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When was the last time you played hopscotch? — because for the life of me I don’t remember it being this cardiovascularly taxing. Yesterday I introduced Connor Claire to this classic playground game, and after I demonstrated a few rounds, I had to stop to take a breather and contemplate my life choices. LOL!

Was it always this hard? ?

Now that I think about it, I should figure out a way to turn hopscotch into the latest and greatest fitness craze. Hmm…

On to today’s reading. Short and sweet Saturday Surfing today because, apparently, I need to work on my cardio, so I’m off to run a couple miles on the treadmill!

• “During a global crisis, it might even feel a bit trivial to pull out your makeup bag and go to town on bronzer. But experts say it can actually make a huge difference in navigating these unpredictable and overwhelming circumstances.” <------ THIS. People are still wearing makeup while social distancing, and I’m all for it.
• Like many people around the world right now, freelance makeup artists and hairstylists are feeling the long-term effects of COVID-19 on their finances and business.
• El Hub asked me the other day if I could cut his hair, and I was like, “WHA?” I sashayed out the room like I didn’t hear him because I’ve never cut anybody’s hair except my own, which only happened under extreme duress once in the middle of the night with a blunt pair of scissors (needless to say, the situation and outcome weren’t ideal).

  Anywho! If he asks again, I might forward him these tips from barbers on how to cut your own hair at home, and these pics of dudes doing it themselves.

• Speaking of hair, here’s how to give yours a little extra TLC, in case it needs it right now.
• And here’s how to stylishly keep your mane out of your face, according to restaurant workers (all of which I hope will have jobs when this crisis is over).
• If I had a gel manicure that needed to be removed right now, I’d be tearing my hair out FOR REALS. If you’re in a bind and need to remove a gel-mani, here’s some expert advice on how to do it at home without totally ruining your nails.
• Can cats have nightmares? ? Short answer is yes they can.
• According to an animal behavior expert, this is why cats shove their butts in your face. ?
• The person behind what is regarded as one of the world’s best-smelling lotions shares her favorite scents.

What are you up to today? Did you know it was Saturday when you got up this morning? All of my days are blurring together…

Your friendly neighborhood beauty addict,

Karen

What’s it like to be a cat lady who loses a beloved feline friend, then falls in love with another cat again? It’s weird. And wonderful. I lost my kitty BFF last year and wasn’t sure I’d ever find another cat to love and share my life with, but I eventually did, and it happened when I least expected it.

I wondered if I’d ever have room in my heart ❤️ for another feline friend after Tabs passed away last year (it’ll be a year ago this Sunday), and it turns out there was. Getting to know our new Rosie girl has been both weird and wonderful.

When she came to live with us last fall, the logical part of my brain understood that she was a completely different cat than Tabs was and would logically have a different personality. I knew that was the case, but I didn’t really know it for a few months.

I get to know her a little more each day, and each day I fall a little more in love with her.

For starters, she’s the most talkative cat I’ve ever known. Hands down. From the moment I wake up to the moment I fall asleep at night, if Rosie’s nearby, she’s talking about something.

It’s a constant stream of chatty kitty meows. Clearly, she has a lot of strong ideas, and she likes to share them with others.

She also has a preternatural knack for getting underfoot.

It’s her superpower.

She knows exactly where to position her nine-pound body precisely where your next footstep is going to land. IT’S THE WEIRDEST THING, and it has made going up and down the stairs a somewhat perilous activity. I feel like I’m in a real life Super Mario Brothers game (don’t fall in the lava!). Tabs never did that. Even though he was larger than life at nearly 20 pounds, he always found a way to prance elegantly from one place to the next, but Rosie on the other hand is always exactly in a spot that forces you to teeter on the edge of near death! I don’t think she’s trying to purposefully take me out…but the jury is still out. LOL.

She’s much less of a thug than Tabs, that’s for sure. She has a sweet, tender girl energy and doesn’t do any of the @sshole cat things Tabs used to do (like taking a nap in a high traffic doorway to show you who’s boss). Instead, she’ll daintily press a “test paw” into your lap when she wants lurvies or wait for an invitational “here-kitty-kitty” before she gets up in your space.

One of her nicknames is “baby” because she lets us hold her and hug her in the crook of our arms like a little infant. And before we go to bed every night she lets El Hub carry her up the stairs in his arms… Tabs only let me do that once or twice the entire time we lived with each other.

Speaking of the bed, she’s there when I fall asleep and there first thing in the morning, but only if she hasn’t settled down on Connor’s bed first. That, too, is different than Tabs. He would usually do a drive-by for 10 minutes right before we went to sleep, and then he’d leave to pursue whatever other activities cats do in a dark house in the middle of the night.