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Smaller pores, Clearer skin

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I’ve been on a skin care kick for the last month or so.

I realized that since I’ve been home on medical leave I haven’t been taking care of my skin the way I used to. I’d all but stopped using moisturizers and pretty much any other kind of advanced skin care formulas.

Well .. in the last month I started using Noxema to wash my face with at least once a day. I actually put a warm to hot cloth over my face to open the pores and then apply the Noxema. I do this so it can really help clean my pores out. Then once I rinse it off the Noxema I rinse my face with cold water to close the pores again. Then I apply some moisturizer and I’m done.

I’ve always had large pores. Well not everywhere … just on my nose for some reason. I used to get blackheads .. mostly when I was a teen, but I find that when I clean my face this way my pores get smaller and clearer. No more looking up how to get rid of blackheads for me!

Now that I’ve gotten back to really taking care of my skin properly I can see a huge improvement.

Do you have a special skin care regime that you do once a day or once a week? If so, what is it?

Warm enough to wear shorts?

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Last week was so warm here in Toronto that people were actually wearing shorts. Personally I don’t think it was quite warm enough for shorts although it did reach about 65 F or so.

It was nice to get a taste of summer! I enjoyed the warmer weather by getting outside everyday and opening up the doors and windows for a while each day to air out the house. I also enjoyed seeing some of the guys in the neighborhood in their shorts. LOL Some of them appear to have gained some muscle over the winter … either they’re working out or using some products like bsn cell mass.

I don’t know what they’re doing, but I can tell you that I don’t mind a bit of eye candy! LOL

It’s cooler this week, but I think that once March is over we’re going to have nice weather … unlike last year which gave us a cold spring and summer.

Was it warmer in your area last week too? Did you get an early taste of spring or summer?

A sign that I’m getting older?

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I hate getting older!

Earlier today I was taking a good look at my face. Why, I don’t know … but either way I was standing close to the mirror and taking a good look at my skin and low and behold I think I found an age spot on my left cheek.

Can you even get age spots on your face? Ahhhhh!

Whatever it is, it’s quite faint … maybe it’s a faded freckle? I have fair skin and I tend to freckle in the summer sun, but that’s mostly on my arms and shoulders. Yeah … maybe it’s a freckle. LOL Well whatever it is, now that I know it’s there I guess I’ll keep an eye on it over the next few weeks and see if it gets bigger or darker and then decide what to do about it.

Don’t you hate getting older? Not that I’m that old, but I guess my body is telling me that I’m starting to age a bit.

A few more pounds to lose before summer

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I was just saying on my other blog now that spring is here I’ll bet that more than a few of you are about to start diets or a new work out routine in order to get in shape for summer.

I am too. I have a few extra pounds on me and I’d love to get rid of them. Soon! Actually I’ve been losing weight all year … it might have helped that I’ve been awfully sick with two colds and pneumonia this year, not that I’d recommend getting sick in order to start losing abdominal fat or anything.

I’m trying to be more active. Good thing the weather here’s been cooperating! We’ve had spring like weather here in Toronto for more than month and my garden is already about two weeks to a month ahead of itself. We actually spent some time this past weekend cleaning leaves out of the garden … I can imagine that I’ll be digging in it and planting in another week or two if this weather keeps up … and of course that all fits into my plan of being more active. I’ll be taking longer walks too!

What are you doing to lose weight … eating healthy? Dieting? Jogging?

Spring is definitely here!

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Spring is here! Actually I think Spring hit Toronto about two weeks early! It’s cool today, but for most of the last two weeks we were getting quite nice temperatures, like late spring like temps!

Just looking outside in my garden I’ve been seeing signs of spring for weeks. Most of my 60 or so rose plants have branches that are not only starting to green up but that are developing leave buds as are many of the shrubs, bushes and trees in my immediate area. The grass is starting to green as well. I wouldn’t be surprised if we have to cut our lawn in early April rather than the first lawn cutting being sometime in May as it usually is.

Just a few days ago I noticed that the chives were coming up in my garden as well as what I think might be iris and maybe even hyacinth leaves. Some of my Crocuses were blooming early this week too … a full week and a half to two weeks earlier than usual.

One other more human side of spring that I’ve noted is the arrival of communion invitations in the mail! LOL Yep, we have a nephew who’s getting ready for his first communion in May and we’ve already received an invitation. I’m sure they’ll be a few more similar invitations in the next month or so.

Have you been noticing signs of Spring in your area too?

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