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Exxotica, Lions & Cactuses…

Like they say, time flies when you’re having fun! And there’s been a lot fun!

First there was some Sunday recharging by walking and clearing my head out for the week to come…

Monday means pickleball league. I was a stand in and didn’t play. Unfortunately we lost, but it was a fun and nice team who provided snacks, waters, and home baked treats for after the game 🙂

Then it was time to get myself in order for Exxotica. Coffee, spray tan and went to get my hair done. Ended up putting in looooong hair 🙂 She had the perfect match of hair laying around that called my name! So now I’m strutting around like a Barbie 🙂

Also jumped in on an OFTV shoot with Bad Bella. We did a Monster Escape Room. They are so much fun and we did pretty good with some help from the guy who supervised our quest. Will show more pics of our get-up when the episode goes live 🙂

Then it was finally time to head to New Jersey and Exxotica. Me & Angel flew late at night and arrived Thursday morning. Tyler arrived a few hours later and we had time to nap, eat, blow up Diego, and then get ready to head to NYC.

Angel was feature dancing at Sapphire and they sent a driver to get us. The ride was supposed to take about 40min. Well, 40min turned in to 2,5h!!!!! Good thing we are creative, so we made use of that time to shoot and maybe a couple of drinks were digested too 🙂 I will be posting some of the video clips on my socials and the spicier stuff goes on OF – @pumaswede, unless you’re into No Nut November 😉

Angel did an awesome show and by the time we were finished I was pretty drunk and passed out the whole ride home 🙂

Sandy came in on Friday and we got ready for the first day of Exxotica…

Never been before and it was great fun. Lots of fun people and good to see friends I haven’t seen in a while. People were dressed up, barely dressed, and then there was everything in between that…

We were there until it closed at 10pm. The people we signed for catered dinner and we camped out on the floor because we didn’t have the energy to wait for more chairs to be brought in 🙂

Didn’t have energy for anything else that night other than hanging out with Angel and Tyler before passing out.

Saturday was a loooong day. Had to try to get my face ready… Good thing Sandy is a make-up artist and could fix the rest 🙂

Started at 1pm and finished at 9pm. Place was packed and ran into friends like Tori Lane, Bad Bella, Lala The Body (I felt short for once), Diamond Kitty and a random brunette we decided to gang up on 🙂

The place didn’t have any good food, so Sandy ordered us some great Thai food before we got hangry and I found pizza!

After we hung out at the hotel bar with Lisa Sparxx among others. There was an afterparty in Tyler & Angels room. All I got on my phone from that is some video of me putting Tyler in a headlock and and there was also someone lying on the floor getting their nuts kicked…

Me & Angel flew home Sunday morning. Pretty much slept the whole flight home. Went straight from the airport to Angel’s house, changed and went for pickleball practice. Pretty impressive if you ask me 🙂

There’s been a looooot of pickleball. One day I managed to play early morning and I got a bit tempted by their cocktail selection, but decided it was a bit early at 7am 😉 Then in the afternoon I went playing at another place. Didn’t even bother to get out of my pickleball clothes that day….

Had an OFTV shoot day with Angel. First off we went to the Lion Habitat Ranch. It’s a sanctuary for lions and they also had (humping) turtles and birds. The parents of these lions here used to ‘work’ at The Wynn before they closed that down. It was a supercool place and the people working there were very knowledgeable. We almost got hit by a lion spraying ‘whatever it is they spray’! Will tell you when it’s live and can recommend a visit there if you are in town.

Caffeine was needed after and we made a stop at Broken Coffee. Great coffee!!!!!

When we left we spotted and greeted these early Halloween celebrators and they even handed us candy!

After we went to Cactus Joe’s Blue Diamond Nursery. Just like the lions sanctuary, I’ve seen loads of posts about this place and have wanted to visit it for a while. We were lucky and ran into Cactus Joe, who owns this place right when we walked in. Such a nice and fun guy and he gave us some info about this place. It’s huge and full of, you guessed it, cactuses! But there is also loads of sculptures, a rock shop, pottery etc. They have yoga on Saturday mornings and I hope to go to that some day. Totally worth a visit if you are here!

My Jiujitsu video with Venus Valencia is now live! OFTV – https://of.tv/v/Tu5WE YouTube – https://youtu.be/2rvaKaK-4fg?si=i2LFGn5cZSMLxgYD

Also the episode from the mannequin shop/museum is live. OFTV – https://of.tv/v/UyaWS YouTube – https://youtu.be/3FS7FTZRsmI?si=wPDT3qXJxqZxWi_g

At night we had dinner with Sofie Marie who moved to Arizona. We went to El Segundo Sol. The appetizers and spicy Margherita’s were great, but I tasted better fish tacos.

Some Halloween themed shots were snapped…

How was your Halloween? I played pickleball to start with. Then there was storm with rain and lightning and I thought I would have to eat all the candy I bought all on my own. Luckily it cleared up and me & Hunter sat outside with our neighbors supplying the kids with sugar. Managed to consume a bunch of my own too 🙁 Here’s Hunter being the guard of our candy supply!

And Hunters costume was ‘Bad Ass, I’ll Drop Kick you’! By the way, his next door girlfriend Princess was outside yesterday and they went up to each other. I think Princess was a bit too eager because Hunter slapped her. But Princess is no ones b*tch so she slapped him back. That ended their date. Who knows, maybe they are having relationship problems….

