. Really? I'm not sure about that but here are a few older pics of me. The era when I pulled my underwear up higher on the hips, that was the "fashion" then and had thinner eyebrows. Yikes on both the pulled up undies and the thin eyebrows!
Besides that I think I look pretty much the same, (a bit) younger looking in the pics and double the amount of hair. Ahhhhh.......the memories!









Photographers Pepe, Norm Fisher and Dominic Petruzzi.

I totally forgot about this face mask by Caudalie when I was talking about my new products a few days ago. I got it in Vegas and I have used it a few times. I like it and it smells wonderful, very herby. I might use it again tonight, if I stay home. First I am going to take a bath, then put on this mask and follow with a honey mask. That will be nice for my skin. Cleansing and moisturizing. Now what about Caudalie, a skincare line that I have used for years (I use one of their face sprays, the Beauty Elixir) and animal testing? I always thought that Caudalie did not test on animals, it's a bit more complicated than that since they sell their products in China. This is what I gathered about Caudalie and L'Occitane, another skin care line that I use, "China has laws that state that beauty products must undergo animal testing before human use. So while L'Occitane and Caudalie both released statements to The Daily Mail saying that none of their products are ever tested on animals, the bottom line is that if you sell to China, the Chinese government will require those products to undergo animal testing. So companies who sell to China, even if their products are completely cruelty-free up until that point, then become complicit in supporting the continued use of animal testing. Hence the loss of the Leaping Bunny."

I decided to check back on Caudalie before I get any more of their products to see if they have changed anything about their policies on animals testing and China. There are companies that cancelled plans to enter the Chinese market due to the animal testing policies there, one example is Urban Decay. Kudos to Urban Decay!

Another hot day here in Kenai. But towards the evening it started to get a bit cloudy. This is the pic I took at this evening's walk with Chhaya.

During the day all Chhaya has energy for is to lay around. She got a pillow today.

I had my latte and did some shopping.

Kaladi's message to the world.

I took this pic of Chhaya is a sea of dandelions a few weeks ago.

I just ate almost a pound of cherries. It's past 11 pm and I'm in bed. I'm leaning towards no running today......instead I'm going to see what Netflix has to offer.

I went for a midnight run last night. The sky was still red from the last rays of the sun. I felt very alive. Running alone on a dirt path through the forest, feeling the wind in my face with only the trees as company. It's a great feeling. It was so gorgeous out. Trees are amazing, I feel that the trees surrounding my house are wise old entities that are my friends and watch over me. I'm going to spend most of my day outside today again, perhaps another midnight run later.

The heat is here! This is record heat for me, I have not experienced a hotter day since I have been in Alaska. It can actually get hotter than this, Fairbanks gets high temperatures in the summer. Today it was 84° here on Kenai and it sure felt like it!



I spent most of my day today and yesterday outside in the sun, sprawled out on a blanket tanning and reading.



Chhaya was completely lethargic during the day, I made her a shelter.



I ate some strawberries with whipped cream.



Later in the evening, after it cooled down a bit we went for a walk. These pics were taken after 11 pm, as you can see it's still light out. I absolutely LOVE the long days, the light does not bother me. It's actually amazing!





Pretty flowers, these looked like cotton balls. So cute!





I had the best day today and I am so very grateful for my life. Thank You Universe and Mother Nature for everything! ❤

Lisa Holm, a 17 year old girl in Sweden disappeared a few days ago after ending her shift and closing up the cafe where she worked. She was found murdered. I don't understand, WHY???! How can anyone do this to another person and her family? HOW? Can somebody explain this to me please? I am sick to my stomach and I feel so sad for this young girl, only 17 and she had to go through some truly terrifying events before her life was taken. If there is a God and I don't understand why God allows for senseless cruelty like this in the first place but if there is a God, I pray that Lisa is an angel now. She looked like an angel that's for sure. I am thinking about her a lot. And I never knew her. What is happening in beautiful Sweden?
Not much is known about this case yet besides that there are currently three suspects, two men and a woman. The suspects are immigrants. Important fact? Yes, for me it is. I am sick and tired of immigrants arriving to Sweden and creating havoc. First it was reported that the immigrants were from Poland, now they say Lithuania. From what I have gathered so far, Lisa was raped and the later cut into pieces. If this was my child, if I would had been this girl's Mother, I would had wanted to slowly torture whoever did this to my child to an excruciating death. Like I said, I have not been able to find many facts about this case yet since it just happened. The really big news in Sweden over this past weekend was that the Prince finally married his girlfriend and a bunch of entitled royals gathered for the wedding. One royal hag even wore a fur over her gown, a great example of no class. Classy can't be bought as we all know. I am totally against monarchy and think that it is time for the Swedish "royals" to find real jobs and pay their own way in life. They live off tax payers and they carry lavish lifestyles. Wear bejeweled expensive crowns on their heads when that money can go to better causes. It's a shame and I think that they are completely undeserving of it. European royalty is such an outdated phenomenon and I'm so not impressed.
A murder conviction is Sweden is like a slap on the wrist. If these three suspects really did commit the murder of Lisa I am not sure if they will be extradited to the country they are from or if they will be sentenced in Sweden. If they will be sentenced in Sweden they will live rather comfortably in prison on Swedish tax payers behalf. If I was the woman in charge in Sweden I would be hated by many. I would immediately put a stop to all immigration and scrutinize every immigrant present in Sweden. And this has nothing to do with the murder of Lisa, this is something I feel is long overdue in general if you look at what's going on in Sweden. If they live off welfare with no attempts of finding a job, sit around and beg on the streets all day, reproduce with no means of caring for their offspring, spent years in Sweden with no knowledge of communicating in Swedish, commit violent crimes....then I would send them packing asap. Get the fuck out and go back to where you came from. I personally do not give a shit if you call me a racist. Being called a racist in Sweden is like one of the worst things you can be called. People are scared and afraid to speak their minds, you can actually get fired from your job in Sweden if somebody even thinks you are a "racist". Yeah, how lame is that? Wake the fuck up already! I am not a racist, I'm a realist. Lisa is dead, that means forever gone. Her family have to live with this pain forever. Lisa was only 17.