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Happy Finish to 2025 and Happy Start to 2026

How have your holidays been so far? Ready to say bye to 2025 and get started with 2026?

I am very happy with my holidays 🙂 Having my sister over, hanging with Sandy, nice Santa, great trip to LA, and a tasty Xmas Eve at Angel’s house to mention a few things.

Here are some pics from when Sandy was over. Enchanted garden maze.

We also did the strip and checked out the decorations at the Bellagio Hotel. Love the holiday shop they have there and I would buy half the store if I had the budget for it 🙂 The kids also required a stop at the M&M store and we checked out some other hotels too…

The next morning after I woke up I had tooth pain again! WTF! And no, not from the wisdom tooth extraction. Another tooth. Off to the emergency dental clinic. Turns out it was a cracked filling this time. Since we had made plans to see the Red Rocks, I made an appointment for later and had it dealt with. I decided that I’ve dealt with enough things this year so 2026 better keep it together! But the Red Rocks were great as always 🙂

Then came Christmas Eve. My sister was jet lagging, so when I got up around 7am, she was already making meatballs hahahaa…

Later we went over to Angel’s house. She was cooking a Czech soup that was delicious! We brought over some Swedish stuff like homemade ‘rödbetssallad’ (beet salad), the meatballs, herring, ham & salmon, glögg (mulled wine) which was a German version and of course there were sweets! I have never tried herring. Decided this was the year I would try it. I ate the one in mustard sauce and it was pretty good. Angel and Abby liked the herring too.

Got some presents and Hunter got a new cat tunnel he was unsure about at first, but loves it now!

Best thing is left overs and Christmas day started with knäckebröd (Swedish Crispbread) with ham and Dijon mustard, a meatball sandwich, and Angel’s soup.

After all this eating, I took my sister to Calico Basin and we did a hike. Beautiful weather and felt good to be outdoors.

On the 27th we hit the road to LA. Usually takes a little bit over 4h. After leaving and about 30min later we hit a standstill. Used Gemini AI and found out there was a semi truck that had turned over in the midsection about 4 miles ahead. Took us about 1,5h to get past that. Had time to throw our packing in our hotel and then Sandy picked us up for dinner. We ate at Sora at The Grove. Wow, some of the best sushi I’ve ever had! If you are in LA and like sushi, go here!!!! The spicy Margaritas were great too hahahaa…

The next morning started with coffee and then brunch at the Beverly Hills hotel with Sandy’s mom. I call her my extra mom and she is super fun!

We chilled at Sandy’s for a bit after before we went to Long Beach to see our friend Cindy. Back in the day when we were young(er), we used to party our asses off together. There are a lot of crazy memories!

Next day me & my sister did a whole day of shopping. My sister loves shiny stuff as much as I do, so the rhinestone shops in Downtown were our first stop. The parking lot was managed by a nice Mexican guy and we talked about Mexico for about 20min and petted his sweet dog!

We were out all day and crashed to bed when back at the hotel.

Since I didn’t know how the traffic back to Las Vegas was going to be before New Years, we decided to make it an early start and left at 03.30 in the morning… Not a lot of traffic at this time 🙂

Took a 2h nap when back though! Hit the gym later and also played pickleball. I was pretty damn good for once 🙂 Then I took my sister to the spa for some red light sauna and cold plunge.

Watched ‘One Battle After Another’ last night. I liked it a lot. De Caprio, Sean Penn and Benicio are great. I’m bad at writing short captions about a movie so google it if it’s something up your alley 🙂

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We are going to get mani/pedis soon to make sure we enter 2026 in style 🙂 Going over to Angel’s later and we’ll see if we make it until midnight LOL… What are your plans? Got any resolutions? I plan to keep focusing on my health. Strength training and improving my pickeballing. Hope to start doing pilates and eating healthy. Maybe even laying off vaping because it’s a bit out of control ugh! I hope to be off the Prednisone pills too asap. Next weekend I’m off to Hawaii too 🙂 Very excited about that.