A couple of gym session happened. Not as frequently as I wish, but at least I was there…

OK, time to wrap up and go warm-up for our pickleball match tonight! Keep your fingers crossed please 🙂 This week is looking pretty chill otherwise. Going to meet up with a Finn who’s in town from Sweden, shooting, and would like to go see this movie about Elizabeth Holmes – ‘You Can See Everything’. If you don’t know her story, look it up. I read the book and it’s great.

Leaving you with a few stranglers and until next week!

XXX Puma

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Mannequinns, Gymkhana, LA

Got to start by bragging. Me & Pam won all of our games this Monday at our league, wohoooo! This is us doing our celebratory moves. We actually do this during time-outs too when I get too hyper, to chill my brain down a bit hahahaaa… Super fun team we were playing against and after they shared their wine and we had hot cocoa with marshmallow and some rice crisp treats. Now that’s how I like to roll!

Me & Angel also made a roadtrip to LA. I had to see my rheumatologist and see how my Polymyalgia rheumatica is progressing. So I’m down to taking 6mg of Prednisone daily now and going to try to cut 1 mg monthly.

Right by the Dr’s office there is the Swedish candy store Kandi which called our names. We both walked out with about 1 kg candy each! Soooo goooood!

We stayed at Sandy’s house and Simba wished us good morning 🙂 This cat is the size of a coyote!

Angel had a Dr’s visit too at a shoulder specialist and I was there as a support animal!

Before heading back to LA we paid Laidrey a visit too. 3rd coffee before it even being 11am! Great spot in the valley for coffee if you ever are in LA.

On the way we stopped at Seven Magic Mountains. Never been and it’s really close to Vegas. They where only supposed to be up for 2 years, from 2016 – 2018, but they became so popular that they have extended their time several times. The current closure is set for May 2027. They are very cool and totally worth a visit.

This weeks shoot for OFTV and YouTube included a visit to the Las Vegas Mannequins store/museum. I will tell you when the episode is live if you want to watch. I found my favorite mannequin and I’m sure you can figure out why 😉

After we made a stop and refueled at Take It Easy Roasters. It’s been on my list of coffee shops I want to go to and it finally happened. Great coffee and empanadas!

After we shot a jiujitsu lesson with Venus Valencia. It was so much more exhausting than I thought it would be. And harder. We had a great time though and I love trying new things. If I didn’t play so much pickleball, I could totally see myself trying out jiujitsu. We were so exhausted after that I didn’t even remember to take a picture of us 🙁 Well, you can see the video soon though 🙂

Shot some of my other stuff too… Dommy Mommy, Classy Mommy, Sporty Mommy… I like that some would trust me as anything else than a cat mom!

I had to go to the eyeglass shop and have them straighten out my glasses. They were all crooked and I was getting a headache from wearing them. Tried out some new frames because the ones I have now might just give up soon. It sucks that one of them is over $500 for just the frames! Anyone feeling rich in here and feel like sponsoring? LOL….

I think I might have played an hour or two less pickleball these past 2 weeks. Best part is that the weather is perfect now for playing outdoors.

Unfortunately those hours less played did not result in me spending them at the gym 🙁

Last night I went to dinner with the ‘cat couple’ who I dine with every now and then. We went to Gymkhana. I heard that people hadn’t been too impressed with it and were expecting more, since their restaurant in London has 2 Michelin stars. I have to say that everything we tasted was delicious and I’d eat there again.

Hunter is doing fabulous and loves cuddles now when it’s cooler outside. Please don’t pay attention to my morning hair LOL…

Forget Netflix and chill! Go watch my 2 new episodes on OFTV and YouTube! One is Cow Cuddling experience with Tyler Faith, only available on Youtube so far – https://youtu.be/zJSTouhIli0?si=3Eabgc0ZA75RraO3

And want to learn how to make proper Swedish Meatballs? Well, here you go – OFTV https://of.tv/v/38x2A or YouTube – https://youtu.be/XGwkwphVyaM?si=5u8S1dl8LmCsQBIc

New week and new fun things ahead! Hitting the gym today to start with, wohoooo! Going to get my nails done, then pickleball league later. Tomorrow I’m shooting an episode with Bad Bella. Got a hair appointment on Wednesday before catching a flight to New Jersey with Angel. We are a bunch of girls who are going to Exxotica. Will be so much (if not too much) fun 🙂 I’ll be doing a live shows with Sandy, signing collectible and signed Kiss Cards. If you are in NJ, swing by and say hi. Or bring me a coffee LOL…

Couple of leftovers of me working and the sweetest lips!

Have a great week ahead folks!

