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I hope you’re all enjoying the first day of 2014 surrounded by loved ones doing something awesome and eating something great! I’m still a little weak from that horrible flu-like thing I was enjoying over the last few days, but I’m having a lovely day with my family. Thanks to everyone for your kind get-well-soon...
Hi everyone! I’m on holiday time from work, which means I had to get sick and waste the very little time I have off lying in bed. It also means that your questions and email are going unanswered as I don’t have the energy to sit up or type much right now. Raymond and Blondie...
THE SEARCH ENGINEI can’t do anything about the search engine. My husband is a computer guy and he assures me the problem is on Blogger’s end, which has been confirmed by many other Blogger users and readers. I have written to them. I have changed the format of the blog. (I can’t go back to...
Merry Christmas, everyone! Thank you for all your kindness and generosity this year towards the blog and our youth programs! I really can’t thank you enough for everything. I hope your day is merry and bright and filled with love and laughter! ...
Now that we’ve taken a look at the oil cleansing method (part 1), potential recipes for dry skin (part 2), and potential recipes for oily skin (part 3), let’s take a look at normal skin and a few tweaks you could make to this product. I think this is the kind of product that is...