I wish you a fantastic New Years Eve whatever your plans are and the best start on 2026!

XXX Puma

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Smoking, Red Sonja, Recovery….

I got the smoker going! Made some pretty great meats the past week and I’m impressed, as usual, with myself 🙂

I have pics of the results too, but just got notified that my image storing capacity here is out of space 🙁 They want $50/month to give me more storage, but that would run out pretty fast too 🙁 I’ve already put out an ad on Upwork for someone to help me move this blog to a privately hosted server. I’m not too impressed with my WordPress skills though, so fingers crossed I can get some help 🙂 Not as many pics as I’d like for this post, but I hope to have it sorted asap 🙂

Been hitting the gym and did an easier yoga class. Felt as flexible as a tree trunk hahhaaa… Slow going and shoulders are still a bit stiff. Patience not being my strongest suit, but I’m trying to give it some time…

Once a year they host a Designer Sample Sale at the World Market Center here in Vegas. It’s where hotels, venues, etc by their decor and furnishing. This is the only time they let ‘regular’ people come in to shop. Unfortunately a lot of the showrooms were closed, and only a few of them were open. Still saw some cool stuff and I think if there was nothing stopping me, half of my home would be furry hahhaaaa… The couch for example was ‘only’ $1400. What’s stopping me really, is that I don’t think I’m ready to settle in one place yet. The worst is getting rid of stuff when you are moving so got to rein myself in a little 🙂

Lot of fun shooting this week, but since storage is limited, you get my favorite set. I’m supposed to be Red Sonja, and the bikini is supposed to be chainmail. But budget and delivery time was of importance, so this is what I came up with. And now I want red hair!

I love the new spa place where I get the contrast therapy with red light sauna and cold plunge. Went 5 times last week. Also got a massage from Tony and he said contrast therapy should be great for my recovery and joints. Tony is Bulgarian and he does this daily in 42 degree water for like 10min. So far I’m still managing only like 8-10 sec in 48 degree water! There are some restaurants by the spa. One is called North Italia. Too lazy to go home and cook after spa-ing, I went in and damn, it was great! Went for pizza and pasta (I was starving) and both were super tasty. Will be hard to pass by it on my future spa visits ugh!

Felt in the need of some sun and fresh air this weekend and hit the Calisco Basin exit before Red Rocks. This is a great alternative since the Red Rock park gets pretty crowded at times and sometimes they require you to reserve an entrance in advance. Will go here in the future since there are a bunch of trails and not as crowded!

Other than that, I made a dental appointment for Hunter for this week. Went to check out the veterinarian office because only the best is good enough for Hunter. Very nice and calm place. Unfortunately Hunter only has a few teeth left, so I hope they don’t have to extract any more 🙁

Time to hit the gym and workout. Have a great week and I hope to have my storage situation sorted this week 🙂

Laters, Puma

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Rheumatologist, Red Rocks & Taxes (ugh)…

So the week started with my anticipated appointment with the Rheumatologist. I asked the receptionist that this visit was with the actual Dr.? Not a student like last time. It didn’t seem like it was scheduled that way, but I did get to see the actual Dr. I have done my fair share of investigations about my symptoms and what to expect when seeing a rheumatologist. The nurse asked a few question and asked me to bend over and touch my toes. No problems there. She then said she believed me to have something called Ankylosing Spondylitis. The Dr comes in and asks pretty much the same questions, I bend over again and tell her (after I used Gemini AI while waiting for her) that I have none of the symptoms described for the Ankylosing thing. She said she trusts the nurse and ordered me to get X-rays of my spine. I have no pain or problems with my back. I did get some pills thats are against inflammation. I have decided to see another Rheumatologist to get a second opinion… I can’t wait until I write here and don’t have to talk about this! I’m like a broken record on repeat 🙁 This was me being hopeful before the Dr came in 🙂

Is there anyone here who likes doing their taxes? Or does them in time? My tax guy automatically requests an extension on my filing every year because I submit my stuff last minute! I had to bribe myself with coffee & sugar to be able to sit down and get it done! Even threw in a fake happy face hahhaha…

Much more fun to be in less clothing and do ‘you-know-what’ 🙂

Another day, another cafe. Reading and planning some alterations on some clothing… I also practiced drawing on paper,before I attempt it on the clothes… Learned it the hard way 🙂

As usual I try to get some outdoor time on the weekends. I love the Red Rocks being so close to me. Brought my Kindle, coffee and a blanket. Found a nice spot and chilled while working on my tan 🙂 I feel a bit like after I’ve done mushrooms. Like my mind has reset and I escaped reality for a short time!

