A blessed life in the countryside

Bonjour! Well I guess we're doing another snippets of my life kind of video and I just took our car to the garage and I always like to walk back home if you've been following you've seen this walk multiple times but on my way here on the drive here I saw that they're hunting I can hear the dogs I think they're on We're on that side. Took this out of my car to wear this. Okay, so I just heard. A gunfire. I think it's on the other side of the road where I just was coming up here so that's really far away. However, I'm never scared to hike. I'm only scared of boar because obviously when people are hunting they are scared of people and I don't know what they might do and they're everywhere here. Look at the beautiful view here. Wow and the grass is just slowly turning green again Finally. It's obviously not safe to hike when they're actively hunting. They always have to put up signs to warn you. Oh wait there's a car here so we need to check on that then. Okay so the car is here and look I see somebody back there. So I've just called Olaf because that does mean that they're hunting here and I am not going to continue on this path. Voilà so So we're walking back to the garage and I'm going to get a ride home. It's always better safe than sorry, so if you're going to France between September and March and you're visiting the countryside, just please be aware. Again, they put signs up. It will say chasse or chasse en cours. When you see that, you don't go anywhere near that area. Wear this, which is always a good idea. Don't feel like you're ridiculous. Don't feel like you're ridiculous. On the last Week in the Life video that I did, some of you asked, could you share a little bit more about your hair and your skin routine? My skin is very sensitive. I tend to get breakouts based on my nutrition, also based on the skincare that I use. So it wasn't until my late 30s that somebody told me that the blemishes and all the issues I had with my skin were actually related to the products that I was using. Since then I only use natural products or as natural as I can find them and it's made all the difference. I have started using Typologie and they're also the sponsor of today's video. All of their products are formulated and manufactured in France. They're cruelty free and vegan. These are the only three products that I use and all three are skin care products, which is really important This is important to me, not makeup. And I like to start with their tinted serum. It includes vitamin C, squalane and aloe vera. The coverage is really impressive, so you really only need a little bit. I like to have a little bit of concealer. I like to use the same color so you don't have that difference between the under eye area and the rest of the face. I can also use a little bit on this blemish that I have here. Now all we need is a little bit of color on my lips. As you can see, they're very light, so I always have to wear lipstick. At the same time, I feel that most lipsticks really dry out my lips. Their tinted lip oil contains active ingredients of squalane, jojoba oil, and vitamin E. It looks very dark on the bottle, but you'll see when I apply this, it's gorgeous. Look at that. Now the only thing I do for my hair, it's not very complicated. Again I only use natural shampoos. I hardly ever blow dry my hair. I'm really very lazy but I do have a little bit of frizzy curly hair. That's why I love one last Typologie product that I'd like to share with you and it is their Restorative Hair Serum. This hydrates and strengthens your hair fibers. Which makes it look shinier and healthier. And I just like to add a little bit like this in the end of my curls. Voila! That's it. If you would like to try Typologie's products, there's a link in my description box which gives you access to an exclusive offer. You get the hair serum with your order over $50. And thank you so much to Typologie for sponsoring today's video. Here we go. I am getting the cabin ready for what may be our last guest of the year. We have decided to block both of them, the cabin and the cottage. To take some rest, we are so happy with all the beautiful people that we have welcomed this year. We rent both our cabin and our cottage year-round, so we're so blessed to have so many wonderful people that come stay with us and come explore our beautiful Burgundy. But now we feel that we want to take some time for ourselves, so we're getting this ready for our guests, Then we have one or two, maybe or three more bookings until the end of the year and the rest of the weeks we have blocked until the holidays so that we can really focus on our family time. We're also enjoying the last warm days of fall, I think. We'll soon be facing really chilly days, colder nights, but I absolutely love that season as well. I am so looking forward to just getting cozy inside and cooking on the wood-burning stove and all the beauty that winter will bring. I am making carrot wraps or something that looks like a wrap, and it's just shredded carrots. Two eggs depending on how many carrots you use and some cheese. I'm using parmesan and you just mix it up. You turn it into like a wrap shape and you bake it in the oven. I don't know maybe 15-20 minutes at 180 celsius and it is delicious. It makes a wrap like this. I really don't have a lot to put on the wraps but we'll see. At least I like it. I like anything savory. I could eat savory breakfast Savory lunch, savory dinner. So I got all these decorations because I am going away on a weekend trip with The girls, those are my girlfriends that I've known since we were all 12. We met in high school and they all still live in the Netherlands and I live in France obviously now and we're going on a trip and one of us, the first one actually, has just turned 50 and so we decided we would surprise her so I'm going a little earlier. We're meeting halfway between France and the Netherlands. And I want to make sure that it's nice and decorate it for when they arrive with her. And it's a real surprise for her, so I have tons of things to do still today. One of the things that we need to do that we're a little stressed about is we're going to sing her a song. So what we've always done for our weddings was sing a song, like a tribute to our friendship. And now, since she's the first one to turn 50, we thought we'd continue the tradition And so we are going to sing That's What Friends Are For. I know I'm going to be so emotional and I'll be crying. I won't be able to sing. I remember I used to sing quite a lot actually and I used to perform from time to time. I stopped because I just feel it's very intense to keep your voice trained. I'm too lazy for it, so it's not trained anymore, but one of my singing teachers said you need to cry all the tears that the song evokes in you before you actually go on stage, because then you have a controlled way of showing your emotions on stage. Every single time that I've been rehearsing this, I've cried, so, and we were just texting each other saying, have you all managed to not cry a first time, and I'm not sure, we'll just see what happens. Keep shining, knowing you can always count on me, for sure, that's what friends are for. Oh my god. Okay, I arrived at the house. I picked some flowers on the way here and it's really nice. I think I'm going to make a really nice table here. I have so much stuff I'm going to get going, else I'll be late because they're on their way. Let's see, I don't know how long this is. Oh long, this is long. Like that for now. And I brought candles to make everything look cozy. And so I told the people here that I was going to decorate and they said it was okay. And I'm going to put something even better. How cute this is! I'm so stressed. The girls just texted me that they're almost here and I want to record this for my friend. Oh gosh. Let's do it. Macaroon. The beeping thing is still beeping. Go this way. I wanted to change and everything. I didn't have time. I probably won't be sharing this with you. I'll keep this private. So thank you so much for watching. I hope to be back next week. Now I'm trying to think what I can do in 20 seconds to get myself readier than I am.