NAILS

What a great shot of my cuticles...In any case, I've always been someone who's always liked painting their nails. The only problem with nail painting is the two-day later chipping that we've all endured. Then I found out about Shellac nails and tried it for the first time a few weeks ago - it's amazing! The polish lasts at least three weeks and hardly ever chips! I've done it three times now - first was the light pink above, then neon yellow (awesome), and now I have a coral pink color. I'm usually not one for manicures, but I love how I don't have to worry about them chipping when I'm cleaning or weeding. Now I just have to wait for the price of at-home Shellac kits to go down so I can justify doing it all on my own - a good investment, right?

A Week Off?

homemade pita chips...yum

So, since I am working at a pool where they teach two-week swim lessons, when I requested last week off for our vacation in Washington, I got this week off too! AND since next week is the 4th, they are giving that whole week off for everyone too, so really I have 3 weeks off in a row and so far I am loving it! It is so nice not stressing about school or anything else, and I've been able to get tons done around the house. In fact, I feel like I've been just as busy as if I was in school and working. So much for a week off! But at least I was about to make enchiladas (which totally rocked), super clean our house, de-stink-ify our trash can (it was getting a little disturbing), and go shopping with my sister-in-law -- things that would never get to happen otherwise! I also gave myself this sort of funky manicure for the 4th of July with some of that new type of shatter nail polish that I found for cheap. I can't decide if I like it or not, but hey, what the heck! That's what I love about nail polish :)