XXX Puma

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OFTV, Smoking, Cats…

Let’s go October! I have had so much fun shooting for my OFTV and YouTube. Like I mentioned, Tyler Faith was in town and we shot 2 episodes. First we went axe and spear throwing at Fremont Street In Downtown. We laughed so hard and it was actually a bit harder than I though. Maybe the shots beforehand didn’t help LOL… At last no body parts were chopped off! Here you can watch it on OFTV – https://of.tv/v/cDVuT and here on Youtube – https://youtu.be/tke7brgiENk?si=n1QvJPnqTVUAj9fg

Then we also visited Tom Devlin’s Monster Museum in Boulder. Tom is still active in the movie business and this place has screen-used props, creature suits and monsters throughout movie history. I’ve driven by it a couple of times and always wanted to go inside, so this was perfect. I also used to watch a lot of horror movies. Tyler and I also tried out being scream queens hahahaa…. Cool place and definitely worth a visit. Here’s some pics and you can watch it here on YouTube – https://youtu.be/zrSWMGTBgNQ?si=shALBnliuzC_Gv3R

My visit to the newly opened Ice Cream Museum at Area 15 is also Live now. Here’s you can watch it on YouTube – https://youtu.be/t5i7IscAzU8?si=d3xSeTsA3jCpK_tY

This weeks shoots included a Swedish Meatball making class and then a visit to Rescued Treasures Cat Cafe. You paint pottery while mingling with cats that are adoptable. Would be a dream to adopt them all!!! Had the best time and I’ll let you know when it’s live 🙂

It didn’t stop there. We shot some other stuff too with Angel & Jennifer. I guess me & Tyler were put on a time out and in the dog crates!

Me, Tyler, Angel & Sandy will be at the Exxotica in New Jersey October 23nd – 25th in case you are in the area and want to mingle 🙂 Will be a blast!

We did lunch with Amanda who’s back in town for a bit. It was first time I tried fried chicken & waffles. Very weird combo to me and I prefer to indulge both separately! The pumpkin spice cinnamon bun was very delicious as a finisher!

Sooo, I was sugar free for about 3 weeks. Then I had a little taste of something and it spiraled out of control. With sugar it’s all or nothing for me. Making a new attempt starting today! But, I did eat some great and healthy stuff too. Smoked a lot of meats, tri tip, brisket, chuck roast and a pork putt. Made a delicious pork tenderloin in a cream sauce and there was also meatballs with mashed potatoes, gravy and lingonberries! If anyone is looking for healthy ready meals, I can really recommend Ice Age Meals. Super tasty! Then there was a Nutella pizza and some pizza dough filled with Nutella. But I read about healing with food while indulging LOL….

Of course there’s been pickleball. Last Monday we had to quit our league game after 3 games since it started pouring rain and the courts get super slippery. But Pam had bought us beignets and as you can see, we where happy campers 🙂

Yesterday we played the rest of our 3 games and me and Courtney won all of our 3 remaining matches – wohooo!!! And our team won in total too!

Tonight we have 6 new matches so cross fingers and toes por favor!

Came to the conclusion that I pay too much for my gym membership and use it too little. Goal is 3 gym sessions a week, but only made it twice a week so far 🙁

Received some birthday gifts too. A great big coffee mug, a hat and I now run Puma’s Coffee Shop 🙂 There was also a robe, socks, favorite soap and other stuff 🙂 I’m spoiled and love it hahahaaa….

Threw in some chill by the pool with Angel, Vixens big face, filled up my tires, found toilets on the street, took pickleball pics, spray tanned and a weird selfie up my nose! And do you know what the duck nailed to the tree branch means? Thought it was random, but it means exactly that – duck. Duck for the low hanging tree branch. AI told me cause I got curious…

Hunter has no complaints. Vet told me his poop sample came back clean so he is thriving, living life, napping and pooping clean!

Going to cook up some breakfast now and do some work before hopefully rocking at pickleball tonite! Wish you all a fantastic week ahead!

XXX Puma

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Birthday, Concert, Champions…

Well, let’s start with me turning 50!!!!! My birthday weekend in Truckee, California. It’s right by Lake Tahoe and I had never been. I really really liked the place! Took a 1h flight to Reno. Picked up a rental car at the airport and had to grab some food in Reno before driving to Truckee. Mexican food is almost always a hit and pair that with a Margarita, and it’s most likely a success. Mexcal was a great spot and the food was delicious!

The Airbnb was about 15 minutes outside of the city of Truckee. No streetlights, just the woods surrounding you. A little spooky…

Place was great and I enjoyed the big deck outside with the trees surrounding the place. I always bring single packs of instant coffee so I know I’m guaranteed caffeine first thing after I wake up!

Then headed into town and the most recommended breakfast spot was Squeeze In. The name was decided since the place is tight and you have to kind of squeeze yourself in. Established in 1974 and popping since then. So good and I get why they’re so popular!

I had obviously scouted out some coffee places too. It’s a small town so you get everywhere by walking. Right by Truckee River was Dark Horse Coffee Roasters. Thumbs up for a great cup of java!

Decided that this weekend was also the weekend to treat myself even if it contained sugar. Right outside town was Whole Treats Bakery. I think everything was made there and gluten free. Opted for a chocolate chip cookie and a cinnamon bun. They made love to my mouth!!! Do I even have to point out that I was beyond stuffed after this hahahaaa…

Before I left, my neighbors told me I have to visit the nude beach there. Not just for the nude people, but they said it was beautiful. Off I went to Secret Cove Nude Beach. Beautiful drive out there and couldn’t believe Lake Tahoe had such clear water! Had to make a couple of stops along the way and lookiloo… Not to mention the houses right on the water!

