Summer Date Night...

Date night in my backyard this year is pretty much like this:

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Summer Possibilities

We just got back from visiting family in Athens, OH to celebrate my father-in-law's achievement of receiving his Ph.D, way to go Pop!! The photographs are of a flower from my mother-in-law's garden and Strouds Run in Athens, gosh I miss the beautiful places to walk, explore, and relax there, it is so beautiful! Glad to be back home though and get a great night sleep in my own bed.

Now it is time to garden, clean the house, and look into some new possibilities for the rest of the summer. I just joined the book club at the local library so I am looking forward to that, and our church just started a family play date thing at different local parks on Friday mornings so I am excited about that too.

I am also looking into possibly becoming a Mary Kay consultant after talking to my sister-in-law who is a representative. I am thinking it might work and out and be fun since I am a very social gal, as well as give us a little bit more income since I am only teaching part-time at ECC (Elgin Community College). I am a pretty big people person so I think it would be fun to have girl time and make a little money too; but, I need to think about it and talk it over with the hubby some more to see if we think it would be a worthwhile endeavor.

Hope everybody is having a great summer so far!!

What about you, are you do anything exciting and fun this summer that you want to share, or have any advice for me about becoming a consultant for Mary Kay?

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Oh Dear Feet, It's That Time of Year...

So it is getting to be that time of year...wearing sandals, people checking out your feet, what is the color scheme this summer? I personally have completely had it with the black nail polish that has been going around the last few years. I just couldn't do it...I know it was supposed to be chic and all the celebrities have been wearing it, but, for me personally, it just reminded me of high school: wearing flannel, listening to Nine Inch Nails, and being generally disgruntled at anything and everything before I had any difficulties to really complain about.

I am not a magazine person at all. I stopped reading any magazines about 7 years ago when I had my son. I came to the realization that all they did was pressure me to fit into a mold of perfection which I would A) never achieve, B)could never afford, and C) just made me feel bad about myself. So I am therefore completely in the dark about what are the chosen nail colors of the season.

I did a few searches via google and it seems they are still stuck on this retro 80s look. I am sorry but I cannot go bright neon lime green...too many memories of looking awful as a child in the 80s for me to go there. I also, however, do not want to be wearing a granny color on my toes when I am only 29+2. Any ideas out there for a solution to my pedi-predicament?
And so it goes...