Melissa Whitler

Not an aficionado, but I have normal to oily skin & anything too heavy causes breakouts. I’ve been using this Honest moisturizer fora couple of years & it soothes my occasionally dry winter skin w/o breakouts. I also have had success w/ Mychelle products.

These look great! One of the hardest shapes to throw IMO.

During WWII, some pottery companies, such as Blue Ridge, made housewares that included the Morse code for VICTORY—dot dot dot dash. It was a way to boost morale. Here’s an example made by Southern Potteries, Erwin, Tennessee. The pattern “Waltz Time” incorporates the code around the edge. #handmade

A tray of square mini pretzels topped with a rolo. A hand with a green sleeve is placing an m&m on top of the rolo

3. Rolo pretzels
Unwrap rolo. Place rolo on pretzel. Put in a 300 degree oven for 3 minutes. Top with an m&m. Cool. Enjoy.

Highly recommend getting an eleven year old for this reason.

Education Dept. asks hundreds of fired employees to temporarily return

The agency is asking laid-off staffers in the Office for Civil Rights to come back and pitch in to help handle school discrimination cases. www.usatoday.com/story/news/p... by @zachschermele.bsky.social

With the colder weather #MilesMischief will not come back inside without the special word. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Column | Indiana swears by Fernando Mendoza, college football’s purest interview The quarterback led the Hoosiers to their first Big Ten title since 1967, probably clinched the Heisman Trophy and kept it clean afterward.

Column: Hoosiers quarterback Fernando Mendoza needed one more convincing game to distance himself from the pack of elite college football players. It came Saturday night.

“Fernando, he’s a dog,” Indiana linebacker Rolijah Hardy said. “He’s a warrior.”

Polis all in on Trump’s tax-credit scholarship while other Dem governors wait and see The program is expected to expand private school choice in states like Colorado that don’t have voucher programs. Polis said not participating would mean leaving millions on the table.

Gov. Jared Polis plans to opt Colorado into a federal tax-credit scholarship program, opening the door to private school choice in a Democratic state where lawmakers and voters have rejected previous proposals. www.chalkbeat.org/colorado/202...

Who will be more mad, Tupac, Doe or Panther? I am voting Tupac just because he seems to have the most feelings.

Indiana jumps to No. 1 in AP Top 25 ahead of Georgia, Ohio State in final rankings before playoff Indiana is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time after going through the regular season and Big Ten championship game 13-0.

Indiana is the No. 1 team in The Associated Press college football poll for the first time after going through the regular season and Big Ten championship game 13-0.

My GPS screen showing the car apparently launching into Lake Michigan off of Lake Shore Drive

GPS still showing us driving way out in Lake Michigan

GPS trying to figure out Lower Wacker like

Big Ten champion Indiana is headed to the Rose Bowl to face CFP quarterfinal winner Indiana won the Big Ten title game and earned a bid to the Rose Bowl, where it will face the winner of the Oklahoma versus Alabama CFP quarterfinal.

Big Ten champion Indiana is headed to the Rose Bowl to face CFP quarterfinal winner

Same as the previous photo but zoomed in so you can see the antlers in more detail.

A very large cement mixer covered in holiday lights. The cab has white, the barrel golden. It has light up antlers on top of the cab and a red ball on the hood that looks like a nose.

Rudolph the Red Nosed Cement Mixer sends greetings from Albuquerque.

6 doughs made and standing by in the freezer for future baking. 2 cookies have dough that can’t be made ahead. But the majority of the messy part is over. 10 cookies altogether & somewhere between 2-4 candies depending on how much I get made. 10 more days before I need to be finished. 🤞

2. Peanut butter blossoms

I got 84 1 tablespoon scoops from a double batch. So maybe don’t believe that a single batch makes 60 cookies.

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Soon no Pearl Harbor survivors will be alive. People turn to other ways to learn about the bombing Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base’s waterfront.

Survivors of the 1941 Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor have long been the center of a remembrance ceremony held each year on the military base's waterfront.

“in Putin’s world, initiating a deal is a sign of weakness. The moment Trump extends his hand, he marks himself as submissive and invites Putin to demand more. The better strategy would be to instead apply pressure and wait for Putin to make the first move.”

Ex-D.E.A. Agent Charged With Agreeing to Launder Millions for Cartel

“A former longtime Drug Enforcement Administration agent who rose to help oversee the agency’s financial operations has been charged with agreeing to launder millions of dollars in narcotics proceeds for a Mexican drug cartel.”

Oh.

www.nytimes.com/2025/12/05/n...

Harvard women’s basketball hosted 100s of elementary school kids at a game

They ran an extra play just to get the score to…67

Kids went wild

Chocolate Salame I’ve encountered quite a few versions of chocolate salame in Italy — coming to the conclusion that it’s really an Italian version of our chocolate refrigerator cake — and although I am not normally a ...

When I tell you that Chocolate Salame is #RecipeOfTheDay, don’t be alarmed! It’s just the Italian version of a chocolate refrigerator cake, fashioned to resemble salame. I’ve upped the ante with hazelnuts, pistachios, amaretti biscuits and Amaretto. www.nigella.com/recipes/choc...

This is my model of positive masculinity.

Indiana Football Shocks Ohio State—and the Entire Planet The Big Ten champion Hoosiers are 13-0, the top team in the country and the top seed in the upcoming playoff. This is real life, we promise.

The Big Ten champion Hoosiers are 13-0, the top team in the country and the top seed in the upcoming playoff. This is real life, we promise. on.wsj.com/48GhYjw

Gulf Shrimpers See Long-Awaited Moment on Federal Seafood Labeling Laws Mississippi commercial fishermen say years of pushing lawmakers for tougher regulations are finally translating into national policy proposals.

Blake Price said tariffs have narrowed pricing gaps between imported and domestic seafood.
“They have great potential to provide much-needed relief and create an even and fair market for our U.S. commercial shrimp industry … across the board of commercial seafood industries."

A leaf 🍂

The many ways that baking is winter therapy. With a delicious ending Baking is more than just creating delicious treats. For many people, it's winter therapy. Baking connects us to other people.

Baking is more than just creating delicious treats. For many people, it's winter therapy.

Kilauea is doing what Kilauea does.

Watch live:

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(h/t to @sophiecarr.bsky.social)

You can do it! But personally, I would get a programmable and skip the “smart”/wifi thermostat. I have a Honeywell programmable with 4 times per day and a separate weekend schedule. Works great.

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