Parked by the road when I my navigation alerted I reached the Nude Beach. It’s a hike down there and a couple of signs telling you that you might encounter naked people and to act normal hahahaaa…

The beach was one of the top 3 beaches I’ve ever been to! So beautiful and crystal clear water. You find your own little spot and I shared a small sandy spot with a naked man that was from all over the place. Not everyone was naked and I think it was about 80% men naked and 20% women. Interesting split…

I hope I make it back to this beach in the future!!!!

Beach and all that fresh air made me hungry again. Found Buoy & Trap that had lobster rolls which I love. Had a great conversation with this man (forgot his name), but he was from Chile and arranges tours there. I said I might one day hit him up as I would love to explore Chile. The lobster roll was top notch too!

Chilled at night and watched the stars with a glass of wine 🙂

How cool was it that the Airbnb was on Stockholm Way?

Spent the day in Truckee. Tried Cafe Lupine for breakfast. Cute place, but the ready made breakfast burritos were nothing special. The bakery treats were good and my coffee was pretty good.

After checking some shops out I checked out one more coffee spot – Coffeebar. They served it like 300 degrees so burned my tougue 🙁 They had one more spot in town and they served it perfect and their coffee was great. Could barely drink this after my burnt mouth!

In the evening it was time for my birthday dinner. One day early though, but whatever! It was a 10 course chefs tasting menu at Trokay. Wow wow wow! It was amazing! I loved the variety of meats I got to try and the brioche with caviar and pine cone syrup dessert was one of the best things I’ve eaten! Everyone that worked there was super nice too. Would eat it all all over again right now!

Sunday – me 50 years of experience, adventures, up’s and downs and now I’m aiming for 50 more! Happy birthday to me again and well done making it to 50 in one piece 🙂

Checked out of the airbnb and went for breakfast at Donner Kitchen by Donner Lake. Another popular spot and there was a wait. It was worth it!

Didn’t expect a lot from Donner Lake after seeing Lake Tahoe, but it was super nice too. Picked an easy trail and walked around until I found a nice spot by an inlet to chill at. Spotted this lady canoeing with her dog 🙂

Walked a bit more and then read at this dock. Might of taken a nap there too…

Before driving back to Reno I fueled up from the other Coffeebar which was great. Also spotted this cute Frenchie in a stroller 🙂

Arrived home at night to a happy Hunter. He was getting spoiled by Jennifer Dark while I was gone so no need to worry about him 🙂 Here’s him dressed up for my birthday pics. How handsome is he?

That was one awesome birthday weekend. I’m pretty sure I’ll go back there one day!

Before the trip Angel invited me to go see Chris Brown and Usher here in Vegas. I might not be as big of a fan of them as Angel is, but it was a great concert! She had gotten some VIP tickets so we took full advantage of free drinks and hit the sugar station like 2 happy kids hahahaaa….

Gym happened like one time…

Was put to work…

Hair finally got fixed up too…

Our fall league in pickleball started. We’ve been practicing a lot and last Monday we won our first game wohooo! Me & Courtney won 4 out of 6 games! It was pretty windy when we started so it was hard to play, but we figured it out! I did get hit in the lip and the tit with a pickleball that day, but a win is a win!

Afterwards we went and picked up our Championship rings from winning the summer league! Woop woop!

Oh, I did get 100 pickleballs for my birthday too, so now I can go hit and practice even more!

Tyler Faith is in town and we shot stuff for OFTV and YouTube. So much fun and I’ll share more about it next week. Here is one video we did last time she was in town called Mantoring 101 on YouTube – https://youtu.be/ARhsObCk1-k?si=Qy4gpbsJrUI94v9o

Don’t have time to write more. Time to change and off for our Sunday practice 🙂 First week as 50 has been great and I’ll leave you with a couple of Hunter & me pics 🙂 Oh, he had a fight the other night and as I came running out, he was chasing a cat down our street. Good boy!

Let’s go get it! (Whatever it is) LOL…

XXX Puma

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Skimpy outfits & Outings

Not even sure where to begin. Let’s start with me in skimpy & milf-y outfits because there’s been a lot of that…

I think the other major time has been spent playing pickleball 🙂 I’ve taken lessons and practiced outdoors now that you are not melting as soon as you step outside. I realized I gain and make more progress from drilling than just playing. The fall league starts September 14th and we also have our ceremony that day for winning the summer league.

Not as many gym sessions as I wished, but at least I did some lifting… Just look how pleased I look with myself hahahaaa…

The gym threw a party. Never been to one of their parties and was surprised how much effort they’ve put into it. A dance class performed dances, some show girls, bars and there was even a cake for my previous pickleball partner Stormi, for her engagement 🙂

Even managed to get a bit drunk because a lady I sometimes play pickleball with insisted on filling our glasses and I went with it because a party is a party… Looking pretty pleased with myself here too when I finally made it home 🙂

The weather has been perfect. Walks and hikes that don’t end in a sweat-fest and leaving you in total exhaustion from the heat after.

Errands needed to be handled. Pop-in with the dentist to fix a small cavity, grocery shopping, spray tan since see-through-pasty-white is not a good look on me, and coffee because who manages without it????

You might remember that I met a couple at a dinner who I later went to another dinner with and thought they might be swingers (they’re not) LOL… Last night we went for dinner again and it was my first time going to Harlo. I had elk chops and it was delicious. This couple has cats that they spoil like I spoil Hunter. I love that we can talk about our cats like people talk about their kids. They also love food and travel so we can chat for hours! Great dinner and instead of going to the Strip for overpriced steaks, go here!

