my lips are on FIRE!!

I was surprised to find that Burt's Bees is like that -- it's like a mentholated cigarette for your lips. Very weird.

I also have chapstick everywhere I can think of -- in my desk drawer, in my nighttable drawer, in my purse... I hate chapping emergencies.

That burning for me presages a rash. Lips are not good places for rashes -- well, perhaps no place is, but lips are worse than many.

So I use vaseline, and one specific vitamin E balm if I'm not wearing lipstick. It's scattered everywhere, since I'm in pain with an hour of needing it -- and recently my lips have become so sensitive that I can't make do with most face lotion.

Also, Cindy, maybe you were thinking "paneer" = bread b/c of Panera Bread Co.

Yes, because "pan" is bread in Spanish, I think "panis" is bread in Latin, and "pain" is bread in French (isn't it? I never took French, but always figured "Au Bon Pain" mean something like Hey! Good Bread!), and we bake bread in a pan. I know there are languages with Indo-Eurpean roots, so I thought maybe there was a link.

and "pain" is bread in French (isn't it? I never took French, but always figured "Au Bon Pain" mean something like Hey! Good Bread!)

Pain is bread. "Au Bon Pain" literally means something like "Of the good bread" or "At the good bread."

Pain is bread.

The battle cry of the low-carb diets!

"Au Bon Pain" literally means something like "Of the good bread" or "At the good bread."

But, you know, I like "Hey! Good Bread!" better.

Yes, because "pan" is bread in Spanish, I think "panis" is bread in Latin, and "pain" is bread in French (isn't it? I never took French, but always figured "Au Bon Pain" mean something like Hey! Good Bread!)

But those are all Romance languages, aren't they?

Gujarati and Hindi are derived from Sanskrit. I think Sanskrit was the original language in the Indian area, but I'm not certain. I mean, it's the language all the sacred texts are written in.

I never did think of the pan/paneer similarity. And while my initial reaction was that of course they're not related, they have different root language families, it just occurred to me that the word for name is naam. Maybe they're somewhat related. I'm sure I might have learned this stuff a few years ago, but I forgot.

Sanskrit is an Indo-European language, as is latin, parent of the romance languages. So it's certainly possible to have similarities in words.

Lunch will be a turkey sandwich...and Sun Chips!

This is what I had! Turkey on pita bread with tomato and cheddar sun chips.

This is why I have chapstick (or some other non-burny lip balm) stashed every place I could possibly need it. Purse, car, desk at work, bedside table, bathroom, pocket of 2 different coats.

One must always be prepared for a chapping emergency.

Teppy is me. Although I use Blistex Medicated. I've currently got five stashed in various places. Winter hates my lips.

Afternoon napping is achieved. I'm going to take a leisurely shower.

Benefit does a gorgeous lip balm - it comes with a second tube that exfoliates the dry horrible skin off the lips.

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Hola.