Here's what I've been up to!

I had the day off today and had a nice treat. For Mother's Day this year the kids gave me a gift certificate to a Day Spa. I had a manicure with a paraffin wax treatment and a pedicure with a sea salt scrub, along with a foot and lower leg massage. Now doesn't that sound wonderful? It was a very relaxing treat. I had been saving the gift certificate to use and thought this would be a good time as we are leaving later this week for vacation. The idea behind this was that my manicure would stay nice longer since I wouldn't be messing my hands up at work. Sounds good, right? I stayed the amount of time I was supposed to, letting my nails dry. I paid and left, only to realize when I got in my van, that I had already messed up one of the nails! This is quite typical for me. I can tell you though, that my feet look lovely, my toenails are polished and my heels are smooth! Maybe they will stay that way for awhile!
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Here is what I worked on at the end of last week. I have been wanting to paint my front door for a while. The last time I painted it, I chose a green color, that ended up darker than I thought it would be, but it was alright. I wanted the door to stand out, so I chose red this time. We put little paint stickers on the door, and with Laura and Heather's help, we picked out a color. After priming the door and putting on two coats, it was red. Quite bright red! I knew, there was more painting in my future! The paint was tinted darker and two more coats of paint later, you see the finished product.

I'm happy with this color. What do you think?

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I mentioned my messed up manicure above. I have passed on this graceful gene to my daughter, Laura. If you don't normally read her blog, you should check out this post from earlier today.

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Some of you may remember earlier this summer when I won a CD. The group was Monk and Neagle and the name of the album was "The Twenty First Time". The copy I got was a pre -release, but tomorrow, September 18 is the day it will be released to the public. I highly recommend this CD. It will be going with us on vacation, because I am still not sick of it. If you want to see what they sound like, click on the icon on my sidebar. It should be available wherever you buy contemporary Christian music.