Talking about Hunter being spoiled. Here’s us in bed yesterday. After morning cuddles, me having coffee, and him eating his breakfast 🙂

Next Sunday I turn 50!!!! Wohooooo!!!! I feel pretty great about it 🙂 I’m going on a little trip and will tell you more about my birthday next week 🙂

By the way, Happy Labor Day weekend to all the gringos here and to the rest, Happy Sunday Funday 🙂

XXX Puma

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Mt Charleston, Pickleball, Besties…

Last weekend Angel and I went to Mt Charleston for cooler temperatures and a hike. It’s about a 45 min drive and we did the North Loop. You pretty much climb uphill half the way and then back down. Or you can do it the other way around. Great views from the top and it took about 2h in total. Food and coffee after for a job well done 🙂

On Monday it was playoff’s in our summer league. Our team won and tomorrow it’s the finals! Keep your fingers crossed! Love our team!

Been playing a lot and did a clinic yesterday. I wish I could say I’m just getting better, but it’s a rollercoaster. Some shots are great and the next second I make stupid mistakes ugh! Guess that’s how it goes in sports and and life in general, just have to keep grinding and the hardest part… be a bit patient hahahaa…

Sandy rolled into town last week so I made sure to maximize my time with her when she wasn’t working. An impromptu photo sesh with Angel happened. We enjoyed the Euro pool (topless) at the Wynn. Dinner, more content, and crashing Sandy’s bath time 🙂 Privacy is overrated 😉

A little work from home too. I think I found the perfect top. Do you agree?

Even hit the gym more than once. The heat here is no joke and sweat melting off my spray tan faster than you can say Puma…

My favorite store in the US is probably Costco! For some reason I love going there. Even better when your besties need to go too and you can go together. Rodolfo is from LA and he used to shoot us for companies like 15 years ago. Fun to catch up. We joked that we used to go to clubs, now we got memberships at Costco 🙂

My neighbor ladies took me to a new area I haven’t been to before, even though it’s only 15 min from me. It’s called Desert Lakes and I joked it was the Temu version of the manmade islands in Dubai. We took a walk in the neighborhood defying the heat and then had lunch. I’m very lucky to have such cool and friendly neighbors!

Hunter also had a visit to the vet for a check up. All was in order, but probably have to remove one more tooth 🙁 Poor guy will only have 3 teeth left! On the way to the vet and other random pics of my son 🙂

Some random selfies of me too 🙂

Found this – anyone interested in joining? LOL… I think I’d like that 🙂

Finished reading this series – ‘Mindf*ck Series’ by S.T. Abby. What AI described it like this –

‘The Mindf*ck Series by S.T. Abby is a five-book dark romance and psychological thriller that follows Lana Myers, a vigilante serial killer seeking revenge against the men who abused her in the past, and Logan Bennet, the FBI profiler tracking her who unknowingly falls in love with her.

Very easy read, fast past and exciting. Maybe not totally believable, but it didn’t really matter. Enjoyed the series a lot and read all books in like 2 weeks.

Just finished ‘A Violent Masterpiece’ by Jordan Harper. By AI –

‘Set in a chaotic, volatile Los Angeles, the story follows three distinct protagonists whose lives collide as they unravel an expansive, dark conspiracy involving a high-profile Hollywood sex scandal, a missing person, and an active serial killer known as the LA Ripper.

I really liked the writing and not a dull moment. Can highly recommend this!

That’s about it. I need to buy groceries for the week, edit some videos, and a pickleball lesson with our group tonight 🙂

Leaving you with this great quote by James Clear that I think is very good and accurate:

“The measure of a life is not what you consume, but what you contribute.

Spend less time owning, consuming, taking. Spend more time giving, creating, making.”

Until next week. Do everything I would do and more 😉

XXX Puma

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Highlights From Sweden

A bit more than one week has passed since I got back from Sweden. So many fun memories and happy times 🙂 Since back, I’ve been cutting sugars out (too much of it in Sweden), back at pickleball, and almost got this jet-lag under control too so things are great 🙂

Here are some pics from after the hike.

My oldest and one of my best friends, Karina and I took off to Grisslehamn. It’s about 1,5h drive from Stockholm and we had booked a stay at Hotel Havsbaden i Grisslehamn. I liked the place as soon as we walked in. I also bribed the receptionist with some sweets so she gave us an upgrade on our room I think 🙂 And how cool is that puma lamp?

She likes to eat like me and the hotel is located at a harbor with a few restaurants. I had done my research beforehand and we hit ‘L8 i Hamnen’ and everyone said to have their fish soup. It was as good as everyone said!

The hotel had a spa with indoor and outdoor pools which we tried out. Best part was walking a short trail to the sea and going swimming there. Nothing beats doing things in the wild/nature! Swimming, eating, walking or just sitting and taking it all in….

Built up an appetite and walked to another restaurant that was recommended – ‘686 Mat & Bar’. I really love homemade meatballs so if I see that on the menu, it’s my pick. Karina went for them too and we agreed that they were superb!

On the walk back we spotted this knitted house in the middle of a roundabout 🙂

Not sure which one of us talks more, but we can hang 24/7 and never run out of topics to talk about. We chilled by the fireplace at the hotel with a couple of ‘Carajillos‘ with whipped cream added on top. My favorite drink when I lived in Mexico.

