One Day Konad

This Konadicure wasn't meant to only last a day but I guess I didn't wait long enough for the top coat to dry so the next morning I had all sorts of sheet lines and grooves in my nail polish. From far away you couldn't really see it but I just kept looking at my nails in disgust. Thank goodness I try to take most of my shots immediately after my manicure.

The base of this is China Glaze Pink Underground. For the white design I used the Konad M57 plate. This plate is a staple in anyones Konad collection. The white polish used is Sally Hansen French Shell Shimmer in Naturel (this IS how it is spelled on the bottle, promise) White.

I put a few hearts in one nail in honor of the upcoming Valentine's Day. This Konad turned out fine so I am a little irked that I ended up taking it off the next day.

HBO Original Programming...Temple Grandin

I have yet to be failed by HBO with their original programming. Be it the series that I follow or the movies, HBO continuously delivers content that opens your eyes to the world around you. Their latest movie, Temple Grandin, does not disappoint either. Temple Grandin is the story of a girl with autism and her struggles and ultimate triumphs.

Here is the movie trailer provided courtesy of HBO. Check this movie out if you can.

Trailer

One of Those Days...

How many times have you said to yourself "Goodness, it is just one of those days!!" Nothing seems to be going right and everything seems to be in a shambles. Not total catastrophe but just enough to have you teetering on the edge of what could be considered a disastrous day. Well folks, that is my day right now. So what else can I do but take a step back from the madness and try to refocus.

Working from home is not hard. I wake up come in my office and spend the majority of the day in there except for a lunchtime trip to the kitchen or a bathroom break. Now enter in spouse who decided to start working from home too. Total and utter chaos. If anyone knew how many times he has called my name or had me stop what I am doing to look at something I would give them a prize. I don't mind him asking but he really should not wonder why the other stuff isn't done since I was playing his personal assistant all day. Today my frustration mounted just enough that he decided to get out of dodge and go to the office.

Now I can actually try and get some of my work done. Thanks for letting me vent!!!

Closure or Lack Thereof

About a year and a half ago a friend of my family was tragically killed in some type of altercation. We are a few states away and not in touch with anyone else in his family so nobody would have intially thought to contact us with details of the funeral. It wasn't until the Monday or Tuesday after the funeral that my husband got an email filling him in as to what had happened. You know how sometimes you never forget where you are when you hear certain news. I remember my husband just standing in the doorway of my office telling me our friend had been murdered.

Of course I spent the next week constantly scouring the internet for more news, details, some type of charges to brought against the person who did this. I just kept going in circles like a cat chasing its tail but even though I couldn't find anything new for some reason I read the same stories over and over again. Perhaps I thought that I would find some sense of closure if I knew every last detail and commited it to memory.

I wish I was able to say goodbye to him more appropriately and the fact that I can't or just don't know how to really eats at me. Maybe just by writing this it will help my heart heal some but even though we didn't see him often or speak to him everyday he was our friend and I feel a tremendous sense of loss.

Rest In Peace Shawn

My First China Glaze!!!

Don't hate me for doing another pink mani already but with V-day around the corner I think pink or red is going to be it for the next few manis. I am about to let you in on a little secret..until yesterday I did not own any China Glaze nail polish. For most people China Glaze and OPI are somewhere if not all over their nail polish collections. Well now I have some China Glaze and the first one I used was Pink Underground.

The polish was a lot thinner than I expected it to be, not in a bad way though. For some reason I was expecting somethng else, not to sure what but a was a little taken aback by the consistency. It took 3 coats to get it just how I wanted but each coat dried in a reasonable amount of time so it didn't take forever.

I think the beauty of this polish is that is such a basic pink. I love it and yes, I know I say that about all of them but I'll tell you when I don't like a polish. I wonder why this is called Pink Underground. Duh, I get the pink part, it is the underground part I don't get.