SUCH NONSENSE

People are crazy. I'm about 2 days away from being the person that says, "back in my day, we had to walk 10 miles to school, uphill both ways in 30 below zero weather."

One of my friends posted that her child goes to school where the kids are not allowed to play in the snow. Seriously?? I'm talking a little kid. I don't even think he's in first grade yet. In my day we were allowed to play in the snow at recess. Evidently they are concerned about snowball throwing. Whatever. Hey, teach, here's an idea. Stand outside and monitor the damn children like my teachers did. It's called playground supervision. Look it up. Do it.

Then another friend posted a story where in Idaho some 9 year old had an actual warrant issued for his arrest and he spent 3 days in custody.  His horrendous crime? He tried to steal a pack of gum.  That's right.....you read that right. Chewing gum.

I guess things in Idaho are normally so perfect that they spend their time and money chasing down those thug gum thieves. You know, that whole gum thievery is a gateway crime, leading to being a gun-wielding drug kingpin who murders innocent bystanders during their drive-by shootings.

Back in my day (see what I mean?), one of the common punishments for such a major crime was marching the kid's ass back to the store to either return it if it hasn't been chewed, pay for it, and most importantly feel the humiliation of having to confess and apologize.  Back in my day (see? I did it again), having to do that was the worst thing ever!! A good old fashioned spanking could also do wonders, but of course no child from the 50's, 60's or 70's would ever think of calling child protective services over a spanking.

I'm very happy I was raised when I was which also made me raise my children the way I did. What is going on now with the way children are raised makes me want to hurl.

Hang on while I get down off my soapbox. There.

I did this manicure the other night. I don't like it.

I do like the pink, Square Hue Gibson Girl. It came in my January Square Hue box. I love Square Hue. They send me three polishes every month, and they are always a surprise because they don't show you ahead of time what you're getting. While this may seem like a risky prospect, I've been a member for over a year and have been happy every month.

Right now it appears they are doing sign-up for $14.99 a month plus shipping. When I signed up I got in on it while they had a special going where mine is staying at  $14.99 a month with free shipping. You can take a break and suspend your account whenever you want and then just restart it when you want. 

Martha over at Polish Makes Me Happy does fantastic swatches of polishes and usually does theirs. Her blog is brand spankin' new, but she also has a Facebook page by the same name, and you really should go check it out. Her pics are fantabulous.

Another great thing about Square Hue is the fact that they donate a portion of proceeds to charities every month. Right now it's funding against human trafficking. Their polish is also Made in the USA.

Back to the mani. The stamp I used on this is on the LLC-B plate, and I used Julep Shenae to do it. 

I'm just not super thrilled with this one. I think I might have liked it better if I'd stamped with black. Too late now!

Hopefully today I will get to that water marble that's in my head. I've been pondering it for a couple of days now and already know what colors I want to use.  It's super pretty in my head. 

Hopefully it will also be super pretty on my fingers.
 

NO REHASH TODAY! HOLLA! OR HOLO!

Yesterday we discovered that we have a family of cardinals living in a tall shrub at the corner of my house right by our deck. We snuck over to peak yesterday, and the mom flew out of it. She was PISSED!!!  We saw where the nest was and Kev saw at least two babies.  Momma' was squawking at us the whole time.

So now I not only have the hummingbirds, I have this little fam. They are much harder to stalk than the hummers. I did manage to get some pretty awesome pics of the mom and dad, though. Damn, they are purdy!!

Maybe that red cardinal was in my head last night when I picked my nail color. Totes not true. Kev had to leave for work this morning and get up at 3:30 a.m. and decided to sleep in the spare bedroom so the dogs wouldn't keep him awake. Right after he went in there, it dawned on me that all my nail stuff was in there! Whoa, hubster!! I need to grab some stuff real quick!! I grabbed a few things without giving it much thought, and this is what I ended up with.

Sorry for all the pics, but it's just so gorg I had to. It's my first Jade polish. I've been wanting some for the longest time but never bought. When I bought my new LeaLac stamping plates, I decided to grab a few polishes. I've really wanted a nice red holo; mission accomplished. This is Vermelho Surreal. I wanted to stamp on it without ruining the effect, so I just did my Essie Good as Gold with my LLC-B plate.

It looked really good all day. And now it has black paint in several spots because I'm still working on the bathroom.  I should have that part of the work done this weekend.

But for now, I'm off to eat a filet and some french fries. Cuz' I'm starving!!