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I need to find a good under eye cream

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Earlier today I wrote a post on one of my other blogs ( My World) about how I haven’t been taking care of my skin as good as I should be.

I have fairly good skin and thanks to good family genes everyone in my family tends to look at least ten years younger than their actual age … but still, I think I should start using moisturizer regularly again.

Yes I’ve slacked off in the last few years. I used to use moisturizer daily but now that I’m home pretty much all the time I just don’t use it and my skin seems dry and dare I say even a little bit dull?

I have some good day and night moisturizers but now I’m trying to find the best under eye creams. I don’t get enough rest because I just don’t sleep well, so I often have dark circles under my eyes. I know that a good under eye cream can help.

Do any of you know of any good under eye creams that will not only moisturize, protect the delicate skin under the eye and also help to eliminate dark circles under the eye?

Those last few pounds and a possible acid reflux cure

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I think that after you reach a certain age, say mid-thirties onward, it becomes harder to lose those extra pounds. I’m struggling myself to lose at least five pounds and I seem to have stalled.

Oddly enough as I try to lose those stubborn last pounds I keep getting emails with appetite suppressant reviews ironic isn’t it?

One thing that I’ve come across recently is Apple Cider vinegar. I’ve suffered from terrible acid reflux for years. It gives me a terrible pain in my chest – bad enough that I imagine it’s what a heart attack feels like!

I’ve tried all kinds of prescription and over the counter medications to reduce acid or form barriers so my esophagus doesn’t get damaged from all the acid and nothing totally takes it away.

A few weeks ago I was having a really bad time with my acid reflux. I kept having attack after attack and nothing was helping. Then as I searched on the internet for something that would help I came across a few sites that talked about how Apple Cider vinegar had really helped a lot of people with acid reflux.

I know – it sounds terrible!

However I was desperate and since I happened to have some apple cider vinegar i decided to give it a try. I put about a capful of vinegar in a glass of water and about 15 minutes later that awful gnawing pain in my stomach went away or at least almost went away. It certainly died down a lot. Since it seemed to help I started using an organic unfiltered brand of apple cider vinegar at least twice a day in a glass of water and I’ve only had one or two mild attacks of acid reflux since. I’ve been doing it for three weeks now.

The theory for the vinegar is that if it helps you, you might actually be suffering from too little acid in your stomach rather than too much.

Another reason why I brought up the Apple cider vinegar is because it’s also said that it’s an appetite suppressant and a fat burner. I do think my appetite is a little less after I take it, but that could be the extra glass of water. LOL

I’ll keep you posted as to whether i start losing those stubborn extra 5 pounds without really changing much else in my daily routine or eating habits. BTW I do eat healthy low fat foods – all in moderation. No big meals so there isn’t too much else I can change with my diet.

Winter stir crazy

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It’s winter here in Toronto and I’m starting to go a little stir crazy. I think I always do come winter since I’m stuck inside due to my illness (Crohns).

I guess I really can’t complain too much this year. We barely have any snow and we’ve spent most of the winter snowless. We don’t tend to get a lot of snow here in Toronto, but we have much less than usual this year! So yes, I could get out more often if I wanted too .. but it’s still kind of cold.

I think I’m going to pull out my old ellipticals that’s stored in one of our spare bedrooms and start trying to use it daily. At least I’ll be getting a little exercise and it will help take away the winter blahs.

Do you work out indoors during the winter – whether you really need to or not?

I hate getting stuck in slow lines

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Don’t you hate when you go out shopping and you get stuck in the slow line at the cash?

That happened to me earlier today. I went out this afternoon to do some shopping and after I’d picked out my items at the store I got in line to pay for my items. There was only one person ahead of me so I thought I’d get out of the store quickly. Boy was I wrong!

It’s not that the person ahead of my was slow – counting pennies or anything like that. No. You see the cashier was trying out a new bar code scanner … a Symbol LS2208 or something like that, and the manager was with her as she tested out the new equipment.

From what I could tell the scanner was working fine, but the manager kept making her use it over and over again, redoing the person ahead of me’s bill etc. Before I knew it I had a line of complaining people behind me who were also tired of waiting in line.

It would have been nice if the manager picked a quieter time in the store to test out the new scanner.

All the time I was standing in that line I kept worrying that my parking meter’s time was going to run out. It would figure I’d get a ticket … luckily that didn’t happen though. I made it back to the car just two minutes before the meter ran out.

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