Funeral Etiquette, Anyone?

One of my clients passed away a couple of weeks ago. It was quite unexpected. She was only 50 and she'd been in for her regular appointment just the week before.I got the call from a

And That's OK

I backpack. Camp. Hike. Wheel (as in, drive off road in a 4-wheel-drive.) And now, canoe. Point being, I like to go outside. And while outside, I like to wander off to places where there are

That's the Way the Toilet Paper Rolls

I was all ready to go off on ... well, let's face it, I have a stack of issues to address. So I was all set to tick at least one of them off the list

Purely Anecdotal

I decided that I would try not to bog down the blog with endless musings of my rise to fame and fortune as a champion nail competitor — especially since, at this rate, it's entirely possible

Don't Order Yet! There's MORE!

Through one of those occasional, random glitches in the space-time continuum, I just received the February issue of Nails Magazine today — along with the January issue, which never managed to arrive at all. (I had to

I'd Have Baked a Cake!

You may recall the BF and I recently became homeowners. And, seeing as how we are nearing the end of the moving process, it looks like we may also survive to live "happily ever after" after

Dear Santa

So this last weekend the BF and I were wandering around town watching people do their holiday shopping. (We like to wait till the last minute for ours.) Naturally, the BF had to make a stop

It DOES Matter What People Think of You

We have spent so much time and effort over the last 40 years (that's as long as I've been around for it anyway) trying to improve our children’s self-esteem by assuring them that it doesn't matter

A Certain Flare

I've come to a reluctant truce with flares and we've been negotiating a treaty for the last year or so — we still have some fine points to work out, but thus far, flare nails and