Have you decorated for Halloween yet? My neighbors get really into it. My next door neighbor texted me if I wanted him to add some decorations on my lawn too. Hell yeah! Hunter appreciates the gravestones and lies among them every day hahhaaa…

OK, last pics of me and being dressed 🙂

Going to try to shoot some Halloween content with Angel this week 🙂 Maybe scare the kids on my street while at it 😉 Plan to sew, try a couple of new recipes I found on Instagram and then we’ll see what the week brings along 🙂

Wishing you the best,

Puma

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Hiking, BTS shots, Hair & Gifts…

Yesterday I went hiking with a friend and then wrote this post. We attempted this 11.5 mile/18.5 km loop hike in the Red Rocks. The first part was among the rocks and it’s so beautiful. Even found Petroglyphs (incised, pecked, or scratched images). I only know they are called this because there was a sign LOL…

A snack break in the shade of the rocks…

Left too late and thought we could handle the heat, but realized we had to make a shortcut. The shortcut wasn’t much better because it was straight under the sun with no shade. I still enjoyed it, but think I’ll do the whole loop next month when it cools down 🙂

The heat took it out of me and I wasn’t able to accomplish much after that. Now I’m sitting with my morning coffee, writing, and ready to take on this week 🙂 Hunter is in position too…

First some BTS pics from last weekends shoot with Tyler Faith, Kayla Paige, Veronica Avluv and Angel Dark. It was such a fun day because they are all super fun and cool!

My favorite photo being of Angel showing me what’s she eats. Just meat!

I really like the gym. My favorite is hitting the relaxation section after and now I found these massage chairs. They are always taken and I finally found one that was free when I was done with my workout. You can choose which area you want massaged, time, pressure etc. I went straight for the maximum and the chair gets heated too. Took about 5 minutes until everything was itching from the heat and blood flow. Had to turn it down to half the power and then it was a bit more relaxing hahhaaaa….

I seriously love going to Costco! I can’t believe that they already have a whole section with Christmas decorations. And of course since it’s America, it’s got to be BIG! There was a fake 4 meter tall Xmas tree. Or this huge lit up teddy bear. I love all of this and could cover my whole place with stuff like this, but I’m too lazy to then take it down. For those who read my blog for a while you know that I had a Xmas tree in Puerto Rico that was up year around for 2 years because I just couldn’t be bothered taking it down hahahaaa….

I am planning to get one of those Advent Calendars above though! Can’t buy it yet because I’d eat it within a week!

Also found Swedish meatballs. Don’t like store bought ‘balls’ because homemade ones are just so much better. But I did buy chanterelles and made this delicious sauce of cream, onion, parsley and chanterelles. Yummy!

Tried a new hairdresser. I think I will try another one for next time. Not much of a difference…

Got some birthday presents and flowers sent to me 🙂 Someone obviously knows how much I love Hunter and got him this stroller 🙂 Planning on putting it together today and test-strolling 🙂

Shot the usual stuff…

Finished reading Count of Monte Cristo and The Plea: A Novel (Eddie Flynn Book 2). Both very good books and would recommend them.

Hunter? Well, he’s living life with no complaints. He does look a bit chunky in the last pic, but let’s say it’s the angle…

Other than that, visited the farmers market, took a walk.

Today I’m joining a beginners class in pickleball, wohoooo! I’m also shooting with Brittany Andrews on Friday which I’m very excited about. Other than that I will just have to see what the week brings along 🙂 How about you?

Kisses, Puma

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