At Home Gel Nail Review and Ramblings

All my stocks are down today except DEO. Hmmmmm. They sell Bailey's Irish Cream, Guiness Beer, tequila, scotch, etc. Love me some DEO.

Okayl so it costs about $30 for gel nails at the salon. The polish looks good for about 2 weeks. In fact, the reason I took mine off was because my nails had grown out so much. But let me tell you, when I decided one evening at home to take off the gel nails.....Holy Moly. It is impossible to get off with nail polish remover. At that point, it was a challenge. I was not going to let that gel nail stuff get the best of me, but I did almost cry trying to get it off.

Yesterday, I'm at the drugstore and I see do-it-yourself gel nails for only $15. I'm thinking awesome. Half price and it'll last two weeks. Boy did I mess up.

If I had read the directions, I would have never purchased. You apply applicator solution, the gel nail polish,then clean the brush in brush cleaner, and repeat. This is only one hand. Now you do the same for the other hand.

I'm horrible at painting my nails, so after all of that, I have nail polish that will last two weeks and it looks horrible. Next time, back to the spa for a glass of wine, a massage chair, a hand massage and nice nails.

I need someone with a farm to adopt my daughter or maybe in a few years marry her. She has some affliction that makes her bring home animals and/or beg for more animals. Today, it was begging for German Shepherd puppies. If I lived on land, I would probably do it myself.

Well off to golf tonight. Lovely evening in Texas!!!!

Jump Starting a Car

So Hayley's car wouldn't start yesterday. I found jumper cables. Good. I got her hood open. Excellent. Uh oh. Took me a while to figure out how to open my hood. When I did....Wow. I have a beautiful engine. So anyway, I spend 15 minutes looking for my battery. NOTHING under my hood looks like a battery. Very strange, so I pull out the manual. 


Seriously, I don't have a battery under my hood. I have a battery terminal. My battery must be hidden somewhere else in my car. Anyway, got her car jumped, bought Hayley a new battery, and she is back in business.


So golf score has been going down since week one. I haven't practiced, but my chipping and putting was pretty decent last week which is unusual for me.

On another note, I planted a garden and I planted things and can't remember what they are. The only things really growing so far are tomatoes, bell peppers and blackberries. I have strawberries, but they just lay in the dirt and fall off. Think I'll pass on strawberries in the future and buy them at the store. So there is something unidentified. I thought it might be carrots, but I looked online and that's not it. Clueless. It kind of looks like cabbage up top, but I know I wouldn't buy cabbage.


Good news. I got a French manicure last weekend. It lasted 10 days. That is a personal best. Typically, I mess it up before I get to my car.

Been a While

Well the baby chickens went to live on a farm. http://www.cathys-critters.com/. There was an Easter festival with a petting zoo the week before Easter and our baby chickens were there for the kids to play with, and they had a little yellow buddy the same age. So glad the chickens found a home....besides my house.

So I dug a big hole in my backyard so I can build a flagstone patio. Not so sure rainy season is the best time of year to do it. Now I have a mud pit right outside my back door. I just got so gung ho about this project that I couldn't wait any longer to finish my prep work. Now, I just need to spend the money for the flagstone and crushed granite and have a long weekend with sun and nothing to do. I'm thinking I might need to hire some help since 3+ tons of stuff will be dumped in my driveway.

I probably shouldn't say this out loud, but my golf game has gotten better each week. I shaved off 4 strokes  from week one and another 4 last week. At this rate, I'll be on the LPGA soon....:)