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last monthFor my nails, I have Chanel's Organdi (creme) & Ballerina (sheer) and Essie's Mademoiselle (sheer). Organdi is a little deeper but still neutral. Love Chanel's Gel Top Coat that I think Funky recommended.
I'm trying to quit the gel polish addiction and the Chanel gives me almost the same manicure life-span.
Pedicures are almost always a red-orange so I'm not much help there.Related Discussions
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Comments (5)Very nice! Do you have any issues with weeds popping up through the wood mulch? I don't see any. It looks like you've nearly done away with your back lawn completely. I will be showing these photos to my DH. We are talking about a new house and he wants a small lot to reduce mowing, while I want a larger lot to allow for a big garden and a few fruit trees. I also use Doug Fir for my beds and don't have any rot issues, but then it's quite arid here. I think the East Coast humidity is probably a big contributor to the rot problem....See MoreHeat & Fire & Why Nothing Is Getting Done Here
Comments (12)Dawn and GM, so sorry to hear about your trials and tribulations. As for me, I'm struggling trying to get my iris bed prepared and it is raining nearly every other day. The ground is saturated and smells spoiled. One of the pots containing my peppers and petunias got it's drainage hole plugged somehow and so I lost what was in that pot. Two of my Datura have died because of the water and DGS broke one. On the plus side, though, the remaining four are getting ready to bloom. They are not very tall and do not have many leaves so I hope the plants will be able to support these huge flowers. I have lost other plants as well, due to the standing water, among which were a couple of Cup and Saucer vines I had nursed along all spring and some english lavender I was really looking forward to. DGS is on summer vacation now and all he wants to do is watch TV and play video games and talk on the phone. He'll be a senior in HS next fall. He's kinda getting on my last nerve. I'm trying to help him get a summer job and it's not easy because he has poor math skills. Last summer he worked at Sonic and it was a struggle because he was car-hopping and he had so much trouble making change, got accused of stealing $80 and then they found they'd made a mistake in their calculations and they had to apologize to him but it left a sour taste in all of our mouths because they treated him so bad when they thought he was a thief. Yesterday we had to go buy stuff for Church camp, had to get groceries and went to several places picking up applications and I helped him apply on-line at Wal-Mart and K-Mart. You end up taking a test and everything. So that ate up most of my day because I had to field phone calls while he was working on his applications since he thinks you can't just let the phone ring, ever, and his friends call over and over and over. We just got a call from Wal-mart and he has an apppointment to talk to someone at 9pm tomorrow so they're probably considering him for night stocking. I sure hope he gets hired. On top of that, my computer is acting worse and worse all the time. It was fine till I had to install all that software when I got at&t high-speed internet. It has slowed my computer down big-time and sometimes I just have to reboot because it locks up so often. Last night I did a Norton scan, which didn't find anything, then I did an AVG scan which found 122 things to fix. Unfortunately, my computer is not working much better after all that, so I will probably do a defrag today and see what else I can do. This morning I worked outside in the mud trying to get a little further in the iris bed and now it's hot. I'm used to working in an air-conditioned office so I come inside when it gets hot, too. I'm so sad to hear about the kitten. It sounds like its mother was probably dumped off sometime previously and has fended for herself after having learned not to trust people. She will teach that to her kits, if they survive in the wild. The kits can be tamed, but the mother is another story. And do watch that bite. I was bitten by a neighbor's Siamese. He liked to hang out on our front porch and I would always pet him. One day while I was petting him he just sunk one of his fangs into my hand, just below my middle and index fingers. Before I could get in to see the doctor, I had a lump on my hand the size of half a golf-ball and there was a red streak going up my arm. The neighbors denied he was their cat and later on said they "gave him to friends who lived in the country". You can bet your bottom dollar that's a nice way of saying they "carried him off". Jerks. GM, I have plans to clean things out this winter and have a big sale next spring. The sale we had this spring was extra plants and things from the attic. It's really nice to have the attic cleaned out, but the rest of the house needs it badly. Sometimes it's good to whine. Hugs to both of you....See MoreI know almost nothing about iPad.
Comments (13)Raven-- I live in a no man's land between Time Warner Road Runner, six miles south, and Fios, six miles north. I am surrounded by beautiful farms and most of them are owned by Mennonites, who aren't likely to use the internet unless they run a business that demands the service. The area is sparsely populated and there is zero plan for any cable to come our way. I have to use TDS for my land phone and DSL, and DISH for TV. I am retired and have all day free most of the time. There is no competition for the poor folks living in Conquest, NY and I believe TDS takes advantage of that. Thanks for the idea of adding another fan to my tower. I do periodically clean it because I have three cats. It has run hot from the day I got it and it doesn't help that my computer and TV are located in my double wide's smallest room. I absolutely hate using a touch pad instead of a mouse, and I have a wireless mouse for my netbook when I take it on vacation. I don't do anything on my Kindle except order and read books so a lack of keyboard isn't an issue. I was hoping that a good tablet would have a touch screen so I could avoid having to use a touch pad to select programs or mail. My house is 44 feet long and the router/WiFi I have works well in all rooms. I was recently on vacation in Maine where I met up with my son from California. He is a whiz on his iPhone and I would like to be able to manipulate images the way he can on his phone. Clearly, if I wanted to write more than a few words I would go back to the PC. Other than checking email and the weather frequently throughout the day, I always check my bank accounts, credit cards and all the monthly bills I pay online. I use two to four credit cards on a daily basis because I charge everything I possible can, paying cash only to the small vendors who insist on cash payments. I always pay my credit cards in full at the end of the month, so using them doesn't cost me anything. I go for the perks offered by the cards and since I never pay any interest, any benefits I receive are totally free to me. I wait until I am eligible to receive 1% cash back and then collect my "free" money. I really think I would enjoy having a tablet with me so I can check the above mentioned information whenever I have a spare minute. It would make waiting through commercials on TV less annoying. Nancy...See MoreAlmost nothing will be left (?)
Comments (8)The main problem is that everything is going to have to be done together. The (possibly naïve) plan was to put a full bathroom where none existed in the basement and renovate both bathrooms in sequential order trying to maintain bathroom #1 in partly operational condition while #2 was being done, and then move onto #1. Then put the kitchen appliances in the basement and have a working temporary kitchen while the kitchen was gutted. Then move on to the other rooms. With the stack replacement and with the ducting issues, both bathrooms and part of the kitchen will all have to have demolition at the same time. The stack runs behind the "wrong" bathroom and through part of the kitchen. The new ductwork will have to be run through at least one room that wasn't on the agenda until a few years from now, so at the very best there will be holes and exposed ductwork in rooms that were supposed to look okay as is for a few years....See MoreDLM2000-GW
last month@daisychain Zn3b it's very very small and hard to read!
@rubyclaire that Chanel color is lovely. I've stopped the salon gel manicures too and have been doing my own. The gel really trashed my nails.
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last monthlast modified: last monthFor my toes this time of year, I currently have Opi’s Just Lanai-ing Around which is a sort of muted raspberry. I’m planning to use this color again for our grandson’s wedding. I’m also getting a gel manicure the day before we leave in some neutral color. It will be only the second time i’ve ever had a gel mani but i don’t want to mess with my nails while we’re traveling. I don’t polish my nails as a rule, but do get regular pedicures.
I did buy an Opi Infinite Shine polish in Tickle My France-y last year. I’ve used it a few times and 2 coats lasts longer for me than their regular polish. Two coats is an opaque pale pink-beige.
I really appreciate all these suggestions for neutral nail colors and am taking notes.
Adding, this is Just Lanai-ing Around
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