Sugarbush Says

I am a huge product whore, it is a terrible affliction that I have been powerless too over the years.  I pour through magazines and online publications to feed this addiction.  There have been times when my bathroom more closely resembles a beauty counter than a bathroom and I am pretty sure I have enough bath and bodyworks products to start my own store. With the exception of learning of Butter London products, this hobby of mine has certainly dwindled over the past 7 months.

Perhaps the most costly part of this little obsession would be skin care products. I have searched and tried all of the heavy hitters on my quest to somehow reverse the heavy hands of time. However, it was only last week, after scraping out the last bit of my latest jar of promises that I found it.  It people, is magnificent and I curse myself and the many dollars spent that I did not think to try it sooner.

What is this miracle?

It's magic bitches!

Yes.  I said it.  It.Is.Magic.Bitches.

I had bought this bottle of Bio-Oil last winter.  You see, I suffer from the blight that is Keratosis Pilaris and have spent the best part of the past 10 years fighting to reclaim my skin from it’s scaly clutches.  Since Keratosis Pilaris is a dry skin condition that typically loves to get it’s mean on during the winter months, I fell victim to another promise of smooth silky skin. While I did not use it as I should, it helped and soon it just ended up taking up valuable real estate on my vanity.  That was until last week, when in a moment of sheer brilliance on my part, I reached over and used some on my face.

After a solid week of using this glorious oil, I would love to tell you that I threw out every other skin care product I have, however, I had simply just used them all up. What I did find was that this one product, combined with my all time favorite cleanser and some eye cream is all of the skin care mojo I need.

It is time again to TILT Ya’ll, and I want to know, what are you loving this week?

1. Friends always and forever.  I love my friends.  I know that no matter how bad things are, they are there and it comforts me.

2. We are right in the middle of what you may call summer.  Those of us in Texas call it nothing short of hellish. Closing in on a month of temperatures over 100 and no.freaking.rain. Due to these circumstances, this week, I am loving air conditioning.  I am so grateful for a/c.

3. In spite of himself and his ability to rain down total destruction, I am still loving my pup Waylon.

4. This week I am also loving doing not much of anything.  I have been running full tilt since January and the stress that tends to come along with funemployment can really wear you down.  This week I have given myself permission to slack and it has been glorious.

5. Pinterest.  I know, right?!  I have lost many, many hours pining and looking at other pins.  Love. It.

6. This week I love the universe and the wonderful gifts it gives you if you look hard enough.

Your turn…

This morning, I watched through teary eyes, the final launch of the Space Shuttle Atlantis. Watching the launch, I reflected on the impact this program has had on my generation and also for those to come. I grew up not far from the Johnson Space Center, I had family who worked on the initial design of the space shuttle, I watched in horror and disbelief at the loss of the Challenger and the Columbia, and today I wept at the closing of such a significant chapter in the life of my generation. To everyone at NASA and to everyone involved in this program, thank you. Thank you for being part of my life. Thank you for your hard work, dedication and sacrifice.

TILT entered into my sphere of influence from my girl Tee Tee who learned of it via galadarling.com.  It was a weekly main stay of my tribe, but over the past year has seemed to become a lesser occurrence.  Well I am bringing it back bitches, so time for a quick refresher shall we?

The basic idea of a TILT or Things I Love Thursday is a exercise to make a list of all the things you are loving this week, acknowledge them and send them back out into the universe.  Kind of a weekly love note to the things you love. This week I have found myself loving so many things that I have been anxiously waiting to make my list all week. And it goes a little something like this:

1. I love my friends. Old and new, near and far. Every day, they make me want to be a better person. They make me laugh, they hold me up and support me, they surround me with hope, with laughter and with love in spite of myself. They are ever present and I am so grateful they are in my life and lucky to call them friends.

2. I love that my husband and I can have long discussions on what we would do if we won the lottery and that the overwhelming majority of our lottery wishes are things we want to do for others.

3. I love that even though my husband and I have faced two very difficult issues in the past 10 months, it has only made us stronger and put us in a better place.

4. I love listening to the morning doves in the early morning hours with my coffee. OK, I love the sounds and the experience and the coolness of the morning, but I could do without the early morning bit.

5. I love my nieces, they make me so very proud. Beautiful, smart, compassionate little women.

6. I love how the universe works in such mysterious ways. Sometimes you have to pay close attention and sometimes you are not often happy with what it brings, but when you least expect it, good things happen.

7. The sound of laughter.

8. The feeling of gratitude and the struggle for grace.

9. Macarons

10. That my husband thinks big metal chicken is the best 15 year anniversary present ever. (If you have no idea what I am talking about, check out http://thebloggess.com/2011/06/and-thats-why-you-should-learn-to-pick-your-battles/)

What are you loving this week?