Great weather the next morning and ate breakfast at the hotel and then chilled on the lounge chairs until we had enough…

We both enjoy food and found a great garden/cafe to grab lunch at. They sold plants and I believe all their stuff at the cafe was home baked. Had a tasty flatbread pizza!

My sister and I went out to visit Linda who was in Vegas a while ago. She has literally moved into the middle of the woods. Even my navigation couldn’t find the little dirt road we were driving on to get there LOL…

We found her house finally and it’s beautiful out there in the middle of nowhere! She has friendly chickens running around too…

On her huge property there’s a lake too. Walked through the woods, caught the sunset, and took a quick dip.

Took advantage of the good summer weather and went for a walk & lunch with friends. Lots to catch up about…

Made it the gym ONE time!

Next up was lunch with Katrin at a place called Brasserie Astoria in the city. Ate a very tasty beef tartar! Her doggo Sten joined and we went shopping for soccer gear for one of her sons after. I suggested he should have a Puma ball 🙂

My friend Sanna who I met in Mexico set up a fun shoot at an art gallery. We were a great team and it was so much fun! The result will be published later this year, but here’s some BTS pics.

One of my cousins and his girlfriend has a house on the island Gotland in Sweden. It’s beautiful there and I haven’t been there in years. Me & my sister packed our bags and took the 3h ferry there. You get into the main town Visby. We strolled around a bit, ate and bought some charcuterie and cheeses from this great shop.

We rented a car from a place called ‘Mickes Biluthyrning’. They rent out old cars and they are pretty much half price compared to the big rental chains. We got a beige Toyota which was pretty ugly, but did the job 🙂 We drove an hour up north on the island to a place called Fårösund. Got welcomed by wine and snacks 🙂

Our cousin is very proud of his grill. He wanted to supervise my BBQ’ing, but you can see I got it like a pro!

As the earlybird I am, I caught the sunrise. Just across the street you have the sea and it was so relaxing to just sit on the dock and enjoy the fresh air…

We took the car on a ferry over to the small island Fårö. So beautiful there! These rock formations called ‘rauk‘ are a result of erosion during the Ice Age and are unique to Gotland and Fårö.

Passed this cute fishing spot that was used back in the day by fishermen.

There’s a place called ‘Kutens Bensin’ on Fårö which kind of is like a cemetery for old vintage cars and a collection of cool scrap. There’s also a barn where they sometimes have live music at. We wanted to eat at the waffle restaurant there too, but too many people in line…

Finished off going to one of the mile-long sand beaches. Even managed to take a nap on the beach with my sister since we can pretty much nap or sleep anywhere hahahaaa… Sightseeing took its’ toll on us…

Took the ferry back and drove by ‘Fårösund Fortress’. It dates back to 1885 and I think it had some military purpose back then, but now functions as a hotel with a restaurant. We opted for only drinks though 🙂

On the 3rd day we headed to Visby This week was the annual ‘Medeltidsveckan’ in the city. It’s a cultural medieval festival where people dress up, there is food, historical markets, jousting tournaments and shows. Pretty busy and fun walking around people dressed up in all kinds of clothing and styles from the pre 1800’s.

On the way to the botanical gardens we passed Kallis Beach Club. It super popular party spot during high season. There’s also a beach right next to. Pretty cool you can go swim in the middle of the city.

Probably the most famous thing in Gotland and Visby is ‘Ringmuren’ – Visby City Wall. It was a defensive wall built in the 13th and 14th century. Approximately 3.44 km (2.14 mi) of its original 3.6 km (2.2 mi) still stands.

Lunch at Prima Roastery & Wine Bar. This spot, like most of the places here, was very cute and cozy. Excellent coffee and food!

Also tried the the famous Gute Ice Cream that’s made locally. Opted for the ice cream flight where you can try 10 different flavors. There was also an option of 18 flavors, but had to contain myself 🙂 Our favorites were salty licorice, fire tree sprout, and raspberry sorbet.

Some more pics from the city while strolling around. The last picture is a sign that says ‘Pusshållplats’. If you put a ‘B’ as the first letter it means bus station. Now it means a ‘Kissing station’ 🙂

Since it was our last night I made a dinner reservation at Furillen. Wow, what a place! It was was a tasting menu with wine pairing. It used to be a lime stone factory and the military also had operations there. Now it’s a creative place with a small hotel, bar and restaurant. We were all very happy with the whole experience there and the food and paired drinks were superb.

Could’ve stayed a few more days. Loved it there. Before going back to the ferry and Stockholm, we went swimming and I paddle boarded. We also befriended this cute cat 🙂

Made a pit stop on the way for some seafood. This place called ‘Fiskbaren’ – FishBar, was sooo good!!!

We booked a cabin on the ferry so we could relax (read nap) and chill. I did my make up. My nephew picked us up and we went home, jumped in another outfit and went out partying with some friends. Only managed to snap one pic. I blame the shots!

Last day in Sweden was spent buying some gifts, eating meatballs at ‘Meatballs For The People’. My nephew and his son came over and later friends for dinner. I came with one suitcase and left with 2 🙂

Managed with 1,5h of sleep before it was time to head to the airport. Ugh! Missed Hunter so much!!! But he was in great hands with Angel and Jennifer. Spoiled rotten of course! Pics I got from them while in Sweden.

Great being back home even though there are regular heat warnings popping up on my phone. Hitting the gym, eating healthier, and catching up on work. Obviously playing pickleball and our team made the finals in the summers pickleball league last night wohoooo! Hope to have an update for you this Sunday! Sandy is on her way here to Vegas so will be amazing to catch up with here too!

What you been up to? Back to work?

Kisses, Puma

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Hiking in Sweden :)

Days fly by here in Sweden by hanging with family & friends 🙂 Having a great time and try to get some work done in between too.

Me and my sister headed for our yearly hike up north here in Sweden a few days after I got here. This hike was 90km in total and we crossed over to Norway too.

Started with taking the night train up north. We went to the restaurant on the train when it took off and had some wine. Very classy with paper cups hahhaaaa… We had booked beds on the train so we slept good. In the morning we prepped with caffeine before getting off.

The bus ride to the trail start was about an hour to Storulvån mountain station. Perfect weather and we found a good spot to have some more coffee and breakfast after hiking about an hour.

Felt great to be outdoors and out hiking. Since it was so beautiful outdoors we decided for an other break before reaching our hut. Only ‘bad’ thing about the weather is that the mosquitos and horse flies were enjoying the weather too and tried to snack on us.

Our first night was at Sylarna. We have stayed there before and this one is serviced and has a restaurant and our favorite – a sauna!

We hit the sauna which is great after a day outdoors. Having a sauna is actually always great when I think about it!

We had booked a 3 course dinner at their restaurant too. The meal started with some charcuterie board with elk sausage and other local stuff. Then a delicious homemade tomato soup and an elk stew with blueberries that was soooo good! Topped it off with a glass of wine. The dessert was Pavlova with cloudberry jam, that I finished before I remembered to take a photo of it!

Decent nights sleep and we were up before 6am since we are both early birds. We only drink coffee in the morning where we stay and prefer to eat our breakfast outdoors on the trail. They do have a great breakfast spread for those who like to have it there.

Second day was a cloudy day and around 11 Celcius. It started with a climb on a rocky surface where you better pay attention to where you step, unless you want to risk a twisted ankle.

Even encountered some snowy patches…

Decided on break, some hot chocolate and some food when we reached the top. The mosquitos were also active in case you wonder about the net on top of my head 🙂

Continued and reached the national boarder to Norway and crossed over…

The hut on the Norwegian side was called Nedalshytta. Very tranquil place.

Checked in and chilled a bit in the ‘living room’ as we waited for the sauna to open 🙂

Their sauna was the least cosy one, but it did the trick.

Starving after and waiting to be served another amazing 3 course dinner. Homemade split pea soup which was sooo yummy! The meatballs were delicious too, but not sure they were homemade. The dessert was a 10/10 blueberry panna cotta.

We had a room with 6 beds all to ourselves. I love the feeling after a day outdoors, sauna and dinner. It’s like you gave your body and mind everything in needed. You pretty much fall asleep within a minute when the head hits the pillow.

We stayed in a separate house from the main building and since both me and my sister are morning people, we had our morning coffee while everyone else in the next room was still asleep. #yousnoozeyouloose

Our 3rd day was our longest stretch. 24km in total. The weather was rainy, windy and a lot of fog. Only managed short stops when the rain gave us a short break to grab a snack. Last year a hiker told me he was wearing dishwashing gloves on top of his regular gloves to keep them dry. You can see mine in the second pic. It worked pretty good, but a little cold at times…

Despite the weather we stayed positive as the scenery was beautiful (when we could see it through the fog). Another positive was that the mosquitos and horseflies were no existent! On our last 4km the weather cleared up and the rain stopped. Please appreciate the first image with my rain poncho on top of my backpack. We call this look ‘The Hunchback of Notre-Dame’ LMAO….

We finally reached the Storerikvollen station where we stayed our 3rd night. This was also a serviced mountain station, but unfortunately without a sauna. There was a group that arrived on horses at the same time as us.

We had booked another 3 course dinner here. The homemade split pea soup was tasty! The main course didn’t impress us as it was sausages and salted meat. Didn’t even take a picture of it. The dessert was homemade berry ice cream so we filled up on that 🙂

I had to go to the bathroom at midnight and this is how ‘dark’ it gets at night during summer here.

The breakfast buffet was a feast though. It was included, so instead of our usual cup of coffee we stayed put and ate breakfast.

Next day was full summer on display again. The hike started with a long climb and when we reached the top, we finally saw reindeers too.

Right before crossing back over to Sweden, we found this beautiful spot and took a break.

A seagull and more reindeers before reaching our last stay at Blåhammaren. We have stayed here before and it’s a beautiful place. Unfortunately they no longer serve their dinners which were amazing.

But, they had a sauna! Best part of it is the round window with views and we saw about 30 reindeers grazing outside. They are missing in action in my pic though.

The room was pretty chilly so I went to bed in clothes and a scarf! Love our view out the window in the morning 🙂

Very eery lighting, or the lack of light, in the morning when we headed for our last stretch.

One last stop before we reached the end of our hike which was also where we started.

There is a scale where you can weigh your backpack. My backpack was 13 kilos when we took off. Lost 3 kilos from it during the 5 days we were out.

Ate and passed out at the mountain station while waiting for the bus to take us to the train.

As always, a great time adventure with my sis. 7th year in a row and hope we have many more to look forward to in the future 🙂

How are you doing? I’m unpacking from a shoot yesterday and then packing again, as tomorrow we are off to an island called Gotland to hang with our cousin. Last week in Sweden and cramming in friends, meatballs & family 🙂

Laters, Puma

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Las Vegas – Stockholm

Hej från Sverige! Hello from Sweden 🙂 Very happy to be here. Hardest part about leaving and being gone is not having Hunter with me 🙁 We spent a lot of time together before I left and even had our bathroom break in sync!

One more thing before Sweden. We had our league game on Monday and we rocked! Every one of us played great and me and Courtney won 5 of our 6 games. And the barely lost our first game! Maybe all the hours playing and lessons are finally paying off, yeay!

Then it was finally time to fly to Stockholm. First time I flew with a layover in Toronto. Very smooth and Air Canada was a good airline…

Took a power nap when I got to my sister. Our family, we can all sleep anywhere at any time, hence the floor 🙂

When mom was alive, she would always prep meatballs for me. Now me and my sister went out to get the balls 🙂 A restaurant called Nytorget 6 has great ones…

Next morning it was breakfast at one of my favorite spots here -Lisas Grabb. They bake everything fresh every morning and have the nicest people there!

I went to have my hearing aid checked after. I have had some pain in my left ear so told her to check it. Well, she found a plastic cover from the hearing aid stuck really deep in there. She said I have to go to a nurse to have it removed since it was stuck so deep in there. Not sure how I missed that part being lost in there LOL… Found a Dr’s office and was lucky to be seen right away. She removed it easily with some scary looking thing and then flushed my ear clean. The nurse was actually American and was so nice!

To keep the jet lag at bay it required a stop at one of the best coffee shops in town – Pascal.

Then Linda met us up and she’s showing that she brought wine in case we didn’t believe her hahahaaa….

Later I had some more friends come over. We decided to prank the girl arriving last. We put on sparkly dresses and jewelry and as soon as she walked through the door, we said she had 10 minutes to change her outfit as we had to go to a party. Funniest part is that she didn’t think there was anything odd about it. She downed a glass (or 2) of wine, got a dress and was ready to party until we told her it was just a joke. She actually got disappointed hahahaaa…

Had to do some shopping the next day. A bit tired (maybe a bit hungover) from the night before, we downed some pasta to equalize our bellies first…

Tried on a new rain jacket for our upcoming hike, but decided that the one I have had for 7 years and still is in perfect condition, will do just fine 🙂 Hiking clothes are pretty expensive, but all my stuff have lasted over 7 years and several hikes, so considering that, they are worth the price tag.

Had time for dinner too before heading home and topping it with ‘lösgodis’ 🙂 Forget about being sugar free over here!

Today we’ve been doing our last preparations for our hike and packed our backpacks. Having some more meatballs for dinner, a shower and then we are heading to the train station. Taking a night train and booked beds so we can sleep properly all the way to our destination. We arrive early and then there’s a buss ride to the start of the trail 🙂 We will be out for 5 days and hiking over to Norway too. Very excited!

Catch you when I’m back 🙂 How is your summer going so far?

XXX Puma

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Mostly Pickleball…

Started the week with getting my hair in order. Love when it’s done and I only need to paint my face to be ready and shoot!

Our summer league started and we were ready to rock. Unfortunately for me it took until the last game to get to my best game! Our last game was awesome and the goal is obviously to play like that from the beginning and not wait until the last game, ugh! Switch up our shirts too to yellow. Much better than basic b*tch black LOL…

I think we should make this guy our mascot! He or she was huge! Almost the size of a lighter!

Sophie Marie wanted to play pickleball too so we went to Picklr for an hour. She has played tennis before and tried pickleball before. She was awesome! Now I just have to get Angel & the rest of my friends to play 🙂

OK, sorry, but a few more pics from pickleballing! I did a lesson with the main honcho trainer at the gym this weekend and it was great. He films the game and leaves commentary so you can fix your mistakes.

Passing the pickleball courts and going into the gym instead takes some will power on my part. But made it to 2 strength training classes last week wohoooo! Feels good to pull, lift, push and feel it in the muscles after!

A very sweet person sent me a bunch of popcorn and this awesome license plate holder. The popcorn is almost gone as I can’t contain myself if I have something sweet lying around the house!

I popped by a cafe called Cafe Lola because I had some time to kill before my hair appointment. Love the interior and the coffee was good. My eggs & bacon were decent too, but had better…

On Saturday I was at Red Rock Casino to watch Norway play England in the World Cup. Norway did lead the game 2-1 for like a minute before the referee dismissed that goal. Unfortunately England then beat them in the extended time. But what a feat by Norway who is not really known for soccer!

This week I take off to Sweden. Very excited and now just have to get my nails done and a spray tan because who knows what weather Sweden will be offering. Probably should start packing too… Our team is practicing pickleball during the day today and then we have games later. Keep your fingers crossed please 🙂

Leaving you with these and catch you from Sweden at the end of the week 🙂

Wait, Hunter wanted to be included!

That’s it!

Laters, Puma

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